The man South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh said he hired to kill him so his son could get an insurance payout says that’s just not true. Curtis Smith, 61, told the New York Post he “was set up to be the fall guy” and complained about pictures published of his bond hearing Thursday morning. “They …
Texas Rangers have released their final report on an hour-long, two-town mass shooting in 2019 that left seven people dead nearly two dozen wounded as the suspect drove through Odessa and Midland taunting police on 911 calls as he fired at other drivers and pedestrians. Among the wounded in Seth Ator’s rampage were three law …
A Wisconsin man accused of beheading his girlfriend and shoving her bloody body out of a car and onto the street was indicted this week on a charge of first-degree murder. Alexis Saborit, 42, was initially charged with second-degree murder in 55-year-old America Thayer’s July 28 death. Saborit reportedly fled on foot after dumping Thayer’s …
An 80-year-old Texas woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of her 52-year0old daughter earlier this week. The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to a home in the southeastern part of the county just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, In Forney reported. When they arrived, they found Connie Lynn Helms dead …
A three-year-old child was found dead, stuffed into a garbage bag outside a home in a small community on Lake Huron in northern Michigan. Oscoda Township police have released little information but said the death was a homicide and they had arrested a person who frequently stays at the home where the body was found. …
A Los Angeles jury on Friday found real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of the murder of his lifelong friend Susan Berman in 2000. The nine-woman, three-man jury entered deliberations on September 14 and met for eight hours over three days, after prosecutors laid out their case that Durst shot Berman because he believed she …
A heavily redacted police report says that Gabby Petito’s father was involved in a “public service” incident at the home of her boyfriend the day before the 22-year-old was reported missing. According to Fox News, Joseph Petito was involved in the incident at the Florida home his daughter and Brian Laundrie shared with his parents. …
A Las Vegas mother shot her boyfriend after he allegedly threw her 5-year-daughter from a third-floor balcony because he believed the little girl “was full of bad spirits.” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said they responded to a call Sunday afternoon and found the unconscious child, who was taken to the hospital, and man with gunshot …
Embattled South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh appeared in court Thursday afternoon on charges that he paid a former client to kill him so his son could collect a $10 million insurance policy. Murdaugh turned himself in late Thursday morning after the State Law Enforcement Division announced it had charged him with insurance fraud, conspiracy …
An Alabama woman out on bond has been charged with the murder of a US Army veteran found dead in his home last week. Johnnie Will Anderson III was found strangled on September 10. The state of decomposition suggested to investigators that he had been dead for several days, AL.com reported. Homewood Police charged Alexandria …
The father a missing 22-year-old slammed the family of the girl’s boyfriend, who returned alone from their cross-country trip and has now been named a person of interest in her disappearance. Brian Laundrie’s family issued a four-line statement through an attorney, saying they hope Gabby “Petito is re-united with her family” but they intend to …
An attorney for Alex Murdaugh says the embattled South Carolina legal scion will turn himself in on Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Jim Griffin said that Murdaugh has a bond hearing at 4 p.m. at the Hampton County Magistrate Court on a charge of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, WCBD reports. …
