Murders and mass killings carried out by minors depict an especially terrifying type of true crime.
The parents of accused Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley want their son's 22-page journal excluded as evidence because they believe it would improperly sway a jury against the parents. More
May 20, 2022
Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz entered its second phase Monday with the attorneys asking questions of potential jurors. More
May 16, 2022
Iowa teen Willard Miller, accused of killing his high school Spanish teacher, will be tried as an adult. More
May 12, 2022
17-year-old Jeremy Goodale will face a first-degree murder trial in adult court for the beating death of 66-year-old Iowa Spanish teacher Nohema Graber. More
May 11, 2022
Nathan Carman, found floating on a raft off the coast of New England after his boat sank, was charged with killing his mother at sea to inherit the family's estate. More
May 10, 2022
Jury selection in the sentencing phase for Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz was back in court Monday, but once again it was only a brief meeting. The case had been paused since May 2. More
May 10, 2022
Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller were both 16 when they were arrested in the killing of 66-year-old Nohema Graber. More
April 29, 2022
Judge Elizabeth Scherer reversed a decision she made regarding a dispute over how to handle 11 potential jurors who were prematurely dismissed in the sentencing of the Parkland school gunman, effectively preserving the first two weeks of jury selection in the Nikolas Cruz case. More
April 27, 2022
The judge overseeing jury selection for a man who murdered 17 people at a Florida high school declared that the process will start over Monday. More
April 25, 2022
A judge on Thursday set a Sept. 6 trial date for a teenager charged with murder and other crimes in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students. More
April 21, 2022
Maryland woman Kimberly Windsor pleaded guilty to murdering her 74-year-old mother, Carol Windsor. More
April 19, 2022
James and Jennifer Crumbley have been locked up since Dec. 4, unable to come up with $500,000 each to leave custody and await trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. More
April 19, 2022
The jury that will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz gets a death sentence will tour the blood-stained, bullet-pocked building where he murdered 17 people four years ago, a judge has ruled. More
April 5, 2022
Jury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial began Monday with preliminary screening for the panel that will determine whether Nikolas Cruz will be put to death for murdering 17 students and staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school. More
April 4, 2022
Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz and his prosecutors argued over whether jurors who will decide whether he is sentenced to death should be allowed to tour the building where he murdered 17 people. More
March 30, 2022
Iowa teens Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller used a baseball bat to kill high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber; one described in social media posts how they followed her, attacked her and hid the body. More
March 22, 2022
Judge grants prosecutor's request that Ethan Crumbley, Michigan teen charged in fatal school shooting, not be named during the separate trial of his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley. More
March 22, 2022
Chandler Halderson was convicted of all charges in the deaths of his parents, whose dismembered remains were found scattered in Wisconsin. More
March 20, 2022
Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is on track to begin April 4,. More
March 18, 2022
Chandler Halderson was sentenced to life in prison for murdering and dismembering his mother and father in Wisconsin. More
March 17, 2022
A judge denied Chandler Halderson's request not to be present when his sentence for killing and dismembering his parents is handed down. More
March 17, 2022
Chandler Halderson, convicted of killing and dismembering his parents, has asked a judge to him skip his sentencing hearing in Dane County. More
March 15, 2022
Attorneys for convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide how to handle disagreements over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys, an issue that has played a role throughout his case over the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. More
March 2, 2022
Ethan Crumbley, 15-year-old boy accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school will remain in an adult jail while awaiting trial. More
March 1, 2022
A third federal lawsuit has been filed against Oxford Community Schools and other defendants following the deadly shooting last year on Nov. 30. More
February 25, 2022
A 16-year-old has surrendered to Baltimore police after allegedly gunning down a DoorDash driver in a robbery gone wrong. Cheryl McCormack and her fiancé were attempting to make a food delivery when their car ran out of gas. More
February 24, 2022
The Crumbleys’ attorneys have insisted the couple didn’t know their son might be planning an attack and didn’t make the gun easy to find in their home. More
February 24, 2022
The manager of a juvenile detention center says she would have concerns if a 15-year-old charged with killing four fellow students in his Michigan high school were incarcerated at her facility. More
February 22, 2022
Four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, families and gun control advocates pressed President Joe Biden on Monday to do more to address gun violence. More
February 14, 2022
A Missouri man who has insisted for more than 20 years that he was wrongly convicted as a teenager of killing his mother has been granted parole. More
February 9, 2022
