‘His story didn’t work’: How Chris Watts defense lawyers convinced him to plead guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters
The confessed killer wore a bullet-proof vest as he delivered his guilty pleas
The confessed killer wore a bullet-proof vest as he delivered his guilty pleas
The father of a murdered 5-year-old girl was hauled out of a Washington court Monday after he reportedly lunged at his daughter’s accused killer. Ryan Burge, 37, is accused of causing severe head trauma that eventually killed his girlfriend’s daughter, Hartley Anderson, on Friday while her mother worked and her siblings were at school. Though Burge …
Two Arizona men are dead after a husband found his wife in a hotel room with another man, whose five children were in the next room. The White Mountain Independent reports that Justin Taylor, 34, of Springerville, and Juan Antonia Lopez, 37, were both found dead after Taylor is believed to have shot Lopez along with Taylor’s …
Investigators in Florida have come closer to solving a 17-year-old murder after a DNA sample run in an genealogy database identified distant relatives of the suspect. The Orlando Sentinel reports that police made an arrest on Friday in the 2001 murder of 25-year-old Christine Framke, a University of Florida student found dead in her apartment …
A Houston accused of murdering his estranged wife was free on bond for allegedly assaulting the same woman, who reportedly told neighbors to watch out for him as she feared for her safety. The Houston Chronicle reports that police responded to a 911 call Sunday about a fight at a home on Berrywood Bend in …
A Jewish nurse who treated the man accused of killing 11 synagogue-goers, aged 54 to 97, took to social media to reflect on his experience with the suspected mass shooter. Ari Mahler took to Facebook Saturday and said he treated Robert Bowers, 46, in the emergency room for gunshot wounds he sustained while reportedly opening …
Authorities in Arizona say an 11-year-old boy shot his grandmother dead after she asked him to tidy up his bedroom, before killing himself Saturday night. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) told the Arizona Republic that officials responded to a call from the boy’s grandpa, who reported that his wife, 65-year-old Yvonne Woodward, had been …
The District Attorney did not reveal why Watts’s court date was moved up by nearly two weeks
LAKE HALLIE, Wis. (AP) — A pickup truck lurched off a road in western Wisconsin Saturday and hit a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash in a ditch, leaving three girls and one adult dead and critically injuring a fourth girl, police said. Sgt. Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department said the …
A 15-year-old Florida high school student has been arrested for allegedly strangling his mom and burying her body under a church fire pit following a conflict over a bad grade on his report card. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Gregory Logan Ramos, 15, of DeBary faces a murder charge in Friday’s death of his mother …
An Illinois sex offender is accused of murdering a young mother whose burned remains were discovered in a barrel, WLS-TV reports. Prosecutors on Friday charged 42-year-old Peter Zabala with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 25-year-old Ashley Tucker. Zabala also faces two counts of concealing a homicide. Authorities reportedly found …
WARNING: Disturbing content; reader discretion strongly advised