After opening statements, witness testimony began in Kaitlyn Armstrong’s murder trial. Mo Wilson’s brother, Matt Wilson, answered questions about Wilson’s professional cycling and what type of person she was. Wilson testified that Mo Wilson and Colin Strickland were not having a romantic relationship when she was killed. The woman that Mo Wilson stayed with in …
A jury has been set and opening arguments will be presented today in the murder trial of Kaitlyn Armstrong. The yoga instructor is accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson. Wilson was in Austin to tackle the “Gravel Locos” race in Hico. As luck would have it, Wilson has friends in the area, so …
It’s shortly after 9 a.m. on Sunday Morning: Kerri McDermott answers her door, finding her neighbor’s children asking for help. They can’t find Dad and Mom is crying in her bedroom. McDermott calls 911. Police find Breanne Pennington lying in her bed with a gunshot wound to the face. Three spent shell casings are near …
An 11-year-old girl’s brother thinks his sister is leaving for school, but it’s 5:30 in the morning. Then the boy realizes that it’s Sunday. He calls his mother, who is working overnights. Mom comes home and calls the Wayne Police Department. The mom tells police this is not the first time the girl has gone …
Shannon O’Connor throws wild parties for her teenage sons at their Los Gatos, California mansion. O’Connor pressures teens as young as 13 to binge drink, smoke marijuana, and perform sex acts with each other, “consensual” or not, while she watches. O’Connor keeps the parties a secret from other parents and her own husband, even continuing …
Kouri Richins’ book on how to deal with grief isn’t the only thing she’s written. There’s a six-page handwritten letter that’s sparking debate, “the walk the dog letter.” Prosecutors say that in the letter, Richins is teaching people how to lie about what happened the night her husband died. Her defense team says the letter …
Barbara Maier Gustern was shoved from behind outside her Chelsea residence. Friends found the well-known and beloved voice coach in the apartment lobby covered in blood. A bicyclist spotted the injured 87-year-old on the street and brought her in. Gustern hit her head during the attack and was taken to a hospital for medical treatment. …
Attorneys representing two of the accused in LSU student Madison Brook rape are asking a court to give them access to Brooks’ phone data for the 72 hours preceding the alleged attack. They claim the defense is entitled to find out if someone other than the defendants caused Brooks’ injuries. The intent is to identify …
More details coming out from Joran van der Sloot’s courthouse admission. In the Dutch national’s interview with his attorney, van der Sloot admitted that he killed Natalee Holloway after she rejected his sexual advances. After kicking her in the face, van der Sloot used a cinderblock to bash her skull. He said he then dragged …
An Alabama judge accepted Joran van der Sloot’s plea deal, meaning today, after almost two decades, the Dutch national admitted that he killed Alabama teen Natalee Holloway. In his proffer, a document in which the defendant offers information about a crime, he reportedly told the court that Holloway rejected his sexual advances, so he hit …
Joran van der Sloot’s Alabama court appearance Wednesday could give Natalee Holloway’s family information they have been seeking since 2005. The main suspect in Holloway’s disappearance is expected to plead guilty to charges of extorting and defrauding the teen’s mother. It is not known what specific charges in the extortion case he will plead guilty to. …
Thomas Randolph describes to police how a handyman he knows, broke into his house, killing Randolph’s wife Sharon as the couple returned home from an evening out. He says he came in from the garage, after his wife entered the home, to find her dead. He saw a man wearing a ski mask in the …
