An Arizona judge ordered a new competency hearing for convicted killed Lori Vallow Daybell last week after she refused to attend a hearing on the issue the week before. Vallow Daybell, convicted in the deaths of two of her children and her husband’s first wife, is in Arizona to stand trial on conspiracy charges in …
A former Florida high school star athlete who stabbed his ex-girlfriend 15 times, leaving her paralized, and slashed her mother as well has been sentenced to life in prison. Spencer Pearson, 20, pleaded guilty to the June 2023 attack on Madison Schemitz and her mother, Jaclyn Roge, in July, the Florida Times Union reported. Pearson’s …
A Georgia mother convicted of killing her toddler son and dumping his body in a dumpster in 2022 was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison plus 10 years. Leilani Simon’s attorneys asked the judge to give her a chance at parole, while prosecutors wanted her to go to jail without that possible. After the …
An Idaho judge on Tuesday denied 12 motions filed by attorneys for accused college killer Bryan Kohberger to dismiss the death penalty from his case. District Judge Steven Hippler listened to oral arguments on the motions during a lengthy hearing on November 7, promising to issued a ruling at a later date. 112024 Memorandum Decision …
Prosecutors expect to rest their case on Tuesday in the murder trial of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. CNN reported that the defense said it has less than half a day of testimony from their witnesses. The defense represents suspect Jose Ibarra, 26, who opted for a bench trial over a jury trial — meaning …
A Washington state couple was allowed to plead guilty this week to killing their daugther’s ex-boyfriend and leaving is body in the trunk of a car for a year. John Eisenman pleaded guilty to first degree murder, and his fiancee, Brenda Kross, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, reduced from first degree murder, KREM reported. Eisenman reportedly …
Bryan Kohberger’s defense team is challenging most of the evidence against him in the deaths of four Idaho college students According to Idaho Statesman, on Friday, Kohberger’s attorneys filed over 160 pages of legal justification to block various pieces of evidence on the public court’s website. One aspect of the evidence they seek to have …
A Utah judge on Tuesday denied a bond request from a children’s book author accused of killing her husband. Kouri Richins wrote “Are You With Me?” about dealing the death of a father after her husband, Eric Richins died from a drug overdose in 2022, as CrimeOnline reported. She was arrested in June 2023 and …
Five men and seven women deliberated for a few hours on Saturday in the case of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenagers out on a hike in February 2017. But they ended the session shortly before 3 p.m. and won’t be back in the jury room until Monday morning. The jury heard closing arguments …
A judge in Idaho listened on Thursday as lawyers argued for and against the death penalty as a punishment for accused University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger. At the end of the four-hour hearing, Ada County Judge Steven Hippler said he would “take the matters under advisement and issue written opinions forthwith,” the Idaho Statesman …
University of Idaho quadruple slaying suspect Bryan Kohberger appeared in court on Thursday as his legal team seeks to have the death penalty dropped for his upcoming murder trial. The Idaho Statesman reported that Kohberger ‘s attorneys claimed the death penalty is arbitrary and unconstitutional. Prosecutors filed court documents detailing their intent to pursue the …
Defense attorneys at the trial of a man accused of killing two teen girls in Indiana nearly eight years ago played a series of videos for the jury on Saturday intended to show the defendants mental deterioration while he was in custody. The defense had hoped to show the videos on Friday, but Judge Frances …
