Custody Disputes

UPDATE: Ashley Benefield was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of her estranged husband, Doug Benefield. More

December 3, 2024

An Ohio judge granted a defense request to move George 'Billy' Wagner III's trial out of Pike County, citing pretrial publicity. More

November 25, 2024

Six jurors who convicted Ashley Benefield will be asked questions about a phone allegedly brought into the deliberation room. More

September 16, 2024

In court filings, prosecutors have detailed each defendant's alleged role in the murders of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley. More

September 16, 2024

Attorneys for Ashley Benefield have asked to interview all jurors in the trial after one allegedly snuck a cell phone into deliberations. More

August 30, 2024

This episode features Ashley Benefield’s testimony telling the jury her firsthand account of shooting her estranged husband, Doug. More

August 1, 2024

This episode of the Court TV Podcast features opening statements from The 'Black Swan' Murder Trial from 7/23/2024 More

July 25, 2024

A former ballerina, Ashley Benefield, becomes caught up in a whirlwind romance that ends with her shooting Doug Benefield, her estranged husband. More

July 19, 2024

A new filing indicates Ashley Benefield plans to say she was as a victim of domestic abuse when she goes on trial for murdering her husband. More

June 28, 2024

George Wagner IV's defense claims their client was denied a fair trial and prosecutors made several errors. More

June 12, 2024

Lawyers for Ashley Benefield asked a judge to exclude certain details from her child custody battle with her estranged husband. More

June 3, 2024

In newly released search warrants, police revealed the bodies of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley were found buried in a chest freezer. More

May 24, 2024

Oklahoma prosecutors charged a fifth member of an anti-government group with killing and kidnapping Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley. More

April 24, 2024

The trial of George "Billy" Wagner III is scheduled to begin May 6, 2024. He's accused in the brutal massacre of members of the Rhoden family. More

October 4, 2023

A Florida judge has denied Ashley Benefield's claim that she killed her husband, Douglas, in self-defense. More

September 19, 2023

Ashley Benefield is facing a second-degree murder charge for the September 2020 death of Douglas Benefield. She claims it was self-defense. More

July 7, 2023

UPDATE: Ashley Benefield will be back in court July 6 for a two-day pre-trial immunity hearing under the 'stand your ground' law. More

June 30, 2023

Judge Ashley Willcott says, 'No one can predict what a defendant fighting for their life is going to do or say in front of the jury.' More

December 30, 2022

George Wagner IV, convicted in the killings of 8 members of an Ohio family ,was sentenced to life in prison. More

December 19, 2022

From the high-stakes case of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, to the intense trial of killer Darrell Brooks, here's the Court TV verdicts of 2022. More

December 7, 2022

George Wagner testified earlier that he didn't know anything about his relatives’ involvement in the killings. More

November 30, 2022

George Wagner IV tried to distance himself from his family as he took the stand in his murder trial for 8 members of the Rhoden family. More

November 16, 2022

Angela Wagner testified under oath that the 2016 massacre that killed eight members of the Rhoden family was her husband's idea. More

November 2, 2022

Confessed killer Jake Wagner told a jury he killed the mother of his child because he feared she'd let their daughter be sexually abused. More

October 24, 2022

Defendant George Wagner IV was charged in Pike County Court in the 2016 slayings of the Rhoden family near Piketon in southern Ohio. More

September 12, 2022

The case against George Wagner IV will begin with a jury tour of the crime scenes where eight members of the Rhoden family were killed. More

August 31, 2022

Jury selection began on Monday for George Wagner IV, who faces a potential death sentence if convicted of the murders of eight people. More

August 29, 2022

George Wagner IV, the first in his family to stand trial, was convicted of the murders of 8 members of the Rhoden family. More

August 26, 2022

Angela Wagner pleaded guilty to helping plan the murders of eight members of the Rhoden family as part of a custody dispute. More

September 10, 2021

Edward 'Jake' Wagner pleaded guilty to 23 counts, which spares him the death penalty for the murders of 8 members of the Rhoden family. More

April 23, 2021