Two LA mothers on opposite sides of the embattled criminal justice system – one grieving the loss of her two sons, the other trying to get her conviction for killing them overturned.
Jeremiah Estel Blair, 19, shot both of his parents in their shared Arizona home early Monday morning, telling police he did so because he was "upset over his upbringing."
Utah squatter suspected of killing a 19-year-old farmer admitted to shooting the teen in the head as he pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder in Brigham City.
Mario Fernandez, a suspect in Jared Bridegan's killing alongside codefendent Shanna Gardner, allegedly wrote "good luck!" on a check to a hit man in April 2022.
A former top LA prosecutor facing 11 felony charges has the same defense lawyer as a convicted killer whose trial she oversaw, which has sparked conflict-of-interest concerns.
Shanna Gardner, who is accused of killing her ex-wife, Jared Bridegan, with help from her second husband allegedly wrote 'good luck!' on a check to a hitman in April 2022.
Georgia man Michale Edwards allegedly strangled Briana Winston, burned her body then enlisted his wife and family to help him cover his tracks, Clayton County Police said this week.
A German court has convicted a 34-year-old man of murder and attempted murder for a fatal stabbing on a train in Brokstedt last January, authorities say.
The former interior minister of Gambia has been convicted by Switzerland’s top criminal court for crimes against humanity, resulting in a 20-year prison sentence.
Women and children at young as 7 are being used as Mexican cartel assassins, private investigator said, adding that "the bad guys don't look like bad guys."
Dr. Cyril Wecht, a famed forensic pathologist and former Allegheny County medical examiner, died 'peacefully' Monday at the age of 93, according to Pennsylvania officials.
Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court has convicted a former government official of torturing and brutally murdering his wife and sentenced him to prison, officials say.
Prosecutors say a boatload of evidence shows Scott Peterson killed his wife and unborn son – so much so that his quest for new DNA testing doesn't matter.
The murders of three surfers in Mexico, including an American who was engaged to be married in August, "is eerily similar" to a 2020 murder of San Diego couple, a private investigator said.
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office announced that 15 people were wounded and three people were killed at a May Day event in Stockton, Alabama on Saturday.
The Ohio police officer who was killed in the line of duty Saturday night has been identified as 23-year-old Jacob Derbin, according to local media reports.
Florida authorities have identified the remains of Mary Alice Pultz, a woman who was last seen by her family in 1968. Her skull was found at a St. Johns County beach in 1985.
A transgender woman with a criminal past is accused of running over a 64-year-old man with a car twice before fatally stabbing him, and it was caught on video.
Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew disappeared from a Mother's Day bike ride four years ago in 2020. Four years later, her unsolved case is back in the spotlight.
A Colorado who was part of a group that threw rocks at cars last year -- killing a woman -- has pleased guilty to several charges as part of plea deal.
Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson of Garden City, Michigan, pleaded no contest to manslaughter Friday in the 2019 shooting death of Detroit Police Sgt. Elaine Williams.
Kailie A. Brackett has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the 2022 murder of Perry, Maine, resident Kimberly Neptune, who was stabbed nearly 500 times.
A 75-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2005 killing of a U.K. police officer during an armed robbery. Piran Ditta Khan fled to Pakistan after committing the crime.
Authorities have arrested a man who they believe killed a University of Georgia law student more than two decades ago. Twenty-three-year-old Tara Louise Baker was found dead in 2001.
The death of Jackson Hole ski instructor and outdoorsman Peter Wuerslin was ruled a "homicide," after another man collided with him on the slopes of a Wyoming resort.
Chrystul Kizer pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless homicide in the 2018 death of Randall Volar, an act she initially argued was justified as he was sexually trafficking her.
Adam Montgomery was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for murdering his 5- year-old daughter, Harmony. The convicted felon was sentenced on several other charges as well.
San Antonio police have arrested a juvenile in connection with the March 12 murder of Kaitlin Hernandez, who disappeared from a walk with a friend before she was found dead.
Burbank, California, elementary school teacher Karyn Lombardo, 57, was killed by her adult son, Kyle Lombardo, 25, in their shared home on Tuesday night, according to police.
Alabama has scheduled a second nitrogen gas execution — this time, it will be used on triple homicide convict Alan Miller, who is set to die on Sept. 26.
A woman shot and killed her husband and her sister before trying to kill her brother - but her brother was armed and killed her in a shootout, according to Kentucky State Police.
Retired Army Major Juan Carlos Rodriguez recently earned parole on condition he would assist the police in cracking down on military ties to the cartels.
A Georgia grand jury on Tuesday indicted Laken Riley murder suspect Jose Ibarra on 10 counts. Ibarra is also accused of "peeping" on a UGA staff member.
Bernard Polite has been charged with his cousin's murder days after he was identified as the gunman who appeared on video in a Pennsylvania church attack.
