Crime Case Collection

Stephen McCullagh (36)

Natalie McNalley (32)

In August of 2022 Stephen McCullagh and Natalie McNalley met on a dating app called Bumble.

In November of 2022 Natalie revealed to her family that she was pregnant with Stephens child.

On December 19th 2022 police received a 999 (911) call from a panicked boyfriend Stephen McCullagh calling them to the home of Natalie at around 10pm.

Upon arriving Natalie was found in a pool of blood her lips blue and Stephen attempting CPR.

During their investigation police noted there was no signs of forced entry, assuming that Natalie must of known her attacker.

Stephen was arrested on scene but stated he had been at home live streaming the game GTA Vice City for his 37,000 followers. Stephen was then released.

Autopsy concluded that McNalley had suffered a prolonged assault, multiple stab wounds, and was severely beaten. She had Several facial fractures, broken bones in her neck, lacerations and bruises. They also believe she was strangled. Some of Natalie's injuries lined up with her attempting to defend herself.

Her injuries were so severe that investigators had a hard time identifying which injury actually caused her death as multiple injuries were enough to have killed her.

It was found that Natalie had returned home sometime after 5pm from watching the 2022 Fifa World Cup Final with her parents.

On February 2nd 2023 Stephen McCullagh was arrested and charged with his beloved girlfriends murder, heres why.

Remember that live steam? The 6-hour live stream of Grant Theft Auto Vice City, well forensic evidence determined the live stream wasn't a stream at all. It had been prerecorded on December 14th.

Stephen stated in the beginning of his "stream" that he'd be unable to engage with the live chat due to technical issues. He also consistently throughout the "stream" stated the current time to convince police of his alibi.

Stephen eventually admitted to the "stream" as being prerecorded on December 14th 2022.

The chief inspector stated that Stephen declined to cooperate with police after being cleared as a suspect. He refused to provide a statement to investigators describing the scene when he first entered Natalie's home before police and paramedics arrived.

Stephen did admit he had prerecorded his live stream but maintained that he wasn't anywhere near McNalley's home. He claimed he had stayed home and drank that day and fell asleep during the time of the murder.

CCTV footage from a bus in Dunmurry showed a masked individual matching Stephens description traveling to Lurgan where Natalie lived. Around 9pm two of McNalley's Neighbors stated that they heard her screaming.

Shortly after a taxi driver picked up a man outside of Fa Joe's Bar and drove him to Stephen's home. Later that Taxi driver picked McCullagh out in a police lineup.

Prosecution barrister Natalie Pinkerton noted that during the GTA gaming session Stephen had deliberately played an optional side quest titled "Waste the Wife." In this side quest the player had to kill a woman and stage the death as an accident.

She argued it was intended as an "Easter Egg" to taunt McNally's family.

The courts also heard from a previous spouse to Stephen McCullagh. She stated that she has been physically abused by McCullagh several times on several occasions. She revealed in early 2022 she gave birth to a stillborn baby.

It only took 2 hours for the jury to come to a unanimous decision; Stephen was found guilty of the brutal murder of Natalie McNalley and her unborn child. He received a mandatory life sentence and showed little to no emotion upon the verdict and entire trial.

Dayton James Webber (27)

Bradrick Michael Wells (27)

On March 22nd Dayton was arrested for allegedly shooting Bradrick in the car during a heated dispute.

The shooting took place at 1025pm that Sunday near La Plata Road in Virgina.

Two witnesses in the back of a vehicle stated that the two were having an argument when Dayton fatally shot Bradrick.

About two hours after the incident a resident of 10000 block of newport discovered Bradricks body in a yard and called the police. Bradrick what pronounced dead on scene.

The CCSO issued a warrant for Dayton and later discovered his car in Charlottesville Va.

Webber was located at a nearby hospital apparently receiving medical care for an issue he was having per the agency. When Webber was discharged officers arrested him and charged him as a fugitive from justice.

Dayton's next hearing is scheduled for April 10th where it's anticipated he will be charged with First- and Second-degree murder.

Cassidy (3) Bryant (5) Gideon (2)

The mother of the children Debrah.

Jason Karel

A round beach man Jason Karel was sentenced to life in prison on Feb 16th 2024 without the possibility of parole for murdering his 3 young children by drowning them in the bath tub in 2022.

Karel and his former wife were having issues and he stated that she had been cheating on him after she swore on their children that wasn't the case.

Karel claimed that Debrah would keep the children from him and constantly be "mean" during conversations with him. He stated that once he found out she was cheating on him he just "snapped"

Karel had written a note saying "If I can't have them neither can you." After that he proceeded to bathe each child separately, all of them being drowned and layed out on the bed to dry.

