Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
The family of Frederick Rice wants answers as to how and why a murder trial that began last week was dismissed just days after it began due to a violation that rose to the level of a "Brady" violation. More
December 13, 2021
The semi-truck driver convicted on several charges in connection with the April 2019 crash on Interstate 70 that killed four people was sentenced in a Jefferson County courtroom Monday. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced to 110 years in prison. More
December 13, 2021
At ex-cop Kim Potter's manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright, she says she meant to use her Taser but grabbed her handgun instead. Experts agree that such incidents are rare and probably happen fewer than once per year throughout the U.S. More
December 13, 2021
A judge rejected an attempt Monday by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's attorneys to bar the parents and other relatives of his 17 victims from testifying before the jury about the trauma the murders have brought to their lives. More
December 13, 2021
Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin appears to be on the verge of pleading guilty to violating George Floyd 's civil rights according to notice sent by the court's electronic filing system. More
December 13, 2021
Alex Murdaugh blamed some problems on a 20-year opiate addiction before judge set bond at $7 million - must go on house arrest with electronic monitoring and counseling and drug testing. More
December 13, 2021
Lawyers for ex-cop on trial for killing Daunte Wright argue she made a mistake by drawing gun instead of Taser but they're also arguing she would have been justified in shooting him anyway. More
December 10, 2021
Baltimore County judge sentenced 21-year-old Malik Mungo to 50 years in prison for killing popular bartender Sebastian Dvorak in Baltimore city in 2017. More
December 10, 2021
Police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot testified he was holding Wright's right arm with both hands in an attempt to handcuff him in the moments before he was shot. More
December 10, 2021
Attorneys in upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia that covers 43 counties. More
December 10, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were gunned down six months ago in unsolved killings was indicted Thursday on 21 more charges that he stole settlement and other money from clients. More
December 9, 2021
A jury convicted Lynlee Renick of murdering her husband, Benjamin, a prominent snake breeder beloved in the reptile community. More
December 9, 2021
More than six months after the wife and son of a prominent South Carolina lawyer were gunned down at the family's estate, their killings remain unsolved. More
December 9, 2021
Ex-cop who said she mistakenly drew gun instead of Taser when fatally shot Daunte Wright went on trial on manslaughter - prosecutor saying Kim Potter was trained how to avoid deadly mix-ups. More
December 8, 2021
Nearly 17 years after being sentenced to die Scott Peterson resentenced to life without parole in emotional hearing - family of slain pregnant wife Laci called him out for the 2002 killing. More
December 8, 2021
Police had reason to believe Daunte Wright might have a gun when they tried to arrest him on an outstanding warrant - a defense attorney told jurors at the trial of ex-cop Kim Potter. More
December 8, 2021
“This is exactly what she had been trained for years to prevent,” prosecutor Erin Eldridge said. “But on April 11, she betrayed her badge and she failed Daunte Wright.” More
December 8, 2021
Former teacher Pamela Smart was convicted of recruiting her teenage lover and two of his friends to murder her husband in 1990. More
December 8, 2021
Jurors will be presented with starkly different views of the Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright during opening statements. More
December 8, 2021
It’s former Officer Kim Potter who’s on trial for the killing of Daunte Wright, but the trial in the same courtroom earlier this year of ex-cop Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is casting a shadow over the proceedings. More
December 7, 2021
Lynlee Renick was convicted of murdering her husband, Ben Renick - a prominent snake breeder who was beloved by the reptile community. More
December 7, 2021
A $50 million lawsuit was filed against a utility company over an explosion that killed two people and damaged several homes in Flint Michigan. More
December 6, 2021
The wife of Benjamin Renick, a prominent snake breeder who was beloved by the reptile community, is on trial for his murder. More
December 6, 2021
Opening statements loom this week for a former Minnesota police officer who said she drew her handgun by mistake when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. More
December 6, 2021
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana prison inmate serving a 100-year sentence for killing his wife in 1983 has confessed to strangling, sexually assaulting and dismembering a 19-year-old Helena woman 15 years earlier, authorities said Friday. Courtney Brooke Atlas, 79, confessed to killing Pamela Ann Dorrington, who disappeared in […] More
December 3, 2021
A look at the jurors who will hear testimony in the manslaughter trial of former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter - charged in the April shooting death of Daunte Wright. More
December 3, 2021
A mostly white jury was seated in the manslaughter trial for Kim Potter, who is charged with shooting and killing Daunte Wright. More
December 3, 2021
School officials told James and Jennifer Crumbley to get their 15-year-old into counseling before the shooting. More
December 3, 2021
Police said there didn't appear to be a motive other than an "innocent child victim having a chance encounter with a very violent criminal." More
December 3, 2021
A Florida man who served as the music minister at a church is accused of fatally shooting his wife and two adult children, officials said. More
December 3, 2021
