Murdaugh Family Murders: Alex Murdaugh’s Defense Rests Its Case
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Jury will visit the crime scene at the Murdaughs’ hunting property, Moselle.
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February 27, 2023
LGBTQ Club Mass Shooter to Face Hate Crimes Charges, Judge Says
A Colorado judge ruled last week that the suspect in the deadly Club Q shooting last year can be charged with hate crimes. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faces 323 charges related to the November 2022 shooting at the LGBTQ night club in Colorado Springs, which killed five people and wounded at least 19 others, as …
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February 26, 2023
Mom Convicted of Killing Toddler Son, Dismembering and Burning Him, Sentenced to Life Without Parole
A woman convicted last month of killing her toddler son and telling police he had been kidnapped has been sentence dto life in prison without parole. Nakira Griner, 28, was convicted on charges of first degree murder, desecration of remains, evidence-tampering, and false public alarm in the February 2019 death of 23-month-old Daniel Griner Jr., …
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February 25, 2023
Grand Jury Reduces Charge Against Elderly Woman Who Killed Terminally Ill Husband in His Hospital Room
An elderly Florida woman initially charged with first degree murder for fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a murder-suicide pact she couldn’t complete was indicted this week on a lesser charge. A Volusia County grand jury indicted Ellen Gilland, 76, on charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter for shooting 77-year-old Jerry Gilland in his hospital room …
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February 24, 2023
Murdaugh Family Murders: Alex Says He Took 60 Pills the Day Before Maggie & Paul’s Slayings
Alex Murdaugh testified on Friday that he took 2,000 mg of oxycontin in the months leading up to Paul and Maggie’s 2021 murders. Alex also stated that there were instances in which he took more than 60 pills a day, though it depended on the strength of the pill. He explained that the oxycodone pills …
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February 24, 2023
‘5’2″ Vigilantes’: Alex Murdaugh Says Deadly Boat Crash Was Catalyst to Paul and Maggie’s Murders
Alex Murdaugh testified on Friday that he still believes the deadly 2019 boat crash involving Paul played a role in Paul and Maggie’s 2021 murders. Alex said that he believes social media posts regarding Paul’s alleged drunk boating incident may have emboldened someone to kill him and Maggie. Alex noted that he believed this immediately …
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February 24, 2023
Suspect Officially Indicted on Murder Charge, Allegedly Kills Elderly Grandmom Who Caught Him Stealing Car
On Friday, a Georgia grand jury indicted a suspect in last year’s slaying of an elderly woman who was found fatally stabbed in her garage. Eleanor Bowles’ son said Antonio Brown, 23, was formally charged with 11 counts, including first-degree murder. Bowles’ son discovered the 77-year-old’s body at her Buckhead home on December 10 while …
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February 23, 2023
Murdaugh Murders: Inmate Called in Bomb Threat That Delayed Trial Earlier in February
An inmate in South Carolina’s Ridgeland Correctional Institute is being charged with making the bomb threat that temporarily halted Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial earlier this month. The Colleton County courthouse was evacuated on February 8 after courthouse personnel received the bomb threat, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The trial was halted until about 2:30 p.m. while …
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February 20, 2023
Cinematographer’s Husband Added to Prosecutor’s Witness List Against Alec Baldwin
Days before a preliminary hearing in the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alex Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Santa Fe district attorney has added two names to her already extensive witness list — “Rust” movie assistant director David Halls and Matt Hutchins, husband of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was shot dead during a …
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February 17, 2023
Murdaugh Family Murders: Alex Murdaugh’s Wife and Son Found His Drug Stash a Month Before Their Murders
Prosecutors rested their case Friday against disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, wrapping up the state’s testimony with a final witness to tie up phone and GPS information that had been given to jurors over the past two weeks of trial. A new piece of information: Paul and Maggie Murdaugh apparently uncovered Alex Murdaugh’s drug …
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February 16, 2023
Murdaugh Family Murders: Jurors Hear About ‘Suicide for Hire’ Plot, Alex Murdaugh’s $60K/Week Drug Habit
Prosecutors in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial put a witness on the stand Thursday to testify about the disgraced former lawyer’s botched “suicide for hire” scheme, which played out a day after his family’s storied law firm kicked him out and three months after his wife and son were shot to death on the family’s …
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February 16, 2023
Idaho Counties Agree on Payment Schedule for Bryan Kohberger’s Public Defenders
The Idaho counties of Kootenai and Latah have agreed on a $200 per hour payment for the public defender appointed to represent college murders suspect Bryan Kohberger. KREM obtained a copy of the agreement through a public records request with Kootenai County, where public defender Anne Taylor is employed. She was appointed to represent Kohberger …