The judge overseeing the murder and conspiracy trials of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell this week issued an order permanently sealing 97 exhibits from the public, including media outlets. In his five-page order, Judge Steven Boyce wrote that he was keenly aware of both the rights of victims and their families to privacy, respect, and …
A judge has been forced to delay a pre-trial hearing for the woman accused of killing her son and dumping his body in a “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” suitcase in rural Indiana because the defendant won’t cooperate with two psychological exams the judge required before he determines if she is competent to stand trial. …
The killer who gunned down 27 people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub — killing five of them — pleaded guilty Tuesday to 74 federal hate crime and weapons charges and was sentenced to 55 life sentences plus 190 years in prison. Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty last year to five counts of first-degree murder …
The parents and a grandparent of Kentucky baby Miya Rudd, found dead last week, pleaded not guilty to charges related to her death during a preliminary hearing Monday in Ohio County. Miya’s parents, Tesla Tucker, and Cage Rudd, along with defendants Ricky Smith and Brodie Payne, pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of a …
A Pennsylvania man accused of taking an Uber to murder his estranged wife pleaded guilty this week and was sentenced to life in prison. Kenneth Shea, 37, was slapped with a protective order to stay away from Elizabeth Shea less than a month before he pushed in an air conditioning unit at her home and …
Wade Wilson was expressionless, make-up caked on his stone-face to hide his garish tattoos, throughout his two-week trial for the murders of two women the prosecutors said he killed “for the sake of killing.” In the end, a Florida jury deliberated just two hours before finding the man with the swastika tattoos he didn’t want …
– Ohio murder suspect Bionca Ellis, 32, was seen smirking in court on Monday as a judge set her bond at $5 million
– Ellis is accused of fatally stabbing Julian Woods, 3, outside a Giant Eagle grocery store on June three in a random attack
– Woods’ mother was present during her son’s murder and was stabbed in the shoulder
– Reports indicated that Ellis was arrested days before the slaying for petty theft, but was released to undergo a mental health evaluation
Miles Bryant declined to testify on his own behalf on Tuesday. Closing arguments are set for Wednesday.
Tennessee’s Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday reinstated the murder convictions of a Sumner County woman who was accused of killing twin newborns she secretly gave birth to in her parents’ home in 2011. A Sumner County judge threw out Lindsey Lowe’s convictions in 2022 and ordered a new trial, citing juror bias in the …
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has appealed that 2022 conviction in a Los Angeles appeals court. Attorneys filed the appeal on Friday after a series of extensions to give them more time to file the documents, KCBS reported. The disgraced movie mogul was convicted in December 2022 of sexually assaulting an actress in a Los Angeles …
A South Carolina judge on Friday dismissed the case against a father and stepmother charged earlier this year with killing their 5-year-old son. Victor Turner and Megan R. Turner were charged in January in the murder of Justin Turner in 1989, as CrimeOnline reported. Investigators said that Megan Turner, then known as Pamela Turner, told …
On Monday, convicted triple murderer Chad Daybell filed a notice to appeal his conviction and death penalty sentence for killing his wife and two stepchildren in Idaho in 2019. According to East Idaho News, Daybell has asked the state Supreme Court to review his death penalty sentence, which was handed down on Saturday. He has …
