A federal appeals court has denied a request by convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing his death sentence appeal. Tsarnaev’s attorneys sought the removal because US District Court Judge George O’Toole appeared on a podcast and public panels discussing the work of organizing a complex jury trial, WCVB reported. In …
Convicted killer Jodi Arias may be planning a new appeal of her 2013 conviction for killing her ex-boyfriend. Arias, 45, is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in an Arizona prison for the death of Travis Alexander in 2008. Recently she began selling her artwork from prison and has launched a blog …
Court documents reveal new details about the horrific slaying of a mother and father on an Arkansas hiking trail earlier this month. A 28-year-old school teacher who recently moved to Arkansas from Oklahoma for a new job has been arrested and charged with murder in the deaths of Clinton Brink, 43, and Cristen Brink, 41, …
A North Carolina man already charged with kidnapping has now been charged with additional counts — including rape — in a neighboring county. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office charged Winston Aaron Eccleston, 26, with kidnapping in May after a woman who had been missing since January turned up and told a harrowing tale. An arrest …
A Texas man has been charged with murder in the fatal attack of his mother, which he reportedly confessed to a friend over a gaming app. Authorities said they learned about the incident from 24-year-old Robert Babin’s friend, who called police when he saw the messages, KTRK reported. “I am in trouble and I need …
A Wisconsin judge approved the move of one of the girls involved in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing out of a state mental health hospital where she has been confined since she was 12 years old and to a new facility where she will have more freedom. Morgan Geyser, now 22, will still be in …
A Kentucky man was arrested after an hours-long stand-off and charged with firing shots a police officers. Bardstown Police said they were called to the scene in a residential neighborhood around 10 p.m. on Wednesday for a report of shots fired, according to WLKY. The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Travis Bowman, ran into a home …
Four people have been arrested in North Georgia after they allegedly attacked a father and daughter while they were camping over the weekend. The dad, 58-year-old Bruce Waldon, remains in the ICU at a hospital in Gainesville, suffering from severe cuts and a brain bleed, WANF reported. His 20-year-old daughter, Grace Waldon, suffered bruising and …
Arkansas police have arrested a 28-year-old school teacher for the murders of a married couple hiking on a state park trail with their children. James Andrew McGann had recently moved to Arkansas from Oklahoma and was a teacher candidate hired for the upcoming school year, Springdale Public Schools said in a statement to KHBS. The …
A North Carolina man has been charged with first degree murder after he beat his roommate to death for asking him for a cigarette. William Francis Bordsen, 40, called 911 shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday and said he’d been in a fight with his roommate, identified as 65-year-old Robert Murphy, and that he “kicked …
An Iowa man faces multiple charges after he allegedly beat his grandfather with golf clubs, sprayed wasp killer into his wounds, and threatened to kill him. Joshua Ragan, 38, also reportedly disabled his 71-year-old grandfather’s phone so he could not call for help for about three hours, KWQC reported. When police arrived at the home …
Authorities have identified the bodies of four people found dead in northwestern Tennessee on Tuesday as family members of the baby girl abandoned in a stranger’s front yard in neighboring Dyer County. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the victims of the homicide as 15-year-old Braydon Williams, 21-year-old James Matthew Wilson, 20-year-old Adrianna Williams, and …
