WATCH LIVE: Sentencing Hearing for Michelle Troconis in Jennifer Dulos Murder Trial
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May 31, 2024
2nd Woman Sentenced for Luring Pregnant Teen to Her Death, Cutting Baby Out of Womb
The second woman charged with killing a pregnant teen and ripping her unborn child out of the womb was sentenced on Thursday after she accepted a plea deal for the crime. Desiree Figueroa, 29, apologized to the court, WGN reported, saying she could “never apologize enough for what I did.” Figueroa pleaded guilty to murder …
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May 30, 2024
Bryan Kohberger: Defense Seeks More Data from Prosecutors During Hearing
Attorneys in the case of the graduate student accused of slaughtering four University of Idaho students in 2022 returned to court Thursday for another round of hearings, most centering on the defense’s contention that prosecutors have not given them all the information they’ve requested. Anne Taylor, public defender for Bryan Kohberger, called a police department …
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May 30, 2024
BREAKING: ‘Doomsday Dad’ Chad Daybell Found GUILTY of Killing 2 Stepchildren & Wife
An Idaho jury on Thursday found Chad Daybell guilty of killing stepchildren J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan in addition to his wife, Tammy Daybell. J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, 7 and 16, were found buried on Chad Daybell’s property nine months after their disappearances; Ryan’s remains were dismembered and charred, while J.J. was in a …
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May 30, 2024
Harvey Weinstein: Prosecutors Evaluating Additional Complaints Against Disgraced Mogul for Retrial
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein rolled into a Manhattan court in a wheelchair Wednesday as prosecutors said they may have more claims of sexual misconduct before his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges. An appeals court overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction, which sent him to prison for 23 years, in April, as CrimeOnline reported. The …
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May 29, 2024
Judge Puts Damper on Scott Peterson’s Attempts to Clear Himself from Murders of Wife and Unborn Son
A California judge has denied all but one request for new DNA testing from convicted murderer Scott Peterson’s new defense team on Wednesday. Peterson was convicted and sentenced to death in 2004 for the murders of his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn child, as CrimeOnline reported. He was initially sentenced to death but got …
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May 29, 2024
Jury Begins Deliberations in Donald Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Trial
Jurors will begin deliberating in New York on Wednesday to determine whether Donald Trump falsified business records to cover payments for the silence of an adult film actress about a sexual encounter. While the national media has incessantly called it a “hush money trial,” the payment the former president made to Stephanie Clifford, who performs …
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May 28, 2024
Killer Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge to Avoid Death Penalty, Implicates Co-Defendants
One of six people charged with kidnapping and killing a Utah woman in 2021 has pleaded guilty and implicated his co-defendants. Charging documents say Conzuelo “Nicole” Solorio-Romero, 25, was taken forcibly from her home in Kearns on February 6, 2021, by Orlando Esiesa Tobar, 29, and Jorge Rafael Medina-Reyes, 21, KUTV reported. She was taken …
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May 25, 2024
Jury Finds Dad Guilty in Death of 6-Year-Old Boy Who Weighed 18 Pounds at Death
The father of a 6-year-old Arizona boy who weighed just 18 pounds when he died was found guilty this week of murder and other charges related to the boy’s death. The Coconino County jury also found 28-year-old Anthony Martinez guilty of first degree murder, child abuse, kidnapping, and aggravated assault on law enforcement officers, KNXV …
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May 25, 2024
4 Sentenced for ‘Catfishing’ Murder’ of Michigan Woman Shot to Death in Abandoned Juvenile Facility
Four people have been sentenced for the catfishing murder of a Michigan woman who was found shot to death in an abandoned juvenile detention facility last year. Steven Douglas Bails was found guilty of first degree murder in March for the death of Kayla Sedoskey, his ex-girlfriend, WDIV reported. He has been sentenced to life …
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May 24, 2024
Accused Texas Kidnapper and Rapist Gets Out of Jail Free with $50 Donation to Women’s Shelter and Probation
Texas prosecutors are letting a 22-year-old man — accused of kidnapping a woman he met on a dating app and beating and raping her for a for five days — go free in a plea deal that could also expunge his record. Harris County Criminal Court Judge Genesis Draper approved the deal, and Zachary Kent …