A confession that some claim illegitimately put an intellectually challenged young man behind bars in a high-profile murder case will be upheld. CNN reports that a federal court of appeals has ruled that Brendan Dassey’s confession that he assisted his uncle Steven Avery in the murder of Theresa Halbach will stand. Dassey was sentenced to …
Authorities in Hawaii have arrested two suspects in connection to the death of a woman inside a vacation rental home on the island this week. According to the Associated Press, individuals who had rented the residence found the victim upon their arrival Thursday afternoon. The vacationers reportedly discovered the body of 51-year-old Telma Boinville in …
No arrests have been made nearly five years after Eastern Michigan University student Julia Niswender was found dead with her clothes cut off in the bathtub of her off-campus apartment. According to M Live, authorities determined the 23-year-old’s cause of death was asphyxiation associated with drowning. Police noted that Niswender was deprived of oxygen before being placed in …
Jurors this week found a Montana man guilty of aiding and abetting first-degree murder for his role in the June 2016 death of Roylynn Rides Horse. Dimarzio Sanchez, 20, of Busby, was one of three defendants charged in connection with inflicting the torture that resulted in her death more than two months after the initial …
A 5-year-old boy who survived the Sutherland Springs church shooting is asking people to send him Christmas cards while he spends the holidays in the hospital. KSAT reported that Ryland Ward lost his stepmother, JoAnn, and two sisters, Brooke, 5, and Emily Garza, 7, in the November 5 shooting that killed a total of 26 …
Singer Jennifer Hudson was granted a gag order in her custody dispute with ex-boyfriend David Otunga following reports that Otunga was awarded temporary custody of their 8-year-old son–a claim her camp denies. The Chicago Tribune reported that an Illinois judge issued the gag order, which bans Hudson, Otunga, and their representatives from disclosing, publishing, and posting videos, statements, …
The actress accused Hoffman of digitally penetrating her without her consent, among other allegations
The gunman who killed New Mexico high school students before allegedly turning the gun on himself posted his sinister plans on the Internet before his killing rampage. On Thursday, 21-year-old William Atchison disguised himself as a student and walked into Aztec High School at 8 a.m. with a .9mm Glock and multiple magazines in a backpack, …
An Arizona police officer that shot a man to death in 2016 was found not guilty of murder on Thursday. Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Daniel Shaver, 26, NBC News reports. Shaver was reportedly visiting Mesa from Texas on business when he was shot to …
Oklahoma dentist Bert Franklin’s murder trial was delayed by new charges that he tried to arrange a hit on the woman whose child he is accused of murdering. A home surveillance video appears to show Franklin fatally slamming 19-month-old Lincoln Lewis’s head into the ground. He had been in an extra-marital relationship with the child’s …
A man is suing director Bryan Singer for allegedly raping him in 2003 when he was 17 years old. Singer is accused of sexually assaulting a boy during a party on a yacht over 14 years ago, according to Variety. The yacht was reportedly owned by Lester Waters, “who frequently hosted parties for young gay males in …
A Louisiana man is behind bars after he reportedly beat a teen girl mercilessly with a belt and shaved her hair off after she downloaded the social media app, Snapchat, on her phone. The Natchez Democrat reports that authorities arrested Alex Harrison, 30, of Ferriday, on Monday after he allegedly posted a video to Facebook …