A former roommate of two of the University of Idaho students killed in an ambush attack in November 2022 has broken her silence as she pushes for campus safety around the U.S.
Ronald Wayne Vaughn Jr. had his conviction vacated in the 2017 shooting death of Gary Somerset after judges deemed instruction of a possible self-defense argument to be insufficient.
25-year-old Jaylin Brazier is standing trial for second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Zion Foster, whose body has yet to be found despite an extensive search.
Russian intelligence service FSB has searched for members of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's inner circle who would participate in an operation to kidnap and assassinate him.
A Maine woman's meltdown was recorded on doorbell camera's microphone after she allegedly shot her boyfriend to death at point-blank, according to a new report.
Budding career criminals in Tennessee face a new crackdown as "blended sentencing" aims to take off the kid gloves for more serious youthful offenders.
Kelly Weeks, wife of slain Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks, said suspect Terry Clark Hughes Jr. "did not have any regard for human life" at a Charlotte memorial service Monday.
Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 18, both of Dover, have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman on the Delaware State University campus.
Texas woman Savannah Kriger told her toddler's father, Brian Kriger, to "say goodbye to [his] son" Kaiden via text in the moments before she killed the boy in a murder-suicide on March 18.
The Justice Department's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons outreach program seeks to improve communication surrounding disappearances among Indigenous communities.
Dashcam video from the night Boston police officer John O'Keefe was found dead was played in court, as first responders gave conflicting testimony about what they heard and saw
The Charlotte, North Carolina, community on Friday honored CMPD Officer Joshua Eyer, who died in the line of duty Monday along with three other officers while serving a warrant.
John Smith is serving life for killing first wife Janice Hartman. Murder charges in second wife Fran Smith's disappearance were dropped in exchange for him revealing where her body is.
Charlotte, North Carolina, shootout that left four officers dead Monday after they tried to serve a warrant was "highly unusual," according to a former U.S. Marshals task force member.
James Craig, a dentist accused of killing his wife by poisoning her protein shakes, allegedly tried to bribe a jail inmate into planting fake suicide notes at the couple's residence.
44-year-old Pennsylvania resident John Chapman has been convicted of kidnapping resulting in death in connection with the alleged 2019 killing of his girlfriend in a Nevada desert.
A Washington, D.C., shooting at a popular nightclub left a bride-to-be injured just two weeks before her wedding. Suspect Rennwel Mantock has been charged.
Latah County prosecutors in Idaho say Bryan Kohberer's alibi is too vague and asked a judge to block a defense expert from testifying in support of "scant information."
Delphia, Indiana, murders suspect Richard Allen is set to stand trial this month, but journalist Áine Cain says Allen "has been his own worst enemy" due to incriminating statements.
Chicago police announced Xavier Tate Jr., the man wanted for murder in the death of Officer Luis Huesca, was arrested in Glendale Heights, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
21-year-old Heavenly Faith Garfield was arrested in Utah County, Utah, under suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in an apparent failed suicide pact.
A suburban Oklahoma City father killed his wife and three of his four sons before shooting himself in what police described as a "massacre," but he left one son alive.
Squatters Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensley Alston, 18, allegedly went on a nine-day spending spree with Nadia Vitels' money after beating her to death - they appeared in court last week.
Charlotte, North Carolina, police chief Johnny Jennings broke down during a Tuesday press conference while remembering four officers who died Monday while serving a warrant.
Two facing murder charges after four indicted in connection with a double homicide and dismemberment case that scattered body parts across Long Island.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in a London suburb after allegedly killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others with a sword early Tuesday morning.
A Charlotte, North Carolina, shootout that left three U.S. Marshals Task Force officers and one CMPD officer dead and four other officers injured on Monday has left residence in shock.
A Charlotte, North Carolina, shootout that left three U.S. Marshals Task Force officers and one CMPD officer dead and five other officers injured on Monday has left residence in shock.
Authorities in Florida arrested a potential "serial killer" who they said admitted to strangling two women to death and dumping their bodies on the side of a road.
Chyell Park, 15, was reported dead following a shooting at a post-prom party in Fitzgerald, Georgia, early Saturday. Three others were wounded and a suspect has been charged.
Roger Hanks, 76, faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of his 75-year-old wife Judith and his adult daughter Emily after allegedly shooting them dead in their Pennsylvania home
Vermont resident Kory Lee George has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring with his mother to kill his stepfather, David Auclair, in 2019.
The Chaffee County Medical Examiner on Monday released autopsy results for Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado mom of two who went missing from a bike ride on Mother's Day in 2020.
Police said three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man suspected of shooting three other people in the past week.
A manhunt continues for Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, after he was identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca on April 21.
A 16-year-old girl believed to have been killed in 1969, has finally been identified 21 years after her remains were found after her DNA was matched to a relative who died on 9/11.
The Kherson region, which remains partially under Russian occupation, has allegedly suffered abuses under the reign of Moscow, with troops targeting marginalized populations.
