The Tinder Killer Who Raped and Murdered When Out on Bail to be Tried Later This Year
Danueal Drayton, 31, the so-called Tinder Serial Killer, was arraigned last Friday, accused of first-degree murder, sexual misconduct, grand larceny and identity theft, believed to have killed a nurse he met on Tinder then engaged “in sexual conduct with the dead body.” He will return to court in New York on 23 May; his trial…
The Florida Youth Minister and Mental Health Counselor Turned Killer
Former youth pastor Ronnie Leon Hyde was convicted in a Florida courtoom of murder on Friday of the murder of a Florida teenager in 1994. Daisy Williams always wondered what happened to her twin brother Freddy, who disappeared in 1994. Then 16, he was known to leave home for extended periods of time. But one…
Naomi Irion’s Brother Went on FB; Deeply Upset by How Police Handled the Case
The Lyon’s County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that a charge of open murder with use of a deadly weapon has been filed against Troy Driver, the man who stands accused of kidnapping Naomi Irion, 18, on 12 March from the Walmart parking lot in Fernley, Nevada and subsequently murdering her. And Driver faces additional…
A Change of Venue for the Upcoming Flores Trial: What the Judge Took into Consideration
As you may be aware, Paul Flores was arrested in April 2021 for the murder of Kristin Smart, a fellow student at California Polytechnic, in 1996. His father Ruben too was arrested, charged as an accessory after the fact for helping his son hide the body. After listening to arguments from their attorneys, the Hon.…
Man in Texas Stores Son in Freezer for Four Years
Police in New Boston, Texas (about 20 miles from Texarkana) were asked to perform a welfare check on a relative, Jason McMichael. Father David McMichael, 67, answered the door on Tuesday at 5 pm. The person who made the call had not spoken to either man in a while. The police officers asked McMichael if…
Death in the Heartland: The Murder of Nikki Wilhoite
Andrew Wilhoite, a farmer in Lebanon, Indiana, appeared in court today, charged with the murder of his wife of twelve years, Elizabeth Richards Wilhoite, known to almost everyone as Nikki. She turned forty-two on 24 March, the day her husband murdered her. Diagnosed with breast cancer last fall, Nikki joyously announced on social media earlier…
Beaten with a Baseball Bat and Left to Die in a Garbage Can: a Remarkable Tale of Survival
Teri Jendusa Larsen of Racine, Wisconsin had had enough. Her husband was abusive, had always been abusive and showed no signs of changing. So Teri filed for divorce in November 1999. But Larsen used every means at his disposal to drag out the process until a judge agreed with Teri, that enough was enough. The…
Troy Driver Charged with the Kidnapping and Murder of Naomi Irion
This is a developing case and I will update as best I can. Please do not send hate to anyone mentioned in this blog post; all information is readily obtainable online. Troy Driver was rearraigned today in a Nevada courtroom. Arraigned there last week for kidnapping Naomi Irion, an amended complaint was filed on Tuesday.…
The Creepy Tale of the Slender Man Would-Be Killers
Remember the Slender Man case? When Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, both just 12, left classmate Payton Leutner for dead in a Wisconsin park? In a clear-cut case of premeditated murder. Morgan and Anissa invited Peyton to a sleepover, having planned to lure her to the local park the following morning, Saturday, 31 May 2014.…
Solving a Cold Case: The Racially Motivated Murder of Timothy Coggins
Sheriff’s deputies were knocking on doors in Griffin on Sunday, 9 October 1983, searching for someone who could identify a body. A young Black man was dead, found in nearby Sunny Side on a power line behind a pile of wood, underneath an enormous oak called ‘the Hanging Tree’. It was a clear cut case…
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