Crimesider
Crimesider

Missing Ind. girl found dead, babysitter arrested

Aliahna Lemmon

/ AP Photo/Allen County Sheriff's Department
(CBS/AP) FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Authorities say the neighbor who was babysitting a 9-year-old Indiana girl when she went missing last week will be formally charged with murder on Tuesday.
Continue »

Cops: Gunman in murder-suicide dressed as Santa

Grapevine police investigate the scene where they found seven people dead outside Dallas in Grapevine, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Four women and three men who police believe to be related were found apparently shot to death, and authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead.

Grapevine police investigate the scene where they found seven people dead outside Dallas in Grapevine, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.

/ AP Photo/Mike Fuentes

(CBS/AP) GRAPEVINE, Texas - Police say a man in Texas believed to have fatally shot six family members on Christmas day before committing suicide was dressed as Santa Claus.

Continue »

Indiana boy critically injured by stray bullet

CBS/iStockphoto
(CBS) GARY, Ind. - A seven-year-old boy that was shot in the head while playing in a Gary, Ind. home during a holiday party is now in critical condition, hospital officials said.Continue »

Cops: 7 found shot dead in Dallas-area apartment

Christmas day shooting in Grapevine, Texas

Police tape is seen near the victims' apartment complex in Grapevine, Texas.

/ AP
(CBS/AP) GRAPEVINE, Texas - Grapeville Police are now investigating the deaths of seven people whose bodies were found inside an apartment unit on Christmas Day.
Continue »

NYC elevator burn death suspect indicted for murder

New York City police say this image from surveillance footage shows Jerome Isaac in the apartment building of Deloris Gillespie

/ AP Photo/New York Police Dept.

(CBS) NEW YORK - The man police say set a 72-year-old woman on fire in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building was indicted on murder charges Friday.

Jerome Issac, 47, was apparently caught on a surveillance camera wearing what looked like an exterminator's outfit on the day he allegedly cornered Deloris Gillespie as she was getting out of the elevator, doused her with accelerant, and set her on fire by tossing a Molotov cocktail at her.

Continue »

Man who found Caylee's remains sues Casey Anthony

Roy Kronk testifies during the Casey Anthony murder trial

/ AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool
(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - The meter reader who discovered the remains of Casey Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee is suing Anthony for defamation.

Roy Kronk's attorney says Anthony's defense team made multiple false statements, including that Kronk killed 2-year-old Caylee and moved the remains. 

Pictures: Casey and Caylee Anthony, Personal Photos

Continue »

Search for Maine toddler hampered by snowfall

Ayla Reynolds

/ CBS Boston

(CBS/AP) WATERVILLE, Maine - Large-scale search efforts for a missing 20-month-old girl are being hampered by a couple of inches of snow that fell overnight as the search for the Maine toddler enters its seventh day.

Pictures: Maine Toddler Ayla Reynolds Missing

Continue »

Rare violin worth $172K vanishes from bus

This prized violin, valued at $172,000, was left on a Boston-to-Philadelphia bus Tuesday by a New England Conservatory student desperate for its return

/ CBS Philly
(CBS/AP) PHILADELPHIA - A student at a Boston conservatory left a rare violin worth $172,000 on a bus after arriving in Philadelphia, and police are asking for the public's help in getting it back.

The New England Conservatory student got on a Megabus in Boston with the 176-year-old violin but got off without it late Tuesday, police said.

Continue »

Cops: Man orders beer, robs bank, returns to beer

John Whittle

/ CBS/WSTP
(CBS/AP) PORT RICHEY, Fla. - Police say a Tampa Bay area man ordered a beer at a bar, left to rob a bank nearby, and then came back to finish his beer.Continue »

Arrest warrant issued for Slim Dunkin's killer

Rapper Slim Dunkin

/ Facebook
(CBS/AP) ATLANTA - Atlanta police say they have an arrest warrant for a man who is believed to have gunned down 24-year-old rapper Slim Dunkin in a city music studio Dec. 16 as he was preparing to record a video.Continue »

Follow Crimesider

Scroll Left
Scroll Right More »
48 Hours 48 Hours for iPad® A perfect companion to TV's most popular true-crime series.
CBS News on Facebook