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 …
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 …
An Ohio father who executed his three sons at their Monroe Township home last year avoided the death penalty on Friday with a guilty plea. Instead, Chad Doerman, 33, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to the aggravated murders of Clayton, 7, Hunter, 4, and Chase, 3, on June …
A defense attorney for the man accused of being the Long Island serial killer says he wants the cases against his client tried separately. Rex Heuermann — charged with six murders, including the so-called “Gilgo 4” — appeared for a status hearing this week before State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei, Newsday reported. Michael J. …
A Pennsylvania man convicted in May on charges of aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in the death of his 6-year-old son was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that Christopher Gregor, 32, will be required to serve 85 percent of the …
A Wisconsin man who punched another man in the head over his “sinful” tattoos was found guilty Thursday of felony murder. The jury deliberated for about 12 hours before finding Keven Sehmer, 65, guilty in the death of Josh Davies, who was out with his wife for a date night on June 17, 2023, WITI …
Prosecutors in the murder trial of Karen Read have admitted in a new court filing on Friday that four jurors have contacted them concurring with a defense filing that the jury acquitted Read of murder and leaving the scene of a fatal crash at trial last month and deadlocked on one other charge. In the …
Ellen Greenberg’s case is now headed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, following her family’s appeal to change the ruling on her death from suicide to homicide. The family, according to the Greenberg family lawyer, Joseph Podraza, has been fighting for more than a decade to change Ellen’s cause of death. “We believe that if we …
Thursday’s hearing in accused child killer Richard Allen’s case focused on the defense’s theories about Odinism, and whether the information should be allowed during his upcoming murder trial. Allen’s defense team is pushing to prove that he wasn’t involved in the 2017 murders of Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, and Liberty “Libby” German, 14. As CrimeOnline …
Accused Delphi killer Richard Allen confessed more than 60 times to killing two children in 2017, according to testimony Wednesday. Allen returned to court for a second day of hearings Wednesday in Carroll County. The hearing centered on motions from Allen’s defense team to suppress incriminating statements he made while incarcerated at the Westville Correctional …
Accused Delphi child killer Richard Allen is due back in Carroll County court Wednesday for the second hearing concerning several motions, which could shape the trial’s outcome of his murder trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen is facing four counts of murder for the deaths of Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German, two children …
A former ballerina was convicted of manslaughter Tuesday night in the shooting death of her husband. Ashley Benefield faces up to 30 years when she is sentenced, ABC News reported. Benefield took the stand Monday morning at her trial in Manatee County, Florida, testifying that she was “scared to death” of Doug Benefield and was …
