A 7th member was added to the jury Friday to hear the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last year while Floyd begged for life. Floyd’s death was videotaped by bystanders, and the video’s release prompted nationwide protests and calls for …
A California man was sentenced to 212 years in prison for defrauding insurance companies with an “evil and diabolical” plot to kill his two severely autistic sons, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ali F. Elmezayen, 45, drove the family car off a San Pedro wharf in 2015, killing Abdelkarim Elmezayen, 8, and Elhassan Elmezayen, 11, …
A former doctor and the centerpiece of the best-selling true crime book, “Fatal Vision,” could possibly walk out of prison on a “compassionate release” due to his failing health. The Daily News & Observer reports that 77-year-old Jeffrey MacDonald, who’s currently serving three life sentences for killing his pregnant wife and two children in 1970, …
A California woman behind bars for murder will be released to a drug treatment program after her lawyers successfully argued that that the state’s homicide law doesn’t apply to pregnant women. The Associated Press reports that on Tuesday, Kings County Superior Court Judge Robert Shane Burns granted Chelsea Becker attorneys’ request to release her from …
On Thursday, a Minneapolis judge reinstated a third-degree murder charge against the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill reintroduced the charge against ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin Thursday morning. According to the Star Tribune, his decision comes a day after the Minnesota Supreme Court denied Chauvin’s attorney’s request to …
Two more jurors were seated Wednesday in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, bringing the total to five, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, attorneys selected two men and a woman for the jury on Tuesday. Wednesday’s proceedings added two more men. Also on …
Georgia police announced on Tuesday that they are reopening the investigation into the 2013 death of a teen boy whose body was found in his high school gymnasium. Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said that this week, a federal judge approved his request to obtain evidence in Kendrick Johnson’s case. Paulk claimed he originally made …
A California woman facing a murder charge after delivering a stillborn baby could be released if a judge agrees with her defense team. The Los Angeles Times reports that Chelsea Becker, 26, was arrested in 2019 for the death of her son, Zachariah Joseph Campos. According to the Hanford Police Department, Becker was using meth …
After his defense rested without calling a single witness, Donthe Lucas was found guilty by a Colorado jury in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in February 2013, the Denver Channel reports. Kelsie Schelling, then 21, vanished on February 4, 2013, after meeting up with Lucas, the likely father of her unborn child, at a …
Juror selection was delayed until Tuesday after questions were raised on Monday regarding third-degree charges against the former Minnesota police officer accused of killing George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sent jurors home after Derek Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, said he plans to ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’ …
For two years, medical evidence in connection with a California toddler’s death has been kept under wraps. Last week, those disturbing details were made public during a preliminary hearing at the Tuolumne Superior Court. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nicole Sparks, 23, the mother of 2-year-old Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood, turned herself in to the Waterford authorities in January, …
The Minnesota Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the trial judge should not have refused to reinstate third-degree murder charges against the ex-officer accused of killing George Floyd. The appellate court’s decision means the matter will be reintroduced to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who will reconsider whether Chauvin will face third-degree murder charges. …
