Killer Parents

Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell on charges they murdered her children J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan. More

December 2, 2021

In charging documents, Leannah Gardipe's mother called 911 to report that her daughter had called her and said she "saved her babies." More

November 23, 2021

An insurance company is suing the mother of two boys killed by her estranged husband over a $4 million life insurance payout which claims she may not have been legally entitled to receive. More

November 16, 2021

Sabrina Dunigan charged with child endangerment in August fire deaths of her five young children who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adult supervision. More

November 5, 2021

An El Paso County woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, entered a not guilty plea in court Thursday afternoon. More

November 5, 2021

A Howard County Maryland jury cleared a father of all charges in the 2019 death of his son. Stephen Dwight Tucker admitted fatally shooting Stephen Michael Tucker in self defense. More

November 2, 2021

Lori Vallow Daybell's attorney filed explosive motion alleging that client -- who is currently committed to a psychiatric facility -- is being manipulated by her caretakers. More

October 28, 2021

One of the surviving siblings called authorities and told them his brother had been dead for a year and the body was inside the apartment. More

October 27, 2021

Northern California man Gerardo Mendoza was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the 2016 drowning of his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a Catholic church. More

October 21, 2021

A judge in South Carolina denied bond Tuesday for attorney Alex Murdaugh on the second set of charges he has faced since finding his wife and son dead last June. More

October 19, 2021

Officials are continuing to search for Elijah Lewis and are requesting the public’s assistance in locating him. More

October 18, 2021

Attorney for South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh who discovered wife and son dead said Murdaugh is resigned that he will serve time in prison for stealing millions of dollars. More

October 15, 2021

An autopsy concluded that the child had been beaten to death and had multiple bone fractures. More

October 11, 2021

59-year-old Colorado man Mark Redwine sentenced to 48 years in prison in 2012 murder of his 13-year-old son Dylan Redwine. More

October 8, 2021

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday took the rare step of ordering a rehearing in the 2016 murder conviction of Michelle Lodzinski. More

October 7, 2021

A trial date has been set for the East Tennessee mother charged with murder in the death of her 15-month-old daughter. More

September 30, 2021

For the past century, the Murdaughs have steered much of the legal world in this remote corner of South Carolina. More

September 28, 2021

SHREVEPORT,La. (AP) — A woman accused of throwing two of her children into a Louisiana lake has been extradited from Texas to Louisiana, where she faces a murder charge that could send her to jail for life. Ureka Black, 32, of Shreveport, is accused of throwing her 5-year-old and 8-month-old sons into Cross Lake on […] More

September 27, 2021

The recent revelations surrounding Murdaugh involved two lawsuits that said he tried to manipulate the legal system. More

September 27, 2021

A judge decided the evidence prosecutors presented in a preliminary hearing is sufficient to send Letecia Stauch to trial. More

September 24, 2021

A Michigan woman has been charged with murder days after her 3-year-old daughter's body was found with stab wounds inside a garbage bag, authorities said. More

September 21, 2021

Alex Murdaugh wanted Curtis Smith to kill him so his surviving son would get his $10 million life insurance policy, state agents said. More

September 15, 2021

According to federal authorities, the charges against Matthew Coleman make him eligible for the death penalty. More

September 10, 2021

District Judge Steven Boyce made the decision Wednesday to extend Lori Vallow Daybell’s time in a state mental hospital by at least 180 days. More

September 9, 2021

The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday. More

September 8, 2021

A New York woman is accused of causing the death of her newborn baby after giving birth inside her home in October 2020. More

September 8, 2021

Alex Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son after family members said he had been away checking on his mother and ailing father. More

September 7, 2021

Prosecutors in southeastern Wisconsin have charged a former professional clown with killing his newborn daughter 30 years ago. More

August 30, 2021

Officers were called to the location by a neighbor who reported a foul odor. More

August 26, 2021

Police accused James Hamilton and Brittany Gosney of dozens of crimes in connection with the Feb. 27 death of Gosney's son, James Hutchinson. More

August 25, 2021