On Monday, prosecutors said they will pursue the death penalty for the man suspected of killing four University of Idaho students last year. According to the Idaho Statesman, prosecutors wrote in their filing that Bryan Kohberger’s crimes were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity.” They also claimed that the quadruple murder, which transpired …
A 35-year-old murderer who killed a father visiting his son at a Marist College event last year was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Roy Johnson Jr. was sentenced to 58 years to life in state prison for the shooting of Paul Kutz, at a Marriott hotel in Poughkeepsie, in October 2022. As CrimeOnline …
Bond was denied during a weekend court hearing for a Florida teen accused of stabbing his former girlfriend and several others who tried to intervene. According to News4Jax, a St. Augustine judge denied bond for 18-year-old Spencer Pearson on Saturday, in connection with an attempted murder charge. Spencer was granted a $100,000 bond for aggravated …
Bryan Kohberger’s defense rejected the prosecution’s call for a protective order barring the release of some of its DNA work toward identifying a suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students last fall, accusing the state of “hiding its entire case” behind the protective order it seeks. The defense motion suggests there may …
A judge has largely upheld gag orders related to the prosecution of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of stabbing to death four University of Idaho students last year, The Associated Press reports. In an order issued Friday, Second District Judge John Judge declined a news media request to dismiss the gag order, which prevents people …
A Virginia father facing over 30 charges connected to his 4-year-old son’s disappearance and presumed death was granted bond Wednesday. According to NBC 3, Judge James Hawks granted Cory Bigsby, who stands accused of killing his son, Codi Bigsby, a bond of $80,000 during a Hampton court hearing Wednesday. Following the judge’s decision, Bigby’s attorney, …
The Utah woman accused of killing her husband with a fatal dose of fentanyl and then writing a book about grief has filed a civil lawsuit from jail claiming a prenuptial agreement entitles her to her husband’s assets. Eric Richins, 39, transferred most of his assets into the Eric Richins Living Trust before his death …
Judge Fran Gull has reportedly promised to release certain sealed documents in the Delphi murder case against Richard Allen this week, following requests by a lawyer and several podcasters. According to Fox 59, years before Allen’s 2022 arrest, police interviewed him in 2017, shortly after the deaths of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14. …
After a series of back-and-forth filings, an Idaho judge has scheduled a June 27 hearing to determine what records from the grand jury that indicted Bryan Kohberger his defense will be allowed to review — and what must remain behind the wall of secrecy associated with the panel. Kohberger, charged with the brutal stabbing deaths …
Grand jurors are reviewing the mysterious death of a South Carolina teenager whose case has received renewed attention after Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son, Law&Crime reports. Eric Bland, an attorney for the mother of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, told the news outlet that a grand jury has been empaneled and is receiving evidence related …
In Chicago federal court Friday, Heather Mack, accused of participating in killing her mother and stuffing her in a suitcase during a luxurious vacation to Bali, changed her plea to guilty. AP News reports that Mack, who appeared in front of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in a standard orange jail jumpsuit, answered, “Yes, your …
On Thursday, a defense attorney representing New York woman Lauren Pazienza argued that she was heavily under the influence of drugs and alcohol when she attacked an 87-year-old singing coach in Manhattan last year. According to the New York Post, attorney Arthur Aidala argued that Pazienza, identified as the daughter of a lucrative cesspool heir, …
