Lori Vallow Daybell was relaxed in court during an hour-long hearing on Tuesday, laughing and smiling as her attorneys asked District Judge Steven Boyce to reconvene a grand jury to clarify the charges against her. Specifically, attorney John Thomas said, two of the counts in the current indictment each list two separate allegations — conspiracy …
The woman accused of helping Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s killer dismember and bury her body in 2020 appeared in court Tuesday as attorneys wrangled over the charges and set a trial date. Cecily Aguilar was indicted last year on 11 counts for her role in Guillen’s disappearance and death in April 2020, as CrimeOnline …
Amber Heard has reportedly axed most of her legal team amid her appeal of a $10 million judgment for defaming ex-husband Johnny Depp. Deadline reported that Heard has removed lead attorney Elaine Bredehoft as both she and Depp pursue separate appeals in this case. In turn, Heard has introduced David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward …
Armstrong’s trial for the murder of pro-cyclist Mo Wilson is set to begin on October 19.
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace doesn’t think Scott Peterson’s claims of juror misconduct hold any water as the convicted killer of his wife Lacy Peterson and their unborn baby tries to get a new trial. Grace told Fox News that the defense’s claims that a juror “lied about being a victim of domestic abuse and that she …
A Texas man “chugged” a cloudy liquid from a water bottle just after a jury found him guilty of child sexual assault Thursday afternoon and later died. Edward Peter Leclair, 57, was tried on five counts of sexual assault involving one victim in 2016, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported. He was arrested in 2018 and released …
Colorado woman, Letecia Stauch, who allegedly murdered her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, is scheduled to return to court this month after completing another mental health evaluation. According to The Gazzette, Stauch’s third mental health evaluation has been submitted to the court, which was needed before her murder trial could move forward. She stands accused of …
A British jury took just three hours to find a West Yorkshire man guilty of strangling his wife and dumping her body just four days after the couple married. Thomas Nutt, 45, called police on October 31, 2021, to report his new wife, Dawn Walker, missing. He told police they’d gone on a two-day honeymoon …
A Texas man has been found guilty of shooting his teen daughters to death in his taxi 14 years ago because they were dating outside their Muslim faith. Sarah, 17, and Amina Said, 18, were found dead in their father’s taxi parked in front of the Omni Hotel in Irving. They had been shot multiple …
Om Monday, the family of Gabby Petito issued a legal notice to Utah police regarding their intention to sue them for $50 million for Petito’s 2021 wrongful death at the hands of her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Petito’s family claimed Moab police had the opportunity to save Petito’s life when …
The man who gunned down Ahmaud Arbery was again sentenced to life in prison, this time after being convicted of a federal hate crime in connection with the murder, WSB-TV reports. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced 36-year-old Travis McMichael to life plus 10 years behind bars on federal charges in connection …
