STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. – The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to an 11-year-old northern New Hampshire girl who’s been missing since Monday, July 28, 2011.
Supervisory special agent Kieran Ramsey said at a news conference that the reward would also cover information leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone responsible for Celina Cass’ disappearance.
Celina Cass, 11, was last seen inside her Stewartstown, N.H., home near the U.S.-Canada border. Read the rest of this entry »

Suffolk County Police have upped the ante in their search for a killer or killers who apparently dumped their victims along a remote stretch of beach in Long Island, New York.
The reward for information leading to an arrest — once topping out at $5,000 — was raised five-fold, according to a police statement.
The $25,000 reward would be the largest offered in Suffolk County history, in an apparent bid to fill out a possible serial killer case that some fear has gone cold. Read the rest of this entry »

HOUSTON — Houston police have new clues to help them search for the killer of a southwest Houston insurance agent on December 17, 2003.

Officials said the motive behind Russell Allen’s death was his Rolex watch. The watch was a gift from his wife 35 years ago.

“We are offering up to $55,000 to catch somebody who killed a man over a watch that is worth, maybe, $500 or $600 out on the street,” Crime Stoppers spokeswoman Kim Ogg said. Read the rest of this entry »

Ludington, Michigan- On July 9, 2011, an Amber Alert for missing four-month-old “Baby Kate” Katherine Shelbie Elizabeth Phillips remains in effect as searchers continue to scour wooded areas looking for the missing child. Baby Kate has been missing since June 29, 2011 and is believed to be in extreme danger. She was last seen with Sean Michael Phillips who has since been apprehended and taken into custody. Though many fear the sweet four month old child is dead, Sean Michael Phillips, 21, has told his daughter’s mother, Ariel Courtland, 19, that she is alive. Read the rest of this entry »

On May 22, 2011 family members discovered the body of 53-year-old Domingo Flores Jr. inside his residence at 901 E. Dayton St., South Bend, IN.
An autopsy determined he had been shot to death. Police believe the suspect(s) took Flores’ blue Dodge Ram truck with an extended cab, Indiana license plate TK1855.
Family members told police they had lost contact with Flores a couple of weeks prior to discovering his body. Read the rest of this entry »

A $5,000 reward has been offered for information about the home invasion slaying of an Algiers (LA) man last month.
Crimestoppers said it will be able to offer up to a $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the suspects responsible for killing Anthony Wilmore, 51, inside his home on Behrman Highway on June 11, said executive director Darlene Cusanza. The agency usually offers a $2,500 reward, but thanks to the generosity of Wilmore’s family, the amount was doubled, she said. Read the rest of this entry »

4-23-12 Update: The estranged husband of Jacque Sue Waller, the missing mother of young triplets from Missouri, has been arrested for her murder.

James “Clay” Waller, 40, was charged with first degree murder and two counts of tampering with evidence.

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Authorities are intensifying their search for a missing Missouri mother of triplets whose car was found abandoned last month along a state highway in what police suspect may have been a scene staged to look like an abduction.
Jacque Sue Waller, a 39-year-old mother of young triplets, was reported missing June 1 shortly after visiting with her estranged husband, James “Clay” Waller, at his home in Jackson, Mo. Read the rest of this entry »

7-11-11 Update: KINSTON, N.C. -  Kinston Police arrested a Saturday morning who they believe is a suspect in the murder of Sutton Brick company employee Elwood Hill.

Kinston police responded to a vehicle break in call at the public library on North Queen Street in Kinston about 7 a.m.

They found a library van had been broken into and 18-year-old Antwajuane Jerome McNeil was inside. McNeil was asleep at the time.

He was taken into custody and charged with murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in relation to the June 17 murder of Elwood Hill.

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The pesky nests of web worms had invaded the last of Carrie and Elwood Hill’s pecan tree.
It was time to mount a counterstrike and reclaim the hardwood, the couple decided. They formed an alliance with their Kinston neighbors Thursday afternoon and cut down the branches the insect’s larvae had taken over with its weave of white mesh.
The successful mission called for a celebration — like a weekend of camping on the Crystal Coast, the two agreed.
The household chores were done. The bags were packed. The site was reserved in Stella.
All that was left was for Elwood O. Hill to make a delivery he had scheduled Friday for his employer, the Sutton Brick Company. Read the rest of this entry »

8-1-11 Update: Smith County Jail records show Simon Lopez was booked into the Smith County Jail at 4:59 Saturday morning after being transported by Tyler Police from Houston to Tyler.  He had been on the run for months and was one of the US Marshal’s 15 Most Wanted.

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The U.S. Marshals have added a suspected child killer to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive list. Simon Lopez is wanted for the murder of a 1-year-old child. Lopez, 26, has been charged in Tyler, Texas, with capital murder and assault.

Lopez was babysitting his girlfriend’s two young toddlers, ages 1 and 3, while she went to work on the morning of Nov. 23, 2010. Soon after, Lopez contacted the children’s aunt and notified her Jeremy Sylva, 1, was not breathing. Lopez then dropped the child off at the aunt’s house. The young boy was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead.
The medical examiners determined he died from a torn atrium in his heart due to blunt force trauma to his chest. They also discovered other signs of abuse including strangulation, broken ribs and severe bruising over the child’s body. Read the rest of this entry »

John Glasgow was last seen just after 5 a.m. on January 28, 2008, pulling out of his driveway.
While it was a few hours earlier than he would regularly leave for work, he was putting the finishing touches on a large financial deal involving the multimillion dollar construction company for which he served as Chief Financial Officer, and another major company in Little Rock. Read the rest of this entry »