Kids Who Kill

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

She left work and subsequently texted Smith to say, “Andy, he’s going to kill himself. He must be the shooter.” More

February 8, 2022

A contentious court hearing is set for Tuesday morning in the criminal case of the parents of the accused Oxford high school shooter. More

February 7, 2022

The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be delayed until April after prosecutors told the judge Wednesday that they needed more time to interview the mental health experts who are expected to testify on his behalf. More

February 2, 2022

New York man who killed a 4-year-old boy with a rock in 1993 when he was 13 years old has been released from prison after being granted parole last October, authorities said Tuesday. Eric M. Smith, 42, was released from the Woodbourne Correctional Facility on Tuesday after serving 28 years for the murder of Derrick Robie. More

February 1, 2022

Attorneys say a teenager charged with killing four students at Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense. More

January 27, 2022

The Detroit-area high school where four students were fatally shot reopened Monday for the first time since the November attack, with the school's principal declaring "we are reclaiming our high school back." More

January 24, 2022

The gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school four years ago had no expectation of privacy when he posted disturbing photographs to a public Instagram account before his rampage and prosecutors can use them in his upcoming penalty trial, a judge ruled at a hearing Monday. More

January 24, 2022

Jurors deliberated for just over two hours before finding Chandler Halderson guilty of killing Bart Halderson and Krista Halderson. More

January 20, 2022

Chandler Halderson was convicted of killing and dismembering his parents, whose bodies were found in wooded areas of Wisconsin. More

January 20, 2022

Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne has posted a statement on the district’s website in an attempt to tackle some of the allegations that the district failed to heed warning signs before the shooting that resulted in the deaths of four students. More

January 20, 2022

The trial for Chandler Halderson, accused of killing his parents, is set to resume next week after he contracted COVID-19. More

January 14, 2022

Ethan Crumbley, accused of murdering four classmates in a shooting at Oxford High School, pleaded not guilty. More

January 12, 2022

The trial of Chandler Halderson, accused of killing and dismembering his parents, has been postponed because he tested positive for COVID-19. More

January 12, 2022

The case against Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley will head straight to trial after he waived his right to a preliminary exam. More

January 7, 2022

The Crumbleys are charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School, which killed four teenagers and injured others. More

January 7, 2022

An attorney for a man accused of driving his son to a Dallas-area gas station store where the 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting three teens and wounding a fourth says the father didn't know his son had a gun. Attorney Heath Harris told The Dallas Morning News he believes evidence will show that 33-year-old Richard Acosta, who is charged with capital murder, is innocent. More

January 4, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WPTV) — The upcoming sentencing trial for the man who confessed to killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018 will be delayed until February. More

December 30, 2021