Officials announced Monday that a prominent New York judge is retiring because she has an advanced form of Alzheimer’s disease. Kings County Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson, 54, agreed to formally retire on October 31. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a press release that they were investigating Simpson due to claims she …
The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil lawsuit against the officers and paramedics involved in his August 2019 death. The federal lawsuit claims McClain’s constitutional rights were violated when Aurora police put him in a chokehold before paramedics injected him with 500mg of ketamine. It also stated that law enforcement subjected McClain to the …
Infamous grandmother Lois Riess, who’s already serving a life sentence for killing her look-alike in Florida, has pleaded guilty to murder for the second time. During a Tuesday pre-trial hearing held in a Dodge County high school auditorium in Minnesota, due to COVID-19 concerns, Riess pleaded guilty plea to first-degree and second-degree murder in connection …
The University of Iowa student was reportedly unable to reenter his dorm as temperatures bottomed out at -50 degrees
A grieving Florida couple alleges that a hospital lost the body of their newborn baby after he died, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The parents, Kathryn and Travis Wilson, allege in a lawsuit filed earlier this summer that St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa was negligent and recklessly inflicted emotional distress after losing the body of their newborn son, …
A Texas police officer who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor in his own apartment filed an appeal Tuesday to have her 2019 murder conviction overturned. Lawyers representing Amber Guyger requested the former Dallas police officer be convicted of negligent homicide instead of murder. The defense team also asked for …
“Cult mom” Lori Vallow, who’s currently behind bars for conspiracy to destroy, alter or conceal evidence in connection with her deceased children, may soon be facing additional charges. Fox News reports that according to Chandler, Arizona, police spokesman Sgt. Jason McClimans, authorities plan to hand their case regarding the death of Lori’s ex-husband, Charles Vallow, …
In a shocking reversal, the staffer accused of killing former Arkansas state Senator Linda Collins pleaded guilty to the crime on Thursday and was sentenced to 50 years in prison, KAIT reports. Rebecca O’Donnell, 49, was charged with capital murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in Randolph County in June 2019. Earlier …
A former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, claiming his rights were violated when he lost his job. Garrett Rolfe is currently facing 11 charges, including felony murder, for the death of Brooks, who was killed at a South Atlanta Wendys restaurant on June …
The murder trial of Robert Durst has been delayed until next year because of concerns over the coronavirus, CNN reports. On Friday, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham said the trial will start back up again in April 2021. Prosecutors and defense attorneys both agreed to the postponement of the trial of Durst, 77, who is accused …
A Utah woman will spend a year in jail for the death of her 2-year-old foster son. In 2018, Lisa Jo Vanderlinden was arrested after her foster son was found unresponsive in a home near Roosevelt, Utah. The boy, identified as Lucas Call, passed away from his injuries. Medical examiners determined his death was due …
According to newly-released court documents, slain pervert Jeffrey Epstein and his reported madam Ghislaine Maxwell are accused of having continuous orgies while at his private Caribbean island. Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre apparently told authorities during a 2016 deposition against Maxwell that there were constant orgies going on with girls and women. Some of the girls, …
