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‘You are f***ng using me right now’: Jurors Hear Explosive Voicemails in Karen Read Murder Trial; She Called Officer Boyfriend 44 Times Before His Death

 Karen Read and John OKeefe
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Massachusetts jurors heard a series of profanity-laced voicemails Tuesday that Karen Read left for her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, in the early morning hours of January 29, 2022—the same day prosecutors say she struck and killed him with her SUV. According to CBS News, prosecutors played the messages during the tenth day of …

Alexa Bartell
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April 28, 2025

Rock-Throwing Teen Convicted of First Degree Murder

A jury last week convicted a Colorado man of first degree murder for his part in a night of teenaged rock-throwing that killed a woman as the landscaping stone he hurled crashed through her windshield and struck her. Two co-defendants pleaded guilty for their parts in the April 19, 2023, incident that killed Alexa Bartell, …

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April 22, 2025

‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell GUILTY of Conspiracy to Kill 4th Husband

An Arizona jury has returned a verdict of guilty for Lori Vallow Daybell in her trial for conspiracy to kill her fourth husband in 2019 — the incident that began a series of deaths and attempted murders that saw her and her fifth husband ultimately convicted of killing two of her children and his first …

carheelagway
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April 20, 2025

Jury Gives Death Sentence to Texas Man Who Killed Family of 3

The sentencing trial of a man guilty of killing a Houston family of three has come to a close. On March 24, moments before opening statements were given at 30-year-old Xavier Davis’s trial, he pleaded guilty to the murders of Donyavia Lagway, 29, Gregory Carhee, 35, and Harmoney Carhee, 6. Davis’s guilty plea immediately moved …

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April 10, 2025

Suspended Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Shooting Ex-Boyfriend While He Slept

A Pennsylvania judge was found guilty this week of attempted murder and aggravated assault stemming from the February 20, 2024, shooting of her ex-boyfriend at his home in Susquehanna Township. Sonya McKnight, a Dauphin County magisterial judge, was found guilty of shooting the victim in the head while he was sleeping, according to the Cumberland …

Benjamin Elliott
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February 24, 2025

Twin Murder Trial: Texas Murder Suspect Claims He Stabbed Sister Dead While Sleepwalking

A Texas man on trial for murder claims he was sleepwalking when he fatally stabbed his twin sister. Prosecutors alleged that Benjamin Elliott, then 17, intentionally attacked Meghan Elliott in her bed during the early morning hours of September 29, 2021. The incident occurred at the family’s home in Katy, investigators said. As CrimeOnline previously …

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February 21, 2025

‘Rose Petal Murder’: Pianist Learns Fate After Stabbing Beloved Vet Tech Nearly 30 Times

A Juliard-trained pianist has been found guilty of killing a South Carolina mother. Following brief deliberations, jurors found Zachary Hughes guilty of murdering Christina Parcell in October 2021, FOX Carolina reports. Police found Parcell stabbed to death in her home on Canebrake Drive in Greer. Investigators discovered more than 30 stab wounds on her body, …

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February 20, 2025

‘Rose Petal Murder’ Trial: Pianist Who Stabbed Vet Tech Over a Dozen Times Takes Stand

The murder trial for confessed killer Zachary David Hughes resumed Wednesday in Greenville, South Carolina. According to FITS News, Hughes’ defense lawyers called him to the stand to explain why he killed 41-year-old veterinary technician Christina Parcell on October 13, 2021. Prosecutors said Hughes stabbed  Parcell, of Greer, S.C., almost 30 times on October 13, …

Evelyn Boswell
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February 12, 2025

Megan Boswell Murder Trial: Closing Arguments Begin in Case of TN Mother Who Allegedly Killed Tot

Megan Boswell’s murder trial is nearing the end, with the prosecution and defense resting their cases on Wednesday morning. Before the prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments and the jury began deliberations, Judge Jim Goodwin instructed the jury and outlined their guidelines inside Tennessee’s Sullivan County courthouse. Boswell faces numerous charges in connection with …