Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years of her life. Since her rescue, she has released two books, "A Stolen Life" and "Freedom: My Book of Firsts."
An Indiana serial killer, Herb Baumeister, is believed to have killed at least 25 people and buried over 10,000 pieces of human remains on his 18-acre property.
Amanda Knox says she was "flabbergasted" Wednesday when the Italian Supreme Court convicted her of slandering former boss Patrick Lumumba over Meredith Kercher's 2007 murder.
Virginia woman Alyssa Jane Venable, 23, who was wanted for the triple homicide of three of her roommates was captured in New York Thursday after a high-speed police chase.
Suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann allegedly kept meticulous notes on how to kill and get away with it and thought he deleted them. Cops recovered the file.
John Ramsey, JonBenet Ramsey's father, continues to push for answers from the Boulder Police Department. He says an officer within the apartment said they are 'just waiting' for Ramsey to 'die.'
A California judge rejected convicted killer Richard Allen Davis request for a resentencing hearing for his death-penalty sentence after murdering Polly Klaas in 1993.
Lori Vallow's sister, Summer Shiflet, spoke out publicly for the first time Saturday about Chad Daybell's death sentence at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville.
Two days after being found guilty of murdering Lori Vallow's two kids and his first wife, Chad Daybell was sentenced to death in an Idaho courtroom Saturday.
Nichole Schmidt said on Friday that she has forgiven Brian Laundrie, her daughter Gabby Petito's boyfriend and suspected killer, but offered no such sentiment to his mother, Roberta.
South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill, who presided over the Alex Murdaugh trial, is now accused of 76 counts of misconduct by the State Ethics Commission.
Splendora, Texas, police have arrested international fugitive Leo Acosta Sanchez, 21, who is wanted for murder. She was living illegally in the United States.
The third week of Karen Read's murder trial ended with testimony from an ATF agent reading "flirty" texts he exchanged with Read just weeks before her boyfriend died.
The Tenderfoot TV true-crime podcast, "Status: Untraced," is hosted by Liam Luxon. It explores the disappearance of survivalist Justin Alexander Shetler.
David Robinson upended his life after terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, selling his business to join the Army. He came home, then his son went missing.
Lucy Letby, a British neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others, has been denied permission to appeal her verdict.
O.J. Simpson's wife Nicole Brown feared for her life long before she was murdered, chronicling her abuse in a diary before her death in 1994, her sisters said in a forthcoming documentary.
Thoughtful true crime creators can build a loyal and large listener base, but for some, resisting the siren song of shock journalism and quick audience growth is too enticing to ignore.
Christa Pike, who became Tennessee's only death row inmate after butchering her romantic rival in 1996, is the subject of a new "Mean Girl Murders" episode.
Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four college students in Idaho, are asking a judge to order the prosecution to share more evidence in their case.
Ali Abulaban, a California TikTok star accused of killing his estranged wife, Ana Abulaban, and her lover in October 2021, took the stand Wednesday to testify in his own defense.
Utah mom of three and children's book author Kouri Richins, who is accused of fatally poisoning her husband in 2022, is speaking out for the first time since Eric Richins died.
Police searching Rex Heuermann's house could be seeking evidence tied to cases outside of New York, which could have a major impact on his case, experts say.
A gruesome scrapbook of black-and-white crime scene photos taken by a California homicide detective was spotted inside the suspected serial killer's home, source says.
A U.S. fugitive and convicted sexual predator fled to Canada while on bail and killed at least four women, according to Canadian law enforcement, who believe he killed more.
Diana Cojocari, mother of missing North Carolina girl Madalina Cojocari, may be deported to her home country of Moldova after she pleaded guilty to failure to report a child missing.
Defense attorneys for Kouri Richins, the Utah children's book author accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, in 2022, are now requesting a withdraw from her case.
Police have returned to the Massapequa Park home of suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann, who has been jailed since last year in Gilgo case.
Two Louisiana sisters say medium Carolyn Clapper found their mother, Theresa Jones, in a creek behind her Union Parish home after she vanished on February 2, 2023.
Billy Chemirmir, suspected of smothering 22 elderly Texas women to death over a two year period, is the subject of a new docuseries "Pillowcase Murders."
Barbara Mabee Abel spoke about surviving John Paul Knowles, coined the "Casanova Killer" by the press. She's appearing in the true-crime series "People magazine Investigates."
Christopher Wilder was a serial killer accused of murdering eight girls and women across the country in the 1980s, and he may be tied to others in Florida and New York.
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.
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.
Donna Ongsiako recalled her near-death 2013 encounter at her New Jersey home with 16-year-old Brennan Doyle, who claims that he was on magic mushrooms when he stabbed her in the chest.
Austrian judges have ruled that Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison.
Austrian judges have ruled that Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison.
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.
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.
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.
Personal safety tools are in high demand today. Self-defense experts weighed in on the best tools to defend yourself against crime and these tools' legal status across the country.
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.
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