A forensics scientist from the Indiana State Police DNA laboratory took the stand Monday morning as testimony resumed in the double murder trial of accused child killer, Richard Allen. During her questioning by the prosecution, DNA Stacy Bozinovski continued her testimony from last week, and revealed that she analyzed several clothing items and shoes for …
A California man who plotted for two years to kill the 16-year-old girl he blamed for getting him expelled from school will never get out of prison. Owen Skyler Shover, 23, was sentenced to life without parole in the 2019 murder of Aranda Briones, KESQ reported. He was convicted in August. “The victim didn’t deserve …
A former Colorado cardiologist convicted of drugging and raping multiple women he met on a dating app heard from those women Friday before a judge sentenced him to 158 years in prison. Family members and friends of Stephen Matthews’ 11 victims spoke up too, before Judge Eric Johnson told him that he had “egregiously” broken …
A former US soldier was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for the murder of a 19-year-old, pregnant fellow soldier more than 20 years ago on a US base in Germany. Shannon L. Wilkerson, 44, was found guilty in May of second degree murder in the death of Amanda Gonzales, according to the US …
A California prosecutor announced on Thursday that he recommends resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989. The Menendez brothers have spent 34 years behind bars and are ineligible for parole under their current sentence. However, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said he would ask …
A Florida forensic pathologist who worked for OJ Simpson’s defense in 1994 will be testifying at a hearing next month to determine whether an Idaho judge will strike the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in 2022. Dr. Barbara C. Wolf is the medical …
A man who served in law enforcement in South Carolina for nearly 15 years pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing his next door neighbor in 2023 and was sentenced to 34 years in prison. Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, was to go on trial next week for the May 11, 2023, shooting death of 48-year-old Oscar Rubio. …
Sarah Boone, the Florida woman on trial for killing her boyfriend in 2020 by putting him in a suitcase, took the stand on Tuesday. Boone, 47, testified that she and Jorge Torres, Jr., 42, were playing hide-and-seek when Torres got in the suitcase and lay flat. She claimed she was intoxicated when she zipped the …
The fourth day of testimony in the Delphi double murder trial is set to continue Tuesday. Richard Allen is charged with the 2017 murders of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German near a hiking trail, ABC 6 reports. On Monday, jurors were shown disturbing images from the crime scene. “One was nude, the other was clothed. …
A Fulton County judge in Georgia denied bond for Christopher Wolfenbarger, who remains in custody while awaiting trial for the murder and disappearance of his wife, Melissa Wolfenbarger, 11Alive News reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police booked Wolfenbarger into the Fulton jail in July on a murder charge in connection with the death of Melissa, …
Special Judge Frances Gull decided to hold off on deciding a key motion in the Delphi murders trial until Friday morning. On Thursday, Judge Gull told prosecutors she needed additional time to evaluate their request to block the jury from seeing police sketches used before Richard Allen’s arrest. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen is accused …
The jury for Richard Allen’s double murder trial is set to be sworn in today, while a Carroll County judge is expected to make a decision on whether police sketches will be allowed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 12 jurors and four alternates were chosen earlier this week for Allen’s murder trial in Delphi. Allen is …
