The parents of an Indiana toddler who fell to her death earlier this month while aboard a Caribbean cruise ship are determined to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen to another family. Kimberly and Alan Wiegand made it clear that they blame the cruise line for their daughter’s death. “This cannot happen to another family,” …
The family of a late woman recently sued a Utah hospital, alleging she died last year after operating doctors left an open tube from her heart—resulting in her blood draining into a garbage can. Citing the lawsuit, The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Donnamay Brockbank, 63, underwent heart surgery in July 2018 at St. Mark’s …
The family of a Florida woman who was fatally struck by a car has filed a lawsuit against a funeral home, alleging an employee had taken a photo of her dead body that was posted online. In the lawsuit, the family of Jakiel Jones said a staffer for Stevens Brothers Funeral Home took photos of …
Court proceedings came to an abrupt halt Thursday after two sons of a slain woman reportedly decided to attack the man who admitted to gunning her down in 2017. WKBN reported that relatives of Elizabeth Pledger-Stewart, 46, were about to provide their victim impact statements when Anthony Dees, 30, and Jerome Stewart, 23, decided to …
Lawyers representing a former Texas police officer facing murder charges for September’s shooting death of her neighbor have requested a change of venue due to the media attention the case has received. The Dallas Morning News reported that Amber Guyger’s attorneys cited “media hysteria” as the reason why they want the high-profile trial moved out …
Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman currently serving a 15-month sentence for encouraging her late boyfriend to kill himself in 2014, has appealed her case up to the U.S. Supreme Court. BuzzFeed reported that Carter, 22, has asked the country’s highest court to review her involuntary manslaughter conviction on the basis that her texts to Conrad …
Minutes after an Indiana man was sentenced for killing his 3-month-old son on Wednesday, the baby’s uncle reportedly attacked him. Initially facing up to 40 years or more, the defendant took a plea deal that allowed him to get out of prison after 19 years, which may have possibly triggered the attack. NBC 14 reports …
Prosecutors have reportedly reduced criminal charges against a Florida woman accused of taking firearms out of an allegedly abusive husband’s residence last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Courtney Irby was reportedly arrested on multiple serious charges after allegedly breaking into her estranged husband’s home to retrieve illegally owned guns, which she surrendered to police. According …
Criminal charges have reportedly been dropped against an Alabama woman whose unborn child was killed when she was shot during a fight late last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Marshae Jones was arrested last month and was later indicted for manslaughter. Prosecutors initially sought charges against 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, but determined the preceding fight was …
Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher has been acquitted of multiple charges including premeditated murder in connection with allegations that he stabbed a teenage Islamic State insurgent to death in Iraq. According to AP News, Gallagher was only convicted on one of the seven counts against him. He could face a sentence of four months behind bars …
Killer Bruce Davis, a former member of the sadistic “Manson family,” led by the late Charles Manson, was granted parole on Friday after serving 47 years of a life sentence. However, he’s not in the clear yet. New York Post reports that the final decision as to whether Davis actually walks out of the California …
Jurors on Friday convicted “Ivy League Killer” Thomas Gilbert, Jr. of murdering his father over cuts to his weekly allowance, a result that all hinged on a can of Coke, the New York Post reports. The conviction came after deliberations spanned for more than two days. Jurors were not persuaded by an insanity defense that …
