Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
Kansas man arrested in 2019 robbery, kidnapping and shooting deaths of two men whose bodies were found hours apart in an Oklahoma ditch and a Kansas trailer. Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Ralph Thomas Salas Jr. was booked into the Seward County Jail. More
January 12, 2022
A judge agreed to delay a state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, though he didn't immediately set a date. More
January 12, 2022
The trial of Chandler Halderson, accused of killing and dismembering his parents, has been postponed because he tested positive for COVID-19. More
January 12, 2022
A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to be retried in April after the first jury to hear a murder case against him deadlocked. The retrial of Billy Chemirmir, 49, in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris is scheduled to begin on April 25. More
January 11, 2022
Angelo Colon-Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of Vanessa Marcotte, 27, in the town of Princeton, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Boston. More
January 11, 2022
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has been selected in Kenosha County Circuit Court to hear the case against a man charged with killing three people and wounding three others in a shooting at a crowded bar. Twenty-five-year-old Rakayo Vinson is facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted first-degree intentional […] More
January 11, 2022
Judge set bail at $1 million for a man who reportedly believed he was demonically possessed and admitted to killing a Marysville resident, saying "voices" told him to do it. Anthony Boggess was booked into the Snohomish County Jail in Everett for investigation of second-degree murder and first-degree attempted arson in the death of former roommate, James Thrower More
January 11, 2022
Tou Thao, J. Kueng and Thomas Lane face a Jan. 20 trial for allegations that they deprived Floyd of his rights while acting under government authority. More
January 11, 2022
A man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the strangulation slaying of his girlfriend's mother whose body was found after a 2019 Pennsylvania fire. A Dauphin County judge on Monday sentenced 35-year-old Calvin Purdie Jr. to 20 to 40 years for third-degree murder and a consecutive term of 10 to 20 years for aggravated arson. More
January 10, 2022
Convicted killer Robert Durst died in a state prison hospital facility in Stockton, his attorney Chip Lewis said. More
January 10, 2022
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder accepted Dominick Black's plea during a six-minute hearing. More
January 10, 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
Former Oklahoma police officer sentenced 25 years in prison for killing daughter's boyfriend convicted of second-degree murder the fifth time he went on trial in the case. Shannon Kepler sentenced to 300 months in prison followed by three years supervised release. He also ordered Kepler pay restitution to cover cost of headstone for Jeremey Lake. More
January 7, 2022
The sister of a slain federal security officer is suing Facebook, alleging the tech giant played a part in the radicalization of two men who are accused of planning the killing on its platform. David Patrick Underwood was fatally shot and his partner was wounded while guarding a federal building in Oakland on May 29, 2020, when a large demonstration over the police killing of George Floyd was underway nearby. More
January 7, 2022
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. […] More
January 7, 2022
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — Thea Brooks has long used fashion as an outlet for self-expression, designing T-shirts for special occasions and doing her own alterations to store-bought clothing. When her nephew, Ahmaud Arbery, was gunned down in February 2020, Brooks poured her grief into creating wearable tributes to her beloved “Quez.” “Posters […] More
January 6, 2022
A 19-year-old Fairbury man was sentenced Thursday to 70 to 80 years in prison for beating a 2-year-old boy to death in February and shooting a man a year earlier. Jake Gonzalez was convicted in October of child abuse resulting in the death of Hollen Siedschlag and threatening the boy's mother. More
January 6, 2022
DENVER (Scripps News Colorado Springs) – The judge who presided over the trial and original sentence for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos in the deadly I-70 truck driving crash criticized Gov. Jared Polis in an order Tuesday for commuting the truck driver’s sentence from 110 years to 10. Jefferson County District Court Judge Bruce Jones wrote in the […] More
January 6, 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
Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in George Floyd's death will go on trial Jan. 20. More
January 6, 2022
In addition to the stimulus payment, convicted Boston Marathon bomber DzhokharTsarnaev has received money from dozens of sources during his incarceration. More
January 6, 2022
The three men convicted of felony murder and other violent crimes for the 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery will return to court Friday for a hearing to determine their punishment. More
January 6, 2022
An Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home visit in a town south of Springfield. Diedre Silas, investigator for the state Department of Children and Family Services, was conducting a welfare check on children living in the home in Thayer when she was stabbed. Benjamin H. Reed. Reed is charged with first degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in the stabbing death. More
January 5, 2022
A judge on Wednesday denied bail to the second of two people charged with killing one police officer and wounding another at a northern Illinois hotel last week. Darius Sullivan, 25, and Xandria Harris, 26, are charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the Dec. 29 attack that killed 49-year-old Bradley police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and wounded her partner, Officer Tyler Bailey, who remains in critical condition. More
January 5, 2022
An attorney for a man accused of driving his son to a Dallas-area gas station store where the 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting three teens and wounding a fourth says the father didn't know his son had a gun. Attorney Heath Harris told The Dallas Morning News he believes evidence will show that 33-year-old Richard Acosta, who is charged with capital murder, is innocent. More
January 4, 2022
A judge delayed the trial for Theodore Edgecomb, who is charged with reckless homicide in the death of Jason CLeereman. More
January 3, 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
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage. The decision on Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence was among several year-end commutations and pardons issued by […] More
December 31, 2021
The sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, ended with a guilty verdict, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of false news that has swirled around the case. On Thursday, posts emerged falsely claiming that trial documents were sealed to protect Epstein — who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes […] More
December 31, 2021
