A Utah man accused of killing his wife reportedly researched criminal defense prior to her murder, and prosecutors allege the suspect was searching for way to evade of murder conviction after he planned out his wife’s killing. Daily Mail reports that Curtis Ray Nichols, 35, claims he didn’t kill his wife, Robin, 35, but prosecutors allege …
A mother who claims her son sexually abused her reportedly paid a former relative to kill him. The Independent reports that Ramcharan Dwivedi, 22, was found dead of stab wounds on August 21 in a quarry in Bhayander, India. And his mother allegedly arranged for his murder. Dwivedi’s mother, who will not be identified because …
Police in northern Illinois are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that took the life of a five-old boy, who was presumably shot to death by his own father. Local news station 23 WIFR reports that Christopher Michaels, 5, was found dead in his father’s home Monday afternoon. His father, Robert Michaels, was in the same room with …
A woman who dated a North Carolina real estate agent who confessed to multiple murders has spoken out about their 10-year relationship. Holly Eudy will appear on Inside Edition to talk about her decade-long affair with Todd Kohlhepp, whose murderous past was discovered last year after he held a young woman captive for a month …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted drug dealer was sentenced Tuesday in California to 11 years in prison in the beating death of a movie studio executive who had been having an affair with his wife. John Lenzie Creech, 45, was convicted in July of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Gavin Smith, a 20th …
New details continue to emerge about the man who allegedly killed his children in his Sacramento apartment last week. Sacramento Bee reports that Robert Hodges, 32, appeared at an arraignment at a Yolo County courthouse on Monday, where he stood emotionless while listening to the charges against him. After learning a judge charged him with three …
Investigators have made an arrest in a cold case murder that has gone unsolved for a quarter of a century. MassLive.com reports that Gary E. Schara has been arrested and charged with the murder of Lisa Ziegert, who was killed in 1992 in Agawam. She was 24 years old at the time of her murder. District Attorney …
A Wisconsin man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and destroying the couple’s home in an attempt to conceal the killing. Fox 6 reports that Steven Pirus, 59, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife, 50-year-old Lee Anne Pirus. Authorities reportedly believe the murder could have taken place months ago. …
A friend of Natalee Holloway’s suspected killer has claimed that her skull was burned in a cave. John Ludwick is a friend of Joran van Der Sloot, who was the last person seen with Natalee, 18, before she disappeared in Aruba in 2005. Ludwick made the bombshell confession in the Oxygen docuseries The Disappearance of Natalee …
The mother of a 3-year-old Illinois boy who died this week, admitted to authorities that she and her boyfriend repeatedly struck the child and his siblings with a belt, the Daily Herald reports. Authorities charged Joy Ramos, 22, with first-degree murder in connection with the death of the boy, Steven Figueroa. Ramos brought Figueroa to …
A young man and a woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Columbus, Ohio. WMCH reports that police found the body of a man and a woman dead of gunshot wounds early Sunday morning in an apartment at Taylor House Luxury Community. Police had responded to a distress call after a friend of the …
A Pennsylvania mother was convicted Friday of trying to kill her two young children in a failed murder-suicide attempt, The Citizens’ Voice reports. Melissa Scholl, 34, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder after prosecutors alleged she strapped the kids in her vehicle and then connected a garden hose from the exhaust pipe …
