June 2022 | My Crime Library

Ophelia Nichols Son Randon Lee Shot And Killed

Alabama TicTok star Ophelia Nichols is begging for the public’s help in solving the murder of her eighteen year old son Randon Lee. According to police reports Randon Lee was shot and killed in Prichard Alabama. Police believe that Randon Lee met the suspects in order to sell marijuana and the drug deal went bad and Lee was shot. Randon Lee was able to get away from his shooters and drove across the street to another gas station where he would ultimately die from his injuries. Police believe they have an idea of the suspects however no arrests have been made.

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The Prichard Police Department released new information about the death of an 18-year-old boy who was shot and killed Friday at a Prichard gas station.

The boy’s mother is a local TikTok star which prompted a national non-profit to jump in and try to solve the case. The non-profit is called the AWARE Foundation.

Prichard Police held a press conference three days after the shooting on Monday. Prichard Detective Jason Hadaway said the victim, 18-year-old Randon Lee, was planning to sell marijuana to some people that Friday night but that’s when things took a turn.

“We do know that Mr. Lee had made his way down to Wilmer to sell narcotics two these two individuals,” Hadaway said.

Lee was shot at the Exxon Gas Station on Saint Stephens Road off I-65.

“My son was murdered, he was shot. And I have this hatred in my heart that I don’t recognize,” Lee’s mother said. “And I want you to look at my son, look at my son! Look at him. Look at him. This is my son, and you took him from me.”

Hadaway, the detective on the case, broke down what happened Friday during a press conference.

“We noticed on video that the suspect, both, and the victim pulled up at the pumps. The suspects in the black vehicle got inside the victim’s vehicle,” Hadaway said.

Hadaway said that’s when Lee was shot by one of the suspects who had gotten into the backseat of Lee’s car at the Exxon Gas Station before Lee drove across the street to another gas station, coming to a stop by a dumpster.

“The first stop gas station on Saint Stephens Road, we do know that he was actually shot there,” the detective said. “Mr. Lee was still alive at that point. He drove his vehicle to try to escape the individuals across Saint Stephens Road and that’s where he came to rest, at the Energize Gas Station across the street. EMS was called and they tried to perform medical treatment on him, he died on scene.”

Prichard Police said they have a couple of suspects in mind, but at this time they’ve not released any information about them.

The suspects do have a criminal history, according to the PPD. The detective also stated that Lee has sold to the suspects in the past.

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/local-tiktok-star-pleads-for-answers-after-son-killed-in-prichard

Azuradee France Charged After Boy Found In Freezer

Azuradee France is a woman from Detroit Michigan after police found the body of her three year old son dead in a freezer. According to police reports a wellness check was performed at her home and officers found the body of three year old Chase Allen was found dead in the freezer and the little boy had been there for quite sometime. According to family members child protective services had been sent to the home multiple times and Azuradee France would tell them that her son was living with his Grandfather girlfriend in Florida. Well turns out the Grandfather was in prison during this time and when he finally got out he would tell police he had not seen his grandchild in quite a long time. Azuradee France has been charged with felony murder, first-degree child abuse, torture and concealing the death of an individual.

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Azuradee France has been charged with murder after the body of her 3-year-old son was found in a basement freezer.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Sunday that Azuradee France, 31, has been charged with felony murder, first-degree child abuse, torture and concealing the death of an individual.

“The alleged facts in this case have astounded even the seriously jaded,” Worthy said in a statement Sunday. “Our children continue to be at risk — not just from gun violence but also from the alleged murderer that lives in the house with them.

Azuradee France was arraigned Sunday and remanded to jail. A probable cause conference is set for 8:30 a.m. July 8, and a preliminary examination for 1:30 p.m. July 15 before Judge Kenneth King.

Detroit police officers were sent to a home in the 12760 block of Monte Vista for a wellness check on a child at 12:45 p.m. Friday and discovered the remains of a deceased child in the freezer,

The medical examiner determined the boy’s death was a homicide. The case remains under investigation, and the facts and evidence will be placed on the record at the preliminary examination, the Prosecutor’s Office said.

Police said Friday that when a team of Detroit cops and a state child advocate arrived at the house, the woman who answered the door acted strangely.

They called for a supervisor and the team entered the home, found five children living in squalor and the decomposed body of the boy entombed in a basement freezer.

“This case has shocked me, and shocked our investigators,” Detroit Police Chief James White said during a press conference Friday just down the street from the crime scene.

Toni Haynes, the boy’s grandmother, said Friday her dead grandson’s name was Chase Allen, and that he was blind.

