Killer Parents

Joan Trevino is accused of drowning her 1-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son in her Nevada home. More

July 23, 2021

The trial of a woman charged in relation to the death of her missing 5-year-old son has been set for February 2022. More

July 20, 2021

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado father was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the 2012 disappearance of his 13-year-old son.    Mark Redwine, 59, was indicted in 2017 in connection with the disappearance of Dylan Redwine, who was reported missing on […] More

July 16, 2021

By Katie McLaughlin, Court TV A former New York City police officer who allegedly forced his young son to sleep in an unheated garage in the bitter cold is fighting to keep home camera footage out of trial. Michael Valva and his fiancée, Angela Pollina, are charged with second-degree murder in the January 2020 death […] More

July 16, 2021

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — State police told a judge that they don’t want to release more information about the slayings of two members of a prominent South Carolina legal family and, after more than a month of investigation, said they still don’t know what evidence might be important to solve the case. The State Law […] More

July 15, 2021

BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — A suspended Baltimore City Police officer has been charged with the murder of his 15-year-old step-son. Eric Glenn Banks Jr., 34, was initially arrested July 6 at his home on Stoney Point Way in Curtis Bay, after police discovered the body of Dasan James “DJ” Jones stuffed inside an attic […] More

July 15, 2021

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to allowing his young daughter and son to die of heat exposure in his pickup truck while he slept after using cocaine. Dustin Dennis, 32, pleaded guilty to child neglect in federal court in Tulsa for the June 2020 deaths of Tegan Dennis, 4, and […] More

July 13, 2021

BOISE, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) Prosecutors in Maricopa County will not prosecute Chad Daybell in connection with the death of Charles Vallow.    In a letter from Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel to the Chandler Police Department obtained by East Idaho News, prosecutors listed “no reasonable likelihood of conviction” in charges of conspiracy to […] More

July 8, 2021

By Katie McLaughlin CHANDLER, Ariz. (Court TV) — Lori Vallow Daybell is facing charges that she conspired with her brother to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. That is in addition to the charges the so-called Doomsday Cult Mom already faces, which include the murders of her children — Tylee and JJ — as well […] More

July 2, 2021

A child's body was found inside a freezer at a Virginia home and police have arrested that child's parents. More

July 1, 2021

Liam Husted's body was found by hikers near the Mountain Springs trailhead off State Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump on May 28. More

June 30, 2021

BOISE, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) – Lori Vallow has been indicted on first degree murder charges in the death of her ex-husband. A Maricopa County Grand Jury in Arizona charged Vallow with one count of Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder in the death of Charles Vallow.    The indictment states, “Lori N. Vallow, […] More

June 29, 2021

A man charged in the death of his 13-year-old son in Colorado nearly a decade ago seemed uninterested in the search for the boy after he disappeared, a witness testified Monday. More

June 29, 2021

The older brother of a 13-year-old boy who disappeared in Colorado in 2012 confronted his father about photos of him eating feces from a diaper months before his younger sibling went missing, the boy's brother testified Thursday. More

June 25, 2021

The stakes couldn’t be higher for defendant Ronnie Oneal. He’s on trial for double homicide, accused of brutally murdering his girlfriend, his special needs daughter and attempting to kill his seven-year-old son. (Episode 97) More

June 24, 2021

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) — A trial date was set Wednesday for Chad Daybell who is accused of killing three people, including Tylee Ryan and Joshua “JJ” Vallow. During a virtual conference meeting, Judge Steven Boyce agreed to schedule Daybell’s jury trial to begin on Nov. 8, the East Idaho News reports.  […] More

June 23, 2021

The penalty phase of the trial of 32-year-old Ronnie Oneal III is set to begin Wednesday. More

June 22, 2021

A Colorado father killed his 13-year-old son in 2012 over photographs that triggered a fatal rage, prosecutors argued in court Monday. More

June 22, 2021

A rare and intense situation played out in court as Ronnie Oneal III questioned his son. More

June 18, 2021

ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — State police have released a brief timeline of events as part of their investigation into the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina’s prominent legal families. On Tuesday, the State Law Enforcement Division released an update into their probe of the deaths of Paul Murdaugh and […] More

June 16, 2021

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) —The California woman accused of murdering her son and dumping his body at a trailhead near Las Vegas will have a virtual hearing on her advisement this coming Thursday, June 17th at 10:30 am ET. Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, 35, was taken into custody on June 8th in Denver, Colorado, […] More

June 15, 2021

Ronnie O'Neal is accused of murdering his girlfriend and their daughter. More

June 15, 2021

A jury found Joseph Daniels guilty of murdering his missing 5-year-old son. More

June 14, 2021

Closing arguments are being heard today in the trial of Joseph Daniels, the man accused in the presumed death of his 5-year-old son. More

June 11, 2021

PODCAST: On June 9, 2020, the bodies of Tylee Ryan and her little brother JJ Vallow were discovered buried in Chad Daybell’s backyard. Murder charges were filed against Daybell and his new wife, Lori Vallow, the children’s mother. The couple were charged with the deaths of not only Tylee and JJ but also Chad’s first […] More

June 10, 2021

By Katie McLaughlin FREEMONT COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) – An Idaho district judge has signed an order that will send Lori Vallow Daybell to a state mental health facility. In the meantime, her husband Chad Daybell has entered a plea of Not Guilty in court today. Just moments ago, he appeared before District Judge Steven […] More

June 9, 2021

PODCAST: Encore Episode — This encore episode will give you all of the background you need on the Doomsday Couple. Lori Vallow and her husband, Doomsday prophet Chad Daybell, hoped to spend the rest of their lives together, but instead, their marriage has been spent behind bars due to the discovery of the bodies of […] More

June 3, 2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — The jury has been selected in the trial of Joseph Daniels who’s accused of killing his 5-year-old son, Joe Clyde Daniels. The evidence phase of the trial will begins Thursday at 1 p.m. in Dickson County. Jury selection began Wednesday morning in Chattanooga. It was supposed to begin Tuesday, […] More

June 3, 2021

JASPER, Texas (AP) — A child found dead in a Texas motel room is believed to be a boy reported missing in Houston and a suspect has been arrested in the case, police said Wednesday. Authorities had been searching for Samuel Olson, who was reported missing May 27. On Tuesday night, police recovered a child’s […] More

June 2, 2021

Investigators in Arizona want to charge Lori Vallow Daybell with the death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, who was killed in 2019. More

May 28, 2021