By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who killed eight people at a hair salon in 2011 was sentenced to life without parole Friday in a courtroom packed with sobbing victims’ relatives, who shared vivid memories of their loved ones and wished the shooter a painful end in prison. Scott …
A coroner has confirmed that the human remains found in Pekin, Illinois, this summer belong to missing Robert Bee, Jr. Tazwell County Coroner told James Baldi confirmed to local news station CentralIllinoisProud.com that DNA testing at the Illinois State Police Crime Lab positively identified Bee, 13, who went missing in November after running away from truancy …
Oxygen has released photos of bone fragments that may belong to missing Natalee Hollway, who disappeared on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. The Oxygen docuseries The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway has chronicled the search for her possible remains and the difficult process of identifying them. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a tipster …
By JOHN O’CONNOR, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding the conviction. The high court, in a unanimous decision , found that hearsay testimony from Peterson’s dead …
A Utah man accused of killing his wife reportedly researched criminal defense prior to her murder, and prosecutors allege the suspect was searching for way to evade of murder conviction after he planned out his wife’s killing. Daily Mail reports that Curtis Ray Nichols, 35, claims he didn’t kill his wife, Robin, 35, but prosecutors allege …
A mother who claims her son sexually abused her reportedly paid a former relative to kill him. The Independent reports that Ramcharan Dwivedi, 22, was found dead of stab wounds on August 21 in a quarry in Bhayander, India. And his mother allegedly arranged for his murder. Dwivedi’s mother, who will not be identified because …
Police in northern Illinois are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that took the life of a five-old boy, who was presumably shot to death by his own father. Local news station 23 WIFR reports that Christopher Michaels, 5, was found dead in his father’s home Monday afternoon. His father, Robert Michaels, was in the same room with …
A woman who dated a North Carolina real estate agent who confessed to multiple murders has spoken out about their 10-year relationship. Holly Eudy will appear on Inside Edition to talk about her decade-long affair with Todd Kohlhepp, whose murderous past was discovered last year after he held a young woman captive for a month …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted drug dealer was sentenced Tuesday in California to 11 years in prison in the beating death of a movie studio executive who had been having an affair with his wife. John Lenzie Creech, 45, was convicted in July of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Gavin Smith, a 20th …
New details continue to emerge about the man who allegedly killed his children in his Sacramento apartment last week. Sacramento Bee reports that Robert Hodges, 32, appeared at an arraignment at a Yolo County courthouse on Monday, where he stood emotionless while listening to the charges against him. After learning a judge charged him with three …
Investigators have made an arrest in a cold case murder that has gone unsolved for a quarter of a century. MassLive.com reports that Gary E. Schara has been arrested and charged with the murder of Lisa Ziegert, who was killed in 1992 in Agawam. She was 24 years old at the time of her murder. District Attorney …
A Wisconsin man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and destroying the couple’s home in an attempt to conceal the killing. Fox 6 reports that Steven Pirus, 59, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife, 50-year-old Lee Anne Pirus. Authorities reportedly believe the murder could have taken place months ago. …
