Florida death row inmate Donald Smith appeared in court this week for an evidentiary hearing, in an attempt to reverse his murder conviction, in connection with the 2013 death of Cherish Perrywinkle. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Smith was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to death for kidnapping 8-year-old Cherish from a Jacksonville Walmart. He then …
A 4-year-old boy who disappeared for days in rural Alabama will not be given back to his birth family, police said. According to Barbour County Sheriff Tyron Smith, Phenix Wilkerson was discharged from Southeast Health in Dothan on Wednesday, in good condition. WDHN reports that he wasn’t returned to his parents, and instead, the Alabama …
Police in Mississippi are investigating after they found a body inside a large box in a Gulfport home. Gulfport Police Sgt. Jason Ducre said one person was detained on Thursday and is being questioned, the Biloxi Sun-Herald reported. Ducre said police were investigating a missing persons report from December 22 on Thursday morning when they …
A 19-year-old Wisconsin man accused of shooting his dad 31 times last October has been arrested after months on the run. Djuan Eskridge, 19, was charged in October with first degree reckless homicide in the death of William Eskridge on October 9, WITI reported. HE was taken into custody on Monday. Investigators found 15 spent …
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The judge overseeing Chad Daybell’s murder trial has denied his attorney’s motion to withdraw from the case, apparently agreeing with prosecutors that the motion was an attempt to delay a trial that has been in preparation since 2021. John Prior, who has been Daybell’s sole attorney since he was arrested for the murders of his …
The parents of a 3-month-old baby boy who died late last year in a filthy motel room from malnourishment and neglect were indicted Thursday on murder charges and other felonies. Skylynn Katherine Tuerk, 33, and Charles Devin Harris, 27, were both indicted on four counts. In addition to murder, the McLennan County grand jury charged …
Two South Carolina women were found dead after a house fire in suburban Greenville on Wednesday, and the man suspected of killing them and setting the fire to cover up the murder was later shot dead in a confrontation with police. The investigation began just before 2 p.m. Wednesday when authorities were called to a …
An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man was arraigned Thursday on charges of homicide and theft in the September 2023 deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her mother. John Bradley — who was 17 when he’s accused of stabbing and strangling 16-year-old Rianna Glass, stabbing 39-year-old Rosalyn Glass, and stealing the older woman’s car — pleaded not guilty, Lehigh …
Texas authorities have released a sketch of a man wanted for shooting a driver in the head on Interstate 45 last month. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said that Arthur Luna Jr. called 911 at about 5 a.m. on December 14, 2023, after the unknown man, in a white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, began driving …
The long-awaited trial of Michelle Troconis got underway with prosecutors presenting evidence from the day Jennifer Farber Dulos went missing. The first person to testify in the case was Lieutenant Aaron LaTourette, New Canaan Police Department. He was the first patrol officer on the scene and the first person to notice possible blood in the …
The LA Innocence Project has decided to represent convicted wife killer Scott Peterson in an attempt to have his conviction thrown out. According to ABC News, the group says that Peterson’s state and federal constitutional rights were violated and that his claim of innocence “is supported by newly discovered evidence,” court filings say. Peterson, 51, …
