An Arizona judge ruled last week that “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell can represent herself in her trial for the murder of her fourth husband and attempted murder of her niece’s ex-husband. Lori Vallow Daybell was previously convicted in Idaho on the murders of two of her children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
New York officials revealed little information on Monday about the man who was arrested in connection with last Wednesday’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. According to NBC News, Luigi Mangione, 26 is due in court Monday night on gun charges. Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona after an employee believed he …
A New York jury acquitted Marine veteran Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 death of subway performer Jordan Neely. The verdict came after five days of deliberation and was highly anticipated, according to NBC New York. Last week, a judge dropped the manslaughter charge against Penny when the jury failed to …
An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering his roommate was sentenced Friday to 31 1/2 years in prison. Timothy Sullivan, 66, apologized in court but attributed his actions to a “traumatic brain injury,” KPNX reported. “I take full responsibility for my actions,” said Sullivan, who described Amy “Ruby” Leagans as a good …
A Texas man who said he killed people because he was called to “commit sacrifices” has been convicted on three counts of murder and sentenced to death. Jason Thornburg, 44, was found guilty this week of killing and dismembering David Lueras, 42; Lauren Phillips, 34; and Maricruz Mathis, 33, in 2021 the Associated Press reported. …
Public defenders for the man convicted last month of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia have asked for a new trial, claiming a judge’s decision in the case was “contrary to law” and “contrary to evidence.” The brief motion, filed Monday in the Superior Court of Athens-Clarke County, …
A police spokesperson confirmed this week that a new charge of solicitation to commit murder against a Colorado dentist charged with poisoning his wife did not refer to that murder but rather an attempt on the life of an Aurora police detective. Aurora Police spokesman Joy Moylan said late Wednesday that James Craig tried to …
The new judge overseeing the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger dinged his attorneys on Thursday in a ruling ordering them to resubmit a hearing request with more detail and less extraneous documentation. The new ruling came just days after Judge Steven Hippler denied 12 motions filed by Kohberger’s defense to bar the death penalty from …
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 …
