Alex Murdaugh faces a steep uphill battle in his push for a new murder trial after a state judge on Tuesday limited witness questioning and set a high burden of proof surrounding accusations that the court clerk tampered with the jury during last year’s sensational proceedings. Even if Murdaugh’s lawyers …
Read More »Manhunt for Ohio murder suspect ends with hostage situation and deadly standoff at gas station in West Virginia
A man suspected of a killing in Ohio and multiple carjackings in Kentucky was killed by West Virginia police in a standoff outside a gas station where he was holding three hostages. The multistate search for David Maynard, 54, ended late Saturday evening at a Speedway in a West Virginia …
Read More »Ryan Koss, driver in crash that killed actor Treat Williams, charged with grossly negligent operation causing death
A Vermont driver accused of causing a crash that killed actor Treat Williams has been charged with grossly negligent operation causing death, officials said. An investigation of the June 12 crash in Dorset concluded a vehicle pulled in front of Williams, who was riding a motorcycle and was unable to …
Read More »Mass shooting at Muncie, Indiana street party leaves one dead, multiple people wounded, police say
A “mass shooting” at a large street party in Indiana early Sunday morning left one person dead, police said. A hospital said 19 people were being treated for injuries at its facility. Muncie police responded to multiple reports of gunfire on the city’s east side just after 1 a.m., The …
Read More »Florida lawyer arrested for allegedly killing his father, who accused him of stealing from family trust
A Florida lawyer was charged on Monday for killing a man believed to be his father in a Boca Raton parking garage – after the son had been accused of stealing close to $500,000 from a family trust fund and barred from practicing law, according to court documents. Police arrested …
Read More »Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of selling body parts as part of “stolen human remains” criminal network
Harvard Medical School’s morgue manager has been accused of selling body parts as part of a “stolen human remains” criminal network, according to a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday. Morgue manager Cedric Lodge, his wife Denise and two others — Katrina MacLean and Joshua Taylor — allegedly conspired with Jeremy Pauley …
Read More »Nauman Hussain, limo service operator in 2018 crash, blames repair shop
A criminal trial stemming from one of the deadliest U.S. road wrecks of the past two decades went to a jury Tuesday. Nauman Hussain, who ran Prestige Limousine, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 20 people in the 2018 wreck of …
Read More »Candace Scott accused of selling $11,000 of stolen body parts to Jeremy Pauley
An Arkansas woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she sold 20 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000. The April 5 indictment, unsealed Friday in federal court in Little Rock, accuses Candace Chapman Scott, 36, a former mortuary worker, …
Read More »Bob Lee stabbing death investigation: No arrests or suspects named in killing of Cash App founder
More than two full days after tech executive Bob Lee was fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco, there still have no arrests or suspects named but the city’s police chef expressed confidence that his officers would solve the case. San Francisco police found Lee, 43, on the sidewalk in front …
Read More »Court rejects sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, serving life in prison for plotting with teen lover to have her husband killed
New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday turned away the latest attempt to get a sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990. Smart, 55, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began …
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