A Pennsylvania judge was found guilty this week of attempted murder and aggravated assault stemming from the February 20, 2024, shooting of her ex-boyfriend at his home in Susquehanna Township. Sonya McKnight, a Dauphin County magisterial judge, was found guilty of shooting the victim in the head while he was sleeping, according to the Cumberland …
The Arizona trial began Monday for Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mom who was convicted nearly two years ago in the murders of two of her children and her doomsday writer fifth husband’s first wife. Vallow Daybell is charged in Maricopa County with conspiracy to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and the attempted murder …
An Ohio man was sentenced last week for killing his girlfriend two years ago and leaving her then-10-year-old son at home with the body while he occasionally brought the boy food. Kandawaswika Kahari, 22, pleaded guilty last December to aggravated murder, felonious assault, and gross abuse of a corpse, WCMH reported. According to the Franklin …
A Texas jury found Benjamin Elliott guilty of felony murder for stabbing his twin sister to death when they were 17 years old. A day after jurors delivered a guilty verdict, the judge hhanded down a 15-year prison sentence. The defense requested a lenient five-year prison term. The judge noted that the jury had also …
A Texas man on trial for murder claims he was sleepwalking when he fatally stabbed his twin sister. Prosecutors alleged that Benjamin Elliott, then 17, intentionally attacked Meghan Elliott in her bed during the early morning hours of September 29, 2021. The incident occurred at the family’s home in Katy, investigators said. As CrimeOnline previously …
A Juliard-trained pianist has been found guilty of killing a South Carolina mother. Following brief deliberations, jurors found Zachary Hughes guilty of murdering Christina Parcell in October 2021, FOX Carolina reports. Police found Parcell stabbed to death in her home on Canebrake Drive in Greer. Investigators discovered more than 30 stab wounds on her body, …
The murder trial for confessed killer Zachary David Hughes resumed Wednesday in Greenville, South Carolina. According to FITS News, Hughes’ defense lawyers called him to the stand to explain why he killed 41-year-old veterinary technician Christina Parcell on October 13, 2021. Prosecutors said Hughes stabbed Parcell, of Greer, S.C., almost 30 times on October 13, …
Megan Boswell’s murder trial is nearing the end, with the prosecution and defense resting their cases on Wednesday morning. Before the prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments and the jury began deliberations, Judge Jim Goodwin instructed the jury and outlined their guidelines inside Tennessee’s Sullivan County courthouse. Boswell faces numerous charges in connection with …
Testimony continues in the murder trial against Megan Boswell, a Tennesee mothere accused of killing her daughter and lying to investigators. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boswell is charged with multiple offenses in connection with the death of her baby daughter, Evelyn Boswell, whose remains were discovered in Sullivan County on March 6, 2020, after an …
Accused child killer Megan Boswell’s murder trial continues at the Sullivan County court in Tennessee. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors have charged Boswell with false reporting and more serious offenses, including felony murder, child abuse, child neglect, and abuse of a corpse. They are seeking life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Boswell is accused …
The trial continues for alleged Tennessee child killer Megan Boswell, accused of murdering her 1-year-old daughter in 2020. Boswell is charged with murdering her child, Evelyn, and attempting to conceal her death. The case captured statewide and national attention in February 2020, when investigators initiated a weeks-long AMBER Alert search for the toddler, eventually finding …
Defense attorneys in Megan Boswell’s murder trial say that prosecutors will be unable to prove she killed her 15-month-old daughter, Evelyn Boswell. During their opening statements on February 5 at the Sullivan County trial in Tennessee, Boswell’s defense team emphasized that it would be difficult to prove premeditated murder in the case. “They’ve asked you …
