Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The stepmother of a Colorado boy missing for over a month was arrested Monday in connection with his disappearance and presumed death, authorities said. Letecia Stauch was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is expected to be extradited to Colorado on charges including first-degree murder of a child in […] More
March 3, 2020
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Columbia man accused of killing his Chinese wife pleaded not guilty Monday to abuse charges related to the couple’s child but a plea in his wife’s death was delayed. Joseph Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the killing his wife, Mengqi Ji, who has not been seen since early October. A […] More
March 3, 2020
Jury selection is scheduled to begin for the trial of Richard Dabate, who is accused of killing his wife, Connie Dabate. More
March 2, 2020
A jury has been seated to hear the trial of millionaire Robert Durst, who is charged with murdering his best friend, Susan Berman. More
February 28, 2020
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is expected to give a death sentence Friday to a man prosecutors call “The Boy Next Door Killer,” who was found guilty of the home-invasion murders of two women. A Los Angeles jury recommended the death penalty in October for 44-year-old Michael Thomas […] More
February 28, 2020
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was convicted Tuesday of the May 2017 slayings of eight people. Four of […] More
February 28, 2020
Danny Welte was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting his estranged wife hours after they buried their son. More
February 27, 2020
Lori Vallow was ordered to be held on a $5 million bond as the search continues for her missing children, J.J. and Tylee. More
February 27, 2020
Court documents from Megan Boswell’s arraignment accuse her of initially telling state investigators that Evelyn was with the child's father. More
February 26, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JAMES MARTINEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof staged a hunger strike this month while on federal death row, alleging in letters to The Associated Press that he’s been “targeted by staff,” “verbally harassed and abused without cause” and “treated disproportionately harsh.” The 25-year-old Roof, who […] More
February 25, 2020
A Milwaukee man is facing life in prison in a road rage incident that left a corrections officer dead. Matthew Lee Wilks, 35, is accused of fatally shooting 46-year-old Tracey Smith on Aug. 30, 2019, in front of her teen son. Investigators say Tracey Smith was teaching her 17-year-old son to drive when they […] More
February 24, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jurors told a judge they can’t reach a verdict in the double murder trial of a Tampa ice cream man. The jury of nine women and three men wrote a note to Hillsborough Circuit Judge Christopher C. Sabella on Friday morning, saying “The jury is hung. This is not going to […] More
February 21, 2020
Detectives learned Amie Harwick had recently expressed fear about an ex-boyfriend and had previously filed a restraining order against him. More
February 19, 2020
By MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the lam after he was tipped to his pending arrest. In 2013, Janet Uhlar was one of […] More
February 18, 2020
The Los Angeles Fire Department took Dr. Amie Harwick to a nearby hospital, where she later died from her injuries, police said. More
February 18, 2020
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a man of second-degree murder in the death of a Nebraska college student whose body has never been found. Joshua Keadle was found guilty of killing 19-year-old Tyler Thomas, who disappeared in December 2010 after she left a party near Peru State College in southeastern Nebraska. […] More
February 14, 2020
Ezra McCandless was sentenced to life in prison with an opportunity for supervised release after 50 years for the murder of Alex Woodworth. More
February 10, 2020
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A woman who accompanied her older boyfriend during a string of killings recounted in the Bruce Springsteen song “Nebraska” is seeking an official pardon, saying she was 14 years old at the time and that he had threatened to kill her family if she didn’t obey. Caril Ann Fugate, who is […] More
January 30, 2020
By CHRIS EHRMANN and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged wife was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after being found unresponsive in a vehicle inside his garage, authorities said. Fotis Dulos was found when officers went to his house in Farmington because he was late […] More
January 29, 2020
Donald Wayne Hartung is charged with murdering his mothers and two half-brothers, whose bodies were found days later, buried under clothes. More
January 29, 2020
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) – A woman who was having an affair with a Colorado man convicted of beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat and burning the body was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. Krystal Lee, 33, acknowledged in February 2019 that she helped clean up the bloody crime scene […] More
January 28, 2020
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man killed his ex-girlfriend’s mother at an Iowa home about an hour after officers went to the apartment following a reported assault but left without making an arrest or removing anyone from the tense scene. Mark Russell, of Fort Dodge, is accused of using a golf club […] More
January 23, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Wednesday set a May hearing to decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial against a man suspected being the notorious “Golden State Killer” who eluded capture for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White ordered the preliminary hearing for Joseph James DeAngelo to […] More
January 23, 2020
Rachel Henry has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family's home. More
January 22, 2020
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Defense lawyers for the man charged in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts are asking a judge to delay his trial. Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera say they need to push back the Feb. 4 trial date so that they have time to appeal a judge’s ruling that allowed […] More
January 21, 2020
The photograph shows the initials on a black leather belt, showing either an HM or WH, depending on the angle. More
January 17, 2020
Donald Wayne Hartung faces a potential death sentence if he's convicted of murdering his mother and two half-brothers. More
January 15, 2020
HARLAN, Iowa (AP) — A Kansas man has asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can “rend their souls” from their bodies. David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, said in a Jan. 3 court filing that his former wife, Bridgette Ostrom, […] More
January 15, 2020
Pamela Smart is serving a sentence of life without parole for plotting with a teenage student to murder her husband. More
January 9, 2020
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — An actress who had a small role in the movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” is accused of fatally stabbing her mother inside a suburban Kansas City home. Mollie Fitzgerald, 38, was arrested Tuesday by police in Olathe, Kansas, the Kansas City Star reported. She is charged with second-degree murder and […] More
January 3, 2020
