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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A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death suit filed against the Moab Police Department in the 2021 death of Gabby Petito but said an appellate court might have more leeway to pry apart the case’s minutiae. “The existing case law applies governmental immunity and extends the reach of governmental immunity in this kind …
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is halting his decision on Eric and Lyle Menendez’s clemency as the newly-elected prosecutor reviews their case. In a statement issued to KTLA, Governor Newsom said he is waiting for Los Angeles District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman’s determination. The Menendez brothers filed the clemency request in October, …
In a newly released phone call, late cult leader Charles Manson confessed to additional murders in Mexico. DailyMail reports that the the call is part of Peacock’s “Making Manson,” which explores his life through 20 years of recorded conversations with a friend. “See, there’s a whole part of my life that nobody knows about,” Manson …
The defense has rested in the murder trial of accused Delphi child killer Richard Allen. Allen’s defense team spent several days challenging the state’s arguments against him. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen faces four counts of murder related to the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German. The girls vanished near the Monon High …
Family members of Richard Allen, the Delphi double murder suspect, testified in his trial Monday, claiming that he never sexually abused them. FOX 59 reports that Allen’s daughter, Brittney Zapanta, and half-sister, Jaimie Jones, both denied that Allen ever molested them and stated they would not lie for him. Zapanta also confirmed that her father …
