A New York principal testified this week in connection with the death of Thomas Valva, a Suffolk County boy allegedly abused and killed by his father, Michael Valva, whose currently on trial for the child’s murder. East Moriches Elementary School Principal Edward Schneyer testified Tuesday that six children from the Valva and the Polina family …
A jury in Salinas, California, is now in deliberations following weeks of testimony in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. “Paul Flores murdered her and buried her under his father’s deck. It is that simple,” San Luis Obispo County Deputy Dist. Atty. Chris Peuvrelle during closing arguments, …
A New York detective testified Tuesday during Michael Valva’s murder trial that injuries found on the defendant’s slain autistic son during an autopsy changed the course of the investigation. According to Detective Michael Ronca with the Suffolk police, an autopsy performed after 8-year-old Thomas’ death revealed injuries to his forehead and face. Newsday reports Ronca …
A Texas jury returned a verdict Monday in connection with the murders of Reagan Hancock and her daughter, Braxlynn Sage Hancock. According to KSLA, Taylor Rene Parker, 29, (pictured left) was found guilty of capital murder by a New Boston grand jury, a little before noon. The verdict came after three weeks of testimony. As …
A former NYPD cop on trial for allegedly killing his 8-year-old son reportedly showed “no emotion” as first responders tried to save the child from dying, a paramedic told the court Thursday. “He had no emotion, no sense of concern,” paramedic Erin Lambert told the jury on Thursday, at the Riverhead courtroom, adding that murder …
A crime scene expert took the stand this week during the murder trial of Texas woman Taylor Parker (pictured left), who stands accused of killing a friend and her unborn baby. On Tuesday, Judge John Tidwell warned those in the courtroom that they were about to see and hear graphic details in connection with the …
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A murder trial has started in Bowie County, Texas, for a woman accused of murdering an acquaintance and kidnapping the woman’s unborn baby after cutting the infant from her womb. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Taylor Rene Parker, 29, (pictured left), also known as Taylor Waycasey and Taylor Morton, was indicted by a grand jury last …
A man who allegedly kidnapped and murdered two young Arizona girls before discarding their remains in the desert is scheduled to face a jury this week in the first of two prosecutions related to the slayings, the Associated Press reports. On Tuesday, the first trial of 40-year-old Christopher Clements is expected to begin in Pima …
The sister of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz was questioned on this stand this week during her brother’s sentencing trial, regarding knowledge about a reality show episode used to capitalize on the 2018 high school shooting massacre. According to DailyMail, Florida prosecutor Jeff Marcus asked Cruz’s older sister, 35-year-old Danielle Woodard, if she knew anything …
An Australian jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s toddler child in 2019. Brendan Pallant, 35, has been on trial at the Victoria Supreme Court, accused of killing 2-year-old Jaidyn Sebastiao-Gomes on September 7, 2019, at a home in Langwarrin. Jaidyn was “found with 30 …
The former wife of a man accused of murdering their daughters in a suspected honor killing described her ex-husband as the devil and said he abused her and the girls for 15 years, KXAS-TV reports. “That devil there,” Patricia Owens said Thursday in court when asked to identify her former husband, Yaser Said, according to …
