The woman who abducted a newborn from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital in July 1998 and went on to raise the girl as her own for 18 years was sentenced to prison on Friday. Gloria Williams, 52, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a plot that involved her posing as a nurse to steal a …
Attorneys for a Texas inmate facing execution for the stabbing deaths of his estranged wife, their young son, and the woman’s infant daughter told a federal judge that he’s too mentally ill to face capital punishment. Andre Thomas, 35, was sentenced to death for the March 2004 slayings of Laura Boren, 4-year-old Andre Jr., and Boren’s …
Casey Anthony, the Florida mom famously acquitted for daughter Caylee’s murder, could be sued for claims she reportedly made following the toddler’s death. Roy Kronk was the man who found Caylee Anthony’s body a decade ago. He initially sued Casey for defamation five months after her acquittal. Kronk alleged that, during the trial, Casey’s attorneys falsely claimed …
An Iowa man who was sentenced to probation for repeatedly sexually assaulting his then-6-year-old granddaughter is challenging a ruling that could give his lottery winnings to the girl’s family. The Courier reported that the victim’s mother, Kasey Hilpipre, won a default judgment late last month because Dean Hilpipre had failed to respond to her civil lawsuit by …
Jodi Arias’ lawyer’s request to file her upcoming appeal of her murder conviction under seal in the 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, has been denied. The Arizona court ruling cites a “strong presumption for public access,” while the convicted killer’s lawyers argue that the records should remain sealed due to extreme public interest …
An Indiana man who walked out on his wife and sons nearly 25 years ago learned in court earlier this month that his decision to abandon his family will cost him close to $2 million. Indy Star reports that Richard Hoagland abandoned his former wife and two young sons when he simply decided to walk away …
A recorded phone call reportedly caught suspect Terrence Roach admitting to kidnapping Beckerle to get back at the teen’s mother
A Georgia man and woman accused of killing their 2-week-old daughter and tossing her in the woods appeared in court last week for a Jackson Denno hearing, after one of the defendants filed a motion in an attempt to have his statements given to authorities thrown out. Both suspects, Courtney Bell, and her former live-in boyfriend, Christopher …
To the outrage of many, an Ohio judge modified the house arrest of a teen accused of burning and burying her newborn daughter outside her parents’ home after giving birth. Warren County Common Pleas Judge Donald Oda II ended Brooke Richardson’s house arrest late last month but ordered that she be tracked with a GPS …
An Alabama parole board denied parole on Wednesday for Judith Neelley, a woman convicted in 1982 for the rape, torture, and murder of a young girl in Georgia. Associated Press reports that 53-year-old Judith Ann Neelley will remain behind bars in an Alabama prison after the parole board declined to free her, following a tear-filled testimony from …
Facing criminal charges for allegedly harassing and threatening a private investigator, George Zimmerman reportedly begged a Florida court for a public defender as he’s $2.5 million in debt and is unemployed. Zimmerman, 34, also claimed to have no cars, property or savings, which led the court to ultimately grant his request for a public defender, …
Blac Chyna could be in court soon as the family of her ill assistant plan to sue the model mom after they take the assistant off life support this week. A source close to Lorena “Patty” Hernandez told Page Six Wednesday that the assistant suffered her “third brain bleed” and was deemed brain dead Monday. As a …
