Killer Spouses

A judge in South Carolina denied bond Tuesday for attorney Alex Murdaugh on the second set of charges he has faced since finding his wife and son dead last June. More

October 19, 2021

Attorney for South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh who discovered wife and son dead said Murdaugh is resigned that he will serve time in prison for stealing millions of dollars. More

October 15, 2021

Kenyan Olympic runner and two-time world championship bronze medalist Agnes Tirop was found dead at her home Wednesday with stab wounds. More

October 14, 2021

California judge plans to resentence Scott Peterson to life in prison Dec. 8 while she separately considers whether he receives new trial in 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son. More

October 6, 2021

The husband convicted in the brutal killing of beloved holistic doctor Teresa Sievers is appealing his death sentence. More

October 6, 2021

Cara Lee Rintala's wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala was found strangled in the basement of the couple's Granby home in 2010. More

September 28, 2021

For the past century, the Murdaughs have steered much of the legal world in this remote corner of South Carolina. More

September 28, 2021

The recent revelations surrounding Murdaugh involved two lawsuits that said he tried to manipulate the legal system. More

September 27, 2021

Ken Middleton was sentenced to life plus 200 years in the shooting death of his wife, Kathy Middleton, at their Blue Springs home on Feb. 20, 1990. More

September 27, 2021

Scott Peterson who spent more than 15 years on Death Row in the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son will be sentenced to life in prison this fall. More

September 23, 2021

Alex Murdaugh wanted Curtis Smith to kill him so his surviving son would get his $10 million life insurance policy, state agents said. More

September 15, 2021

Denice Williams Florida woman convicted helping mastermind killing husband Mike Williams more than two decades ago sentenced 30 years in prison after previous life sentence tossed on appeal. More

September 9, 2021

The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday. More

September 8, 2021

Nicholas Firkus claimed an intruder shot and killed his wife on April 25, 2010. He also sustained a leg injury. More

September 7, 2021

Alex Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son after family members said he had been away checking on his mother and ailing father. More

September 7, 2021

Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo is expected to hear testimony from juror Richelle Nice, who is at the center of the dispute and has denied that she was influenced by her own background of domestic abuse. More

August 27, 2021

Connecticut judge dismissed jurors and ordered new ones to be chosen to hear the case of Richard Dabate accused of killing wife whose Fitbit activity tracker is a key piece of evidence. More

August 25, 2021

After spending nearly two decades behind bars for the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn child, Scott Peterson might get a new trial due to alleged juror misconduct. More

August 25, 2021

Morgan Leigh Sims is claiming self-defense against accusations that she fatally shot her husband in cold blood with their children in the home, then fled. More

August 18, 2021

Robert Durst took the stand to reflect on happy moments in his life in New York with two women prosecutors allege he would later kill. More

August 11, 2021

Joseph Elledge's defense attorneys argued the tapes were hearsay and should not be admitted during the trial. More

August 5, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —A St. Paul woman was charged with murder Monday for allegedly shooting her ex-husband in the back of his head and burying his body in the yard, then building a shed on top of him. Authorities had been investigating the disappearance of Kou Yang, 50, when a neighbor told them about […] More

August 2, 2021

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison last month in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise has died, the Alaska Department of Corrections said. Kenneth Manzanares was in the department’s custody, at a facility in Juneau, when he […] More

July 16, 2021

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — State police told a judge that they don’t want to release more information about the slayings of two members of a prominent South Carolina legal family and, after more than a month of investigation, said they still don’t know what evidence might be important to solve the case. The State Law […] More

July 15, 2021

A jury convicted Bo Pete Jeffrey of beating his ex-wife to death on her birthday and hiding her body in their RV. More

July 15, 2021

The jury heard an interview where Bo Pete Jeffrey admitted to hiding his ex-wife's dead body in their camper. More

July 14, 2021

Dane Kallungi allegedly admitted to his ex-wife that he had murdered his current wife, Jepsy Kallungi, who has been missing since March 2019. More

June 30, 2021

Daniel Polette was first her stepfather before becoming her husband and forcing her into prostitution. More

June 25, 2021

A Greek helicopter pilot is appearing in court in Athens on charges of premeditated murder over the death of his young wife. More

June 22, 2021

Chester Vegas Sr. is accused of murdering his wife inside a Louisiana restaurant decades ago. More

June 21, 2021