Bryan Kohberger’s defense team is crying foul after a judge ordered both sides in the Idaho student murders case to stay away from potential jurors ahead of a change-of-venue hearing that could move the upcoming trial out of Latah County, where the slayings happened. “The late Friday afternoon filing was a strategic action by the State,” defense attorney Anne Taylor …
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Utah children’s book author sent damning text to lover before hubby poison plot: docs
Kouri Richins, a Utah mom of three and children’s book author accused of murdering her husband in 2022, allegedly texted her lover on the night of her husband’s death. Authorities in 2023 charged Richins, now 35, with aggravated murder and drug possession, alleging she poisoned her husband, Eric Richins, on March 3, 2022, with illicit fentanyl as a means to …
Read More »Family of Texas teen brutally murdered on walk demands answers: 'Hug your loved ones'
Texas teen Kaitlin Hernandez was found brutally murdered under a bridge in her neighborhood two weeks ago, and her family is demanding justice for the “sweet” 17-year-old high schooler. “The person or persons who did this to my niece, Kaitlin, is still out there, and we just want them to come forward,” Hernandez’s aunt, Crystal Rodriguez, told Fox News Digital. …
Read More »Bryan Kohberger case: Idaho judge bans both sides from contacting prospective jurors
The judge overseeing the murder case against University of Idaho stabbing suspect Bryan Kohberger has barred prosecutors and the defense from contacting potential jurors without express permission from the court. It comes as the 29-year-old criminologist’s defense is hoping for a change of venue from Idaho’s Latah County, a community of about 40,000, where Kohberger allegedly barged into an off-campus …
Read More »Amish country murder: Red Jeep, Nike sneakers led cops to pregnant mom's suspected killer
He tried to cover his tracks – but within days of the murder of a pregnant Amish woman in front of her other children, police were on his doorstep, according to search warrant returns unsealed over the weekend. The documents, related to the murder of Rebekah Byler in her Sparta Township home, also reveal that she and her husband saw …
Read More »Missing Vermont teen Brianna Maitland's father suspects 'some kind of struggle' before she vanished
Brianna Maitland was eager to get some rest after her shift washing dishes at an upscale Vermont inn on the evening of March 19, 2004. She had an early-morning shift the next day working at a diner and had to get back to her friend’s house, where she was staying at the time, to get some sleep. The 17-year-old had …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh court clerk Becky Hill resigns after allegations of jury tampering
Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill announced Monday that she is resigning and will not be seeking re-election this year following allegations of jury tampering in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial. Hill, who is the subject of two ongoing investigations by the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), maintains that her decision does …
Read More »NXIVM sex cult survivor shares what made her susceptible to 'brainwashing,' trafficking
India Oxenberg, who escaped the infamous NXIVM sex cult alongside her mother and fellow actress Catherine Oxenberg, detailed how she was lured in and lulled into a sense of security in a groundbreaking new interview. Oxenberg said in an interview with “The FOX True Crime Podcast” that her upbringing in hip Los Angeles may have dampened her ability to detect …
Read More »Las Vegas mother explains why she forgave her son's killer: 'I heard the voice of God'
Cynthia Portaro was on her way to be face-to-face with her son’s killer at a courthouse when she made a decision that would shock everyone. “It was the morning of the sentencing,” the Las Vegas mother recalled to Fox News Digital. “I just heard the voice of God telling me to forgive him. I didn’t know how I was going …
Read More »Riley Strain found: Nashville police locate body of college student who went missing after night out
Nashville, Tennessee, police said on Friday they found the body of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri senior who went missing on March 8 after going out downtown. Authorities said Strain’s body was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville on Friday morning, about 8 miles from downtown. Police said on X that no foul play-related trauma was observed, …
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