Lori Vallow Daybell has been extradited to Arizona and booked on conspiracy to murder charges in Maricopa Counta. The Wednesday night extradition came as a bit of a surprise, as Maricopa County officials had previously said it would likely not take place until the so-called cult mom’s appeal on her Idaho murder convictions made its …
A Kentucky appeals court and the state’s Supreme Court have issued rulings against Brooks Houck, the man charged with killing mom of five Crystal Rogers in 2015 and who remains in jail on a $10 million bond. Rogers, a 35-year-old Kentucky mother of 5, was last seen at the Houck family farm in July 2015. …
The murder trial of Chad Daybell will be broadcast live by the court, an Idaho judge ruled Wednesday. Daybell is charged with murder and conspiracy to murder in the death of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of his second wife’s children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and JJ Vallow, 7. Lori Vallow Daybell was tried …
Special Judge Frances Gull and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita have requested that the state Supreme Court deny a petition to replace Gull and reinstate accused child killer Richard Allen’s defense team, in connection with the high-profile Delphi double murder case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gull removed Allen’s original defense team, Andrew Baldwin and Brad …
An Indiana man is behind bars after police say he disclosed sensitive information and evidence in connection with the 2017 Delphi murders. According to a 29-page court transcript released Friday, police arrested Mitchell Thomas Westerman on a conversion charge, after he allegedly leaked evidence in the murders of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14. …
A Washington man will remain behind bars without bail, a Thurston County judge said Monday, following evidence that a missing couple may have been murdered. According to The Olympian, Timothy Burke, 45, appeared in Thurston County Superior Court on Monday following the disappearance of Karen Koep and her husband, Davido. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police …
Chad Daybell’s attorney accused prosecutors of “grand standing” and “forum shopping” in their request last week that Judge Stephen Boyce reconsider his change of venue order, made when Daybell’s murder trial was still attached to his wife’s. Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial was severed from Daybell’s because Daybell waived his right to a speedy trial, while …
The Louisiana woman charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy found stuffed into a “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” suitcase in southern Indiana was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison. Dawn Coleman was given five years of the sentence suspended, WTHR reported. Coleman pleaded guilty to aiding, inducing, or causing murder, neglect of …
An Ohio father who allegedly killed his three sons in June appeared in court on Monday to address multiple motions. Defendant Chad Doerman is facing the death penalty for reportedly shooting his three children, ages 3, 4, and 7, in front of his wife and stepdaughter. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Doerman’s lawyers asked the …
Colombian accessories designer Nancy Gonzalez pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of smuggling python and caiman skins into the U.S. for use in luxury handbags. According to WWD, 70-year-old Gonzalez pleaded guilty in Florida’s U.S. District Court alongside defendants, Diego Mauricio Rodriguez Giraldo, in connection with the trafficking scheme. The plea comes after Gonzalez and …
An Idaho judge presiding over accused murderer Bryan Kohberger’s case issued a court order Monday outlining media restrictions for the high-profile trial, including no cameras allowed inside the courtroom. Although Judge John Judge was previously open to cameras during the trial, as CrimeOnline previously reported, the latest court order prohibits any media-operated video or photography. …
An Ohio man who allegedly killed his three sons in June is due back in court on Monday. Suspect Chad Doerman is facing the death penalty for reportedly shooting his three children, ages 3, 4, and 7, in front of his wife and stepdaughter. WKEF reported that more than two dozen motions will be addressed …
