A Texas mother with a history of mental illness was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the March 2016 smothering deaths of her 20-month-old and 5-year-old daughters. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sofya Tsygankova, 34, suffered from depression in her native Russia after experiencing a breakup and failing to excel in a music competition. …
Four Michigan teens have accepted a plea deal that will allow them to avoid second-degree murder charges for allegedly throwing a six-pound rock off an overpass, killing a man driving below. Prosecutors will drop 10 of the 11 charges against Mark Sekelsky, 17, Mikadyn Payne, 16, Alexzander Miller, 16, and Trevor Gray, 15, and change …
Lawyers argued that text messages Carter, then 17, sent to boyfriend Conrad Roy III, 18, were ‘cherry-picked’ to show her in a bad light
A Massachusetts woman, sentenced last year to 15 months in jail for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide, is appealing her conviction on the basis that prosecutors “cherry-picked” texts used against her in the case. Michelle Carter, 21, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after her boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, committed suicide in July 2014, …
Jahi McMath—the California teen deemed brain dead in a five-year saga that sparked a national debate concerning brain death and patient rights—reportedly died June 22 after undergoing surgery in New Jersey. The late teen’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, told The Mercury News that McMath died after suffering internal bleeding and kidney issues following a surgery. The teen had reportedly …
The grandmother of a Kentucky toddler who admitted to smoking meth when the little girl disappeared her home in early June will not face any charges, a judge confirmed on Thursday morning. WDRB reports that authorities charged Beth Campbell, grandmother of 3-year-old Charlee Campbell, with endangering the welfare of a child after she admitted to using …
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl to hide his relationship with her is facing a lengthy prison sentence. A two-day sentencing hearing for David Eisenhauer is scheduled to begin Tuesday. After days of damaging testimony during his trial, Eisenhauer pleaded no contest in February in the …
The ex-wife of Bill Gross claimed the billionaire philanthropist left the California home he lost in the divorce smelling like dead fish, flatulence, and vomit. Sue Gross said in court papers that spray bottles in trash cans and dead fish near vents suggests that her affluent ex-husband purposely left 13,819 square-foot Laguna Beach home smelling …
An ex-choirmaster accused of violating a teen boy with a foreign object recently lost a bid to remain in the U.K. and avoid extradition to the U.S. Britain-based Roger Giese, 42, reportedly fled California before his 2007 trial for 19 counts of committing lewd acts on a 13-year-old boy. The alleged incidents occurred between 1998 and …
The woman who abducted a newborn from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital in July 1998 and went on to raise the girl as her own for 18 years was sentenced to prison on Friday. Gloria Williams, 52, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a plot that involved her posing as a nurse to steal a …
Attorneys for a Texas inmate facing execution for the stabbing deaths of his estranged wife, their young son, and the woman’s infant daughter told a federal judge that he’s too mentally ill to face capital punishment. Andre Thomas, 35, was sentenced to death for the March 2004 slayings of Laura Boren, 4-year-old Andre Jr., and Boren’s …
Casey Anthony, the Florida mom famously acquitted for daughter Caylee’s murder, could be sued for claims she reportedly made following the toddler’s death. Roy Kronk was the man who found Caylee Anthony’s body a decade ago. He initially sued Casey for defamation five months after her acquittal. Kronk alleged that, during the trial, Casey’s attorneys falsely claimed …