Haynes said she became suspicious when her daughter, Chase’s mother, told her the boy had burned his hand by touching a plateful of noodles so she called Child Protective Services.

“I called CPS on her. A lot of us called, and they’d come out and give her kids right back to her.”

Haynes said after the state visited her daughter’s home several times, her daughter told her Chase had gone to live with his paternal grandfather’s girlfriend in Coldwater.

“But then (the grandfather) got out of jail and he told me Chase wasn’t living with his girlfriend,” Haynes said.

She said family members went to the house on Monte Vista about two weeks ago to confront her daughter, followed by another call to state Child Protective Services

Haynes said she had no idea how long Chase had been entombed in the freezer.

Haynes has set up a GoFundMe page to help raise money for Chase’s funeral, and for clothing and other necessities for the surviving children.

Friday’s grisly discovery harkened to a 2015 case involving Mitchelle Blair, who enlisted the aid of two of her children to help kill their two siblings and cram their bodies into a freezer.

Known as the “Freezer Mom,” Blair pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges and is serving a life prison sentence.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/26/detroit-woman-charged-murder-after-3-year-old-son-founded-dead-freezer/7740301001/

Darlene Brister Charged With 3 Kids Murders

Darlene Brister is a woman from Georgia who has just been charged with the murders of 3 children and attempted to kill 2 more. According to police reports Darlene Brister would stab five of the children in the home before setting the house on fire. Three of the children would die from their injuries and the two others would be hospitalised. Georgia police are still trying to figure out what would lead Darlene Brister to commit such a heinous act. So far Darlene Brister has been charged with three counts of malice murder with more charges pending. Needless to say this has death penalty all over it.

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A woman is accused of murder after a fire and alleged attempted stabbing. Deputies said they found seven juveniles at a home in Paulding County, Georgia, on Friday night. Of the five got hurt, two were dead at the scene. Then a third died at a hospital. Authorities later announced that a fourth passed away, but they walked that back, after saying they had a miscommunication with hospital staff.

“Major correction, we were informed incorrectly,” Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tyler McSwain told Law&Crime in an email. “The 4th child did not pass away but is still in critical condition. There was miscommunication with hospital staff.”

Darlene Brister, 40, faces two counts of malice murder. Deputies suggested more charges were likely, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. WSB-TV described Brister as the children’s mother.

“At approximately 9:19pm on June 24th, 2022, Paulding E-911 received a call about a domestic disturbance and house fire at 776 Woodwind Dr., Rockmart, GA 30153,” deputies said in an initial news release. “It was reported that a female who was inside the home was attempting to stab the occupants and that at the time of the call, the home was on fire and the occupants were inside.”

Deputies and firefighter arrived, officials said. Authorities put out the fire.

That leaves only four children alive, with two of them injured

“Since the victims involved are juveniles, their personal and identifying information will not be released at this time,” deputies said.

Officials did not say how the children specifically died: the fire, any alleged stabbing, or both.

Several neighbors said the family lived at the home for almost five years, but while they saw them often, they did not know them well, according to WSB-TV. They described hearing about ongoing domestic problems at the residence, though they said they did not think it would get this bad.

“She doesn’t talk to anyone,” neighbor Edward Swinger said.

“We would see them but we wouldn’t communicate with them,” neighbor Willie Hayes said.

Locals voiced shock and outrage at what allegedly happened.

“I just don’t know who would do that to their kids,” neighbor Holly Addison said.

“She had to be sick or so selfish and so self-centered that she didn’t care about anything or anyone,” another neighbor Robin Zerby said

“For that woman to do that is unbelievably selfish,” David Zerby said, according to WAGA. “All she had to do was take the kids to a hospital … drop them off.”

Brister was locked up without bond at Paulding County Detention Center, the sheriff’s office said.

Georgia Deputies Said They Got 911 Call About House Fire and Stabbing. Now 3 Children Are Dead and their Mother Is Accused of Murder.

Robert Cotter Teen Killer Murders Father And Brother

Robert Cotter was an eighteen year old teen killer from Fresno California who called police to say his fifteen year old brother murdered their father and then killed himself. However when police arrived at the Fresno residence it soon became obvious that something else was at play. Robert Cotter who attempted to blame the double murder on his fifteen year old autistic brother however soon his story had some major holes in it. The fifteen year old brother Brian Cotter would die at the hospital a day later while their father Patrick Cotter was pronounced dead at the scene. Robert Cotter would be arrested days later and would later be convicted of the double murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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A California man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the double-slaying of his brother, who has autism, and his father, which he then tried to cover up as a murder-suicide.

