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Murder
March 3, 2023

Texas Man Charged With Father’s Murder

A 23-year-old Texas man was arrested after a standoff early Friday morning and charged with killing his father, a beloved teacher and coach at Westbrook Intermediate School in Friendswood. Nicholas Leggio has been charged with murder in the death of 65-year-old David Liggio and burglary after he tried to hide in a garage several blocks …

Court
March 3, 2023

Alex Murdaugh’s Attorneys to Appeal Conviction Because Judge Allow Testimony About Financial Crimes

Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers finally spoke to the media Friday afternoon, hours after their client was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and son, and said they plan to appeal the verdict. Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin cited Judge Clifton Newman’s “erroneous decision” to allow testimony about Murdaugh’s multi-million financial …

Crime Stories
March 3, 2023

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: CREEPY ITEMS SEIZED FROM KOHBERGER’S HOME AND CAR

The search warrants for both Bryan Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra and his parent’s home have been unsealed. The documents show a knife, a Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun with three empty magazines, a pocket knife, black face masks and gloves, numerous articles of dark clothing, and criminology books among the list of items detectives seized. …

Brandon Rozier Jr.
AMBER Alert
March 3, 2023

FOUND SAFE: 2-year-old Tot Abducted from Babysitter’s Home, Ohio Woman Arrested

UPDATE A 2-year-old Ohio boy has been found safe in Evanston on Friday, and the woman accused of taking him is currently in police custody, according to NBC 5. Original Story Hamilton County law enforcement in Ohio issued an AMBER Alert Thursday after a woman living with his babysitter reportedly took him. According to police, …

Patricia Kopta
Missing
March 3, 2023

‘The Sparrow’: Pennsylvania Wife Missing Since 1992 Found Alive in Puerto Rico

A Pennsylvania street preacher known as “The Sparrow” has been found alive in Puerto Rico, over 20 years after she mysteriously vanished. According to ABC 6, Patricia Kopta vanished from Pittsburgh in 1992. Her husband said she never said a word about leaving, although she talked about Puerto Rico before and the warm weather. “I …

Cold Cases
March 3, 2023

Indiana Man Arrested for 1989 Georgia Murder, Thanks to DNA

The rape and murder of a 23-year-old Georgia woman in 1989 has been solved with the help of genealogical DNA. Larry Padgett, 59, was arrested earlier this week in Loogootee, Indiana, where he now lives, for the murder of Mary Louicile Willfong, whose body was found by deer hunters on November 21, 1989, along Johnstonville …

Court
March 3, 2023

Murdaugh Murder Autopsy Photos Leaked to Public; Investigation Underway

An investigation is under way regarding autopsy photos that were leaked to the public in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial. After sentencing Murdaugh to life in prison, Judge Clifton Newman revealed that the court was made aware of autopsy photos that were somehow shown to the public. Parties involved in the case have requested an …

Court
March 3, 2023

‘The Evidence Was Clear’: Juror Explains Quick Murdaugh Verdict

The jury’s initial poll of its members showed nine guilty, two not guilty, and one not sure. Forty-five minutes later, it was unanimous — disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was guilty of gunning down his wife Maggie and son Paul on June 7, 2021. Craig Moyer, a carpenter who served on the jury, told …