Murder & Mayhem

Attorneys said the trial for Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of killing two people during chaotic protests, will last up to two weeks. More

May 21, 2021

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase — footage of the man’s last moments alive that The Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for […] More

May 21, 2021

The man charged with killing a University of Iowa student who went missing after going for a run in 2018 led investigators to her body and said that he killed her but couldn't remember how. More

May 20, 2021

PODCAST: Last week there were big hearings for two of the biggest stories of the year and host Vinnie Politan and Court TV Anchor Michael Ayala are prepped to break down all of the major developments. First in Brunswick, Georgia lawyers for the three men charged for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery made arguments to […] More

May 20, 2021

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the state and for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd ‘s death appeared before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Thursday as prosecutors sought to add an additional charge to the case. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL ON DEMAND: MN v. DEREK CHAUVIN (2020) Thomas Lane, […] More

May 20, 2021

Robert Durst's attorneys pointed to the brutal, sloppy murder of his neighbor in Texas as evidence he didn't kill his friend in California. More

May 19, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The boyfriend of a University of Iowa student testified Wednesday that he had nothing to do with her 2018 abduction and stabbing death, saying he had been out of town for work and heartbroken by her slaying. Dalton Jack, the longtime boyfriend of Mollie Tibbetts, […] More

May 19, 2021

Video evidence, DNA and a partial confession will all be presented in the prosecution's case against Cristhian Bahena Rivera. More

May 19, 2021

Barry Morphew is facing two new charges in connection with the alleged murder of his wife. More

May 19, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys on Tuesday completed the selection of a jury for the first-degree murder trial of the farm laborer charged with fatally stabbing a University of Iowa student while she was out running three years ago. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused in the death of 20-year-old […] More

May 18, 2021

Prosecutors said that Robert Durst couldn't keep track of the many lies he told and his own words prove he killed Susan Berman. More

May 18, 2021

A juror was removed Tuesday from the murder trial of Robert Durst because she violated the court's order not to read about the case. More

May 18, 2021

The father of two young children found dead in his eastern Nebraska home was charged Monday with child abuse resulting in death. More

May 18, 2021

A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that the manslaughter case can proceed against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. More

May 18, 2021

Howell Donaldson is the accused Seminole Heights serial killer charged with killing four people in the fall of 2017. More

May 18, 2021

After a 14-month recess in the case, Jurors will get refreshed on what has already been covered in the murder case. More

May 17, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor warned prospective jurors Monday that the trial of a Mexican national charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of a University of Iowa student will include graphic evidence that will be emotionally difficult to see and hear. Prosecutor Scott Brown said the first-degree murder trial of […] More

May 17, 2021

It took nearly 15 years for police to arrest Robert Durst in the killing of his best friend and another five to bring him to trial. More

May 17, 2021

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) — Las Vegas police have released the mug shot and arrest report for the man accused of killing 2-year-old Amari Nicholson. According to the arrest report, Amari’s mother, Tayler Nicholson, took an unexpected trip to Colorado on April 30 to help her mother who had been recently injured. Tayler […] More

May 14, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two more people have been indicted by a grand jury in Hennepin County in the kidnapping and slaying of a real estate agent in 2019. Twenty-nine-year-old Elsa Segura, of Fridley, and 36-year-old Lyndon Wiggins were indicted Thursday on four counts of aiding and abetting the crimes of first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, […] More

May 14, 2021

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The trial of a New Mexico man accused of murdering his wife and four daughters in 2016 began Tuesday. Juan David Villegas-Hernandez, 40, faces five counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of his wife, 34-year-old Cynthia Villegas, and their four daughters: Yamilen, 14; Cynthia Janeth, 11; Abby, 7; […] More

May 14, 2021

CHARLOTTE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Joseph Daniels was back in a Dickson County courtroom Thursday, as a slew of motions are being heard just weeks before his murder trial is set to begin. Daniels is charged in the death of his missing son, Joe Clyde, who disappeared from his Dickson County, Tennessee home on April 4, […] More

May 13, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ryan Scott Blinston was arrested last year, authorities say he was trying to smash in a door with a hatchet to finish killing a man whose throat he had slashed. That man would have become the fourth victim of Blinston, according to officials who call the Northern California tree trimmer […] More

May 13, 2021

A judge said Thursday he will review under seal mental health records of Ahmaud Arbery. More

May 13, 2021

Attorneys for a white father and son charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a judge to allow evidence of the slain Black man's past problems to be presented when their clients stand trial for murder. More

May 12, 2021

A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin. More

May 12, 2021

Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery. More

May 12, 2021

A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she’ll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty. More

May 11, 2021

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she’ll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty. A Fulton County grand […] More

May 11, 2021

A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. More

May 11, 2021