Murder & Mayhem

30-year-old Krystal Whitcomb pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with the 2018 shooting death of a man in the rural Vermont town of Waterford. More

October 12, 2021

Court officials preparing for trial of Gregory McMichael Travis McMichael and William "Roddie Bryan -- 3 men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery -- mailed jury duty notices to 1000 people. More

October 12, 2021

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee state senator are seeking an acquittal or new trial after the Democrat was convicted of four counts of wire fraud last month. The motion, filed Oct. 8 on behalf of Sen. Katrina Robinson, argue that “the government created a mess in this case when they over-reached and charged Ms. […] More

October 12, 2021

The doctors "concluded that their 'provisional' mental health diagnosis of Defendant 'limits his ability to meaningfully converse with others.'" More

October 12, 2021

The high court ruled last month Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman must be tried in the counties where the slayings took place. More

October 12, 2021

A St. Louis man was convicted of fatally shooting four people, including a music producer and a 10-year-old. More

October 11, 2021

A New York prosecutor will seek an indictment in the coming weeks against Robert Durst for the death of his former wife Kathie Durst. More

October 8, 2021

Jury selection in the Parkland shooting suspect’s jail brawl trial takes an unexpected turn. More

October 8, 2021

North Dakota's Board of Chiropractic Examiners revoked Chad Isaak's license after he was convicted of killing four people. More

October 7, 2021

A prosecutor accused Cruz’s attorneys of giving him the colored pencils to make the suspected Parkland school shooter appear sympathetic before the prospective jurors. More

October 7, 2021

California judge plans to resentence Scott Peterson to life in prison Dec. 8 while she separately considers whether he receives new trial in 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son. More

October 6, 2021

Three men who were convicted of killing a woman in West Virginia 19 years ago were cleared of charges in the case after new DNA evidence was presented. More

October 6, 2021

Police said a Florida man confessed Tuesday to killing his 67-year-old fiancée and then driving her body to a Walmart parking lot. More

October 6, 2021

The husband convicted in the brutal killing of beloved holistic doctor Teresa Sievers is appealing his death sentence. More

October 6, 2021

Heather Mack was 18 when she was arrested after the discovery of Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s body in the trunk of a taxi in Bali. More

October 6, 2021

John Black, spent hours outlining the moments that led to Kyle Rittenhouse's decisions to shoot three men, offering a preview of the defense team's strategy when Rittenhouse's trial begins next month. More

October 6, 2021

Mohamed Noor was initially convicted of third-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. More

October 6, 2021

A slow slog of jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the suspect in 2018's Florida high school massacre on charges that he attacked a jail guard nine months after the shooting. More

October 5, 2021

A judge was expected Tuesday to consider remaining motions in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting three people during a protest against in Wisconsin last year. More

October 5, 2021

A jury has found Andy J. McCauley, Jr. guilty of all charges in the death of 15-year-old Riley Crossman, including first-degree murder. More

October 4, 2021

Dylann Roof wants appellate court to reconsider decision to recuse itself from hearing his case as appeal of death sentence winds its way through the judicial system. More

October 4, 2021

By KYLE DUNPHEY DESERET NEWS MOAB, Utah (AP) — Every day for the past two weeks, Sean-Paul Schulte sits at the same picnic table at Swanny City Park in Moab, Utah. He brings cookies, flowers, pictures of his family, meticulously painted rocks, and two pairs of black boots from his daughter, Kylen Schulte, and her […] More

October 4, 2021

A man was arrested early Sunday morning for the murder of 21-year-old Aaron Lowe, a University of Utah football player. More

October 4, 2021

Jury selection begins Monday on charges Nikolas Cruz attacked a Broward County jail guard nine months after the Feb. 14, 2018, shootings. More

October 4, 2021

Jury recommends Stanley Ford be sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty. More

October 1, 2021

Jeffrey Burnham -- a man wanted in the killings of three people in Maryland -- has been arrested in West Virginia. More

October 1, 2021

Ahmaud Arbery's mental health records can't be used as trial evidence by the white men who chased and killed the 25-year-old Black man as he was running in their neighborhood a judge ruled. More

October 1, 2021

The NV Supreme Court ruled that Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman should be tried separately in two counties where murders took place. More

October 1, 2021

An arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect accused of killing another Albuquerque man after the victim's service dog was shot and wounded for reportedly barking at the gunman. More

September 30, 2021

Girlfriend of Jason Thornburg - man who police say confessed to killing her his roommate and 3 people whose bodies were found dismembered in burning dumpster in Texas was reported missing. More

September 30, 2021