A Nebraska grand jury has indicted former Seward County Deputy Anthony Gann on suspicion of manslaughter in the Oct. 23 shooting of Jorge Santana-Ramirez.
Researchers who have dissected the traits of serial killers aim to improve detection methods and preventative strategies against extreme criminal behavior.
Stacy Chapin, Ethan's mom, said she doesn't "spend much time" thinking about her son's alleged killer, Bryan Kohberger, as the case continues to move through the judicial process
The double-amputee athlete, who competed at the London Olympics in 2012, was granted parole after spending the last decade behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Police K-9 units were searching a wooded are in New York this week as the investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders continues after charges in just 4 of 11 cases.
Ahmed Alid, 45, was convicted Thursday of fatally stabbing 70-year-old Terence Carney in Hartlepool, England. Alid reportedly told police he killed Carney "for the people of Gaza."
Jerron Lightfoot, 20, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 car crash deaths of a police officer and a bystander.
Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew's autopsy results are expected to be released in the coming days. Morphew went missing from a bike ride in Maysville on Mother's Day in May 2020.
Stephan Sterns, 38, was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday in connection with the February disappearance and death of his girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter.
Larry Webb, who was found to have murdered Susan and Natasha "Alex" Carter in 2000, died in prison hours before the victims' bodies were found, ending a cold case.
While magnet fishing in a Georgia creek, a citizen reeled in a rifle and some belongings of Bud and June Runion. The Runions' suspected killer is set to go on trial as early as August.
A third person of interest has been taken into custody in the deadly Florida carjacking case of Katherine Aguasvivas, and two of the three are expected to be charged for her death.
Oregon State Troopers found the wounded body of Elias Huizar, 39, following a police chase near Eugene at around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Huizar's 1-year-old baby was taken safely into custody.
A Texas father says his TikTok videos helped lead to an arrest in his son's murder case. Carlos Laguna Jr. was fatally shot in the head while leaving a concert Nov. 18, 2023.
Newport, Michigan, resident Marshella Marie Chidester has been identified as the drunken driving suspect who plunged her car into the Swan Boat Club on Saturday, killing two children.
Adrian Cameron, Nashville suspect in death of Justin Bieber's friend, rapper Chris King, was out on bond in connection with another murder during shooting.
A family of five was found dead inside their Yukon, Oklahoma, home Monday after what's believed to be a murder-suicide executed by the father, police said
Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger can resume a controversial jury pool survey after a temporary pause in the polling, Judge John Judge says.
An unsolved killing from January 2022 in Texas has been solved after a now 10-year-old boy confessed at school while being questioned for threatening another student.
Former forensic investigator Barbara Butcher opens up on the trauma for both homicide victims families and for the agents whose life work is to solve the crimes.
Six months have passed without an arrest in the unsolved shooting murder of Vermont retiree Honoree Fleming while on a local hiking trail that she walked regularly.
An Arizona jury was unable to deliver its verdict in the case of rancher George Alan Kelly, who was accused of murdering a Mexican national on his borderland ranch in 2023.
A teen from Helena, Arkansas, turned himself in to authorities for the shooting death of another teen at a party following Helena-West Helena's Central High School prom.
Jonathan and Reginald Carr, convicted in the notorious "Wichita massacre," are seeking a formal resentencing hearing, challenging the joint sentencing they received.
The FBI laid out a four-step approach to delivering traumatic news about a dead loved one that includes a delicate balance of understanding and honesty
Ada County Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, was shot and killed as he approached the window of a driver during a traffic stop in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday night.
Bryan Kohberger's defense will have to prove that stargazing was a 'regular habit' for the quadruple murder suspect after filing an alibi claim that he had been looking for stars on Nov. 13, 2022.
Investigators in the deadly carjacking of Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas are questioning one person of interest, while another remains on the loose.
DNA led police to Mary Snyder Crumlich in the 40-year cold case of "Baby Mary," an infant left to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, 1984. Crumlich was sentenced to a year in jail.
For more than 50 years, the "execution-style" shooting of Hiram "Ross" Grayam remained a mystery — but Thomas Williams was named as his killer this week after his ex-wife came forward.
Three police officers from Northern California have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death Mario Gonzalez, who had been pinned face-down on the ground.
Louisiana authorities on Monday arrested David Hernandez, 49, in connection with his estranged wife Lisa Hernandez's murder. David is accused of stalking Lisa before killing her.
A Milwaukee college student was killed during a date, and police found her body parts scattered across the city, drawing some comparisons to the "Milwaukee Monster"
The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of 64-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin, who in 1998 killed a delivery driver withdrawing cash from an ATM.
24-year-old Malik Shaw of Indianapolis was charged Wednesday with three counts of murder in connection with a shooting that transpired at an apartment complex last week.
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, said he was out driving to take a hike and see "the moon and stars" at the time of the murders, his lawyers said.
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