A Tennessee man set to go on trial for the murders and dismemberment of his parents is giving the court permission to impose the death penalty if he’s found guilty, despite the prosecution’s decision not to seek execution, WBIR reported. Joel Michael Guy Jr., 32, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder, …
AJ’s mother is already serving a 35 year sentence after pleading guilty to murder.
A California man filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, claiming he suffered serious burns in 2018 when hot tea from Starbucks spilled on him in a drive-thru. Tommy Piluyev, then 22, and his wife reportedly ordered two grande-sized Honey Citrus Mint Teas at a Starbucks in Roseville. The lawsuit claims that when a …
An Indiana man accused of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend and cutting out parts of her organs with a jigsaw took the stand in his own defense Thursday, telling the court two men broke into Tammy Jo Blanton’s house that day, knocked him unconscious, and killed her, according to WDRB. Blanton, 46, was found in the …
On Wednesday, a forensic analyst testified that numerous evidence pieces collected in the case against an Indiana man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2014 matched both the suspect and victim’s DNA. As CrimeOnline reported, Joseph Oberhansley, 39, is accused of killing 46-year-old Tammy Jo Blanton inside her Jefferson, Indiana, home in 2014. Authorities found …
One of two Wisconsin girls convicted of nearly stabbing a classmate to death to appease the fictional horror character “Slender Man” in 2014 asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to toss out her conviction in adult court, the Associated Press reported. Morgan Geyser, now 18, pleaded guilty to attempted first degree homicide in 2017 …
On Tuesday, Idaho prosecutors asked the judge to combine Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell’s cases so the pair can stand trial together. According to the Daily Mail, Madison County Special Prosecutor Rob Wood filed a motion requesting a joint trial for Vallow, 47, and Daybell, 52, as they are both charged with conspiring to hide …
An Illinois teen accused of fatally shooting two people Tuesday during a protest in Wisconsin won’t be extradited to face murder charges for at least a month, a judge ruled Friday. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, allegedly used an AR-15 to kill Joesph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, in Kenosha, where a police officer shot Jacob …
Serial killer Joseph DeAngelo, otherwise known as the Golden State Killer, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a California judge decided Friday. DeAngelo, a former California police officer, pleaded guilty last year to raping over 50 women and killing 13 people. As part of a plea deal, DeAngelo admitted to additional crimes …
-Chad Daybell appeared in court Friday morning for his arraignment on charges related to the deaths of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, the children of his wife Lori Vallow.
-Daybell was arrested on June 9 after investigators found the remains of the two children buried in his backyard in Salem, Idaho.
-Daybell pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of concealment of evidence and two felony counts of conspiracy to conceal evidence.
-The prosecution and defense have agreed to a three-week trial for Daybell, from Jan. 11 through Jan. 29, 2021.
A former Tennessee police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after admitted sexually assaulting four women while on duty and in uniform, sometimes in his patrol car, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Desmond Logan, 35, pleaded guilty last September to two civil rights offenses …
Three teens charged in a crime spree that ended with the killing of a recently retired college provost last month should be tried as adults, a Charleston, South Carolina, solicitor argued Monday in court, the Charleston Post and Courier said. Tom DiLorenzo, 63, was walking with his wife, recently appointed College of Charleston provost Suzanne …
