Leigh Egan
Breaking Crime News Reporter and Creator at Crime Online
Journalist, Senior Editor: Crime News at Crime Online w @nancygrace @crimeonlinenews & #CrimeStories. **Views are my own**
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crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
On Thursday, the prosecution closed its case in the Karen Read murder trial, who faces charges for allegedly reversing her SUV into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Crash reconstruction expert Judson Welcher finished his testimony during the morning session at the Norfolk Superior Court in Massachusetts.
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crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
A 46-year-old woman was arrested at a Florida airportafter she allegedly hit a child who called her “fat” and repeatedly said she “could not fit in her seat” on the airplane. On Monday, police arrested Kristy L. Crampton, charging her with child cruelty by abuse without great bodily harm. A probable cause affidavit obtained by WFLY revealed that the incident occurred on a flight from Orlando-Sanford International Airport to Maryland.
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crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
Police in California are searching for a missing woman last spotted near Death Valley National Park last year. Kelsey Pittman, 33, last spoke to her mother in November 2024, according to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office. Her mother said Pittman had contact with police in Utah around that time, and no one has heard from her since, KTNV reports. In early February, deputies and park service officials located a vehicle in a remote area near Death Valley called Slab City, off Highway 190.
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crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
A crash reconstructionist returned to the stand Wednesday in Karen Read’s second murder. Read is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by running him over with her Lexus SUV. She’s currently on trial at the Norfolk Superior Court in Massachusetts. Crash reconstruction expert Judson Welcher endured cross-examination Wednesday from Read’s defense team about his analysis of the events surrounding O’Keefe’s January 2022 death.
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crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
A Bell County judge in Texas ruled Tuesday to increase Caysen Allison’s maximum sentence from two years to 10 years. In April, a jury convicted Allison of criminally negligent homicide for the 2022 stabbing death of a classmate, KCEN-TV reports. On May 22, the court heard arguments for adding a deadly weapon enhancement to Allison’s charges, which would extend his sentencing range to two to 10 years in prison instead of a maximum of two years in state jail.
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