A California panel recommended Leslie Van Houten, the young member of Charles Manson’s former “family,” for parole on Wednesday. Associated Press reports that the latest parole recommendation for 69-year-old Van Housen marks the third in more than 40 years the parole board has recommended her for a chance at freedom. She’s been behind bars since …
The notorious Casey Anthony, accused of killing her toddler daughter, Caylee, before she was acquitted in 2011, apparently wants to be an advocate for those who she thinks have been wrongfully convicted, and at the top of her list is the equally notorious Scott Peterson. According to an interview between 32-year-old Anthony and DailyMail, the …
The infamous former New York City stockbroker accused of murdering his wife in 2009 is suspected of trying to frame the killing on his own young daughter. Prosecutors revealed 45-year-old “failed stockbroker” Rod Covlin attempted to forge a letter pinning the murder of his wife, Shele Danishefsky Covlin, on his then 12-year-old daughter, Anna, the …
Bo Dukes, a Georgia man accused of hiding the body of beloved teacher Tara Grinstead, who disappeared in 2005, was captured on Saturday after he fled from new charges of rape and sodomy in an unrelated case. The Telegraph reports that authorities captured 34-year-old Dukes at a family member’s house in Ocilla, following an extensive …
An attorney representing JonBenet Ramsey’s brother indicates he has settled a $750 million lawsuit claiming that a CBS documentary pushed a theory that he was responsible for his sister’s 1996 murder. According to Reuters, Lin Wood issued a statement on Friday regarding his client, Burke Ramsey. “I can only comment that the case has been …
On Friday, a Philadelphia judge reinstated appeal rights to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther who has been imprisoned since 1982 for fatally shooting an officer. According to WHYY, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker agreed with Abu-Jamal’s lawyers that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille shouldn’t have presided over the 64-year-old’s multiple appeals. Castille was a …
It’s been 16 years since notorious killer Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son, but his sister-in-law says evidence can prove his innocence. “He should not be sitting on death row,” Peterson’s sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, told Dr. Phil on Monday. “There’s no time for Scott to commit this crime. Scott has been …
A man who once lived with Casey Anthony says the woman accused of killing her daughter more than a decade ago is “lying about everything” when she publicly describes young Caylee’s disappearance. According to the UK Daily Mail, Clint House elaborated on what he observed in Anthony’s public statements following her acquittal on charges related …
Testimony has begun in the murder trial for a Wisconsin man accused of killing his then-girlfriend’s mother, Clauddine Blanchard, who was allegedly abusing her daughter at the time. Missouri prosecutors have accused Nicholas Godejohn, 29, of being obsessed with ex-girlfriend Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s mother and plotting the June 14, 2015, stabbing death. On the first day of court proceedings, …
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A sequel to the popular “Making a Murderer” documentary series is set to premiere Oct. 19 on Netflix. The first “Making a Murderer” recounted the story of Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, who were convicted in the 2005 slaying of Wisconsin photographer Teresa Halbach. Avery and Dassey are serving …
On Dr. Oz’s “True Crime Tuesday,” the youngest victim of the Golden State Killer opened up about how she used her knowledge of the case to disarm him. Margaret Wardlow was just 13 when the alleged Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, creeped into her Sacramento home in 1977 and stood over her bed at …
The mother of Chandra Levy, still mourning the loss of her daughter, sat down with CrimeOnline‘s Nancy Grace on Wednesday to discuss a possible new act being sought that would allow outside agencies to help law enforcement solve cold cases. “Chandra Levy needs someone to speak out for her,” mother Susan Levy said. “There’s things …
