Latest Crime & Trial News

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

CHARLOTTE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Joseph Daniels was back in a Dickson County courtroom Thursday, as a slew of motions are being heard just weeks before his murder trial is set to begin. Daniels is charged in the death of his missing son, Joe Clyde, who disappeared from his Dickson County, Tennessee home on April 4, […] More

May 13, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ryan Scott Blinston was arrested last year, authorities say he was trying to smash in a door with a hatchet to finish killing a man whose throat he had slashed. That man would have become the fourth victim of Blinston, according to officials who call the Northern California tree trimmer […] More

May 13, 2021

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Three women have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the one-time Northern California home of a former police officer who testified on behalf of the officer convicted of killing George Floyd by splashing pig blood on it and leaving a pig’s head near the front porch. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL ON DEMAND: […] More

May 13, 2021

Michelle Boat, who was found guilty of the murder of her romantic rival Tracy Mondabough and now faces life in prison for first degree murder, took the stand in an attempt to convince the jury to convict her of a lesser charge. More

May 13, 2021

Three Los Angeles County firefighters face consequences after graphic photos were shared from the site of Kobe Bryan's helicopter crash. More

May 13, 2021

A judge said Thursday he will review under seal mental health records of Ahmaud Arbery. More

May 13, 2021

Attorneys for a white father and son charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a judge to allow evidence of the slain Black man's past problems to be presented when their clients stand trial for murder. More

May 12, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with recruiting teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse over a 10-year period. More

May 12, 2021

A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin. More

May 12, 2021

Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery. More

May 12, 2021

The family of Ashley Brown, a Nashville surgical technician who was killed four years ago, is still waiting for answers in the cold case murder. More

May 12, 2021

A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she’ll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty. More

May 11, 2021

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she’ll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty. A Fulton County grand […] More

May 11, 2021

Court TV will air special coverage of the pretrial hearings in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man, who was pursued by three white men and fatally shot while jogging near Brunswick, Georgia. Live coverage begins tomorrow morning at 10/9c on Court TV. Here's how to watch. More

May 11, 2021

A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. More

May 11, 2021

The public will be able to watch the trial of the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. More

May 11, 2021

The juvenile made his first appearance in court, via a Zoom call which his parents were also on. More

May 11, 2021