Murder & Mayhem

A Florida man was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday after prosecutors said he hired a hitman to gun down his pregnant wife five years ago. More

May 9, 2022

A second set of human remains were found at Callville Bay in Lake Mead National Recreation Area Saturday. More

May 9, 2022

Ford Edge with distinctive burnt orange paint was found on a roadside and towed the same day that Casey White, charged with murder, and former assistant corrections director Vicky White disappeared. More

May 7, 2022

A missing 23-year-old mother has been found dead and multiple suspects are now in custody, according to Milwaukee police. More

May 6, 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland said an escaped murder suspect and jail officer who aided him are "regarded as extremely dangerous" and U.S. Marshals has taken over leading the search for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and Vicky White, a jail official, since they left the Lauderdale County Detention Center. More

May 5, 2022

Greg McMichael, one of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, spoke with his former boss, Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, several times by phone in the days and weeks following the 2020 killing. More

May 5, 2022

Russell Laffitte now faces 21 charges of fraud, conspiracy and computer crimes, state police announced Wednesday. More

May 5, 2022

A nationwide manhunt is ongoing for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and Vicky White, the assistant director of corrections for the jail in Lauderdale County. More

May 4, 2022

An escaped Alabama inmate had a “special relationship” with the jail official authorities believe assisted in his escape, a sheriff's office said Tuesday. More

May 4, 2022

Bustaman Kartabrata, charged with shooting and killing three members of his family in 2019 in Denver was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder. More

May 3, 2022

Prosecutors in the case against Lori Vallow Daybell are reportedly seeking the death penalty. More

May 3, 2022

DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A man accused of murder in connection with his mother’s death in a Castle Rock house fire was arrested in Florida early Tuesday morning. Police arrested Matthew Buchanan, 32, at a gas station in Plantation Key in Monroe County, Florida around 3 a.m. Monday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s […] More

May 3, 2022

The inmate and assistant director of corrections left the Lauderdale County Detention Center on Friday morning to go to a nearby courthouse, the sheriff's office said. More

May 2, 2022

“I pushed a bloke. He went over the edge,” Scott White said in recorded police interview in 2020 that was played in court. More

May 2, 2022

Days before jury selection begins in Georgia v. Ryan Duke, podcaster Payne Lindsey, along with Dr. Maurice Godwin and Phillip Holloway, will take the stage at CrimeCon 2022 in Las Vegas, led by Court TV anchor Julie Grant, to discuss The Beauty Queen Murder Trial.   More

April 29, 2022

In March, Jacobee Flowers pled guilty to killing Morgan Martin in 2012. She was pregnant with his child when she went missing. More

April 29, 2022

Jurors took about 45 minutes to convict Billy Chemirmir, 49, of capital murder in the March 2018 smothering of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris. More

April 29, 2022

Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller were both 16 when they were arrested in the killing of 66-year-old Nohema Graber. More

April 29, 2022

Preliminary autopsy results confirm 10-year-old Lily Peters, found dead in Wisconsin, died of strangulation and blunt force trauma. More

April 28, 2022

Derek Chauvin asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals in a court filing Monday to reverse his conviction, reverse and remand for a new trial in a new venue, or order a resentencing. More

April 28, 2022

An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with the 1988 killing of an 11-year-old girl found stabbed to death in a Massachusetts railyard, authorities said Wednesday. More

April 28, 2022

It's alleged Charlie Adelson arranged the killing so his sister could move back to the Fort Lauderdale area with her two children. More

April 28, 2022

Judge Elizabeth Scherer reversed a decision she made regarding a dispute over how to handle 11 potential jurors who were prematurely dismissed in the sentencing of the Parkland school gunman, effectively preserving the first two weeks of jury selection in the Nikolas Cruz case. More

April 27, 2022

A 14-year-old boy accused of killing 10-year-old Wisconsin girl Illiana "Lily" Peters knew her and planned the attack, knocking her down and choking her before sexually assaulting her. More

April 27, 2022

The union representing police officers in a Michigan city is defending Christopher Schurr, the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head. More

April 27, 2022

A state investigation launched after George Floyd’s killing in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers has determined that the department engages in a pattern of race discrimination. More

April 27, 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — A federal judge sentenced Steven Wiggins — a Dickson man who killed a sheriff’s officer in 2018 — to life in prison.   Wiggins, 33, was indicted by a federal grand jury on carjacking and firearms violations. He was previously charged with killing Dickson County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Daniel […] More

April 27, 2022

Police investigating the death of a 10-year-old girl in western Wisconsin arrested a juvenile suspect known to the victim. More

April 27, 2022

A Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be livestreamed. More

April 26, 2022

Police have confirmed the body of missing 10-year-old Lily Peters has been found. More

April 26, 2022