Murder & Mayhem

An Iowa woman was sentenced to life in prison after she was convicted of murdering her estranged husband's girlfriend, Tracy Mondabough. More

May 7, 2021

PODCAST: It’s been almost two years since 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts disappeared while on an evening jog, setting off an enormous search that made national news. A month after her disappearance Cristhian Rivera, a local dairy farm worker who was in the country illegally, was arrested, allegedly confessed to her murder and […] More

May 6, 2021

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Nearly two decades after an Australian woman was convicted of killing her four children, dozens of scientists are backing the claim that they may have died of natural causes. Australian law says Kathleen Folbigg is one of the nation’s worst female serial killers who smothered her […] More

May 6, 2021

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A jury in Italy convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying in Rome of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small-time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison. More than 12 hours after deliberations began, the jury of […] More

May 6, 2021

A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the arson fire that burned a Minneapolis police station during protests over the death of George Floyd. More

May 5, 2021

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (Scripps News Colorado Springs) — Court documents released on Monday, May 3, show Letecia Stauch requested a state attorney be appointed to her case, after waiving her right to counsel and deciding to represent herself. In the motion filed on April 28, Stauch writes that she does not want an attorney […] More

May 5, 2021

Garrett Rolfe was fired in June, a day after he shot Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. More

May 5, 2021

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A trial is underway for a 61-year-old man facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a U.S. Navy recruit who was strangled and dumped in an overgrown field in central Florida 37 years ago. Thomas Garner of Jacksonville has pleaded not guilty to killing Pamela Cahanes. He was arrested […] More

May 5, 2021

Derek Chauvin, convicted of killing George Floyd, has asked for a new trial saying the trial court abused its discretion. More

May 5, 2021

A jury in Rome on Wednesday began deliberating the fates of two young American men who are charged with killing an Italian police officer. More

May 5, 2021

The Army says 21 people have faced disciplinary action in connection with the death of Spc. Vanessa Guillén. More

May 4, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last summer in Washington, D.C., following online speculation about his motives for serving on the jury and whether it might be grounds for appeal. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL ON DEMAND: MN v. DEREK […] More

May 4, 2021

The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death penalty for a woman who killed her four young daughters and tried to kill her son by setting their house on fire 23 years ago. More

May 4, 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer who gunned down a Black motorist whose car had broken down six years ago could legally be convicted of both manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder, a state appeals court ruled April 28. The court said that unusual combination did not constitute double jeopardy. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL […] More

May 3, 2021

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo held without bail after he was charged in the death of his 27-year-old pregnant lover whose body was found in a lagoon. Verdejo is charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of Keishla Rodríguez and with […] More

May 3, 2021

A jury found James Addie guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of his secret fiancée, Molly Watson. More

April 29, 2021

The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. More

April 29, 2021

A Black man killed by North Carolina deputies hit law enforcement officers with his car before they opened fire, a prosecutor said Wednesday. More

April 28, 2021

For years, a savage murderer called the “Torso Killer” dribbled out confessions to a New Jersey detective. More

April 28, 2021

A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said most of deliberations was primarily spent trying to convince one person who was uncertain about part of the jury instructions. More

April 28, 2021

A panel of three Texas appeals court judges appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments to overturn the conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. More

April 27, 2021

Garrett Rolfe's attorney said his client didn't get a chance to defend himself before he was fired for fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks. More

April 26, 2021

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGLES (AP) — The parents of missing California college student Kristin Smart on Thursday sued the father of the man charged with killing their daughter nearly 25 years ago. The lawsuit filed in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court said Smart’s body was buried in Ruben Flores’s backyard and […] More

April 23, 2021

IDAHO  — April 23, 2021: Lori Daybell Attorney Mark Means and Chad Daybell Attorney John Prior filed multiple motions: Motion to oppose use of DNA Motion to preserve DNA samples Motion for photographic recordings of serology samples and review lab records Means also asks that prosecutor not “CC” the court on discovery-related letters, accusing Wood […] More

April 23, 2021

Edward 'Jake' Wagner pleaded guilty to 23 counts, which spares him the death penalty for the murders of 8 members of the Rhoden family. More

April 23, 2021

After just ten hours of deliberations, the jury for the Derek Chauvin murder trial delivered their verdict – guilty on all counts. More

April 22, 2021

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting a West Virginia woman charged in the death of her 5-year-old grandson. Michelle Lynn Boggs, 49, of Lost Creek wept at the verdict finding her guilty of knowingly allowing death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian by child abuse, The […] More

April 22, 2021

After 3 weeks of testimony and 45 witnesses, the Derek Chauvin murder trial moved into closing arguments. More

April 22, 2021

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin West have been missing for months. According to Trezell and Jacqueline West, the boys adoptive parents, the boys disappeared from their backyard on Dec. 21.   “They do not just roam around these patches … I think definitely would have been picked up or […] More

April 22, 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre was arrested Wednesday after investigators said he lied to a grand jury investigating events surrounding the shooting. Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at […] More

April 21, 2021