These matrimonial-shattering cases take the vow “until death do we part” to a new horrific level.
An Ohio father can fight the adoption of the children whose mother he killed, after a divided state Supreme Court said there was a good reason he hadn't been in touch with them since the slaying: He was following a judge's order not to contact them. More
February 14, 2022
A juror in Scott Peterson's two-decade-old murder trial will be granted immunity before testifying at a hearing that could determine whether a new trial is granted, authorities said. More
February 8, 2022
A judge on Monday delayed for three months a hearing on former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson's request to toss out his murder conviction in the killing of his third wife after his attorney said he needed more time. More
February 7, 2022
As Drew Peterson's appeals against his murder conviction repeatedly failed, it seemed the former suburban Chicago police sergeant might fade from the news. But a decade after a jury convicted him in the slaying of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, Peterson has been given something from the judge who sentenced him to 38 years in prison: Another day in court. More
February 4, 2022
Brandon Isabelle was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his girlfriend and their two-day-old infant. More
February 2, 2022
Relatives of Robert Durst's first wife, who disappeared in 1982, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his second wife. More
February 1, 2022
Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the double murder trial of a man charged in the shooting deaths of his wife and mother-in law in a home near Philadelphia in which two small children were also present. More
January 25, 2022
A Missouri man who was convicted last year of killing his wife and burying her body will face another trial this year on charges that he abused the couple's young daughter. Joseph Elledge has pleaded not guilty to three felonies involving his daughter, who was 1-year-old when her mother was killed. More
January 25, 2022
Missouri man who pleaded guilty to stuffing his wife's body in a freezer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Larry Dinwiddie was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Cynthia Dinwiddie. More
January 25, 2022
A woman accused of fatally shooting her husband in front of their two children inside the family's truck nearly two years ago is set to go to trial in March. The second-degree murder trial of Kathleen Jourdan, 33, is set to begin March 3 and is expected to be held over five days. More
January 24, 2022
Lynlee Renick was sentenced after a jury convicted her of killing her snake-breeder husband with the help of her ex-boyfriend. More
January 24, 2022
A hearing on a motion seeking to dismiss former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson's 2012 conviction for killing his third wife has been postponed until next month. More
January 19, 2022
Lawyers for a man convicted of murder for fatally shooting his wife as they rode in an SUV in Atlanta say he did not have a fair trial and are asking Georgia's highest court to overturn his conviction.Claud "Tex" McIver, 79, is serving a life sentence after being convicted of felony murder and other charges in the 2016 shooting of his wife, 64-year-old Diane McIver. More
January 18, 2022
A judge refused to lower the $7 million bail for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is charged with stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable clients. More
January 18, 2022
The 53-year-old heir to a legal empire in Hampton County, South Carolina, has been jailed since his arrest in October on a growing number of charges for mostly financial crimes. More
January 10, 2022
A judge sentenced a Missouri man to 28 years in prison for the 2019 killing of his wife, whose body he buried in a state park and whose death he misled the authorities about for more than a year.The sentence Judge Brouck Jacobs gave to 26-year-old Joseph Elledge was the one jurors recommended in November when they convicted Elledge of second-degree murder in the killing of his wife, Mengqi Ji. More
January 7, 2022
A Batavia, N.Y. man has been charged with manslaughter and for endangering the welfare of a child after his wife died while they were overdosing on drugs. Makeen Ithna-Asheri was charged with manslaughter in the 2nd degree and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after his wife, Anda Ithna-Asheri died following an overdose in front of their children. More
January 6, 2022
The hunt for a Texas man accused of murdering his estranged wife and apologizing to their children in an online video has ended, according to authorities. More
January 4, 2022
Drew Peterson, the former Chicago-area police sergeant who was convicted in 2012 of killing his third wife, is set to return to court this month after a judge agreed to hear his motion to vacate the verdict. More
January 3, 2022
Alex Murdaugh blamed some problems on a 20-year opiate addiction before judge set bond at $7 million - must go on house arrest with electronic monitoring and counseling and drug testing. More
December 13, 2021
A jury convicted Lynlee Renick of murdering her husband, Benjamin, a prominent snake breeder beloved in the reptile community. More
December 9, 2021
Lynlee Renick is on trial for the murder of her husband, snake breeder Ben Renick. Will the jury believe the testimony of a co-conspirator? More
December 9, 2021
Nearly 17 years after being sentenced to die Scott Peterson resentenced to life without parole in emotional hearing - family of slain pregnant wife Laci called him out for the 2002 killing. More
December 8, 2021
Former teacher Pamela Smart was convicted of recruiting her teenage lover and two of his friends to murder her husband in 1990. More
December 8, 2021
Nearly 17 years after being sentenced to die, Scott Peterson will be resentenced Wednesday for killing his pregnant wife and their unborn son. More
December 8, 2021
Lynlee Renick was convicted of murdering her husband, Ben Renick - a prominent snake breeder who was beloved by the reptile community. More
December 7, 2021
The wife of Benjamin Renick, a prominent snake breeder who was beloved by the reptile community, is on trial for his murder. More
December 6, 2021
A Florida man who served as the music minister at a church is accused of fatally shooting his wife and two adult children, officials said. More
December 3, 2021
Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell on charges they murdered her children J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan. More
December 2, 2021
Joseph Elledge - Missouri man who admitted burying wife's body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts - was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder. More
November 12, 2021
