A 22-year-old Illinois man has been acquitted of murder charges related to the death of his son. Logan Hutchings faced a bench trial in Perry County for the murder of his son, Ocean Hutchings, who passed away on June 14, 2022. Online court records indicate that Hutchings pleaded not guilty to the three murder charges …
Loved ones of a Florida woman who was fatally shot two years ago came face to face with the gunman this week, Fox 13 reports. Family members of Savannah Mathis spoke in court Thursday before a judge sentenced 22-year-old Vakarvery Scott for murdering her. Mathis’ mother, LaMaria Smith, said at the hearing that she forgives her …
On Tuesday, federal authorities said that convicted killer Alex Murdaugh violated the terms of a plea agreement by failing a polygraph test regarding his financial crimes. Prosecutors, who did not provide specifics, said the FBI interviewed Murdaugh on four instances and he was deceptive and avoided providing answers. They also claimed Murdaugh, 55, failed two …
The judge overseeing Chad Daybell’s murder trial in Idaho on Thursday issued a gag order after Daybell’s attorney gave an interview to a media outlet talking about the case. Judge Steven Boyce ordered that “the attorneys for any interested party in this case, or any attorney who has previously represented any party to this case, …
Chad Daybell’s attorney said Lori Vallow Daybell could be called as a witness at his client’s upcoming triple murder trial. Vallow Daybell was sentenced last July to life without parole for the September 2019 slayings of her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, 7 and 16, who were reportedly found buried on Chad Daybell’s …
An Ohio man who is awaiting trial for killing his three sons last year filed an insanity plea on Monday. WXIX reported that Chad Doerman, 32, formally pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. In turn, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Lara Allen requested a second evaluation of Doerman’s mental state at the time of the …
A South Carolina court clerk who faced allegations of jury tampering during the Alex Murdaugh trial announced her resignation on Monday. The Post and Courier reported that Rebecca Hill’s resignation comes amid an ongoing investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division and the State Ethics Commission. SLED has confirmed it is investigating Hill for jury …
A Michigan man accused of strangling his ex-girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter and dumping her body near a Michigan airport last year has changed his plea and entered into a plea agreement and will be sentenced to life in prison. Rashad Maleek Trice was charged with kidnapping Wynter Cole Smith on July 2, 2023, as CrimeOnline previously …
A Pennsylvania jury took less than an hour Thursday to return guilty verdicts for a man and a woman charged in the murder of a school teacher and mom shot dead in her car in a Dunkin’ drive-thru with her 11-year-old son in the back seat. Rachel King, 35, was taking her son to violin …
Chad Daybell, the Idaho doomsday writer whose wife has already been convicted of killing her children and his first wife, has been transferred to Ada County where his own murder trial will be held. Daybell’s trial is set to begin April 1 in the same courtroom where Lori Vallow Daybell was tried and convicted last …
Months after fabricating her abduction and making a false report to police, Alabama woman Carlee Russell is set to reappear in court. Carlee Russell admitted guilt in court on Thursday in Jefferson County, to two misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident after calling 911. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
The parents of a 36-year-old Louisiana woman with autism found “melted” into her couch were sentenced this week to 40 years in prison with 20 years suspended. Clay and Sheila Fletcher entered no-contest pleas to manslaughter charges in February, WAFB reported. “You know, you wouldn’t treat your animals like that,” West Feliciana District Attorney Sam …
