Michael Gargiulo, the California man known as the “Hollyknown Ripper,” was found guilty Thursday of murdering two women and trying to kill another. A Los Angeles jury convicted Gargiulo, 43, for the 2001 slaying of Ashley Ellerin,22, in her Hollywood home and killing Maria Bruno, 32, in her El Monte home in 2005. Gargiulo was …
A Minnesota man who claimed he was fulfilling a promise to wife to let her die at home instead of a nursing home has been sentenced. Duane Johnson, 58, was initially charged with third-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Debra Lynn Johnson, 69, who passed away in their Brown County home …
A Michigan man who poisoned his wife’s coffee was sentenced to six months behind bars and will serve his time on weekends only. FOX 2 reports that Therese Kozlowski became suspicious of husband Brian Kozlowski during their divorce proceedings and installed a security camera in their kitchen in 2018. Apparently, she had a good reason …
The man who reportedly last saw slain Texas girl Maleah Davis alive has been officially indicted on tampering with evidence charges, and authorities say more charges could possibly follow. Derion Vence, 26, has been behind bars since May after his former girlfriend’s daughter, 4-year-old Maleah, vanished while in his care. Police arrested Vence a few …
A judge told four Michigan teens Tuesday that they would face sentencing as adults after throwing rocks from an overpass over a busy interstate in 2017. One of the rocks ended up killing a young father driving home from work. FOX 2 News reports that the teens, Mark Sekelsky, 18, Mikadyn Payne, 17, Trevor Gray, …
A Colorado man who’s on trial for the 2015 strangulation death of his wife is allowed to use her life insurance payout to fund his defense, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday. According to the Denver Post, the Denver Medical Examiner was unable to determine Stacy Feldman’s cause of death, resulting in Robert Feldman, …
An Ohio courtroom erupted in chaos Monday after a former juvenile court judge was sentenced to six months in jail for illegally using her position to help her brother keep his county job. WLWT reported that a supporter of Hamilton County Court Judge Tracie Hunter was spotted rushing the defense table after Judge Patrick Dinkelacker …
The fiancée of a New Jersey principal who died in April after donating bone marrow to a teen cancer patient in France has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital that conducted the surgery. In the lawsuit, an anesthesiologist at Hackensack University Medical Center was accused of committing malpractice which resulted in Westfield High …
The parents of an Indiana toddler who fell to her death earlier this month while aboard a Caribbean cruise ship are determined to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen to another family. Kimberly and Alan Wiegand made it clear that they blame the cruise line for their daughter’s death. “This cannot happen to another family,” …
The family of a late woman recently sued a Utah hospital, alleging she died last year after operating doctors left an open tube from her heart—resulting in her blood draining into a garbage can. Citing the lawsuit, The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Donnamay Brockbank, 63, underwent heart surgery in July 2018 at St. Mark’s …
The family of a Florida woman who was fatally struck by a car has filed a lawsuit against a funeral home, alleging an employee had taken a photo of her dead body that was posted online. In the lawsuit, the family of Jakiel Jones said a staffer for Stevens Brothers Funeral Home took photos of …
Court proceedings came to an abrupt halt Thursday after two sons of a slain woman reportedly decided to attack the man who admitted to gunning her down in 2017. WKBN reported that relatives of Elizabeth Pledger-Stewart, 46, were about to provide their victim impact statements when Anthony Dees, 30, and Jerome Stewart, 23, decided to …
