The biological mother of Harmony Montgomery requested a judge to declare her daughter legally deceased, with plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire. In a probate court hearing in Nashua this week, Crystal Sorey urged the court to recognize Harmony as legally dead and to appoint her as the …
The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 has asked the Idaho Supreme Couty to review a trial ruling denying their request to toss a grand jury indictment. According to KTVB, Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys confirmed during a February 28 hearing that the matter had been introduced to the state Supreme Court, …
The woman in charge of weaponry on the set of Alec Baldwin’s western movie was found guilty Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The jury deliberated for less than three hours after getting the case Wednesday afternoon before returning the verdict. The jurors found Hannah Gutierrez-Reed not guilty of tampering …
A Texas man was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole in the death of his girlfriend, who was pregnant with their twin boys at the time. Darionne Burley was found shot to death on June 29, 2020, in the passenger seat of Maurice Kelso Smith’s vehicle in Mansfield, where he left the …
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to life in prison last week for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl and the rape of a second victim afterward. Jason Shackelford, 40, pleaded guilty to first degree murder, rape of a child, two counts of rape, three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, four counts of …
A Pennsylvania woman has been found guilty in the shooting and stabbng deaths of her father and his girlfriend in 2021 in New Jersey. Sherry Lee Heffernan, 57, told a court in Pennsylvania in 2021 that she was “being framed” for the murders of 87-year-old John “Jack” Enders and 75-year-old Francoise “Frenchie” Pitoy, The Associated …
A Florida man was found guilty this week of killing his wife, hiding her body in the woods, and later telling police she was “in heaven” when they asked where she was. Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Steven Henderson sentenced Timothy A. Upthegrove to life in prison after a Brevard County jury found him guilty …
No trial date was set for Brian Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, during a contentious hearing this week in which Kohberger’s defense argued they will have too much evidence to go over once the state has finished discovery. Public defender Anne Taylor offered a June 25, 2025, start …
The woman accused in the drunk driving crash that killed a newlywed bride last year has been granted bond by a South Carolina judge. Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, has been held without bond since she was arrested after rear-ending a golf cart carrying newlyweds Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson and two others as they left …
An Arizona jury deliberated for about 10 hours since late Tuesday afternoon before finding a convicted murderer guilty in the kidnapping and killing of 6-year-old Isabel Celis in 2012. It was Christopher Clements’ second trial in Celis’s death. The first trial ended with a hung jury last year, as CrimeOnline reported. Clements, 42, was convicted …
Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel has filed complaints against two prosecutors in the dismissed murder case against Barry Morphew, accussing them of retaliating against the judge and withholding evidence. Mark Hulbert and Robert Weiner have been accused of “abuse of power,” according to the complaints filed Thursday by the office, which is an independent …
The mother of an 12-year-old North Carolina girl missing since 2022 refused to appear in court on Friday, and the judge n the case said he can’t force her to appear. Diana Cojocari, who has been in jail on a $250,000 bond since December 2022, declined to appear for an arraignment, and her defense asked …
