On Tuesday, Donna Adelson appeared in court with her new legal team as she gets ready to face charges for allegedly orchestrating the murder of her former son-in-law. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson is charged with the murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, who was fatally shot in his garage on July …
A New York grand jury began reviewing evidence in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, and the state’s governor says that’s the first step in preparing to extradite Luigi Mangione from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested earlier this week. Mangione, 26, is fighting extradition to New York, where police have charged him …
A former Georgia district attorney appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since she was accused of putting a thumb on the scale in favor of the defendants accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger chased down and murdered in a largely white coastal neighborhood in 2020. Jackie Johnson was the district attorney …
An Arizona judge ruled last week that “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell can represent herself in her trial for the murder of her fourth husband and attempted murder of her niece’s ex-husband. Lori Vallow Daybell was previously convicted in Idaho on the murders of two of her children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
New York officials revealed little information on Monday about the man who was arrested in connection with last Wednesday’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. According to NBC News, Luigi Mangione, 26 is due in court Monday night on gun charges. Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona after an employee believed he …
A New York jury acquitted Marine veteran Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 death of subway performer Jordan Neely. The verdict came after five days of deliberation and was highly anticipated, according to NBC New York. Last week, a judge dropped the manslaughter charge against Penny when the jury failed to …
An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering his roommate was sentenced Friday to 31 1/2 years in prison. Timothy Sullivan, 66, apologized in court but attributed his actions to a “traumatic brain injury,” KPNX reported. “I take full responsibility for my actions,” said Sullivan, who described Amy “Ruby” Leagans as a good …
A Texas man who said he killed people because he was called to “commit sacrifices” has been convicted on three counts of murder and sentenced to death. Jason Thornburg, 44, was found guilty this week of killing and dismembering David Lueras, 42; Lauren Phillips, 34; and Maricruz Mathis, 33, in 2021 the Associated Press reported. …
Public defenders for the man convicted last month of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia have asked for a new trial, claiming a judge’s decision in the case was “contrary to law” and “contrary to evidence.” The brief motion, filed Monday in the Superior Court of Athens-Clarke County, …
A police spokesperson confirmed this week that a new charge of solicitation to commit murder against a Colorado dentist charged with poisoning his wife did not refer to that murder but rather an attempt on the life of an Aurora police detective. Aurora Police spokesman Joy Moylan said late Wednesday that James Craig tried to …
The new judge overseeing the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger dinged his attorneys on Thursday in a ruling ordering them to resubmit a hearing request with more detail and less extraneous documentation. The new ruling came just days after Judge Steven Hippler denied 12 motions filed by Kohberger’s defense to bar the death penalty from …
