Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
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
Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced Mark Sievers to death for the first-degree murder of his wife Teresa and a 30-year-sentence for conspiracy. More
January 3, 2020
BY DAVID PORTER| ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey men who have served more than 20 years in prison for a double murder have a chance at a new trial after a state appeals court ruled that newly discovered evidence could clear them. The ruling means Kevin Baker and Sean Washington could […] More
December 31, 2019
This episode looks back at some of the biggest cases covered by Court TV – from trials that shocked the nation to those that moved us to tears. (Episode 18) More
December 26, 2019
BY CURT ANDERSON AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead. CNN, POOL Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer […] More
December 19, 2019
As the Late Night Brawl Murder trial winds down, this episode updates you on the twist and turns of this tragic story. (Episode 17) More
December 19, 2019
A jury found Steven Washington guilty of second-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm possession. More
December 17, 2019
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press WINONA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was granted his freedom for the first time in 22 years Monday while prosecutors decide whether to retry him for a seventh time. A judge set a bond of […] More
December 16, 2019
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge was being asked to set bond Monday for a Mississippi man waiting to hear whether prosecutors will try him a seventh time in a quadruple slaying 23 years ago. Curtis Flowers was scheduled to appear on Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in […] More
December 16, 2019
BY PHILIP MARCELO ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Should the Boston Marathon bomber’s trial have taken place in Boston as the city was still reeling from the traumatic 2013 attack? That’s the crux of what’s being argued Thursday before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (juh-HAHR’ sar-NY’-ev) are […] More
December 12, 2019
Guilty! A Florida jury found Mark Sievers guilty of arranging the murder of his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers. Does the organizer of the conspiracy to kill Dr. Sievers deserve a harsher sentence than the two men who actually killed her? What will ultimately be the fate of Mark Sievers? Vinnie and Seema will dive into […] More
December 12, 2019
Q&A with Undisclosed’s Colin Miller After the U.S. Supreme Court denied hearing the case of Adnan Syed, the subject of the investigative journalism podcast Serial, I spoke to one of his advocates, attorney and law professor Colin Miller. We discussed Syed’s path from the 2014 debut of Serial to the 2016 post-conviction hearing, to the highest court in the […] More
December 11, 2019
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Jurors are expected to hear attorneys’ opening statements on Wednesday for the trial of a white man charged with fatally stabbing a black college student on the University of Maryland’s campus. Sean Urbanski, 24, is charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime in the May 2017 killing of Richard […] More
December 11, 2019
Joshua Brown, a key witness, was killed just days after Amber Guyger was convicted in the death of Botham Jean. More
December 6, 2019
ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a murder conviction, ruling that a confession the defendant made to police was involuntary. Eloy Vasquez-Santiago, who has an IQ of 53, mistakenly believed that his infant child was being detained by authorities, along with Vasquez-Santiago’s father and brother. […] More
December 5, 2019
Brandt Jean was awarded for his 'display of empathy and forgiveness' toward Amber Guyger, who was convicted of killing Botham Jean. More
December 4, 2019
KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are linking the mother of two young children found hanging in a Pennsylvania home to internet searches for suicide and crime shortly before their deaths, according to court documents filed in support of murder charges against the woman. Lisa Snyder, 36, was charged with first- and third-degree murder, child […] More
December 3, 2019
ATLANTA (AP) — A man considered the main suspect in a string of killings of black children and young adults in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s has been denied parole. >>READ MORE TRENDING NEWS The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles made the decision last month in the case of 61-year-old Wayne Williams. The […] More
December 3, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a southwest Missouri man Wednesday with second-degree murder, alleging he killed his wife in 2015 by hitting her in the head with a hammer and strangling her before stowing the body in a freezer at a storage unit. Fifty-seven-year-old Larry Dinwiddie, of Marshfield, was also charged with abandonment […] More
December 2, 2019
The discovery of human remains comes after a month-long search for Aniah Blanchard, whose face appears on billboards across the county. More
November 26, 2019
A jury found Henry Segura guilty of four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his girlfriend and three children. More
November 21, 2019
Jury selection is underway for Mark Sievers, who is accused of hiring hitmen to kill his wife, who was murdered with a hammer. More
November 19, 2019
