Judge Clifton Newman, who earlier had barred testimony about Alex Murdaugh’s alleged ‘suicide for hire’ plot, reversed his ruling Wednesday afternoon.
Another bombshell in the courtroom today as Judge Clifton Newman ruled that testimony regarding Alex Murdaugh’s alleged roadside shooting. September 2021, Murdaugh claimed he asked another man to shoot him so his surviving son could obtain millions in life insurance. Judge Newman ruled that the roadside shooting would be a “bridge too far” and “does …
One of the suspects accused of raping Louisiana State University student Madison Brooks has been charged again with rape, in an incident that a family lawyer said followed an extremely similar pattern to the Brooks case. According to Fox News Digital, 18-year-old Kaivon Washington has been arrested twice for two sexual assaults that took place …
New details have come to light about the four University of Idaho students who were murdered in November. NewsNation reports that two of the victims – Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin – were found by Chapin’s best friend and that it was this friend who called 911. Kernodle and Chapin, who were dating, were found …
New York killer Payton Gendron, who murdered 10 Black people during a store massacre last year, apologized to his victims in court Wednesday morning as a man lunged at him during a victim impact statement. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 13 people were shot on May 14, 2022, after Gendron drove from his home in Conklin, …
The judge presiding over the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial has ruled the prosecution may not bring up the 2021 shooting in which Murdaugh allegedly paid a hitman to kill him, at least for now, WCIV-TV reports. On Wednesday morning, Colleton County Judge Clifton Newman made the decision to exclude testimony about the alleged assisted suicide …
A Missouri grand jury has returned an indictment on nine charges a man accused for holding a woman captive in his basement for a month. Timothy Haslett, 40, was arrested in October last year after a 22-year-old woman escaped his Excelsior Springs home and sought help from neighbors, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She was barefoot, …
Puddles of water became the focus of cross-examination today of the man who took care of Alex Murdaugh’s dogs. Dale Davis testified that puddles of water were not where they should have been when police responded to the murders. Dale Davis said that when he left the afternoon of the murders, that water hose that …
The attorney for a California doctor charged accused of trying to kill his family last month when he intentionally drove off a cliff in San Mateo County told a judge last week that the radiologist’s wif — one of the alleged victims — doesn’t want her husband prosecuted. The judge in the case granted a …
A Wisconsin woman who allegedly strangled her lover with a chain and then dismembered his body attacked her attorney in court on Tuesday, all of it caught on camera. Taylor Schabusiness, 25, was sitting at the defense table along with lawyer Quinn Jolly when she suddenly stood up and began striking Jolly with her handcuffed …
A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after his mother jumped with him on Monday from the rim of Niagara Gorge in Niagara Falls State Park. The two fell nearly 90 feet, almost to the bottom of the gorge, and landed near the entrance to the Cave of the Winds, an attraction close to the …
Three Michigan State University students were identified Tuesday as victims of the 43-year-old gunman who opened fire at two campus locations Monday night before killing himself. Police identified Brian Fraser and Alexandria Verner while family of Arielle Anderson named her as the third fatality, the Detroit Free Press said. All three were Michigan natives. Verner, …
