A former Colorado Springs Police Department investigator took the stand Thursday during the preliminary hearing for Letecia Stauch, a Colorado stepmother accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stauch is accused of murdering Gannon in January 2020, while his father was away on a work trip. For months, Stauch denied …
Dylann Roof — the neo-Nazi who killed nine Black parishioners at a South Carolina church in 2015 — appealed his death sentence again on Wednesday, claiming the victims were portrayed too sympathetically during his federal trial. Roof, 27, filed another petition in the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, where a three-judge …
Letecia Stauch, a Colorado stepmother accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, joined briefly for a preliminary hearing in El Paso County on Wednesday but refused to stay the duration as horrific details emerged. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and a black mask, Stauch waived her right to be present at the preliminary hearing as …
Prosecutors displayed latex mask they say the real estate heir planned to wear as he fled to ‘get away with murder.’
An Idaho judge on Wednesday delayed the start of Chad Daybell’s murder trial and extended his wife Lori Vallow’s mental health treatment for another 180 days. Both Vallow and Daybell have been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and other charges in the deaths of 7- year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
On Tuesday, two archaeologists hired by authorities testified during Paul and Ruben’ Flores preliminary hearing in San Luis Obispo County. Archaeologists Philip Hanes and Cindy Arrington, who said they were contacted by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office to help search Ruben Flores’ home, testified that they found four different aberrations in disturbed soil …
Court documents filed in Arkansas allege that reality star Josh Duggar was placed on a sex offender registry following an accusation that he molested his sisters years before his arrest last spring on child pornography charges. Duggar was never charged in 2006, but a 33-page police report uncovered by Touch Weekly in 2015 said his …
An Oklahoma county sheriff has called in state investigators to help with a child sexual abuse case after parents of victims filed a lawsuit claiming his department and school officials failed to adequately investigate a 2009 allegation against a former girls basketball coach. Ronald Akins, at the time the coach for Ninnekah’s high school and …
US District Court Judge Allison Nathan told federal prosecutors on Friday that they must reveal the “identities of any unnamed co-conspirators” they plan to reference during Ghislaine Maxwell’s upcoming sex trafficking trial. Nathan nixed the government’s argument that to do so would cause “potential danger to co-conspirators” or risk “compromising continuing investigations,” the New York …
Prosecutors can call the accused killer in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, “murderer” or “school shooter” during his trial but must avoid pejoratives like “animal” and “that thing,” a judge ruled on Friday. Attorneys for Nikolas Cruz had asked that their client only be referred to by his name …
On Thursday, lawyers for the three former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death asked a Minnesota judge to prohibit the live-streaming of their state trial. According to the Star Tribune, attorneys for Thomas Lane, 37, and J. Alexander Kueng, 26, asserted that live-streaming their clients’ joint trial jeopardizes their right to a fair trial. …
On Thursday, a former Georgia prosecutor was indicted on misconduct charges for allegedly using her position to protect the father and son who are currently charged with Ahmaud Arbery’s February 2020 murder. Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson was charged with violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer. While …
