Cooper Ouellette's defense attorney said the lead investigator 'tried to take a tragic accident and incident and turn it into a crime.' More about 'Hold him accountable': Prosecutors urge guilty verdict for man accused of hitting teen girlfriend with truck

Lisa Debenedictis, 48, of Florida, has agreed to a plea deal that avoids prison time after being accused of forcing her daughter to shoplift from a Target. More about Mom accused of taking little girl to Target and using her to steal Lysol, earrings and candy inside pink backpack while she swiped self-tanner learns her fate

A woman was convicted of performing childbirths without a license, leading to medical problems for two mothers, authorities say. More about Fake midwife took hours to call 911 despite mother in labor losing 50% of her blood

Robert Selle's wife was watching him cut the grass through a window of their Colorado home when Amy Dalton veered off the road and killed him. More about 79-year-old grandpa mowing front yard hit by stoned Subaru driver and sent ‘flying’ to his death while wife watched in window — killer learns her fate 

A Texas woman is behind bars after using a "ruse" to get a man in her car to slit his throat and dump his body, law enforcement says. More about Woman arrested after ‘ruse’ leads to her cutting man’s throat and dumping his body in another county: Sheriff's office

A Texas woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars for killing her infant daughter because the baby was crying. More about Woman slammed baby against the wall because the little girl would not stop crying, blamed the family dog, and is now sentenced to life without parole

A woman in Wisconsin is accused of denying her 5-year-old daughter emergency medical care for a life-threatening infected tooth. More about Mother refused to let 5-year-old daughter get treated for infected tooth that doctors said was so bad she could have suffocated and died: Cops

A maintenance worker hearing cries for help led to the discovery of a woman locked in a room after she said she had not been outside in years. More about Maintenance worker hearing cries for help finds woman chained to bed by ex-husband, who says she had not been outside in 2 years: Cops

Deven Young was 17 when he allegedly killed Sunshine 'Sunny' Stewart, a paddleboarder out on a remote pond in Maine. More about Teen accused of killing paddleboarder in Maine to be tried as an adult

Cooper Ouellette's defense rested its case after revealing that investigators failed to test the victim's clothing for tire patterns. More about Teen's clothes weren't tested for patterns, despite prosecution's claims she was hit by a car

Kevhani Hicks admitted firing shots that killed Demetrie Harris, but insisted that she thought she was in danger when she pulled the trigger. More about 'I felt like I was out of time': Florida rapper says 'I thought I was gonna die' before firing fatal shots

Naresh Bhatt testified that he woke up to find his wife dead in a puddle of vomit before he decided to dispose of her body. More about Husband denies killing missing nurse but admits to cutting up her body so it would fit in trash can