Robert Cotter, now 19, initially tried to convince authorities his younger brother,15-year-oldBrian Cotter, fatally shot his father, 53-year-old Patrick Cotter, inside their Fresno mobile home. He called authorities himself the night of the killings, which occurred in May 2021, claiming Brian then turned the firearm on himself, according to KFSN.

For months, it appeared Robert would get away with the gruesome crime, but officers combing through his internet history found searches on topics like how to make murder look like a suicide. The Fresno Police Department, in a statement, also revealed that his account was “inconsistent with the physical evidence obtained during the investigation.”

Authorities said Robert, then 18, waited for both victims to fall asleep before first shooting his father, and then turning his attention to Brian.

“His brother woke up, started to run away and he pulled his brother by the collar and shot him in the head,” said prosecutor Daniel Walters.

Robert initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but confessed his crimes shortly after being arrested. His attorney, Emily Takao, argued that Robert had a difficult and traumatic life.

He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders plus 50 years to life for using a gun.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-fresno-man-murder-brother-20220622-bilqdofnong4rkzvwjd7pqwhg4-story.html

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An 18-year-old is in custody, accused of killing his father and brother.

Police were called to a shooting on W. McKinley Ave. on Monday, May 17th.

When they got there they found 53-year-old Patrick Cotter dead from a gunshot wound.

Officers also found Cotter’s 15-year-old son, Brian, suffering from a gunshot wound.

Brian was take to CRMC where he died days later in the ICU.

Detectives interviewed 18-year-old Robert Cotter, who was in the mobile home at the time of the shooting.

Robert told investigators that his 15-year-old brother shot his father, then turned the gun on himself.

After an extensive investigation, homicide detectives and the Fresno County Coroner’s Office, determined that the statements made by Robert were inconsistent with the physical evidence.

Robert was arrested on Friday for the double murder of his father and younger brother.

Detectives says Cotter admitted to planning and acting out the brutal murders.

He was booked into the Fresno County Jail on two counts of murder

https://kmph.com/news/local/detectives-say-murder-suicide-in-fresno-was-really-a-double-homicide

Estevan Montoya Teen Killer Murders At House Party

Estevan Montoya was sixteen years old when this teen killer pulled out a gun at a house party in New Mexico and fatally shot another teen. According to court documents Estevan Montoya and the victim JB White, 18 years old. were at a house party in Sante Fe New Mexico when violence broke out at the party. Estevan Montoya would pull out a gun and fatally shoot basketball standout JB White. Estevan Montoya would be arrested and later convicted. This teen killer would be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for thirty years.

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A teenager has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of JB White, a Santa Fe High basketball standout and future Lobo.

Closing arguments were heard Monday in the trial of 18-year-old Estevan Montoya. He was accused of shooting and killing White at a house party in 2020.

The trial began nearly two weeks ago. Prosecutors said it was a deliberate murder after a summer party devolved into violence. They believe Montoya knew what he was doing when pulled out the gun.

The defense, however, claimed White was chasing Montoya and Montoya fired a random shot over his shoulder while running away – in fear for his life. They said Montoya was acting in self-defense and he wasn’t thinking when he pulled out a gun, shooting White.

The jury began deliberating just before 4 p.m. Monday. White’s family said they had faith the jury would see through Montoya’s defense.

The verdict was in by Tuesday afternoon – Montoya was found guilty on all counts, including first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.

In New Mexico, first-degree murder comes with a mandatory 30 years in prison.

https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/teen-found-guilty-for-killing-basketball-star-jb-white/

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It’s been a month since a jury convicted Estevan Montoya of capital murder. A judge sentenced the 18-year-old to life in prison Wednesday.

Montoya shot and killed local basketball star JB White at a Santa Fe house party in 2020.

The hearing began with Montoya’ attorney asking the court to postpone the sentencing hearing until his client undergoes a more thorough evaluation. The state proposed the court proceed anyway, which is what the judge decided to do.

The decision was handed down following closing remarks from a few more witnesses and both legal teams.

Montoya was 16 when he committed the crime, so he cannot face a life sentence without the opportunity for parole. The judge said Montoya will be eligible for parole thirty years into his life sentence.

Sentencing

First-degree murder: Life sentence (30 years)
Tampering with evidence: 3 years
Unlawful possession of a handgun by a person under 19: 364 days
Negligent use of a deadly weapon: 180 days

Montoya is expected to be transported to the corrections department in Los Lunas immediatel

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/teen-gets-life-sentence-for-murder-of-jb-white/