Murder & Mayhem

Prosecutors asked a judge to try four fired Minneapolis police officers together for George Floyd's death. More

August 13, 2020

When the complete police body camera footage of the George Floyd killing was leaked to a British media outlet, Minneapolis judge Peter Cahill had little choice but to grant Court TV’s request to lift his ban on the video’s release. (Episode 52) More

August 13, 2020

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — A woman who intentionally drove into the path of a semitrailer on an interstate, killing her 10-year-old daughter and severely injuring her 6-year-old son, has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. Kia Ferguson, 38, of South Euclid, will also have her driver’s license suspended for life under the […] More

August 12, 2020

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A woman accused of trying to poison her husband and stepson was caught on video spiking a drink with paint thinner and cleaning products, prosecutors said Wednesday. Susan McNair, 72, was arrested by Wilmington police on Tuesday on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of contaminating food or […] More

August 12, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Monday that they need more time to decide whether to ask an appeals court to reconsider the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentence was thrown out over concerns over about the jury selection process. The U.S. Justice Department urged the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of […] More

August 11, 2020

An Idaho woman charged in the concealment of her children’s remains has waived her preliminary hearing. Lori Vallow-Daybell was scheduled to stand before the court in Fremont County on August 10th and 11th. According to court documents, Vallow-Daybell signed the waiver on July 17th. However, the waiver wasn’t filed until two days after her husband, […] More

August 8, 2020

Amber Guyger is serving a 10-year prison sentence for the September 2018 fatal shooting of Botham Jean. More

August 7, 2020

UPDATE: On the heels of her husband Chad Daybell’s preliminary hearing this week, Lori Vallow-Daybell has waived her rights to her own preliminary hearing. She was originally slated to appear in court beginning on Monday, August 10. ORIGINAL ARTICLE By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday there’s enough evidence […] More

August 6, 2020

Garrett Rolfe was fired June 13, the day after he fatally shot Brooks outside a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta. More

August 5, 2020

A federal appeals court threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, citing a juror issue. More

August 4, 2020

By KEITH RIDLER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A detective Monday described in excruciating details how investigators unearthed the remains of two children who had been missing for months while searching the rural Idaho property of a man charged with concealing evidence. The testimony came during a preliminary hearing where a […] More

August 3, 2020

By KEITH RIDLER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday plan to begin sketching out their evidence against a couple at the center of a bizarre case of two missing children whose bodies were later unearthed in rural Idaho, offering potential new details in an investigation with ties to doomsday […] More

August 3, 2020

Robert Durst's murder trial is scheduled to resume before a jury in April after he rejected an offer to let a judge decide his fate sooner. More

July 31, 2020

The Idaho man accused of concealing two children’s bodies is standing before a judge. A preliminary hearing for Chad Daybell is taking place in Madison County on August 3 and 4. Court TV will carry the proceedings live. Daybell is charged with two felony counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. Prosecutors claim he […] More

July 31, 2020

Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Missouri will not face charges. More

July 30, 2020

Authorities arrested Jacob Bumpass in July 2020, on charges of tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse in the case of Paige Johnson. More

July 29, 2020

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police in southeastern Michigan are investigating the death of a professional poker player whose burned body was found in a recreational area a month after she returned from Los Angeles to live with family. The death of 33-year-old Susie Zhao, who was known as Susie Q to other players, […] More

July 29, 2020

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing a 17-year-old girl and posting photos of her body online now wants to reverse his guilty plea. Brandon Clark, 21, admitted in a court in February that he killed Bianca Devins, but on Tuesday at a sentencing hearing in Utica, New York, said he wanted to […] More

July 28, 2020

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A man who has spent two decades in custody was granted bond Thursday after his conviction in the killings of a couple at a south Georgia church was overturned. Dennis Perry, 58, has been serving two life sentences for the 1985 killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, who were killed inside […] More

July 24, 2020

FROSTPROOF, Fla. (AP) — Two brothers and a woman have been arrested in connection with the “massacre” of three best friends who set out on a fishing trip at a central Florida lake last week, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday.   One of the suspects, Tony “TJ” Wiggins, 26, had previously been charged […] More

July 22, 2020

A judge lifted a gag order in the case against four officers charged in George Floyd's death but did not immediately make video available. More

July 21, 2020

Attorneys representing a coalition of news organizations want to scale back a gag order to access body camera videos in George Floyd's death. More

July 21, 2020

  ORIGINAL STORY 7/8/20 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he raped and killed a 13-year-old girl he met online, then set her body on fire. Armando Cruz, 24, of Inglewood, entered pleas Tuesday to a dozen charges including murder, kidnapping and rape in the July […] More

July 21, 2020

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge and wounded her husband at their New Jersey home before fleeing, according to judiciary officials. The shooting occurred Sunday evening at the North Brunswick home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, and killed […] More

July 20, 2020

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge says he could decide by Friday whether a Georgia man should get a new trial in the 1985 shooting deaths of a husband and wife. Dennis Perry is serving two life sentences for the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, who were slain inside Rising Daughters Baptist Church in […] More

July 17, 2020

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A northern Illinois woman who beat her young son for most of his life and padlocked him in his bedroom where he died alone in the dark, his head bearing the outlines of the shower head she struck him with, on Thursday portrayed herself as a loving […] More

July 17, 2020

Three Georgia men indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery are scheduled to appear in a Brunswick courtroom Friday, July 17 at 10:00 AM ET, according to a Glynn County notice. Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan are accused of fatally shooting Arbery while running in a neighborhood near Georgia’s […] More

July 16, 2020

The death of George Floyd, and subsequent criminal charges brought against the Minneapolis police officers involved, caused reverberations around the world, making it one of the most talked about criminal proceedings in recent history. (Episode 48) More

July 16, 2020

Lori Vallow Daybell pleads not guilty to 3 misdemeanor charges in Madison County in a motion filed by her attorney Mark Means. Those charges include: Resisting or Obstructing Officers Criminal Solicitation to Commit a Crime Contempt of Court   In addition to pleading not guilty, she’s also requested that the court reduce her bond. Her […] More

July 16, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have accused a 23-year-old mother of driving drunk at 121 mph (195 kph) when she crashed her car into another car during the weekend, killing her infant son.   The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a judge on Tuesday set bail at $50,000 for Lauren Loanna Prescia after noting […] More

July 16, 2020