A man charged with shooting his grandfather dead at the behest of his mother has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will testify against the mother. Jacob Kempainen, 22, entered his plea deal last week, WLUC reported. An open murder charge along with conspiracy and firearm charges were dismissed. According to Bringmethenews.com, Kempainen and his …
Court filings in an ongoing custody battle are shedding light on the tragic death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, revealing a 32-hour silence following the discovery of her body. The documents, obtained by People magazine, provided a timeline of the events surrounding Anna’s death, after a room steward found her lifeless in her cabin aboard the …
New York City prosecutors are pushing to reinstate a murder conviction in connection with the 1979 death of Etan Patz. According to CBS News, the prosecution is in hopes that the Supreme Court will reinstate Pedro Hernandez’s conviction, although they are in the process of preparing for a retrial. A federal appeals court overturned the murder …
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate her conviction in a new filing citing “substantial new evidence” her attorneys say prove her constitutional rights were violated. The filing says that the new information was withheld during the British socialite’s 2021 trial and false testimony was presented, resulting in a “complete …
The father of three missing Michigan boys declared dead earlier this year appears in court on Wednesday to face murder charges. John Skelton was charge with murder last month, just days before he was to be released from prison after serving a 15 year sentence for unlawfully imprisoning 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander, and 5-year-old Tanner, …
At least one witness in the Celeste Rivas death investigation has been uncooperative. According to TMZ, Beth Silverman, the District Deputy Attorney in Los Angeles County, is requesting a “body attachment” for an unnamed female witness who failed to show up for a deposition Wednesday. A judge ordered the witness to testify in connection with …
Federal judges have ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case as well as the records from the 2021 case of his co-trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell.
A Florida judge sentenced a man to life in prison on Wednesday for the brutal murder of a woman he met on a dating app because she wasn’t “following his relationship rules.” Daniel Stearns, 35, was convicted in October, WESH reported. Stearns was arrested in March 2023 after police followed him to an undeveloped Palm …
A California man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to stabbing his stepmother to death and trying to kill his father has been sentenced to decades behind bars. Justin Tray Buchanan, 34, pleaded guilty in October to the murder of Kelly Jean Buchanan, the attempted murder of William Louis Buchanan, and a knife assault on …
The man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson a year ago this week comes to court on Monday for hearings on defense motions to bar certain evidence from trial — including the gun allegedly used in the murder. Luigi Mangione’s defense team has moved to bar the 9mm handgun and other items found …
An Indiana man will spend decades in prison after he pleaded guilty to killing his 6-year-old son. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, got 55 years for the murder of Justin Elmore and another 10 years for related crimes, to be served consecutively, WNDU reports. “I’m satisfied with it. It’s better than what I thought he would …
An Ohio woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son at a Tuscarawas County lake in August has been deemed competent to stand trial. Ruther Miller, 40, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of Vincen Miller during a family weekend at the lake. She was sent to mental health facility after …
