Brian Winchester, a Florida man suspected of killing his friend in order to carry on a relationship with the man’s wife and obtain a $1.75 million life insurance policy, took the stand Tuesday at his ex’s trial. The New York Post reports Winchester testified against Denise Williams, the wife of victim Jerry Michael “Mike” Williams, …
After three trials, a California woman escaped prison time when a judge and jury deemed her insane on Wednesday, despite being convicted twice for drowning and killing her baby. The Orange County Register reports that Lucero Carrera, 33, was living in a Santa Ana home with her mother when she killed her 2-month-old daughter, Kimberly, …
A Missouri man on trial for allegedly raping a Washington University medical student said it was consensual. The victim, who said she was a virgin at the time, claimed she was awoken to the man, a stranger, on top of her in the middle of night at her St. Louis apartment. St. Louis Dispatch reports …
A little girl lost her life in 2016 after her father’s girlfriend reportedly left her inside a hot car in a Pennsylvania parking lot. After hearing two days’ of testimony and evidence including a distressing 911 call, a Pennsylvania jury must decide if the child’s death was a crime or a tragic accident. On Tuesday …
Prosecutors say two men, who allegedly murdered a man in cold blood at a luxury Manhattan apartment in 2016, enjoyed a meal of “organic burgers and chicken bites” after the killing, the New York Post reports. James Rackover, 27, and co-defendant Larry Dilione, 30, are on trial for the gruesome slaying of Joseph Comunale, of …
Audible gasps from people inside a Cape Town high court were heard on Thursday when the prosecution showed the murder weapon allegedly used to kill a college student after she was robbed and brutally raped. Daily Star reports that on March 22, Hannah Cornelius, 21, was carjacked and attacked while dropping her friend off at his …
A retrial for Shayna Hubers, an Ohio woman who fatally shot her boyfriend in the face in 2012, ended in a life sentence on Thursday—though she will be up for parole in just 14 years. The woman killed her boyfriend, 29-year-old Ryan Poston, on October 12, 2012. Poston, an attorney, was shot to death by …
A North Carolina man accused of killing his wife admitted in court on Friday to stabbing her death after taking “too much” Coricidin cough medicine. The News & Observer reports that over 50 people packed into a Raleigh courtroom Friday morning in support of Lauren Phelps, who lost her life in 2017 when her husband, Matthew …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A career criminal accused by authorities of raping and killing six women in the 1970s yelled “I am not guilty!” to a jury at the start of his trial Friday for two of the killings. Rodney Halbower also yelled “I have never raped or murdered in my life!” to the …
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student pleaded guilty Tuesday to concealing the body of a slain 13-year-old girl, but still faces trial on a more serious charge of being an accessory to the teen’s killing. Natalie Keepers is scheduled to go on trial in September, accused of being an accessory before the …
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company’s popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease. Dewayne Johnson’s lawsuit was the first of thousands of cases filed in state and …
A married Maine teacher who denied any sexual involvement with a former student since the day she was accused in 2017, was found not guilty on charges on Thursday. The Press Herald reports that former Kennebunk High School teacher Jill Lamontagne cried openly inside the York County Courthouse when a judge cleared her on 14 charges, including …
