Freda Black, the former assistant district attorney who prosecuted Michael Peterson in his 2003 murder trial, was reportedly found dead in her North Carolina home. She was 57. Durham Police spokesperson Wil Glenn told USA Today that Black’s body was sent to the medical examiner for an autopsy but her death “does not appear suspicious …
Two men await sentencing for the 2006 murders of a family-of-three whose charred bodies were found in and near their California home. It was in June of this year when Robert Lars Pape, 30, and Cristin Conrad Smith, 29, (pictured right, left) were convicted of the first-degree murder of Vicki Friedli, 53, and boyfriend Jon Hayward, 55. Pape …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying …
Although she stabbed her former boyfriend around 29 times before shooting him in the head, convicted felon Jodi Arias apparently thinks Nancy Grace, in part, was the reason for her murder conviction. Not so, said Grace, who explained that the only person responsible for the murder conviction is the murderer herself. “She says she’s …
Although she stabbed her former boyfriend around 29 times before shooting him in the head, convicted felon Jodi Arias apparently thinks Nancy Grace, in part, was the reason for her murder conviction. Not so, said Grace, who explained that the only person responsible for the murder conviction is the murderer herself. “She says she’s not …
The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected Jodi Arias’ bid to keep the public from seeing the opening brief in her murder appeal on Monday. The appeal indicated Arias blamed several news analysts, including Nancy Grace, for her conviction. The denial, issued on Monday, was the second unsuccessful attempt for Arias, who in part blamed CrimeOnline‘s Nancy Grace …
While the exact reasons why James Holmes walked into an Aurora, Colorado, theatre and shot 12 people to death while injuring 70 others in 2012 are not known, recently-released psychiatric reports offer a glimpse into the convicted killer’s mind. The reports of three psychiatrists who examined Holmes were obtained by The Denver Post last week, …
On Friday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied parole for Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower who took part in the vicious murders of a California couple in 1969, the Los Angeles Times reports. On August 9, 1969, Van Houten, along with four other members of the notorious “family” cult led by …
Is there anything left that hasn’t been said about the notorious cult leader Charles Manson and the crimes he orchestrated that shocked the world? Prosecutor, legal analyst, and investigative crime reporter Liz Wiehl, who digs into the infamous case of Manson, shows that not only is there still information out there that hasn’t been readily …
‘I knew beyond a shadow of any doubt that Casey had everything to do with little Caylee’s disappearance’
Casey Anthony has never revealed who the father of her slain toddler daughter, Caylee was. Today, she still reportedly insists on keeping said dad private, despite rumors and speculation involving numerous men who reportedly could have been Caylee’s father. “I don’t know who the father was,” an undisclosed source close to Anthony told PEOPLE. “She …
Scott Peterson is back in the news more than 15 years after the death of his wife and unborn son in a murder for which he was convicted in 2004. In accordance with the policy of San Quentin State Prison in California, the 45-year-old inmate’s newest mugshot was taken earlier this month. According to TMZ, …
