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Jeff, a 21-year-old college student, showed an emotionally detached response when told his bipolar mother was murdered, raising suspicion. Detectives focused on his injured hands, which he attributed to a workplace pallet, while analyzing his timeline, clothing, and behavioral cues like over-explaining and minimization of his mother’s past violence to assess guilt or psychological factors.
Mia Bailey killed her parents, leading to a police investigation that utilized suspect footage, bodycam recordings, a 911 call, interrogation, and crime scene evidence to identify and arrest her. Authorities linked the evidence to confirm her role in the incident.
On November 21, 2022, police in Las Cruces, New Mexico, conducted a welfare check at 69-year-old Cynthia Berendzen’s home after family members reported not hearing from her for several days. A friend provided a spare key to officers, enabling entry to the residence.
Robert Peterson, a man living with his parents, exploited his mother’s finances for drug addiction and racing. After her husband, retired officer Roy Andrews, evicted him, Peterson lured Andrews to a cemetery under false pretenses, attacking and fatally shooting him in a violent confrontation fueled by years of family conflict.
On January 9, 2012, 57-year-old Thomas Gross found his 78-year-old mother, Ina Gross, dead in her Florida garage. Police investigated, focusing on Thomas, who was visiting at the time. Interrogation techniques, including the Reid method, led to his confession, revealing a family murder linked to psychological manipulation.
Elisa Baker tortured a girl, Della Sutorius manipulated multiple husbands, and Sandy Kane’s escape turned fatal. These cases, among others, illustrate women’s violent crimes driven by motives like revenge, control, or desperation, highlighting complex psychological factors and varied methods of murder across different contexts.
Kimberly Sullivan, a woman in Waterbury, Connecticut, is accused of kidnapping her stepson and subjecting him to assault and cruelty over 20 years. She faces multiple charges, and her attorney, Ionus Colloidus, provided her account during an interview with Law&Crime's Chris Stewart.
Police in Waterbury, Connecticut, allege Kimberly Sullivan confined her stepson in a room for 20 years, likening his living conditions to a World War II concentration camp. When he escaped, he weighed only 68 pounds, authorities report, highlighting severe abuse and neglect in the case.
In January 2020, 11-year-old Gannon Stauch disappeared from his Colorado home. Surveillance footage showed him entering his stepmother's truck, later found with his body in Florida. Autopsy confirmed multiple stab wounds, blunt force trauma, and a jaw shot. Letecia Stauch was convicted of first-degree murder in 2023 after rejecting an insanity defense, receiving a life sentence without parole.
Kimberly Sullivan, accused of holding her stepson hostage for 20 years in her Connecticut home, waived her court appearance. Her defense is seeking her cellphone and other evidence collected during the investigation.
Connecticut woman Kimberly Sullivan faces charges of allegedly locking her stepson in a room for 20 years, starting when he was 12. Now 32, the victim's home was described as cluttered and chaotic after police released interior photos.
Police responded to a 911 call in Lawrenceville, Georgia, after a man expressed regret. Investigators questioned Eman and Tiffany Moss about their daughter Emani’s death, which they claimed resulted from her ingesting chemicals. Detectives doubted their account, naming the couple as suspects in her murder.