24-year-old Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, known on Facebook as "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchiker,"is being sought on murder charges for killing Joseph Galfy Jr, a New Jersey attorney found dead in his home on Monday. McGillvary's whereabouts are not yet known, as a press conference scheduled for late Thursday afternoon is expected to explain how he has come to be a suspect in the case.
Prosecutors, led by Juan Martinez, tried to convince jurors that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty, saying Travis Alexander suffered tremendous pain as he fought for his life while Arias stabbed and slashed him nearly 30 times. The trial resumed with a new phase to decide whether Arias should be eligible for the death penalty. The same jurors who convicted Arias a week ago befan deliberations to determine whether Alexander's murder was done in a "cruel, depraved and heinous" manner leading to his death
8-year-old Leila Fowler's stabbing murder two weeks ago led to a massive manhunt. It turns out, authorities said that the leading suspect is her 12-year-old brother.
Kathleen Dorsett, the 38-year-old former third-grade teacher and her parents pleaded guilty on Thursday to working together in an effort to kill her ex-husband, in a convoluted murder plot executed by her father Thomas. They also attempted to murder his mother. The father and daughter told a judge they were angry about the divorce decree and custody arrangements for the couple's daughter, who was 20 months old.
