Judge Clifton Newman, who earlier had barred testimony about Alex Murdaugh’s alleged ‘suicide for hire’ plot, reversed his ruling Wednesday afternoon.
A Wisconsin woman who allegedly strangled her lover with a chain and then dismembered his body attacked her attorney in court on Tuesday, all of it caught on camera. Taylor Schabusiness, 25, was sitting at the defense table along with lawyer Quinn Jolly when she suddenly stood up and began striking Jolly with her handcuffed …
Alex Murdaugh’s legal team is reportedly considering having him take the stand in his own defense during his ongoing double murder trial. A source close to the defense team told WCBD that if Alex does testify, it would happen in the next week or two. The prosecution is currently presenting evidence and witnesses but they …
A Georgia judge has ruled that court proceedings in Leilani Simon’s trial for the murder of her 20-month-old son Quinton Simon will not be livestreamed. Prosecutors had asked the Judge Tammy Stokes bar cameras from the courtroom, citing privacy concerns for Quinton’s surviving siblings, while defense attorneys had said they were concerned about their mother’s …
A Georgia judge has ordered the state Division of Family and Children Services to hand over to him records relating to Leilani Simon, the mother charged with killing her 20-month-old son last October. Simon was charged with murder on November 21, after repeatedly changing her story about where she went and what she did the …
A jury on Wednesday found Russian national Viktoria Nasyrova guilty of giving a Ukrainian look-alike a slice of poisoned cheesecake in an attempt to steal her identity. Nasyrova, 45, was convicted on a charge of attempted murder and four other charges, five years after she tried to kill beautician Olga Syvk in a murderous identity …
On Wednesday, an FBI vehicle data analyst testified about what location data was logged on Alex’s car the night his wife and son were murdered in 2021. Dwight Falkofske said it took a year to access data from Alex’s Chevy Suburban. He explained that they used the vehicle’s Bluetooth connectivity system to acquire call data …
A Minnesota jury took barely an hour to find a 28-year-old mother guilty of murder in the shooting death of her 6-year-old son. Julissa Thaler was accused of shooting Eli Hart with a shotgun nine times as she drove around the west side of Minneapolis last May. Prosecutor Dan Allard said during closing arguments that …
Testimony in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial was put on hold on Wednesday due to a reported bomb threat. According to reports, a bomb threat targeting the Colleton County Courthouse led to the high-profile trial being adjourned until 2:30 p.m. “A bomb threat was received by Colleton County courthouse personnel,” South Carolina Law Enforcement Division …
On Tuesday, one of Alex Murdaugh’s former law partners testified about what he saw at the Murdaughs’ family property a day after Maggie and Paul’s 2021 murders. Ronnie Crosby said he went to the Colleton County property a day after the murders and saw biological matter and blood in the feed room. He also claimed …
A Virginia elementary school teacher reportedly contacted administrators about a 6-year-old student’s behavior weeks before he shot her in the classroom in January. According to WVEC, school documents stated that Richneck teacher Abigail Zwerner, 25, emailed admins throughout the school year about the boy’s behavioral reports and problems. In late November, Zwerner allegedly wrote to …
