A New York man was sentenced to life without parole in a Brooklyn federal court Friday after his conviction on charges of hiring a hit man to kill his mobster father. Anthony Zottola, 45, wasn’t motivated by any kind of altruism, however. His hired guns’ six attempts on his father’s life also included attempts on …
Tylee was found burned, while J.J.’s arms were wrapped in duct tape
A judge ruled Friday that the man accused in the Delphi murders of two teen girls can be moved out of a maximum security prison in northern Indiana. Judge Fran Gull’s order authorizes the Department of Corrections to move Richard Allen to “accommodate his medical and physical needs pursuant to medical directives by the Department …
On Friday, Idaho prosecutors presented two emails from the jury in which Lori Vallow Daybell’s then-husband contacted Chad Daybell’s current wife about an affair Vallow Daybell and Daybell were having prior to their respective spouses’ slayings in 2019. Daybell’s wife, Tammy Daybell, is believed to have died of asphyxiation (though her death was initially classified …
On Thursday, Idaho prosecutors submitted a phone call in which Lori Vallow Daybell’s husband, Chad Daybell, reportedly gave her brother, Alex Cox, a patriarchial blessing following the 2019 murders of her two children. During the 15-minute recording, Daybell was heard telling Cox that he was a “great warrior” who was “selected to help protect your …
A federal judge said that convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh “is manifestly not a credible witness” in a ruling denying a new trial for former Murdaugh banker Russell Laffitte, who was convicted last year of conspiring with Murdaugh to misappropriate bank funds, part of the dozens of financial fraud charges Murdaugh still faces. Laffitte has not …
Idaho prosecutors sought Thursday to have information submitted to the court regarding data found on Lori Vallow Daybell’s deceased husband’s phone. Vallow Daybell is charged in Arizona with conspiring to kill Charles Vallow, her fourth husband who her brother, Alex Cox, allegedly fatally shot in 2019 (Cox died of natural causes later that year). In …
On Thursday, Lori Vallow Daybell’s former friend testified that Daybell Vallow considered several people, including the two children she is accused of killing in 2019. Melanie Gibb said that before she married Chad Daybell, Vallow Daybell said she was one of the leaders ordered by God to shepherd 144,000 people who would be present for …
Idaho prosecutors played for the court on Wednesday a jail phone call between Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell which took place the day police officers searched his property for Vallow Daybell’s two missing children. Prosecutor Spencer Rammell submitted into evidence a USB drive containing audio of the phone call made between Vallow Daybell, who …
Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial abruptly came to a close on Wednesday due to unforeseen circumstances. Court will resume on Thursday. In a statement issued to East Idaho News, the prosecution team said: “There has been a death in the family of one of the prosecutor’s lead attorneys. The Court and defense have been gracious in …
A California dermatologist accused of trying to poison her husband with Drano was battling an ant infestation with the drain cleaner, not poisoning her spouse. Yue “Emily” Yu’s divorce attorney told The New York Post after a divorce hearing on Tuesday the couple used “unconventional methods” to try to control the ants — and that …
Lori Vallow Daybell is currently standing trial in Idaho for killing her two children, J.J. Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16. The two children vanished in 2019 and their remains were found on Vallow Daybell’s husband’s property nine months later. She is also charged with killing her husband’s first wife in 2019. Vallow Daybell has …
