Witness testimony in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will continue on Friday, expected to begin at 9:15 a.m. CT (10:15 a.m. ET). Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed man who died following his arrest for allegedly using …
A Texas mother has been charged with killing her 6-year-old son last year to collection $100,000 in insurance. Ashley Marks, 25, was denied bail on Thursday after her arrest at day earlier, KTRK reported. Prosecutors say Marks gave Jason Sanchez-Marks lethal doses of over-the-counter drugs as well as methamphetamine, court records say. A toxicology report …
A newly-released letter written to a Colorado judge by alleged child murderer Letecia Stauch provided details on why she decided to represent herself and remove her legal team. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stauch is accused of killing her stepson, 12-year-old Gannon Stauch, in January 2020, at their home in Fountain, near Colorado Springs. She’s currently …
Testimony will continue on Thursday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial after the court saw new video of George Floyd just before and during his fatal arrest. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the unarmed man’s death. Floyd’s arrest, for suspicion of using a …
Investigators have confirmed that a missing Iowa girl was found dead in a pond last week. KCCI reports that a fisherman first discovered human remains in a pond in DeWitt, which is about 20 miles from Davenport, where the 10-year-old girl lived. Breasia had been missing since July 2020, when she went with her half-brother …
A 24-year-old former beauty queen working toward a Ph.D. was shot and killed earlier this month while sitting in her car just outside her home. Najeebat Sule had just arrived home at about 6 p.m. on March 12 and was still in her car when someone ran up and shot her multiple times, 6 ABC reports. …
The woman who was having an affair with Chris Watts when he murdered his pregnant wife and two children has reportedly contacted him in prison, a former fellow inmate has said. In an interview with the Daily Mail, an inmate who met Watts at a Wisconsin prison where the Colorado man is serving multiple life …
The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will continue on Wednesday as dramatic testimony this week has renewed anger and heartbreak over the death of George Floyd. As CrimeOnline reported, Donald Williams II, an MMA-trained fighter who witnessed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck as the unarmed man begged and gasped for air, …
The brother of a California woman found dead of a presumed homicide has put up a $25,000 reward for information about Jennifer Dillon’s apparent murder. As the Desert Sun reports, Dillon, 59, was discovered dead in her Palm Springs home on January 25. Responding detectives immediately suspected foul play, and a subsequent investigation led Palms …
Tuesday marks the second day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, after a dramatic first day of opening statements from the prosecution and the former Minneapolis police officer’s defense attorneys. Chauvin is facing third-degree murder, second-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of George Floyd, the unarmed man who died in May 2020 …
Murder charges are pending against a man and a woman for the murder of a Philadelphia massage therapist whose dismembered body as found partly in the back of a U-Haul truck last month. Prosecutors have approved the charges against Taray Herring, 47, and Jeanette Pace, ABC6 reports. Herring was the passenger in the U-Haul when …
A woman, her daughter, and her daughter’s boyfriend were criminally charged on Thursday for the death of the woman’s ex-boyfriend, who was reportedly found dead in his Indiana home months earlier. The Indianapolis Star reported that Francis Kelley, 46, (not pictured) was found dead on a couch at his Carmel home on January 18, after …
