South Carolina’s attorney general has filed a detailed response to convicted killer Alex Murdaugh’s push for a new trial that includes an equally detailed affidavit from the court clerk Murdaugh’s attorneys accused of jury tampering. The filing notes that arguments from Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin — that Colleton County Court Clerk Rebecca Hill urged …
Serenity Hawley’s family said the school had issued a no-contact order for the pair after an incident about a month ago.
A Wisconsin man has been arrested after a 1-year-old child appeared to suffer from fentanyl ingested and needed Narcan before she was taken to the hospital over the weekend. Sauk Prairie Police officers responded to a call late Saturday afternoon that a child had either gotten into drugs or poison, WMTV reported. Arriving officers thought …
Two witnesses testified in Kaitlin Armstrong’s murder trial on Wednesday that the yoga teacher was so angry at the thought of her boyfriend, Colin Strickland, dating pro cyclist Mo Wilson that she told them she would kill her. Nicole Mertz, who said she was Armstrong’s close friend in 2021 and 2022, was with Armstrong at …
A Kentucky mother has been charged with the shooting deaths of her two young children on Wednesday. According to WLKY, a neighbor found the children at about 11 a.m. in a bedroom of their home, covered in blood and called police. A gun was found on the bed. The children were taken by ambulance to …
A California stepmother was sentenced to 7 years to life and 7 years, 10 months for torturing her 10-year-old stepdaughter as the judge overseeing the case said he hoped she “spends the rest of her life in prison.” “She is evil incarnate,” Orange County Superior Court Judge Scott Steiner said of 35-year-old Mayra Chavez. “I …
The California “party mom” accused of throwing wild sex and alcohol parties for underaged teens, including her own sons, pleaded not guilty on Monday to 63 new charges brought by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. A grand jury last week indicted Shannon O’Connor on 20 felony and 43 misdemeanor counts, including endangering the …
A 12-year-old boy was found shot dead in the Canyon Country area of Los Angeles County on Monday. Deputies were sent to the area around Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon Roads at about 6:30 a.m., the LA County Sheriff’s Department said. The Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner said that William Lemus Ayala …
A 54-year-old Arizona woman was found dead in the trunk of a car in California, and a man she may have been dating has been charged with her death. The family of Christi Romero reported her and her car, a 1995 Plymouth Neon, missing to police in Holbrook, Arizona on Monday, according to Huntington Beach, …
The Guatemalan Public Ministry provided an update on the investigation after family members complained that witnesses left the country without giving statements.
5 other children were found in the ‘filthy’ home, officials said. One of those 5 tested positive for meth.
A 69-year-old California Jewish man has died from injuries he received when two competing rallies clashed in Thousand Oaks on Sunday. Paul Kessler died on Monday, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said it was still investigating the altercation that led to Kessler’s death. They said he fell during the altercation and …
