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Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.

Bond granted for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings
Bond granted for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings

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

Bond hearing for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings
Bond hearing for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings

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

Did Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get a fair trial in Boston?
Did Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get a fair trial in Boston?

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

Serial’s Adnan Syed: How did we get here & what’s next?
Serial’s Adnan Syed: How did we get here & what’s next?

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

Jury to hear opening statements in Maryland man’s hate crime trial
Jury to hear opening statements in Maryland man’s hate crime trial

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

Appeals court tosses confession, reverses murder conviction
Appeals court tosses confession, reverses murder conviction

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

Mother charged with murder in deaths of 2 young children
Mother charged with murder in deaths of 2 young children

  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 child murders suspect Wayne Williams denied parole
Atlanta child murders suspect Wayne Williams denied parole

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

Missouri man charged in death of wife found in freezer
Missouri man charged in death of wife found in freezer

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

Murder trial in case of missing Colorado woman goes to jury
Murder trial in case of missing Colorado woman goes to jury

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jurors on Monday began deliberating the case of a Colorado rancher charged with beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat while their child was nearby. Patrick Frazee is charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth, whose disappearance nearly a year ago drew national attention. In […] More

November 18, 2019

Closing arguments expected in Patrick Frazee trial
Closing arguments expected in Patrick Frazee trial

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — The case of a Colorado rancher charged with beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat is close to going to jurors. Closing arguments are expected Monday in the trial of 33-year-old Patrick Frazee. He’s charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth, whose disappearance nearly a […] More

November 18, 2019

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader
Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first grader on a school playground in South Carolina after killing his father in their home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. SOURCE: WHNS VIA CNN  Jesse Osborne targeted Townville Elementary School because he had spent seven years […] More

November 15, 2019

Mollie Tibbetts murder: Judge rejects written testimony from Iowa murder suspect
Mollie Tibbetts murder: Judge rejects written testimony from Iowa murder suspect

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A judge won’t consider written testimony from a man who claims he was unaware of his legal rights when he allegedly confessed to killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. SOURCE: CNN/POOL  Judge Joel Yates ruled Thursday that he will not allow lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera to submit a written affidavit from […] More

November 14, 2019

Girlfriend testifies at trial of Colorado man in death of his fiancee
Girlfriend testifies at trial of Colorado man in death of his fiancee

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A former nurse who says she tampered with evidence to cover up the killing of her boyfriend’s fiancee has taken the stand at his murder trial in Colorado. Krystal Lee Kenney was testifying Wednesday at the trial of 33-year-old Patrick Frazee, who has denied killing 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth. She was […] More

November 6, 2019

Georgia woman gets life sentence for killing boyfriend’s 2-year-old daughter
Georgia woman gets life sentence for killing boyfriend’s 2-year-old daughter

DOUGLAS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman convicted of killing her boyfriend’s 2-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutor Ian Sansot says a Coffee County jury found Amanda Jacobs Coleman guilty of malice murder on Friday. News outlets report police responded in March 2018 to the home Coleman shared with […] More

November 6, 2019

Trial begins for Colorado man charged in fiancee’s death
Trial begins for Colorado man charged in fiancee’s death

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday that a Colorado man accused of beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat and burning her body on his ranch consistently manipulated those around him, while the defense countered that their client had no motive and noted the woman’s body has not been found.   […] More

November 5, 2019

Parents of missing Chinese woman want custody of her child
Parents of missing Chinese woman want custody of her child

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge will hear arguments Monday in a dispute involving the 1-year-old daughter of a Chinese woman who has been missing for more than three weeks, with the woman’s parents and the mother-in-law of her jailed U.S. husband seeking guardianship. An attorney for Ke Ren and Xiaolin Ji, who are the […] More

November 4, 2019

Opening statements expected in Patrick Frazee murder trial
Opening statements expected in Patrick Frazee murder trial

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Opening statements are anticipated in the trial of a Colorado man charged with killing his fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. SOURCE: KOAA, Berreth Family via CNN A jury is expected to be seated for the trial of Patrick Frazee on Friday, allowing lawyers to present their view […] More

November 1, 2019

Trial starts for Colorado man suspected of killing fiancee
Trial starts for Colorado man suspected of killing fiancee

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Colorado man suspected of killing his flight instructor fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. It was expected to take several days to seat a jury to weigh the evidence against Patrick Frazee, 33, who has pleaded not guilty to […] More

October 28, 2019

Jury selection starts for suspect in fiancee burning case
Jury selection starts for suspect in fiancee burning case

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled for a Colorado man suspected of killing his flight instructor fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. The selection starting Monday for the trial of Patrick Frazee is expected to last several days. Frazee has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of […] More

October 28, 2019