Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
By Katie McLaughlin, Court TV ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — Prosecutors in Idaho have dropped the destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence charges against Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell. The husband and wife were indicted in May on charges including first-degree murder for the deaths of Chad’s first wife, Tammy Daybell, and Lori’s children, […] More
July 30, 2021
Baltimore police arrested the deceased children's aunt, 33-year-old Nicole Johnson. More
July 30, 2021
In the months after her husband’s death, Lori Vallow Daybell aroused suspicions among relatives who told investigators that she believed a demon had overcome her estranged spouse. More
July 30, 2021
Robert Durst's attorneys asked for an emergency hearing, citing the defendant's health problems as cause for a mistrial. More
July 30, 2021
Chester Lilly has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his neighbor, Travis Peters. More
July 30, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators sought video from homes and businesses near a popular Atlanta park as divers searched a pond in their quest to solve the stabbing death of a parkgoer who was walking her dog. Katherine Janness, 40, was found dead in Piedmont Park around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police say her dog was also […] More
July 29, 2021
We’re just weeks away from the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan – the three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. More
July 29, 2021
Doctors said 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling had suffered a brain hemorrhage from severe shaking in 1984. More
July 28, 2021
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office says they have requested murder charges against Harold David Haulman III for the death of Ashley Parlier. More
July 28, 2021
Steven Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. More
July 28, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was to be sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. More
July 28, 2021
Nathaniel Rowland was convicted of abducting and murdering Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for an Uber ride in 2019. More
July 27, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was supposed to be sentenced on July 15 for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. More
July 27, 2021
Judge Keith Carsons said, "I cannot ignore the brutality of your efforts to cover up that crime, or the pain it brought the family of Nicole Montalvo." More
July 27, 2021
Justo Smoker apologized to Linda Stoltzfoos’ family in court, saying he had “robbed the family of time and memories.” More
July 27, 2021
USC student Samantha Josephson was murdered after she mistakenly got into a vehicle she thought was her Uber ride. More
July 27, 2021
LORTON, Va. (AP) — The body of a 72-year-old Virginia woman who had been missing for weeks has been found, and a tenant of the woman’s has been charged with murder in her death, police announced Saturday. Fairfax County police officials said at a news conference that the suspect, Brian George Sayrs Jr., came forward […] More
July 26, 2021
“I am not sorry for something I didn’t do, and I’m not sorry for the things I did do,” he said, as he yelled towards family members in the courtroom. More
July 26, 2021
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by the state’s appellate court. Nancy Rish, 59, petitioned in December 2017 for a resentencing hearing so that the court can consider evidence of domestic violence. Stephen Small of Kankakee suffocated […] More
July 23, 2021
LEVELLAND, Texas (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of a SWAT officer in a small West Texas city during a standoff last week was charged Friday with assaulting a federal officer who responded to the scene, prosecutors said. Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was charged with one count of forcibly assaulting a federal officer […] More
July 23, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court upheld on Friday most of the convictions against a Wichita woman for torturing and killing a man in a crime that the trial judge called “horrific beyond imagination.” Heidi Hillard and her husband, Jeff, were convicted of participating in the November 2016 killing of 33-year-old Scottie Goodpaster […] More
July 23, 2021
Joan Trevino is accused of drowning her 1-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son in her Nevada home. More
July 23, 2021
The woman told police that her boyfriend modified the yo-yo string to be used as a garotte because he believed the string could sever a human head. More
July 23, 2021
The bladed multi-tool resembling a double-handled knife was exhibited on the fourth day of trial for Nathaniel Rowland. More
July 23, 2021
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys in the upcoming murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery clashed Thursday in court over limits on testimony that defendants acted in self-defense and were in a neighborhood that was on edge because of crime. Kevin Gough, an attorney for one […] More
July 22, 2021
For our 100th episode host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands cover the Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial and Britney Spears' court battle to end her conservatorship. More
July 22, 2021
A judge is expected to delve into the jury selection process at a hearing Thursday for the upcoming murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery. More
July 22, 2021
Attorneys for two of the defendants have asked a Georgia judge to keep media outlets out of the courtroom when lawyers question potential jurors to determine whether they have biases in the widely publicized case. More
July 21, 2021
16-year-old Damien Feliz was discovered in an alley with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died. More
July 21, 2021
The trial of a woman charged in relation to the death of her missing 5-year-old son has been set for February 2022. More
July 20, 2021
