Attorneys for Karen Read argued Friday for dismissal of murder and leaving the scene of an accident charges, asking the judge in the case to conduct a special hearing to confirm what they believe to be true — that jurors voted unanimously to acquit her of killing her Boston cop boyfriend. Judge Beverly Cannone declared …
An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and stabbing her more than 30 times was sentenced this week to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 31 years. Chance Donohoe, 27, got a break from Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kim Brown, who could have sentenced him …
A 47-year-old Minnesota woman has been charged with stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death over the weekend, telling police she “would kill him again” while on her way to jail. The Moorhead Police Department said they responded to a home on Sunday and found Willard DeGroat Jr., 47, with a stab wound to his chest. He …
A Colorado mother who strangled her 2-month-old son while suffering from postpartum psychosis was sentenced this week to 40 years in prison. Anna Louise Englund reached a deal with Boulder County prosecutors to plead guilty to second degree murder, according to the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office, and her original charges of first degree murder …
Alabama authorities have ruled the death of a 4-year-old girl, critically injured two years ago in a shooting that killed her father and injured her infant brother, was a homicide. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office made the ruling this week, AL.com reported. Madison Grace Davis died on June 25, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Her father, …
A 47-year-old Georgia man has been charged with murder after a 17-month-old child drowned in a bathtub while he was supposedly caring for the child. Kenton Hamilton told police that the toddler fell asleep on his chest while he slept on a couch on Thursday, the Marietta Daily Journal said. Hamilton claimed that the child …
A mother who pleaded guilty in Texas in the death of her 5-year-old son three years ago was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. Nickolle Aguillar agreed to plead guilty to a charge of serious bodily injury to a child by omission, and District Judge Velia Meza gave her the maximum sentence allowed, KSAT …
One of three men charged in connection with the disappearance and presumed murder of a Kentucky mom in 2015 fired his attorney at a hearing on Thursday, reportedly because he found out the attorney met with a co-defendant’s attorneys behind his back. Steve Lawson appeared before Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III for a hearing …
A man accused in a road rage murder earlier this year has now been charged in the shooting death of prominent Detroit neurosurgeon Devon Hoover in April 2023. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Wednesday that Desmond Burks, 34, shot Hoover twice in the back of the head, wrapped him in a sheet, and shoved …
Prosecutors say Joshua Hunsucker staged a kidnapping and accused his father-in-law and poisoned his own 10-year-old daughter.
A Missouri man and his girlfriend have been charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and burying her body in a shallow grave in Washington County. Police say Tony Charboneau, 36, beat and stomped 43-year-old Amy Hogue on June 20 then strapped her into a wheelchair and loaded it onto the back of his car while Brandi …
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the parents of a 12-year-old Indiana girl who died from complications of diabetes on July 4. Ashley and Brent Bredhold are charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, WFIE reports. According to affidavits for the arrests, Evansville Police were called to the family home on …
