A former US soldier was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for the murder of a 19-year-old, pregnant fellow soldier more than 20 years ago on a US base in Germany. Shannon L. Wilkerson, 44, was found guilty in May of second degree murder in the death of Amanda Gonzales, according to the US …
A California prosecutor announced on Thursday that he recommends resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989. The Menendez brothers have spent 34 years behind bars and are ineligible for parole under their current sentence. However, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said he would ask …
A Florida forensic pathologist who worked for OJ Simpson’s defense in 1994 will be testifying at a hearing next month to determine whether an Idaho judge will strike the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in 2022. Dr. Barbara C. Wolf is the medical …
A man who served in law enforcement in South Carolina for nearly 15 years pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing his next door neighbor in 2023 and was sentenced to 34 years in prison. Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, was to go on trial next week for the May 11, 2023, shooting death of 48-year-old Oscar Rubio. …
Sarah Boone, the Florida woman on trial for killing her boyfriend in 2020 by putting him in a suitcase, took the stand on Tuesday. Boone, 47, testified that she and Jorge Torres, Jr., 42, were playing hide-and-seek when Torres got in the suitcase and lay flat. She claimed she was intoxicated when she zipped the …
An Arizona judge has delayed Lori Vallow Daybell’s conspiracy trial and granted her request for a full mental competency evaluation. According to KSAZ, Vallow Daybell’s defense attorney filed a motion for a “Rule 11 evaluation, and it was granted on Monday by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Justin Beresky. BREAKING: Judge Justin Beresky grants Lori …
The fourth day of testimony in the Delphi double murder trial is set to continue Tuesday. Richard Allen is charged with the 2017 murders of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German near a hiking trail, ABC 6 reports. On Monday, jurors were shown disturbing images from the crime scene. “One was nude, the other was clothed. …
A Fulton County judge in Georgia denied bond for Christopher Wolfenbarger, who remains in custody while awaiting trial for the murder and disappearance of his wife, Melissa Wolfenbarger, 11Alive News reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police booked Wolfenbarger into the Fulton jail in July on a murder charge in connection with the death of Melissa, …
Special Judge Frances Gull decided to hold off on deciding a key motion in the Delphi murders trial until Friday morning. On Thursday, Judge Gull told prosecutors she needed additional time to evaluate their request to block the jury from seeing police sketches used before Richard Allen’s arrest. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen is accused …
The jury for Richard Allen’s double murder trial is set to be sworn in today, while a Carroll County judge is expected to make a decision on whether police sketches will be allowed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 12 jurors and four alternates were chosen earlier this week for Allen’s murder trial in Delphi. Allen is …
The trial of tech entrepreneur Nima Momeni for the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee got underway in California on Monday, with the defendant’s sister at the center of the drama. The multi-millionaire Lee was found in San Francisco on April 4, 2023, bleeding out from multiple stab wounds, as CrimeOnline reported. Momeni, 40, …
Accused Delphi killer Richard Allen’s defense lawyers made an unexpected disclosure during Tuesday’s jury selection for his murder trial. FOX 59 reports that the defense team revealed that hair found in Abby Williams’ hand did not match Allen’s. This is the first time this information has been made public. Attorney Andrew Baldwin shared the details …
