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Joseph Elledge's defense attorneys argued the tapes were hearsay and should not be admitted during the trial. More

August 5, 2021

Court TV’s Chanley Painter joins host Vinnie Politan to discuss new recordings of the 'Doomsday Cult Mom' Lori Vallow Daybell. More

August 5, 2021

Real estate heir Robert Durst is expected to take the stand in his own defense at his Los Angeles murder trial. More

August 4, 2021

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sailor charged with starting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard last year was assigned to the ship after dropping out of training to become a Navy SEAL, and he was described by some fellow sailors as a person who had disdain for the Navy, according to investigators. Details […] More

August 4, 2021

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A coalition of news media outlets has asked the judge who oversaw the trial of Derek Chauvin to release the identities of jurors who convicted him in the death of George Floyd, saying there is no known threat to juror safety that would warrant keeping their names […] More

August 4, 2021

LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. (AP) — An inmate at a Virginia prison has been killed in his cell in an apparent attack by another inmate, correctional officials said. The 63-year-old inmate was pronounced dead on Tuesday night at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center, the Virginia Department of Corrections said in a news release. This incident is being investigated […] More

August 4, 2021

The grand jury indictment for Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, who is accused of killing her son in Las Vegas and dumping his body, has been released. More

August 4, 2021

Lawrence Handley allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping of his estranged wife, which later involved the death of two suspected hired kidnappers who drowned while trying to escape police. More

August 4, 2021

R&B singer R. Kelly's attorneys said their client has gained weight and lost money while appearing at a hearing. More

August 3, 2021

Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights want their trials separated from Derek Chauvin's. More

August 3, 2021

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting two young people inside a Southern California movie theater last week was accompanied by three friends who told investigators they were alarmed because they believed he had brought a gun into the cinema, a newspaper reported. Police records obtained by the Orange County Register and […] More

August 3, 2021

The judge presiding over Robert Durst's murder trial in Los Angeles denied the request for a mistrial because of his health issues. More

August 3, 2021

By Grace Wong, Court TV MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — A second day of jury selection is underway for a North Dakota chiropractor charged in a quadruple homicide that shocked the tight-knit community of Mandan, west of Bismarck. The judge has qualified 20 jurors to advance to the final round of jury selection, when a panel […] More

August 3, 2021

Juanita Koilpillai's 23-year-old son has been charged with her murder. More

August 3, 2021

Police said 14-year-old Steven Butler III was a victim of blunt-force injuries.  More

August 3, 2021

Investigators believe Tara Strozier was tortured, killed and her body weighted down then left in the pond. More

August 3, 2021

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho state lawmaker accused of violating ethics rules by publicizing the name of an alleged rape victim in disparaging social media posts refused to answer questions she deemed “irrelevant” during an ethics hearing on Monday. The lawmaker also claimed the young Statehouse intern who reported […] More

August 2, 2021

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff will be removed from office after jurors on Monday found him guilty of charges of theft and using his office for personal gain. News outlets report that jurors convicted Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely of two counts but found him not guilty of eight others. Blakely was […] More

August 2, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —A St. Paul woman was charged with murder Monday for allegedly shooting her ex-husband in the back of his head and burying his body in the yard, then building a shed on top of him. Authorities had been investigating the disappearance of Kou Yang, 50, when a neighbor told them about […] More

August 2, 2021

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected a convicted man’s request for a new trial in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, whose body was found in a cornfield weeks after she disappeared while out for a run near her small hometown. Judge […] More

August 2, 2021

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri grand jury indicted a man and woman on a first-degree murder charge alleging they strangled a woman and dismembered her body, the Jackson County prosecutor announced Monday. Kansas City-area residents Michael Hendricks, 40, and Maggie Ybarra, 30, are charged with killing 32-year-old Kensie Renee Aubry. The grand jury […] More

August 2, 2021

A judge granted actor Jussie Smollett's attorney smore time to prepare arguments on several issues ahead of his trial. More

August 2, 2021

Deputies say Aaron Morgan stabbed his grandmother and mother, then stole his grandmother's car. More

August 2, 2021

The suspect is alleged to have worked at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945 as an enlisted member of the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing. More

August 2, 2021

The case of Alexandra Brueger has baffled detectives and her family for five years. Now Ally’s family is coming forward with new details in the hopes this killer can be caught. More

August 2, 2021

In a 911 call, he reportedly told a dispatcher that he was "hearing voices" and killed his son. More

August 2, 2021

A Michigan man sought in the murder of his 82-year-old father has been arrested. More

August 2, 2021

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, mostly women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in four of the killings and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Robert Aaron Long, 22, still faces the death […] More

July 30, 2021

A judge said he would not remove one of Jussie Smollett's attorneys, but barred him from questioning two witnesses in the case. More

July 30, 2021

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in the early 1990s as they rode bikes near a canal system in Phoenix plans to mount an insanity defense at his upcoming trial. An attorney for Bryan Patrick Miller said in court records last […] More

July 30, 2021