The special prosecutor picked by the Santa Fe district attorney to handle the criminal cases in the fatal “Rust” movie shooting announced Tuesday she was stepping down from the role. Actor and producer Alec Baldwin, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the on set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021, had challenged Andrea Reeb’s …
The three Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 appealed their federal hate crime conviction earlier this month — with two of them claiming that their prior racist comments did not prove they killed Arbery because he was Black. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, attorneys for Gregory McMichael and William Bryan Jr. said in …
An Oregon murder suspect escaped a courtroom last month after deputies had unshackled him for his court appearance — as required by state law. Edi Villalobos, 28, was accused of stabbing two man in April 2021, killing one of them, and appeared in court last month for jury selection ahead of his trial, KGW reported. …
A California judge on Friday denied defense motions to throw out Paul Flores’ conviction for the murder of Kristin Smart in 1996 and sentenced him to 25 years to life in prison. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe called Flores “a cancer on society” and ordered him to register as a sex offender, the …
Michael Valva was convicted on the same charges in December.
Convicted California murderer Paul Flores is scheduled to be sentenced today for the murder of California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. According to Fox News Digital, Flores faces 25 years to life in prison for the death of Smart, whose remains have never been found. She was last seen on campus on Memorial Day …
Angela Pollina is charged with murder and child abuse in the death of Thomas Valva. Thomas’s father, Michael Valva, was convicted last year.
A California woman and her boyfriend were convicted Tuesday of torturing and killing her her 10-year-old son. Anthony Avalos died on June 21, 2018, after he was beaten, tortured, and starved for days, sometimes with his siblings forced to participate in the torment, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The torture included slamming the boy onto the …
The man accused of kidnapping and killing Aniah Blanchard in 2019 appeared in an Alabama court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. Ibraheem Yazeed, 33, was indicted this month on three counts of capital murder — during a kidnapping, during a robbery, and involving a victim in a vehicle — …
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers finally spoke to the media Friday afternoon, hours after their client was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and son, and said they plan to appeal the verdict. Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin cited Judge Clifton Newman’s “erroneous decision” to allow testimony about Murdaugh’s multi-million financial …
An investigation is under way regarding autopsy photos that were leaked to the public in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial. After sentencing Murdaugh to life in prison, Judge Clifton Newman revealed that the court was made aware of autopsy photos that were somehow shown to the public. Parties involved in the case have requested an …
The jury’s initial poll of its members showed nine guilty, two not guilty, and one not sure. Forty-five minutes later, it was unanimous — disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was guilty of gunning down his wife Maggie and son Paul on June 7, 2021. Craig Moyer, a carpenter who served on the jury, told …
