Philip James Brewer, 32, and Christina Joel Hardy, 47,  were arrested on suspicion of murder. They are accused of killing 74-year-old Curtis Engeland of Mercer Island, Washington. The duo allegedly concocted a romance scheme that led to them killing Engeland. They became acquainted with Engeland several months ago, subsequently stealing from him and violently confronting him at his home on February 23. Brewer used the dating app, Scruff, to gain Engeland’s trust. They stole thousands o...

Roland Steele. Autographed Letter, Signed. Handwritten, Commercial #10 (4.125 × 9.5 envelope). Somerset PA. May 31, 2024. Content unknown. SEALED. A.K.A.: "The Karate Killer" Classification: Murderer Characteristics: Kidnapping - Robbery Number of victims: 3 Date of murder: June 21, 1985 Date of birth: 1947 Victims profile: Lucille Horner, 88, Minnie Warwick, 86, and Sarah Knutz. 85 Method of murder: Beating to death, "karate-style" Location: Washingto...

Keith Hunter Jesperson, born in 1955 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, was a prominent serial murderer noted for his brutality and intimidation. His father, an alcoholic, acted violently, causing bullying and isolation. Jesperson's father's lack of confidence in his abilities resulted in his divorce in 1990. Jesperson is known as "The Happy Face Killer" because he used smiley face drawings in letters to the media and authorities. The nickname originated in the early 1990s, when he ...

Justin Mohn, a 32-year-old Pennsylvania resident, faces major criminal accusations for the murder of his father, Michael F. Mohn, on January 30, 2024. Mohn is charged with first-degree murder, terrorism, possession of a criminal instrument, robbery, carrying firearms without a license, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal use of a communication facility, terroristic threats, defiant trespassing, and abuse of a corpse. The crime entailed gunshot and decapitation, a...

Nalah Jackson, a 26-year-old Columbus, Ohio woman, was charged with the kidnapping of two infant twins, Kason and Ky'air Thomas. On December 19, 2022, Jackson stole a running vehicle outside a Donatos Pizza restaurant as the twins were strapped into the back seat. She traveled around Ohio until she arrived at Dayton International Airport, where she abandoned one of the infants, Ky'air, in the parking lot. A passerby spotted him wrapped in a quilt between two vehicles and notified security...

Denise Johnson, a 56-year-old Pittsburgh woman, has been charged with many serious felonies in connection with the murder of her 3-year-old granddaughter, Ayla Miller. Ayla was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on a bloodstained mattress in Johnson's apartment, with burn marks on her left ankle and an infected cut on her right. The residence showed traces of violence, including shattered doors and holes in the walls. Ayla had been staying with Johnson for approximately a month and a...

Antwan Andre “Smurf” Anthony was found guilty of a 2012 armed robbery at Farmville Hustle Mart in Pitt County, North Carolina, which resulted in the murders of three employees. Anthony was convicted of three first-degree murders, three first-degree felony murders, and three robberies with a dangerous weapon. The jury imposed a death sentence, the first in Pitt County's judicial history since Mark Squires was sentenced in 2000. Anthony's case emphasized issues of recidivism and public ...

Jesse Lee Stone, 46, was arrested in Van Buren County, Michigan, on suspicions of child abuse. The arrest was made after the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office in Indiana shared comprehensive information about the abuse with the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office (VBCSO). Stone was charged with many counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct and Child Abuse, which included both sexual and physical abuse of minors. His bond was set at $750,000, indicating the seriousness of the allegations he faces. T...

Leslie Michael Alt, 40, of Forney, Texas, was sentenced to 120 years in federal prison for heinous crimes involving child pornography and sexual assault. Alt was charged with two charges of producing child pornography and three counts of transporting child pornography. During an August 2022 search, the FBI discovered sexually explicit movies on Alt's computer, including footage of him torturing a toddler and recordings created with disguised cameras intended at teenaged girls. An FBI elec...

Abigail Margarete Knight, a 36-year-old woman from Riverside, was sentenced to 600 months (about 50 years) in federal prison for two counts of Production of Child Pornography. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Knight produced child sexual assault material of two minor victims between July 2020 and May 2023. She used photos and videos of minors and sent the child sexual assault material to two men, one in Texas and the other in Missouri, using cellul...