During this time Jason retreated down to the garage and "smoked a lot of cigarettes." and played a game on his phone. He then went back to the children and dressed each one.

In his questioning he says that he was determined to kill himself as well, that he wanted to be with his kids and had to "finish what he started." He also said that he dressed each child because he wanted them to be clothed for wherever they were going.

On March 20th 2023 a welfare check was don't at the house of Cindy Rodriguez Singh (39) for her son Noel Alvarez (6). Cindy claimed Noel was with his father in Mexico. Two days later Cindy and her family were recorded taking a plane to India and haven't been seen since. However little Noel wasn't seen with the rest of the family. Noel was last seen in October of 2022, he was only seen twice that month. According to relatives Noel had looked malnourished and unhealthy, relatives then called police which is what prompted the March welfare check. Authorities claim that shortly after the birth of Cindy's twins she stated that Noel who suffered from disabilities was "evil" and "possessed." She believed that 6 year old Noel was a demon and would harm the infants. Relatives reported that Cindy was abusive to Noel. That they witnessed her hit Noel in the face with her keys for taking a sip of water. It's been said that Cindy withheld water and food from her son frequently because she disliked changing his dirty diapers. Cindy had also never enrolled Noel in school. When asked about Noel's intital disappearance Cindy allegedly told some that she had sold him in a parking lot of a grocery store. However they believe Noel has been murdered. Cindy and her family lived in a small red shed, upon investigating the families home after they fled they found that there had been another makeshift shed on the property that Cindy had destroyed and then poured concrete over making a patio. The stepfather was also seen disposing of a large carpet in a nearby dumpster that when retrieved alerted the canines to human remains. The authorities retrieved a warrant to rip up the concrete patio once the concrete was removed human remain canines again alerted to human remains in the top layer of soil that laid right beneath the concrete. The investigators said that there is minimal evidence however at some point they are sure human remains were within the shed prior to the patio. Prior to Noel going missing social workers had actually removed the children including Noel and placed them in foster care. Noel was placed separately with someone who was properly equipped to handle his disabilities. Only for social workers to return the kids to the family eventually. Noel is still currently missing. Cindy and the rest of her family are still missing as well. The FBI and Everman Texas police have offered a $25,000 reward for anyone who knows details in retrieving Cindy and her husband. Authorities fear for the safety of their other children as well as Noel.

If you know the whereabouts of these people please contact 972-559-5000 or submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov

I know it's been a while, and I feel like I owe you all an explanation.

I was in a 8 year long relationship and we had broken up, on top of me leaving a toxic job around the same time in order to prioritize my mental health. (Break up was mutual and we have been able to remain friends)

I met someone new and we've been together for almost 2 years now and I now have a little baby boy! He's 3 months old!

Leslie Mazzara (26)

Adriane Insognia (26)

Eric Copple (26)

On the last day of October in 2004 roommates Adriane Insogna(26), Leslie Mazzara, (26) and Lauren Meanza (27) spent their night handing out candy to children.

Around 11 pm the girls decided to go to bed. Leslie and Adrianes bedrooms were upstairs and Lauren’s was downstairs. The house stayed quite and peaceful until about 2am.

Lauren was awakened to the sound of shattered glass and a fearful scream, she snuck out of her room and began heading up the stairs until she heard the sound of heavy footsteps coming down the stairs toward her.

Lauren ran out the back door and hid in the yard until she heard the sounds of someone climbing out of the basement window and running off.

Lauren eventually gained the strength to go back inside and go up the stairs. She could hear crying coming from Adrianes room.

Nothing could have prepared Lauren for the blood bath she had walked into.

Leslie was lying face down in a pool of her own blood while Adriane was crouched behind the bed bleeding heavily and crying.

Upon trying to exit the room Lauren had slipped due to the blood covering the floor. She attempted to call 911 on the house phone but quickly found that the line was dead.

Lauren then grabbed her mobile phone called the police and ran out to her car where she drove off terrified that the attacker could still be lurking around the home.

Upon arrival the paramedics found Leslie deceased. Shortly after arriving Adriane also passed away. Both has been covered in stab wounds.

Police investigated the home attempting to piece together as much information as possible. They located cigarette butts outside of the girls home and assumed that the killer had sat and waited until the right time to break in.

None of the girls in the home smoked at the time. There was also blood and dna left from who they believed was the killer. But at that time it would have taken a little while for the results to come back.

Police initially believed that Leslie was that main target in the murder as she was attacked viciously and attacked first. It’s believed that Leslie was asleep when first attacked and she woke up and attempted to run away toward Adrianes room.

