Tag Archives: true crime

Bryan Kohberger alibi: Defense's stargazing claim is attempt 'to muddy the water,' expert says

Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger’s defense will have to prove that stargazing was a “regular habit” for the suspect accused of killing four college students in November 2022. Defense attorneys for Kohberger, 29, said in recent court filings that the murder suspect was out stargazing that morning when Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, …

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‘Baby Mary’ mom caught living suburban family life 40 years after leaving newborn to die in woods

Forty years after she left her newborn to die in a wooded New Jersey area on Christmas Eve, Mary Catherine Snyder Crumlich was living a suburban life in South Carolina with her husband and sons, social media shows. But earlier this month, 57-year-old Crumlich was sentenced to a year behind bars for manslaughter in the death of the infant Mendham …

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Former Hells Angels leader reveals why he left outlaw biker club: 'I don't miss going to prison'

George Christie can recall the moment he decided to exit the Hells Angels. “I walked into the outlaw motorcycle life because it was a live and let live society,” the former club leader told Fox News Digital. “A lot of things had changed. I walked into the meeting, and I told everybody what I was going to do. It was …

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'Milkman Homicide' of Florida WWII veteran solved by killer's ex-wife

More than five decades after a decorated World War II veteran-turned-milkman was murdered “execution-style” on his route, testimony from his killer’s ex-wife solved the cold case. Hiram “Ross” Grayam had been shot multiple times when investigators searching the area via airplane spotted his milk truck deep in the woods in Vero Beach, Florida, in April 1968, the Indian River County …

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The role of forensic science in solving true crime cases

You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists analyze it, the evidence helps land the perpetrator in jail. Or, that is how forensic science is depicted in “CSI” or “Law …

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Wisconsin college student’s body parts found after first date with suspect compared to Dahmer: report

A college student with hopes of joining the military was killed in horrific fashion after a date with a suspect who drew comparisons to the “Milwaukee Monster.” Sade Robinson, 19, was allegedly dismembered by Maxwell Anderson on April 2, and law enforcement is still finding her body parts, which washed up along Lake Michigan’s shores as recently as Thursday, the …

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Louisiana man allegedly stalks estranged wife, sends 'death flower' before killing her: police

The recent arrest of a Louisiana man in connection with his estranged wife’s murder has rocked residents of Tangipahoa Parish. Authorities on Monday took David Hernandez, 49, into custody on charges of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, according to a Tuesday press release from the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. On March 21, while responding to a medical emergency around …

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Family of slain mother in Las Vegas law firm shooting shares ex's violent past: 'Lived in constant fear'

The family of the woman gunned down last week alongside her prominent Las Vegas attorney husband by her ex-father-in-law is shedding new light on the tragedy, saying the situation could have been avoided. “Despite a slow-moving court battle for protection, and one that ultimately failed her, Ashley lived in constant fear for her safety and that of her children,” Paul …

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Karen Read Massachusetts trial: 3 things to know about woman charged with officer boyfriend's murder

It is finally showtime for the court case surrounding the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe in January 2022. The trial has started for his then-girlfriend, Karen Read, who is accused of intentionally backing her Lexus SUV into O’Keefe after a drunken fight in the car and leaving him to die in the snow outside a fellow officer’s home, …

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Scott Peterson defense drops motion to seal in bid for new trial after prosecutors note files mostly public

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Scott Peterson, the convicted wife killer who has maintained his innocence since before his arrest in 2004, returned to court Tuesday to withdraw a motion to seal a document in the case after prosecutors told the court most of the information is already public. A California jury found Peterson guilty in 2004 of the murders of …

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