DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: BRYAN KOHBERGER PLEA DEAL, NO DEATH PENALTY
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Teacher Scandals
July 2, 2025
‘Too Good-Looking’ Teacher, Facing 55 Charges, Wants to Live Closer to Student She’s Accused of Sexually Abusing
On Wednesday, an Illinois judge in DuPage County denied former teacher Christina Formella’s request to decrease the distance she’s required to maintain from the student she’s accused of sexually abusing. As CrimeOnline previously reported. Formella, 30, faces 55 charges, including criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, indecent solicitation of a child, and grooming. According …
Court
July 2, 2025
BREAKING: Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty to Murdering 4 University of Idaho Students in 2022
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing four University of Idaho students in 2022. To avoid the death penalty, Kohberger, 30, admitted to fatally stabbing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves on November 13, 2022, at the women’s off-campus home. The plea deal means Kohberger will serve life in prison without …
July 2, 2025
Justin Ross Harris Released from Jail 11 Years After Tot Son’s Hot Car Death
A Georgia father who had his murder conviction overturned in connection with the 2014 death of his son, Cooper Harris, has been released from jail. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, Justin Ross Harris left the Cobb County Jail on June 16, after serving out his sentence for “distribution of obscene materials to a minor.” Harris …
Hot Car
July 2, 2025
Texas Mother Leaves 9-Year-Old in Hot Car While Working, Marking 13th Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke This Year
A Texas woman allegedly left a child in a hot car, in the Galena Park area of Houston, while she worked Tuesday. According to KHOU, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez stated that the 36-year-oldmother arrived at the USG office on Mayo Shell Road for her 6 a.m. shift, left her 9-year-old daughter in the car. …
Trials
July 2, 2025
BREAKING: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Found NOT GUILTY of Federal Sex Trafficking and Racketeering; Convicted on Prostitution Charge
A New York jury found Sean “Diddy” Combs not guilty of federal sex trafficking and racketeering Wednesday, following two days of deliberations. According to NBC News, the jury did, however, convict Combs on “the Mann Act transportation of former girlfriends,” involving Cassie Ventura and a woman referred to as “Jane.” The Washington Post reported that …
Murder
July 1, 2025
Texas Man Confesses to Killing Missing Flight Attendant, Tossing Body Off a Bridge
A Texas man has been charged with killing his flight attendant roommate and dumping her body off a bridge near Bowie. Rana Nofal Soluri, 47, was reported missing by a coworker on June 11, according to KDFW. The coworker had last communicated with Soluri on March 19, saying the conversation had ended quickly in mid-conversation. …
Murder
July 1, 2025
Teens Charged in Murder of 16-Year-Old Boy ‘Over a Female’
Two South Carolina teens have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy last week. Devan Raper, 19, has been charged with murder in the death of Trey Wright in Johnsonville on June 24. Raper was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission …
Court
July 1, 2025
New Mexico Man Sentenced for Kidnapping, ‘Sexually Exploiting’ 12-Year-Old Girl
A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl in Ohio nearly two years ago. Joseph Gunter, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court in February to sexual exploitation of a child and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity …
Court
July 1, 2025
BREAKING: Diddy Jury Reaches Partial Verdict; Racketeering Charge Still Under Deliberation
The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial said they have reached a partial verdict, but remain undecided whether to convict him of racketeering. CNN reported that the jury sent a note to the court indicating they have a consensus on counts two through five — two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or …
Homicide
July 1, 2025
UPDATE: Teen Boy’s Body Found in Landfill Months After Reported Disappearance
A body found at a Minnesota landfill on Saturday is a 16-year-old boy who vanished in May. KIMT reported that Jordan Collins Jr.’s body was found at the Elk River Landfill, which authorities began searching in early June. His cause of death was not disclosed. Collins’ body was reportedly in a 200-by-200-foot trash cell that …