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Video evidence, DNA and a partial confession will all be presented in the prosecution's case against Cristhian Bahena Rivera. More

May 19, 2021

Barry Morphew is facing two new charges in connection with the alleged murder of his wife. More

May 19, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In hours of often tearful testimony, a woman told a judge Tuesday that she was slipping in and out of consciousness on a night 18 years ago when she said she found actor Danny Masterson raping her. “When I came to, he was on top […] More

May 19, 2021

Anaiah Walker was found dead in the median along Interstate 10 in Arizona last May. More

May 19, 2021

Two sheriff's deputies involved in the January death of a South Carolina inmate with mental health issues have been fired. More

May 19, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys on Tuesday completed the selection of a jury for the first-degree murder trial of the farm laborer charged with fatally stabbing a University of Iowa student while she was out running three years ago. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused in the death of 20-year-old […] More

May 18, 2021

Prosecutors said that Robert Durst couldn't keep track of the many lies he told and his own words prove he killed Susan Berman. More

May 18, 2021

A juror was removed Tuesday from the murder trial of Robert Durst because she violated the court's order not to read about the case. More

May 18, 2021

The father of two young children found dead in his eastern Nebraska home was charged Monday with child abuse resulting in death. More

May 18, 2021

The remains of an Indianapolis man have been located in a suburban storage unit nearly 17 months after his disappearance, authorities said. More

May 18, 2021

A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that the manslaughter case can proceed against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. More

May 18, 2021

North Carolina sheriff's deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April, a district attorney said Tuesday. More

May 18, 2021

By Andrew Dalton AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday are set to begin presenting evidence to a judge as they attempt to show “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson should stand trial in the rapes of three women. Masterson, 45, who has pleaded not guilty and has been free on bail since his […] More

May 18, 2021

It's been two years since the body of 19-year-old Gage Jackson was found 11 days after he went missing in Florida. More

May 18, 2021

Howell Donaldson is the accused Seminole Heights serial killer charged with killing four people in the fall of 2017. More

May 18, 2021

After a 14-month recess in the case, Jurors will get refreshed on what has already been covered in the murder case. More

May 17, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor warned prospective jurors Monday that the trial of a Mexican national charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of a University of Iowa student will include graphic evidence that will be emotionally difficult to see and hear. Prosecutor Scott Brown said the first-degree murder trial of […] More

May 17, 2021

A Texas man accused of murdering his estranged wife and apologizing to their children in an online video is on the lam More

May 17, 2021

Legal experts say ensuring a fair trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 slaying of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, will be difficult given the extraordinary circumstances of the case. More

May 17, 2021

It took nearly 15 years for police to arrest Robert Durst in the killing of his best friend and another five to bring him to trial. More

May 17, 2021

The 9-month-old male named India is now being cared for at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. More

May 17, 2021

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) — Las Vegas police have released the mug shot and arrest report for the man accused of killing 2-year-old Amari Nicholson. According to the arrest report, Amari’s mother, Tayler Nicholson, took an unexpected trip to Colorado on April 30 to help her mother who had been recently injured. Tayler […] More

May 14, 2021

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The whereabouts of a tiger that was found briefly wandering a Houston neighborhood remained unknown on Wednesday as the Texas man who police allege owns the animal was released on bond. An attorney for Victor Hugo Cuevas continued to insist to reporters on Wednesday that his client is […] More

May 14, 2021

A Colorado man accused of shooting and killing his wife and hiding her body in a garbage can was found guilty of murder. More

May 14, 2021

DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — Barry Morphew, the Chaffee County man accused in the disappearance of his wife Suzanne Morphew, also faces charges of forgery after he allegedly submitted a mail ballot in his wife’s name in last year’s election. When asked why he did that, he told FBI agents that he “wanted Trump to […] More

May 14, 2021

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Scripps News San Diego) — Experts from the Cold Case Foundation met with Chula Vista Police this week regarding the Maya Millete case. The foundation has joined the police department to look for any ways they can help with the investigation into the mother of three’s disappearance. Last week, Millete’s family was […] More

May 14, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two more people have been indicted by a grand jury in Hennepin County in the kidnapping and slaying of a real estate agent in 2019. Twenty-nine-year-old Elsa Segura, of Fridley, and 36-year-old Lyndon Wiggins were indicted Thursday on four counts of aiding and abetting the crimes of first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, […] More

May 14, 2021

Netflix’s “Tiger King” star Jeff Lowe and his wife are willing to give up their big cats to resolve a Justice Department civil complaint against them. More

May 14, 2021

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The trial of a New Mexico man accused of murdering his wife and four daughters in 2016 began Tuesday. Juan David Villegas-Hernandez, 40, faces five counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of his wife, 34-year-old Cynthia Villegas, and their four daughters: Yamilen, 14; Cynthia Janeth, 11; Abby, 7; […] More

May 14, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — The defense attorney for a Georgia woman charged in her husband’s fatal shooting says he plans to argue she was a victim of domestic violence, who shot the man in self-defense. Charise Douglas, 31, was charged with murder and using a gun to commit a crime in the May 1 killing […] More

May 14, 2021