Johnny D. Miles is a death row inmate in the State of California. He has lived in a one-person cell on San Quentin’s death row for the majority of the past twenty-seven years. He was convicted of first-degree murder. Despite his circumstances, Johnny Miles has found a measure of acceptance to continue living on death row. He has not chosen suicide or to use hard drugs. He is also the primary author of the book: The Johnny D. Miles Learning Curve: An Introduction to (Death Row ...

Mary Carbone, a 60-year-old Toms River, New Jersey resident, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in connection with the murder of her 55-year-old neighbor Frank Stochel. The incident took place on February 24, 2020, in Manchester Township. Carbone was originally charged with murder, but pled guilty owing to difficulties in establishing the case. The autopsy found that Satchel’s death was a murder, with various home objects used in the crime. Carbone was arrested on March 4, 2021, ...

Noel Alfonso Bonilla-Jimenez, a 20-year-old from Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually abusing a minor. The investigation began in January 2022, when reports of inappropriate sexual conduct involving youngsters were received. Bonilla-Jimenez he recorded video of himself raping a little boy and then distributed pornographic content on social media platforms like as Instagram and Snapchat, including videos of a young boy performing sexual acts. He recorded these a...

Caylin Monroe, a 25-year-old woman from Warrick County, Indiana, was found guilty of felony murder in connection with the death of her 3-month-old son, Silas Chance-Kent Scott. The lawsuit was initiated by an unconscious newborn and an autopsy that revealed hunger. Monroe admitted not feeding her son earlier that day, but the autopsy revealed no formula or milk. This resulted in charges against both Monroe and the child's father, Jakob Scott. In October 2024, a jury convicted Monroe of cr...

Taylor Schabusiness, a 27-year-old from Green Bay, Wisconsin, was found guilty of the savage murder and dismemberment of her partner, Shad Thyrion, on February 23, 2022. Schabusiness, who had been taking drugs and had a past connection with Thyrion, strangled him to death while both were intoxicated. She then performed sexual actions on Thyrion's corpse for several hours before dismembering him the following day. Schabusiness was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional killing,...

Makaylia Jolley. Autographed Letter, Signed. Handwritten, Commercial #10 (4.125 × 9.5 envelope). Jackson MS. June 4, 2024. Content unknown. SEALED.    • Makaylia Shaylynn Jolley was sentenced to life for slamming her daughter's body into concrete multiple times and leaving her to die on the road    • In a medical evaluation, Jolley said she did not know why she killed her baby     • Authorities said she had used drugs the morning of the incidentA 21-year-old Mississippi woman has b...

Jason Paul Robin, a man from Texas, was found guilty of the tragic murder of his 2-month-old daughter, Jazmine Rose Robin. The case garnered considerable attention because of the gruesome nature of the crime. Jazmine endured a significant number of bone fractures, estimated to be between 70 and 80. Jason Paul Robin admitted his guilt and received a 45-year prison sentence. He will need to serve a minimum of 22½ years before he becomes eligible for parole. Katharine Wyndham White, the mot...

Raymond Douglas Moody, a convicted criminal, was responsible for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in 2009. Moody, an existing registered sex offender, was linked to her case by technology and camera footage. Moody confessed to the incident in May 2022, alleging that he enticed Drexel into his vehicle and tried sexual conduct with her. He assaulted and strangled her when she resisted. Prosecutors produced evidence that supported Moody's story, and he was sen...

 Rebecca Elizabeth Dishman, along with her co-defendant Sean Shannon Finnegan, are facing numerous serious accusations in a high-profile criminal case in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dishman and Finnegan were accused of a variety of crimes, including kidnapping, torture, rape, and murder. Jennifer Gail Paxton was allegedly duped into visiting Dishman and Finnegan's residence, which resulted in her murder. Dishman faced numerous allegations, including three counts of first-degree murder, aggrava...

In November 2024, Nikki Serrat, 32, was accused of causing a multi-vehicle disaster in Las Vegas that killed two children, Taliyah Lewis and Dante Lewis. Serrat was driving a stolen 2014 Lexus GS350 when she allegedly ran a red light and collided with a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander. Prior to the incident, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Serrat's vehicle, but she accelerated instead of stopping. The Lexus collided with the Mitsubishi Outlander on its right...