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Cold case experts meet with police in Maya Millete case
Cold case experts meet with police in Maya Millete case

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

Two more indicted in kidnapping, death of real estate agent
Two more indicted in kidnapping, death of real estate agent

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

Trial of man accused of murdering wife, 4 daughters begins
Trial of man accused of murdering wife, 4 daughters begins

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

Defense attorney: Newlywed killed husband in self-defense
Defense attorney: Newlywed killed husband in self-defense

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

California prosecutor: SWAT team saved 4th slasher victim
California prosecutor: SWAT team saved 4th slasher victim

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

3 arrested in vandalism of Chauvin defense witness’ old home
3 arrested in vandalism of Chauvin defense witness’ old home

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

Jealous Wife Murder Trial | Court TV Podcast
Jealous Wife Murder Trial | Court TV Podcast

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

Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings
Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings

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

Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings
Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings

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

How to Watch: Live Coverage of Ahmaud Arbery Case Pretrial Hearings
How to Watch: Live Coverage of Ahmaud Arbery Case Pretrial Hearings

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