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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1 week ago |
crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
The father of a 17-year-old Texas teen charged with fatally stabbing a star football player at a high school track event says his son “was not the aggressor.”As CrimeOnline previously reported, police said Austin Metcalf, 17, died after an altercation at Frisco Independent School District’s Kuykendall Stadium, during a multi-school track and field championship.
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1 week ago |
crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
Cornelius police in North Carolina released an age progression photo of Madalina Cojocari, who turned 14 today. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Madalina was last seen at the age of 11 when she disappeared in November 2022, and she is still missing. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children created the image, as police hope to generate new leads. “We are committed to finding Madalina and will not stop until this case is solved.
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1 week ago |
crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
The West Homestead Police Department in Pennsylvania is seeking assistance in locating a 38-year-old woman. Teena Figurski was last seen on April 2 at 5 p.m. in the vicinity of the 500 block of West Seventh Avenue. Police said she was last seen in black leggings, and a gray jacket with black sleeves. According to WPXI, her name is printed on the back of her jacket. Anyone with information on her whereabout is urged to contact the West Homestead Police Department at (412) 461-1116 or call 911.
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1 week ago |
crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
A Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old at a high school track meet will not face the death penalty convicted, the Collin County District Attorney announced Wednesday. Prosecutors charged Karmelo Anthony, 17, with first-degree murder in the April 2 stabbing of Austin Metcalf. The incident happened at the Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco during a multi-school track and field championship.
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2 weeks ago |
crimeonline.com | Leigh Egan
Police arrested a New Jersey woman accused of trying to hire a Tinder match to kill her ex-boyfriend and his teenage daughter, police said. Jaclyn Diiorio, 26, allegedly offered a man she met on the dating app $12,000 to kill her ex-boyfriend — a 53-year-old Philadelphia police officer — and his 19-year-old daughter, according to a Camden County criminal complaint obtained by NBC 10 Philadelphia.
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