Adriane heard the attack going on and tried to run to her friends defense only to end up sustaining fatal wounds herself.

A few weeks prior to this heinous attack Adriane had been celebrating her 10 year anniversary from a car wreck her and a childhood friend were in.

Her and this friend Lily every year on the anniversary of this crash would celebrate as they always believed it was a miracle they had survived together.

A year after the murder Lily had decided after pushing it off the year before, to marry her boyfriend Eric Copple. She decided that life was too short after losing her friend Adriane.

In place of Adriane her mother attended the wedding and the song “she will be loved” was played in honor of Adrianes memory. It was her favorite song and as this was a happy moment for Lily it was also heartbreaking as they were missing such an important piece.

In September of 2005 the police decided to publicly release evidence about the case since they hadn’t found a match to the DNA found at the scene.

They released the type of cigarette butts left outside of the girls home. They were Turkish gold a variation of camels that had only been on the market for a short amount of time. They were one of the more rare cigarettes.

They did this in hope that since the cigarettes were so rare someone would have a lead.

However what happened next was unexpected.

Eric Copple and his now wife Lily had shown up at the police station late at night with some of his other family members.

Eric Copple confessed to the brutal murder of Leslie and Adriane. He believed when they released the information about the cigarettes that they were going to catch him. So he turned himself in.

Adrianes mother was horrified to think that she had attended the wedding of her daughters murderer.

In the beginning of the case the police admitted to calling Eric and leaving messages that he never responded too, and police never followed up.

In 2007 Eric Copple was sentenced to life.

Adrianes mother stated at the sentencing that her daughter had never liked wearing turtle necks. But she had no choice to be buried in one in attempt to cover the many wounds left on her body.

Leslie’s mother had written a 13 page letter describing the pain she’s experienced since losing her daughter. She described what a wonderful person Leslie was and how she was taken to soon by Eric Copple.

Copple never once looked either of their mothers in the eye. Copple blamed the murder on the death of his grandpa. He stated that it sent him into a depression and he began using alcohol to cope.

Lily, Eric’s wife and Adrianes best friend said she knew a gentler Eric. That Eric could do nothing to change her love for him. But despite that claim Lily ended up divorcing him.

Taylor Schabusiness (24)

Shad Thyrion (25)

On February 23rd a mother made a gruesome and heartbreaking discovery in her own home. She found the remains of her dismembered son in her own basement.

On the 22nd and 21st Shad Thyrion was spending time with Taylor Schabusiness. The two were involved in a sexual friendship. Taylor and a friend had picked Shad up on the 21st and went to a friends home to smoke some marijuana.

The friend ended up leaving shortly after, Shad and Taylor then proceeded to smoke meth. Schabusiness then shot up herself and shad with Trazodone, a drug typically used as an antidepressant.

The two then made there way back to Shads mothers house where they went down to the basement. The two had began engaging in sexual activity. They had brought chains into the bedroom which in Taylors words resembled a dog collar.

Shad lay face down and Taylor began to choke shad with the chains. This is something they had engaged in in the past according to taylor.

Thyrion began coughing up blood and turning purple. Taylor states she just "went crazy." She admitted she enjoyed choking shad but states she never meant to kill him.

Once Shad had passed away Taylor continued to sexually assault the body. She stated she "played with the body for like two or three hours."

Schabusiness then retrieved some knives from the kitchen and began dismembering the body. She claimed that the bread knife worked the best because of the serrated edge.

Taylor then put the body parts in bags and containers that she had found in the basement. She explained that she began to get lazy and paranoid and planned to initially take all of the body parts with her.

However she only took one leg and left the head and genitals in a bucket by the basement stairs and covered it with a blanket.

She also left the knives and the rest of the body.

When captured Taylor told police they were going to have fun trying to find all the organs and body parts of her former friend.

Taylor has been charged with 1st degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and 3rd degree sexual assault. The judge ordered Taylor to undergo a mental competency evaluation to see if she would be mentally stable enough to stand trial.

Taylor came back competent but was asked per her team for a 2nd evaluation. Taylors Scheduled hearing is for Nov 1st 2022.

Alberto Soledad Gomez (28)

Nicknamed "Canninal of Las Ventas'"

In the 2019 Alberto Gomez (26 at the time) Was arrested for murdering and dismembering his mother after a dispute.

He had transferred his mother's body to the bed after strangling her and dismembered her body with a carpenters saw and two kitchen knives.

He then stored parts of her body in tupperwares and placed them in the fridge and around the house. Police received a call from a friend requesting a welfare check on Maria Soledad Gomez (68) after not seeing her for a month.

When detectives arrived on scene and knocked on the door Alberto answered and said " Yes, my mother is in here dead." Once Gomez had let the officers in the home he added " Me and the dog have been eating her bit by bit."

