Murder & Mayhem

Jury instruction is scheduled to take place later this week followed by closing arguments in the Kristin Smart murder trial. More

September 28, 2022

Prosecutors showed writings where Nikolas Cruz praised Satan and photos of a drawing he made in his cell with his own blood of a pentagram and the number 666. More

September 28, 2022

Wisconsin judge defers decision on whether Darrell Brooks Jr. can represent himself. Brooks is accused of killing 6 people and injuring dozens more. More

September 27, 2022

Cruz's attorneys never questioned the horror he inflicted, but focused on their belief that his birth mother's heavy drinking during pregnancy left him with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. More

September 26, 2022

Idaho judge bans cameras from the courtroom in the triple murder case against so-called Doomsday Couple Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell. More

September 23, 2022

The Las Vegas Review-Journal demands authorities don’t review a slain reporter Jeff German's electronic devices that were seized after his death. More

September 23, 2022

A man accused of killing six people by driving an SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year wants to represent himself. More

September 23, 2022

DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A man accused of murdering a woman and injuring her boyfriend while they walked their dog in the Ballpark neighborhood in June 2020 has been found guilty of first-degree murder. The jury reached a verdict shortly before 2:30 p.m., convicting 38-year-old Michael Close in the murder of 21-year-old Isabella Thallas […] More

September 23, 2022

Melissa West died after arguing with Ricky Raheem Charles, who'd followed to her Maryland home, shot her in the chest and back and and spit in her face. More

September 23, 2022

Days before Tom Pickert's death, David Jungerman lost a civil judgment totaling $5.75 million, a case that Pickert worked on. More

September 23, 2022

Defense begins its case in Kristin Smart murder trial. Paul and Ruben Flores are being tried together. Paul charged with murder, Ruben as an accessory. More

September 22, 2022

Nikki Entzel was accused of plotting Chad Entzel's death to continue a love affair and collect a life insurance payout. More

September 22, 2022

Ruben Flores' attorney told the court, "For all we know, Kristin could be in Dubai or the Middle East. There is no evidence that she’s dead." More

September 21, 2022

Clark County, Nevada takes action to have elected official Robert Telles, accused of murdering journalist Jeff German, removed from public office. More

September 20, 2022

19-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared from the Cal Poly campus in 1996. Paul Flores is charged with murder. His dad, Ruben, is charged as an accessory. More

September 20, 2022

A judge called the police report detailing the attack “chilling” and said it described Jeff German “fighting for his life.” More

September 20, 2022

Ricoh McClain was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murdering Kevin Davis. McClain stabbed Davis for cutting in line at a Maryland Popeyes eatery. More

September 19, 2022

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) — The Clark County elected official arrested for murdering a local journalist spoke out from behind bars to KTNV, an E.W. Scripps Company. Robert Telles is charged with open murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, who was found dead outside […] More

September 19, 2022

Tim Norman and his nephew, Andre Montgomery, both starred in a reality show about a popular soul-food business founded in the St. Louis area. More

September 19, 2022

The Broward Public Defender’s Office said in a motion that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer held a longstanding animosity toward lead defense lawyer Melisa McNeill. More

September 19, 2022

Former Nevada deputy attorney general Tudor Chirila Jr. was arrested in Reno as a suspect in a 1972 Hawaii homicide. He's being held without bail. More

September 16, 2022

Texas board declines request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-cop. More

September 16, 2022

A judge told attorneys in Lori and Chad Daybell's triple murder case that he’s worried news coverage could make it harder to seat a jury when the trial begins months from now. More

September 15, 2022

Authorities have said Casey White and Vicky White were in a romantic relationship and at least some of the calls were sexual in nature. More

September 15, 2022

Erin Merdy's estranged ex-husband said his son, Zachary, would arrive for visits dirty and complaining that he wasn't getting enough to eat. More

September 15, 2022

Authorities didn't immediately say if the 42-year-old suspect was the dead children's mother. More

September 15, 2022

Judge Elizabeth Scherer called the decision without warning to her or the prosecution “the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case.” More

September 14, 2022

Officials say Robert Telles had superficial self-inflicted wounds when he was arrested Sept. 7 after a brief standoff with police at his home. More

September 14, 2022

Fetal alcohol researcher testifies school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s birth mother drank more during pregnancy than any woman he’s ever seen documented. More

September 13, 2022

Robert Telles stood in shackles in a Las Vegas courtroom as his lawyer requested the delay, which prosecutors did not oppose. More

September 13, 2022