Prosecutors have asked an Idaho judge to extend no contact orders for confessed killer Bryan Kohberger for 99 years. In a motion filed last week, prosecutors noted that Kohberger was already barred from contacting the families of his victims through January 5, 2027. Earlier this month, Kohberger, 30, pleaded guilty to the brutal murders of …
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl who was murdered last year. Stephan Sterns, 38, also pleaded no contest to murdering Madeline Soto, his girlfriend’s daughter. WFTV reported that Sterns’ pleas came a day before he was to stand trial for child sex crimes concerning Soto. Soto vanished on …
The judge overseeing the trial of Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger has lifted a gag order in the case that barred attorneys and investigators from speaking publicly about it. “The primary purpose of the non-dissemination order, which is to ensure that we can seat an impartial jury, is no longer at play,” Judge Steven Hippler …
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has instructed the District Attorney’s Office to explain why evidence that could have supported the Menendez brothers’ sexual abuse claims didn’t get presented to the jury during their second trial. According to Court TV, during their murder trial in 1993, the Erik and Lyle Menendez claimed they killed their …
A 19-year-old Illinois man pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend in 2024 and staging the murder to look like a suicide. As part of the plea deal, Nathaniel N. Archuleta was sentenced to 45 years in prison without the possibility of parole, the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office said. Archuleta pleaded guilty to first degree …
Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bond on Wednesday, despite being acquitted of federal sex trafficking and racketeering — the most serious charges he was facing. Combs, however, was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution involving ex-girlfriends Cassie Ventura and a woman who used the pseudonym “Jane.” CNN reported that Judge …
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing four University of Idaho students in 2022. To avoid the death penalty, Kohberger, 30, admitted to fatally stabbing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves on November 13, 2022, at the women’s off-campus home. The plea deal means Kohberger will serve life in prison without …
A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl in Ohio nearly two years ago. Joseph Gunter, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court in February to sexual exploitation of a child and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity …
The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial said they have reached a partial verdict, but remain undecided whether to convict him of racketeering. CNN reported that the jury sent a note to the court indicating they have a consensus on counts two through five — two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or …
Barry Morphew has been returned to Colorado to face trial for the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, in 2020. Morphew is being held in Alamosa County and has a hearing scheduled on Wednesday, KKTV reported. Morphew had been living in Arizona when he was arrested on June 20, following a grand jury indictment in …
Prosecutors have reportedly offered a plea deal to Bryan Kohberger, the former criminology student charged with killing four University of Idaho students in their off-campus rental in 2022. NewsNation reported that prosecutors have proposed dropping the death penalty in return for Kohberger’s guilty plea. He is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths …
