A Nevada teenager accused of intentionally mowing down a retired police chief on a bicycle last year has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. Judge Christy Craig on Wednesday sent Jesus Ayala, now 19, to Lake’s Crossing Center, a maximum security psychiatric hospital in Sparks, according to KTNV. Ayala was 17 when he and Jzamir …
The judge overseeing the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger has set a new schedule for the proceedings after the case was transferred to Ada County. District Judge Steven Hippler vacated the schedule set up by the Latah County district judge, John Judge, and set jury selection to begin on July 30, 2025, with the trial …
Personal items seized during searches of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann’s Long Island properties have been returned to his family, attorneys say. “The family is thankful and relieved that they’re starting to get some of their personal property back,” said Bob Macedonio, the attorney for Heuermann’s wife Asa Ellerup, who filed for divorce …
On Monday, a California judge approved a discovery process for convicted murderer Scott Peterson, nearly 20 years after his conviction for killing his pregnant wife. Judge Elizabeth Hill of the San Mateo County Superior Court granted Peterson’s request for a post-conviction discovery period, according to a document obtained by Fox News Digital. Hill approved some …
Prosecutors have slapped new charges against three of the five people charged in the deaths of two Kansas women earlier this year in rural Oklahoma. Tiffany Adams, her boyfriend Tad Cullum, and Cole Twombly now face charges of unlawful removal of a dead body and unlawful desecration of a human corpse, KSN reported. In amended …
A Michigan mom whose infant son drowned in the bathtub while she chatted on the phone entered a no-contest plea to involuntary manslaughter this week and won’t spend more than a year in jail. Miller’s sentencing is set for November, Law&Crime reported. Olivia Miller, 23, was on the phone for 20 minutes, texting and talking, …
Attorneys for a Mississippi teen convicted of killing her math teacher mother are seeking a new trial or alternative judgement following her conviction for first-degree murder. According to court documents filed Thursday, 15-year-old Carly Gregg’s attorneys stated that her father, Kevin Gregg, gave an interview to WBLT 3, claiming that she was in equestrian therapy …
An Ohio man was convicted Friday of stabbing his girlfriend to death but only after he was thrown out of the courtroom when he tried to present his own statement before the jury went into deliberations. Toby Madden, 52, was found guilty on one county of murder, one count of felony murder, and two counts …
Accused Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger is set to appear in a new court for the first time after successfully securing a venue change. Thursday’s hearing in Boise, while expected to be a brief session to update the new judge, signals the start of a new phase in Kohberger’s case. He could face the death penalty …
A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty late Tuesday in the hanging deaths of her two children in 2019. President Judge M. Theresa Johnson reject the defense efforts to have Lisa Snyder found guilty by reason of insanity and found Snyder guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of endangering the welfare of children …
Christian Brueckner, a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, reportedly told a former prison cellmate that he abducted a child from a Portuguese apartment during a break-in. Brueckner, 47, is currently standing trial for alleged sexual offenses that are not connected to the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine, who was abducted in 2007 from her family’s …
A teenage killer was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison in the death of man over an argument that started online — and that the victim was not involved in. Jackie Turner, who was 17 when he shot 23-year-old Seth Burns to death on August 25, 2023, pleaded guilty to murder in July. And …
