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Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.

Alex Murdaugh faces more financial crime indictments
Alex Murdaugh faces more financial crime indictments

Prosecutors say disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who's charged with killing his wife and son, stole nearly $420,000 from his law firm. Murdaugh faces nine additional charges — four counts of obtaining property under false pretenses, three counts of money laundering and two counts of computer crimes — in indictments. More

August 19, 2022

‘Slenderman’ book chronicles a harrowing childhood crime of two girls
‘Slenderman’ book chronicles a harrowing childhood crime of two girls

By MAE ANDERSON Associated Press The seemingly senseless stabbing of a young girl by two of her school friends in the Waukesha, Wisconsin, woods in 2014 made international headlines when it became known that the two perpetrators were under the sway of Slenderman, a fictional Internet demon that they had become convinced was real. But […] More

August 16, 2022

Family of slain Texas soldier seeking $35 million in damages
Family of slain Texas soldier seeking $35 million in damages

The family of a Texas soldier who was was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35 million in damages from the U.S. government. The family of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen is seeking damages on the basis of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death. More

August 12, 2022

Judge to decide if Scott Peterson victim of jury misconduct
Judge to decide if Scott Peterson victim of jury misconduct

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Scott Peterson’s trial attorney missed an opportunity to grill a California juror about bias who eventually helped send him to death row for murdering his pregnant wife and unborn child, his appellate lawyer conceded Thursday while arguing the former fertilizer salesman deserves a new trial because of juror misconduct.  […] More

August 11, 2022

Monday hearing set for 2 ex-cops in George Floyd’s killing
Monday hearing set for 2 ex-cops in George Floyd’s killing

A judge scheduled a hearing for Monday on the “status of plea negotiations” for the two remaining officers awaiting trial on state charges in the killing of George Floyd, with the hearing coming after the judge's window for accepting any deal appears to have closed. More

August 11, 2022

Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence for committing federal hate crimes. William “Roddie” Bryan, who recorded cellphone video of the slaying, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. More

August 8, 2022

Man formally charged in 1996 Tallahassee motel death cold case
Man formally charged in 1996 Tallahassee motel death cold case

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — A man who allegedly was involved in a murder case that occurred more than 25 years ago has been formally charged by the state of Florida. According to a grand jury document from the Leon County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office filed Thursday, Alan Lefferts was formally charged with first-degree […] More

August 5, 2022