Prosecutors painted a grim picture Wednesday of the lives led by two special needs children whose father now stands trial for the murder of one of them — 8-year-old Thomas Valva, who died after spending a frigid winter night locked in the unheated garage of his father’s Long Island home. Forty-three-year-old Michael Valva, a former …
A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that Darrell Brooks, charged with intentionally driving into the Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021, is competent to represent himself when his trial begin with jury selection on Monday.
In lengthy motions filed with an Idaho court on Tuesday, Chad Daybell’s attorney asked for a delay in the start of his murder and conspiracy to commit murder trial and asked that his trial be severed from that of his co-defendant — wife Lori Vallow Daybell. Daybell and Vallow Daybell have been charged in the …
Tennessee murder suspect, Megan Boswell, who’s currently facing charges in connection with her 1-year-old daughter’s death, requested a new attorney at Friday’s court hearing in Sullivan County. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boswell, is facing 19 offenses, including felony murder. She’s also been charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, tampering with evidence, abuse of …
A Michigan man accused of killing, mutilating, and eating parts of the body of a Grindr date in 2019 pleaded guilty this week to murder and mutilation. Mark Latunski initially pleaded insanity in the killing of 25-year-old college student Kevin Bacon and was ruled incompetent to stand trial, but he was found competent in October …
An Idaho judge on Friday issued a seven-page order granting attorneys’ motion to bar cameras for all future proceedings in the Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell cases. Judge Steven Boyce said audio recordings will continue using microphones provided by court personnel.
A 5-year-old girl’s mother — a former Navy chief petty officer — was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for the death of the little girl. Brianna Shontae Williams, 30, reported Taylor Rose Williams missing on November 6, 2019, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Less than a week later, the little girl’s badly decomposed remains …
A Colorado judge said last week that “all force reasonably necessary” can be used to make sure an El Paso County woman returns to court for her hearings, in connection with the death of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch. Letecia Stauch was arrested in 2020 and charged with murder and related charges after prosecutors said she stabbed, …
An alleged Tennessee killer, accused of murdering Memphis mother, Eliza Fletcher, was in court Monday morning in connection to a rape he allegedly committed last year. Fox News reports that suspect Cleotha Henderson, 38, appeared before two Shelby County judges during the past several days. Monday’s hearing was for the Fletcher case. Another hearing last …
Adnan Syed left a Maryland courthouse a free man on Monday after a judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 conviction after prosecutors and Syed’s attorneys revealed other possible suspects in Lee’s strangling death. Prosecutors also noted that Syed, 41, was convicted …
Two days after a Florida judge scolded attorneys for abruptly resting their case, the Parkland school shooter’s defense filed a motion asking her to “disqualify” herself from the case. A jury is deciding whether Nikolas Cruz — who has already pleaded guilty to killing 17 people and wounding 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High …
After five delays, a North Dakota woman is finally facing trial, accused of conspiring to murder her husband in a swirling mess involving a love triangle, a botched cover-up, and an attempt to cash in on an insurance policy. Police found Chad Entzel, 42, dead from two gunshot wounds to the head inside his burning …
