On Tuesday, jury selection starts for the second murder trial of a 45-year~old Karen Read, charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. Read’s legal team and prosecutors are preparing for a trial that could last weeks, while her supporters plan to stand by her, WHDH reports. Court officials will bring hundreds of …
The California prosecutor who said this month that he would not seek resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez has said he would reconsider if they admit to plotting to kill their parents in 1989. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he will rescind ex-prosecutor George Gascón’s request for a resentencing hearing in the …
On Monday, a California district attorney said he is seeking to withdraw a motion from his predecessor which sought to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced for their parents’ 1989 slayings. Newly-elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he wants to rescind ex-prosecutor George Gascón’s request for a resentencing hearing in the Menendez …
A New Hampshire convicted of his 5-year-old daughter’s murder a year ago has filed a 101-page appeal of his conviction in the state’s Supreme Court. Adam Montgomery’s lawyers argued in the document that their client should have had a separate trial on assault charges — which he claims did not kill the girl — and …
Casey Anthony announced on Sunday that she is joining social media as a legal advocate — nearly 14 years after she stood trial in Florida for murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Anthony, 38, claimed she would use her self-appointed role to advocate for herself and her daughter. “The whole point of this is for me to …
Late last month, Colorado police revealed that DNA found in slain JonBenét Ramsey’s underwear has not been tested through forensic genealogical methods. The slain 6-year-old’s father, John Ramsey, meets with Boulder police once a year to be updated on his daughter’s case. John Ramsey learned during the most recent meeting that degraded DNA recovered from …
A Texas man accepted a plea deal on Friday for abducting and killing an 11-year-old girl last year. KPRC reported that Don McDougal was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to two counts of capital murder for Audrii Cunningham’s slaying. Cunningham was reported missing in February 2024, after McDougal failed to …
A sentencing date was scheduled for the girlfriend of a sex offender who killed a 17-year-old girl in South Carolina in 2009. Last November, Raymond Moody told authorities at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville that Angel Vause, 56, helped him “hunt” for a girl the night he killed and raped Brittanee Drexel, who was visiting …
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin appeals court denied Steven Avery’s request to present new evidence that possibly challenges his 2005 murder conviction. WBAY reported that Avery sought a new hearing to prove he was framed for Teresa Halbach’s slaying. Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, are serving life sentences in a case that has garnered widespread …
Bryan Kohberger was investigated but found to be significantly shorter than the suspect and not in the area at the time.
JonBenét Ramsey’s father said he is hopeful that new DNA technology will lead to a break in his 6-year-old daughter’s slaying. John Ramsey told Elizabeth Vargas on NewsNation that there is a “good chance” his daughter’s case will be solved through familial genealogy research. Officials have not said whether this technology has been used in the …
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