The trial of a Massachusetts man charged with the death of his wife in 2023 has been postponed while he undergoes a competency evaluation. Brian Walshe’s trial for the murder of Ana Walshe was set to begin on October 20, but his attorneys requested the evaluation to determine if he was competent to stand trial, …
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear convicted sex trafficker of girls Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her 2021 conviction. An order list released on Monday by the high court revealed that it would let stand a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, Fox News reported. Maxwell, the 63-year-old former …
Convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, has filed a new appeal to his conviction, claiming “new evidence.” That “new evidence” claims prosecutorial misconduct in the course of the 2012 trial that found Sandusky, 81, guilty on 45 counts of molesting young boys, WJAC reports. The nearly 400 pages of …
A 68-year-old Massachusetts man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife last year. It was the second time Kenneth Robson had been convicted of killing a wife. Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni said that Robson called 911 early in the morning of …
A Kentucky woman charged with concealing her newborn baby’s death appeared in court as her case was given to a grand jury. Laken Snelling, 21, waived her right to a preliminary hearing, meaning the case against her will go directly to a grand jury. WKYT reported that Friday’s hearing lasted 35 seconds. On August 27, …
On Monday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers asked a New York federal judge to sentence Combs early to 14 months, facilitating his immediate release. Combs’ attorneys wrote that Combs had to fire 100 employees from his businesses, and that many of them have had trouble finding new jobs due to their ties to him. His lawyers …
A New York judge ruled that accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will face a single trial for all seven murders he is accused of. Judge Timothy Mazzei made the ruling Tuesday, according to ABC 7 New York. The decision comes after Heuermann’s attorneys pushed to have the murders broken up into multiple cases, …
The lawyers for accused killer Luigi Mangione filed to have the possibility of the death penalty removed. NBC News reports that on Friday, Mangione’s lawyers filed a 114-page motion requesting that federal prosecutors not be allowed to pursue the death penalty and that the charges against their client be dismissed. Mangione’s lawyers claim in the …
Florida matriarch Donna Adelon, convicted of murder earlier month, is seeking a new trial. According to AP News, Adelson’s lawyers claimed juror misconduct happened after the 75-year-old’s murder trial in Tallahassee. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson becomes the fifth person convicted in the murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, who was in …
A Texas woman who fled to India while police investigated the disappearance of her 6-year-old son was indicted this week on new charges. Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, captured in India last month and brought back to Texas to face a murder charge in the presumed death of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, was indicted Monday on charges of abandoning a …
The parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro were in court on Thursday to enter not guilty pleas to murder charges. An attorney for Rebecca Haro suggested moving the case to the Banning Justice Center rather Riverside, about 40 miles away, the Press-Enterprise reported. Superior Court Judge Gary Polk told him to file a motion making …
