Murder & Mayhem

96-year-old Okey Payne claimed employees at the Colorado nursing home were stealing money from him, according to police. More

August 18, 2021

Robert Durst admitted to lying under oath and said he would never admit killing Susan Berman — even if he had done so. More

August 18, 2021

Robert Durst denied that whispered words heard during 'The Jinx' were a confession to murder, despite acknowledging what he said. More

August 17, 2021

Isaiah Gardenhire charged in killings of Lansing couple also accused of killing teenage girl and sexual assault on a woman. Gardenhire charged in deaths of Harley Owens and Kelsey Coon-Lennon More

August 17, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A murder charge was filed Monday against a man that prosecutors say tried to kill his girlfriend and four children by driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway. Cesar Iban Torres, 31, also was charged with attempted murder, child abuse and other crimes for last Thursday’s crash on Interstate […] More

August 17, 2021

South Carolina sheriff's deputy shot killed man who carjacked crashed into 10 cars and charged the deputy at the side of the interstate. Phillip John Walden died from multiple gunshot wounds More

August 16, 2021

New York real estate heir Robert Durst testified he lied about sending police a note directing them to dead body of his friend Susan Berman. More

August 16, 2021

A person of interest will reportedly be charged for the kidnapping and murder of an Atlanta bartender. More

August 16, 2021

Arnoldo Lozano Sanchez, 78, who lived in the home and rented it out to various people, was arrested for the shooting. More

August 16, 2021

Evidence from the remains and witness statements led detectives to believe that Donald Shoff was killed in May 2014. More

August 13, 2021

Steven Wiggins has been found guilty of killing Sgt. Daniel Baker during a traffic stop back in 2018. More

August 13, 2021

Officer Dario Dizdar is not considered a suspect by his department. Police said he is cooperating and there is no indication of foul play. More

August 12, 2021

Robert Durst took the stand to reflect on happy moments in his life in New York with two women prosecutors allege he would later kill. More

August 11, 2021

James Anthony Gray's first trial ended with a mistrial and his conviction in the second trial was overturned because of how police got his confession. More

August 11, 2021

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the suspect in a 2018 Florida high school massacre told a judge Tuesday that the news media and public should be barred from all pretrial hearings, saying Nikolas Cruz’s right to an impartial jury will be irrevocably harmed if certain evidence is revealed […] More

August 10, 2021

Lawyers for convicted murderer Scott Peterson are denying reports of their client's potential participation in another high-profile murder case in California. More

August 10, 2021

Robert Durst took the stand at his California murder trial Monday and immediately denied killing his best friend. More

August 9, 2021

Elizabeth Carserino had been hired by the victim's family to be a live-in caretaker, More

August 9, 2021

Seth Donald is accused of murdering his grandfather in 2019. He allegedly sent a video of the murder to family members. More

August 6, 2021

Prosecutors have announced they intend to seek the death penalty against Chad Daybell when he goes on trial for the murders of Tammy Daybell, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. More

August 6, 2021

KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron responded to criticism saying the decision was in the jury's hands, not his. More

August 5, 2021

An issue with a juror forced an early ending to court and delayed Robert Durst's highly-anticipated testimony. More

August 5, 2021

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — An educator who taught the children of U.S. military personnel at an Army base in Germany is accused of sexually assaulting two young students, court records show. Stefan Eberhard Zappey has been a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense, assigned to an elementary school […] More

August 5, 2021

“The voices said my friends and family were going to be killed," Joseph Jimenez reportedly said in a interview at a jail where he is being held. More

August 5, 2021

Joseph Elledge's defense attorneys argued the tapes were hearsay and should not be admitted during the trial. More

August 5, 2021

Real estate heir Robert Durst is expected to take the stand in his own defense at his Los Angeles murder trial. More

August 4, 2021

LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. (AP) — An inmate at a Virginia prison has been killed in his cell in an apparent attack by another inmate, correctional officials said. The 63-year-old inmate was pronounced dead on Tuesday night at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center, the Virginia Department of Corrections said in a news release. This incident is being investigated […] More

August 4, 2021

The grand jury indictment for Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, who is accused of killing her son in Las Vegas and dumping his body, has been released. More

August 4, 2021

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting two young people inside a Southern California movie theater last week was accompanied by three friends who told investigators they were alarmed because they believed he had brought a gun into the cinema, a newspaper reported. Police records obtained by the Orange County Register and […] More

August 3, 2021

The judge presiding over Robert Durst's murder trial in Los Angeles denied the request for a mistrial because of his health issues. More

August 3, 2021