Murder & Mayhem

Billy Chemirmir, 49, faces life in prison without parole if he's convicted of capital murder in the smothering of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris. More

April 25, 2022

Rev. Al Sharpton demanded authorities publicly identify Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and Congo native who was fatally shot in the back of the head. More

April 22, 2022

“We are firmly of the belief it had nothing to do whatsoever with our victim,” said Sheriff Bouchard. More

April 22, 2022

A Florida dentist has been arrested on charges that he hired hit men eight years ago to kill his sister's ex-husband, a prominent law professor. More

April 21, 2022

A judge has announced the new location for the Kristin Smart murder trial after ruling last month her accused killer couldn't get a fair trial in San Luis Obispo County. More

April 21, 2022

Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William Bryan, are scheduled to be sentenced for their roles in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. More

April 19, 2022

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — A mother charged with conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband and a lover's wife refused to enter a plea to murder and other charges on Tuesday, prompting an Idaho judge to enter a not guilty plea on her behalf. More

April 19, 2022

Attorneys for the family of Patrick Lyoya say an independent autopsy confirms Patrick was shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids officer. More

April 19, 2022

Maryland woman Kimberly Windsor pleaded guilty to murdering her 74-year-old mother, Carol Windsor. More

April 19, 2022

While Winstrom said he could not release the officer's name, he did release videos of the shooting, citing a need for transparency. More

April 19, 2022

A victim of the Happy Face Killer has been identified nearly 30 years after her body was left near a California highway, authorities said Monday. More

April 19, 2022

Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive. More

April 18, 2022

IRWIN COUNTY, Ga. (Court TV) — A judge in south Georgia sentenced Ryan Alexander Duke to the maximum sentence on Monday for concealing the death of beloved high school teacher Tara Grinstead. More

April 18, 2022

Andrew Lafey has been found guilty of murdering and torturing a woman in 2021. More

April 18, 2022

Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya's fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle, but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head. More

April 15, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Confusion reigned as jury selection in the death penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz concluded its second week with no immediate end in sight. More

April 15, 2022

A grand jury has indicted Kentucky murder suspect Shannon Gilday on multiple charges in the death of an ex-lawmaker's daughter. More

April 15, 2022

Lori Vallow is now in custody at Madison County Jail in Rexburg days after being deemed competent to stand trial. More

April 15, 2022

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to the U.S. to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick, in the head […] More

April 14, 2022

A woman accused of killing and dismembering a Green Bay man will receive a second exam to determine if she's competent to stand trial. More

April 14, 2022

Video footage released by the Grand Rapids Police Department shows an officer shooting Patrick Lyoya in the head. More

April 13, 2022

25-year-old Katie Foster is charged with first-degree murder after Baltimore County Police say she struck 52-year-old Joseph Dawson with her vehicle before fleeing. More

April 13, 2022

The deaths of three Baltimore City firefighters back in January have now been ruled homicides. More

April 13, 2022

Patrick Lyoya died Monday, April 4 following a traffic stop on the city's southeast side. Lyoya was the driver of the vehicle. More

April 13, 2022

Alex Ewing sentenced to life in prison after a Colorado jury found him guilty for the decades-old murder of a woman in the Denver “Hammer Killer” spree. More

April 12, 2022

A Maryland woman faces a murder charge after Alabama sheriff’s deputies found a woman dead at a home. More

April 12, 2022

She is scheduled to be formally arraigned in court next week and both Lori and Chad Daybell are set to stand trial together early next year. More

April 12, 2022

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors revealed Monday evening that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, but said at a hearing that the defendants rejected them. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill held the hearing mostly to consider whether […] More

April 11, 2022

Maryland man Vincent Anthony Fisher II charged with arson that killed girlfriend's 27-year-old daughter and 1-year-old granddaughter. More

April 11, 2022

A man has been sentenced to 375 years in jail in the 2016 slayings of three people, including two children. More

April 11, 2022