When detectives went through the Gomez residence they found bones shoved inside drawers around the home as well as remains left in a pot on the stove. Remain filled tupperwares were placed in the fridge and around the home.

Detectives also stated that Maria's hands, head and heart were found on her bed.

Her body had been cut up in over 1000 pieces and consumed over a period of time.

Gomez had thrown out bits of her body trying to dispose of it, he also consumed bits of her raw.

Alberto claims he heard voices telling him to murder his mother. It's argued that he had suffered from a psychotic episode. Alberto had been admitted to Princesa Hospital on several occasions to undergo treatment in the past.

However, the courts denied that. When initially interviewed by detectives Alberto was asked why he killed his mother and his response was "because she made his life impossible."

Gomez will serve 15 years in prison for the brutal crime.

Joshua Lockard (33)

Benjamin Satterthwaite (28)

On December 29th 2020 Joshua Lockards remains were found near Sanderson Gulch Trail in Denver Colorado.

Benjamin Satterthwaite is being held on suspicion of first degree murder.

The cause and manner of Joshua’s death is currently pending according to the coroners office.

If you have any information on this case contact metrodenvercrimestopper.com 

Graham Snell (71)

Daniel Walsh (30)

Daniel Walsh brutally murdered Graham Snell his landlord on June 20th 2019 in his home in Chesterfield.

Daniel murdered and Dismembered Snell shortly after Snell had reported Walsh as a lodger in his home to police on the last day he was seen alive. Snell had also reported that day that he had caught Walsh stealing from his bank accounts.

Walsh told investigators that he came home and found Mr Snell dead and panicked. He then went to a local hardware store, bought saws and rubble bags so he could dispose of Snell.

Walsh proceeded to toss the remains across the the small town including throwing them in a badgers den.

However the Court didn’t believe Daniels story.

The court explained how Walsh spent the days after the brutal murder blowing Mr. Snells savings on Casinos, massage parlours, alcohol and drugs.

Daniel Walsh was found guilty and is to serve at the least 27 years before the chance of parole.

So sorry for the late response! So glad I could provide some entertainment for you!

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Thanks so much for your patience and positive thoughts!

I think the thing I find interest in the most when it comes to true crime is just what humans are capable of in general, I'm always trying to understand everyone's mindset involved in these kinds of cases. The way people's brains choose to act always leave me asking questions!

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Tomeeka Brown (44) Daquan Moore (25) Anthony Johnson (35) Eve Moore (7)

Jeanettrius Moore and Eve Moore

Malik Halfacre (25)

On March 13th 2021 Malik Halfacre Fatally shot, Anthony Johnson, Tomeeka Brown, Daquan Moore and 7 year old Eve Moore.

He also shot the mother of his 6 month old daughter Jeanettrius Moore.

Police were called at 818pm a report of a person shot with several gun shot wounds. It was Jeanettrius, she was rushed to the hospital. She told police there were others hurt at her home.

Jeanettrius also told police he had stolen their 6 month old daughter, her black chevy impala and her cellphone.

When officers arrived at the scene they found all 4 victims shot and dead, all were pronounced dead at the scene.

Once in custody a day after the murders, Halfacre told investigators that him and Jeanettrius had gotten into an argument over a stimulus check. Jeanettrius’s brother Daquan got involved  and according to Halfacre both had guns drawn.

Halfacre told investigators “I shot first because I knew whoever fires first would be the one who lives.” He also said Daquan had only fired once during the shooting and Halfacre had fired his gun alot.

Halfacre said when he stopped firing everyone was on the floor from being shot. He then took his 6 month old daughter and Jeanettrius before returning to the home.

Later his 6 month old daughter was found safe at Halfacre’s sisters house. When asked how Eve Moore had been short Malik claimed he didn’t remember how that happened.

Jeanettrius however paints a different story about what happened on that tragic night.

She told investigators that Malik had wanted more stimulus money then she was willing to give. He ended up leaving and returned later that day. When he returned he asked Jeanettrius again for more money and she again told him no.

Malik then began to go through her purse. It was then that Daquan Moore Jeanttrius’s brother stepped up to Malik and told him to leave his sisters money alone.

Halfacre then pulled his gun out and immediately shot her brother, he then pointed his gun at her cousin Anthony Johnson and shot him. Her 7 year old daughter Eve Moore began to scream and Halfacre turned to her and shot her as well.

He then went into the other room and shot her mother Tomeeka Brown who was on the phone at the time.

Malik is charged with Murder, Attempted Murder, Armed Robbery, Carrying a firearm without a permit and Auto Theft.