Months after the body of Rachel Morin is found along a trail the Ma & Pa Trail, her killer is still a mystery. DNA found at the crime scene matched to a home invasion in Los Angeles 5 months earlier, but investigators are still not sure who the DNA belongs to. The only evidence made …
A second juror has been dismissed in the Michelle Troconis trial after the juror drew a comparison between the case and the Ben Affleck movie, “Gone Girl.” On Friday, Judge Kevin Randolph informed attorneys that he had received a note indicating that one of the jurors discussed the case in the presence of other jurors. …
New Mexico prosecutors have recharged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2021 “Rust” shooting that killed a cinematographer. NBC News reported that Baldwin was indicted for involuntary manslaughter after a special grand jury reviewed his case. Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger of the gun that fatally shot Halyna Hutchins in the …
Florida death row inmate Donald Smith appeared in court this week for an evidentiary hearing, in an attempt to reverse his murder conviction, in connection with the 2013 death of Cherish Perrywinkle. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Smith was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to death for kidnapping 8-year-old Cherish from a Jacksonville Walmart. He then …
A 4-year-old boy who disappeared for days in rural Alabama will not be given back to his birth family, police said. According to Barbour County Sheriff Tyron Smith, Phenix Wilkerson was discharged from Southeast Health in Dothan on Wednesday, in good condition. WDHN reports that he wasn’t returned to his parents, and instead, the Alabama …
Police in Mississippi are investigating after they found a body inside a large box in a Gulfport home. Gulfport Police Sgt. Jason Ducre said one person was detained on Thursday and is being questioned, the Biloxi Sun-Herald reported. Ducre said police were investigating a missing persons report from December 22 on Thursday morning when they …
A 19-year-old Wisconsin man accused of shooting his dad 31 times last October has been arrested after months on the run. Djuan Eskridge, 19, was charged in October with first degree reckless homicide in the death of William Eskridge on October 9, WITI reported. HE was taken into custody on Monday. Investigators found 15 spent …
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The judge overseeing Chad Daybell’s murder trial has denied his attorney’s motion to withdraw from the case, apparently agreeing with prosecutors that the motion was an attempt to delay a trial that has been in preparation since 2021. John Prior, who has been Daybell’s sole attorney since he was arrested for the murders of his …
The parents of a 3-month-old baby boy who died late last year in a filthy motel room from malnourishment and neglect were indicted Thursday on murder charges and other felonies. Skylynn Katherine Tuerk, 33, and Charles Devin Harris, 27, were both indicted on four counts. In addition to murder, the McLennan County grand jury charged …
Two South Carolina women were found dead after a house fire in suburban Greenville on Wednesday, and the man suspected of killing them and setting the fire to cover up the murder was later shot dead in a confrontation with police. The investigation began just before 2 p.m. Wednesday when authorities were called to a …
