In a recent development, a New York judge has rejected the motion to dismiss the case against Daniel Penny, a U.S. Marine indicted last year in connection with the chokehold death of a subway performer. On Wednesday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley denied Penny’s motion, which sought to dismiss charges of manslaughter and criminally …
A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced Heather Mack, who admitted conspiring with her then-boyfriend to kill her mother in Bali in 2014, to 26 years in prison. Mack, 28, was convicted in the beating death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack in Indonesia and served seven years in prison there, but US District Judge Matthew Kennelly …
Attorneys for accused University of Idaho quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger asked the court last week to unseal documents they claim prosecutors do not want public. Twice, Kohberger has sought to have his grand jury indictment dismissed. ABC News reported that defense attorneys have argued that the grand jury used the wrong standard of proof because …
Four people pleaded guilty Tuesday in an Illinois murder-for-hire plot that left a woman dead and her husband seriously injured. Rebecca and Douglas Bolin were shot on October 22, 2021, by gunmen engaged by their then-15-year-old daugther, Dahlia Bolin, who was the first to plead guilty — to first degree murder, first degree attempted murder, …
Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a Los Angeles socialite accused of ramming into two children as she “raced” through an intersection against her retired baseball player lover three years ago. Rebecca Grossman, 60, is accused of killing Jacob and Mark Iskander, 8 and 11, on September 29, 2020, as CrimeOnline reported. Prosecuors …
A heiress who pleaded guilty to helping a former boyfriend kill her mother is scheduled to be sentenced today in Chicago, according to AP. As CrimeOnline previously reported, federal prosecutors asked for Heather Mack to receive 28 years behind bars for the role she played in the murder of her mom, 62-year-old Sheila Von Wiese-Mack, …
A South Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered the court clerk involved in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial to testify in an upcoming hearing regarding jury tampering. Murdaugh’s legal team has accused Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of rushing jurors to reach a guilty verdict for a book she was writing and self-publishing on …
A final pretrial hearing for Adam Montgomery’s murder charge began Tuesday morning, with the defendant refusing to appear in court. Montgomery is currently facing second-degree murder and assault charges in New Hampshire, in connection with the presumed death of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. Over the holiday weekend, Montgomery’s defense team submitted motions that could …
In a LaPorte County Circuit Court on Friday, the mother of a 4-year-old Indiana boy who was beaten and tortured to death in 2021, received 42 years behind bars. According to court documents, Mary Yoder, 27, previously pleaded guilty in August to multiple felony counts related to her son’s murder. Judah Morgan’s lifeless body was …
Loved ones of a Louisiana grandmother who died after her SUV was carjacked say the teen who violently attacked her deserves the sentence he received, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. On Friday, a judge ruled that 18-year-old John Honore should spend the rest of his life behind bars, although he will be eligible for parole …
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be in court next week for reasons that have not been disclosed officially, but the summons could be related to the murder of a fourth woman, Newsday reports. Multiple, unnamed sources told the newspaper that a special grand jury has been weighing charges against the …
The judge in Bryan Kohberger’s trial for the murder of four University of Idaho college students in 2022 has ordered the state to provide to the defense “a portion” of the investigative genetic genealogy information it used to help identify Kohberger as the suspect in the case. Judge John Judge provided the specifics of the …
