A Michigan man accused of killing a prominent Detroit neurosurgeon abruptly took a plae deal this week, two days into jury selection for his trial. Desmond Burks, initially charged with first degree murder, pleaded guilty to second degree murder, larceny, using a computer to commit a crime, and a weapons charge, WXYZ reported. He faces …
Attorneys for a former Massachusetts police office accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend — and staging it to look like a suicide — are to argue Tuesday to move the trial to Rhode Island. Attorneys claim that Matthew Farwell cannot get a fair trial in Massachusetts, Boston25 reports. Farwell was federally indicted in 2024 for …
A Kansas judge suspended proceedings after ruling that former news anchor Angelynn Mock, accused of murdering her mother, is mentally unfit to stand trial. A psychologist’s report, provided to the Sedgwick County Court Tuesday, stated that a doctor found Mock, 48, incompetent to stand trial for the stabbing murder of her mother, 80-year-old Anita Avers. …
A Pennsylvania man charged in a horrific case of child abuse that killed his 12-year-old daughter has entered into a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Rendell Hoagland, 54, pleaded guilty to first degree murder, conspiracy, kidnapping, and other charges in the May 2024 death of Malinda Hoagland, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office …
The trial of a former IRS officer accused of killing his wife and another man got under way Tuesday with opening statements and testimony from the prosecution’s star witness — the Brazilian au pair Brendan Banfield was having an affair with at the time of the murders. Prosecutors contend that Banfield stabbed his wife to …
Barry Morphew was arraigned Monday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, on Mother’s Day 2020. A judge set a jury trial to begin in October, according to Colorado Public Radio. Morphew was arrested in June in Arizona, where he had been living after a judge dismissed a previous …
Luigi Mangione appeared in federal court of Friday when a judge suggested his trial for the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson could begin as early as October.
The families of four slain University of Idaho students are suing Washington State University, the school convicted killer Bryan Kohberger attended at the time of the murders. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Skagit County, Washington. The plaintiff have been identified as the families of University of Idaho students, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison …
Accused California child killer Ashlee Buzzard appeared in court Tuesday, where her defense attorney requested a permanent gag order in the case. According to the Lompoc Record, Buzzard, accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, appeared at the Santa Barbara Superior Court for a brief hearing. Judge Stephen Dunkle kept a temporary gag order …
A Wisconsin man admitted this week that he slammed his 8-month-old son against a wall because he was losing at a video basketball game. Jalin A. White, 22, pleaded guilty to child abuse causing great bodily harm and child neglect causing great bodily harm, Law&Crime reported. White was sentenced to 12 years in prison and …
A Wisconsin man accused of stabbing his 8-year-old adoptive sister to death in 2024 appeared in court Monday for a competency hearing and was ordered to trial next year. It was Dayveon Lathrop’s third competency hearing since his sister’s death on March 9, 2024, when the girl’s father reported her missing after he returned home …
Ashlee Buzzard, a California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, faced a Santa Barbara County judge Friday and entered a plea on a first-degree murder charge. Buzzard appeared in the Santa Barbara County Superior Court Friday morning, and pleaded not guilty in connection with the death of Melodee Buzzard. Judge John F. McGregor ordered …
