Raised in Clay: The deadliest man in Georgia History
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The dirty side of Dixie: Billy Sunday Birt, leader of the Georgia Dixie Mafia
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September 28, 2019
IF NOT SO PAINFUL, WOULD BE LAUGHABLE: Tot mom Casey Anthony, 33, fears her window for having a baby is closing: Report
Casey Anthony, a Florida woman widely thought to have played a role in her toddler daughter’s death, is apparently still thinking about the possibility of having another baby. “She feels like her biological clock is ticking,” a source close to Anthony told PEOPLE. “She knows she’s getting older. She’s not the young girl who everyone …
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September 21, 2019
Appeals court says NO to releasing Manson follower Leslie Van Houten
A California appeals court on Friday backed former Gov Jerry Brown’s decision to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, according to an AP report in the Sacramento Bee. Van Houten, 70, is serving a life sentence for her role in the stabbing deaths of Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, …
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August 14, 2019
Ron Lafferty: Polygamist cult leader who killed sister-in-law, toddler niece could face a firing squad
A Utah death row inmate who killed his sister-and-law and her child is reportedly months away from being executed by a firing squad after a federal court rejected his latest appeal on Monday. After breaking into their sister-in-law and her husband’s home, Ron Lafferty and his brother, Dan Lafferty, reportedly beat and strangled Brenda Lafferty, …
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August 7, 2019
Cyntoia Brown is out of prison. Here’s what is next as she faces life on the outside as an adult
After spending 15 years behind bars for killing an alleged “john,” sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown walked out of prison on Wednesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brown’s release comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency earlier this year, which reportedly commuted her sentence to parole. Brown will remain on parole for 10 years. …
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August 6, 2019
Decades later, Charles Manson prosecutor still looks over his shoulder after conviction of cult leader and his minions
When prosecutor Stephen Kay was just 27, he was handed files for a case that would become one of the most notorious murder trials in true crime history. AP News reports that Kay, now 76 and retired, vividly remembers the “circus” trial of the infamous Charles Manson and his cult followers. He also still watches …
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August 1, 2019
In one week, Cyntoia Brown walks free after being sentenced to life for murder at age 16
Cyntoia Brown, sentenced to spend life behind bars at age 16, is scheduled to leave the Tennessee Prison for Women next week. She served 15 years after a judge gave her the controversial life sentence in connection with a “john” who reportedly abused her. Brown’s release comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency …
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July 23, 2019
After walking free on murder charges, Amanda Knox asks donors for $10,000 to pay for party-wedding: Report
Amanda Knox and her fiancé, Chris Robinson, are apparently asking donors to help fund their wedding at the tune of $10,000 and in return, they promise to give shoutouts on the dance floor and limited edition copies of a book they authored together. New York Post reports that according to the couple’s website, they aren’t …
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June 18, 2019
‘Fatal Attraction’ killer freed from prison 27 years after murdering love interest’s wife
An ex-schoolteacher whose murder of a lover’s wife drew comparisons to the 1987 movie “Fatal Attraction” was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 27 years behind bars. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed to CNN that Carolyn Warmus, 55, will be on parole for life following her …
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June 4, 2019
Leslie Van Houten: Freedom DENIED after governor overrules decision to grant parole to youngest killer in Charles Manson cult
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that Leslie Van Houten, the youngest murderer in the notorious Charles Manson cult, will remain behind bars. He overruled the parole board’s decision to grant the woman her freedom. According to Newsome, 69-year-old Van Houten is a still a threat to the public, AP reports. The governor acknowledged …
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June 2, 2019
‘It makes me feel sick’: Victim’s mother says Kim Kardashian’s effort to prove killer’s innocence is causing ‘immense pain’
Socialite Kim Kardashian has made it her mission in recent years to assist incarcerated individuals. But the mother of a boy killed in 1983 says the recent activism is bringing up difficult emotions from that tragedy. According to the Page Six, Mary Ann Hughes saw images of Kardashian and death-row inmate Kevin Cooper hugging for …
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May 12, 2019
‘It all went quiet’: Gypsy Rose Blanchard tells Dr. Phil what she felt as her mother was being killed
In a 2017 interview unearthed this week, Gypsy Rose Blanchard recalled the feeling she had after her role in killing her mother two years earlier. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, the 27-year-old is serving a 10-year prison sentence for murder in the second degree for conspiring with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn — behind bars for life …