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 …
A man charged with shooting his grandfather dead at the behest of his mother has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will testify against the mother. Jacob Kempainen, 22, entered his plea deal last week, WLUC reported. An open murder charge along with conspiracy and firearm charges were dismissed. According to Bringmethenews.com, Kempainen and his …
Court filings in an ongoing custody battle are shedding light on the tragic death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, revealing a 32-hour silence following the discovery of her body. The documents, obtained by People magazine, provided a timeline of the events surrounding Anna’s death, after a room steward found her lifeless in her cabin aboard the …
New York City prosecutors are pushing to reinstate a murder conviction in connection with the 1979 death of Etan Patz. According to CBS News, the prosecution is in hopes that the Supreme Court will reinstate Pedro Hernandez’s conviction, although they are in the process of preparing for a retrial. A federal appeals court overturned the murder …
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate her conviction in a new filing citing “substantial new evidence” her attorneys say prove her constitutional rights were violated. The filing says that the new information was withheld during the British socialite’s 2021 trial and false testimony was presented, resulting in a “complete …
The father of three missing Michigan boys declared dead earlier this year appears in court on Wednesday to face murder charges. John Skelton was charge with murder last month, just days before he was to be released from prison after serving a 15 year sentence for unlawfully imprisoning 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander, and 5-year-old Tanner, …
At least one witness in the Celeste Rivas death investigation has been uncooperative. According to TMZ, Beth Silverman, the District Deputy Attorney in Los Angeles County, is requesting a “body attachment” for an unnamed female witness who failed to show up for a deposition Wednesday. A judge ordered the witness to testify in connection with …
Federal judges have ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case as well as the records from the 2021 case of his co-trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell.
A Florida judge sentenced a man to life in prison on Wednesday for the brutal murder of a woman he met on a dating app because she wasn’t “following his relationship rules.” Daniel Stearns, 35, was convicted in October, WESH reported. Stearns was arrested in March 2023 after police followed him to an undeveloped Palm …
