On Wednesday, a Texas judge set bond at $50,000 for a woman who was allegedly drunk when she struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this month. KTRK reported that Kristina Chambers, 32, hit Joseph McMullin, 33, on a road in Montrose on April 19. Chambers’ blood alcohol content level was allegedly four times the legal …
On Thursday, a forensic scientist testified that fingerprints found on a bag containing J.J. Vallow’s body are his adoptive uncle’s prints, who died months after the boy’s disappearance. According to East Idaho News, Idaho State Police employee Tara Martinez said that Alex Cox’s palm print and a right fingerprint were located on the bag. The …
Carolyn Bryant Donham, a white woman whose false claims led to Emmett Till’s slaying in 1955 Mississippi, reportedly died Tuesday in Louisiana. Chief investigator for the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office, Megan LeBoeuf, confirmed Bryant’s death to Mississippi Today. Bryant, 88, was in hospice care for cancer at the time of her death. Bryant was never …
An FBI forensic anthropologist testified on Wednesday that Tylee Ryan’s remains — which were found burned and dismembered on her mother’s husband’s property — were cut with an unknown tool. East Idaho News reported that Dr. Angi Christensen performed the initial visual assessment, conducted a CT scan of the bones, and measured Tylee’s bones at …
A forensic pathologist testified on Tuesday that Tylee Ryan’s cause of death was listed as unspecified due to the condition of her remains. According to East Idaho News, Dr. Garth Warren said a specific cause of death could not be pinpointed but it was determined Tylee died via homicide. Tylee’s remains were found burned and …
A forensic pathologist testified on Wednesday that J.J. Vallow — who was found buried on his adoptive mother’s husband’s property in 2020 — was asphyxiated. Dr. Garth Warren explained that J.J. was killed by a plastic bag being placed over his head and duct tape being put on his mouth. Warren said the boy also …
On Tuesday, Idaho prosecutors presented photos that reportedly show Tylee Ryan’s remains on her mother’s current husband’s property in 2020. According to East Idaho News, retired Rexburg police Detective Rick Schmitt testified that he searched the fire pit and pet cemetery areas of Chad Daybell’s property and discovered Ryan’s remains — which included teeth, bone, …
In court on Tuesday, Idaho prosecutors played a video call between Lori Vallow Daybell and her sister after her two missing children were found dead on her husband’s property in 2020. In a video call from June 2020 — two weeks after J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan’s remains were discovered — Summer Cox Shiflet is …
On Tuesday, an FBI analyst testified that Lori Vallow Daybell’s brother’s phone placed him near where J.J. Vallow’s body was buried in 2019. Nick Ballance said the device, which used a Gmail account linked to Alex Cox, was at a pond on Chad Daybell’s property and was in “close proximity to where J.J. Vallow was …
On Monday, an Idaho investigator testified that an email account linked to Lori Vallow Daybell made several Internet searches the same day as Tammy Daybell’s funeral in 2019. Rexburg police Detective David Stubbs said that the Gmail account in question looked up “possessed” and “how to remove the rear seat of my Jeep Wrangler.” In …
A Florida coroner announced on Monday that a 2-year-old boy who was found in an alligator’s mouth in March — after his father allegedly murdered his mother — had drowned. According to WFLA, St. Petersburg police believe Thomas Mosley, 21, threw Taylen Mosley into Lake Maggiore after he stabbed his son’s mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20, …
On Friday, New Mexico prosecutors formally dropped involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in connection with the 2021 shooting on the set of “Rust” which killed a cinematographer. Fox News reported that the case was closed in the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico a day after special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason …
