Amanda Knox will not return to Italy for a new appeals trial concerning the 2007 murder of her Meredith Kercher, her British roommate, the Associated Press reported. Knox received unfortunate news in March when Italy's supreme court ordered a retrial in a Florence appeals court, citing "numerous examples of shortcomings, contradictions and incoherences" with the original appeal ruling
South African olympian Oscar Pistorius was formally indicted on a premeditated murder charge on Monday, NBC News reported. The court later set March 3 as Pistorius' trial date. A list of more than 100 witnesses was submitted to the court and Pistorius was also indicted for illegal possession of ammunition
Amber Alerts have been issued for Hannah Anderson since her mother's death after the suspected kidnapper's vehicle -a blue 2012 Nissan Versa-was believed to be spotted in Northern California.
Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher ordered the release of sealed documents and transcripts from court proceedings related to the murder case of Washington intern who disappeared in 2001.
Boston Authorities have secured a search warrant to exhume the body of Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, the man who who confessed to a slew of killings in the 1960s. The search warrant seeks to link him to the rape and killing of the woman -19-year-old Mary Sullivan- believed to be his final victim.
There is new evidence in the murder investigation involving New England Patriot player Aaron Hernandez,. A search of Hernandez's leased apartment has recovered ammunition from the same caliber gun used to kill the tight end's friend Odin Lloyd, court documents revealed.
Shayanna Jenkins, the longtime girlfriend and fiancee of accused murderer and former New England Patriots star Aaaron Hernandez, is reportedly at the center of the Odin Lloyd homicide investigation, and may be called in to testify in a future trial,
NFL New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and booked at a police station in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. Hernandez is scheduled to be arraigned and has been taken to Attleboro District Court. For nearly a week, investigators have been searching the area near Hernandez's home as they continued their investigation into the death of a man whose body was found less than a mile from the house
New photographs from inside the paralympian Oscar Pistorius were obtained by Sky News on Friday, including images of the bathroom, which contained blood from his lover and victim, Reeva Steenkamp,
A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his younger sister, Leila, denied a second-degree murder charge through his attorney in juvenile court on Wednesday. The boy's lawyer said he plans a strong defense. If convicted, Isaiah Fowler could be incarcerated until his 23rd birthday.
Kevin Dahlgren is a 20-year-old suspect for killing a family of four in Brno, a southern city in Czech republic, BBC News reported on Wednesday. Czech Officials warned that Dahlgren was "dangerous and possibly armed." After a blaze broke out in the home, the bodies of a couple and their sons were discovered overnight, as a a local ukulele band told the Associated Press that two of its members were among the victims.
Jodi Arias, the 32-year-old woman who was found guilty on May 8 of first-degree murder for the 2008 of Travis Alexander, pleaded for a life sentence to jurors on Tuesday, asking them not to punish her family. In her testimony, Arias referred to the family of her one -time lover and victim Travis Alexander, saying “I never meant to cause them pain.” Alexander was found dead in his Mesa Arizona home, having been shot in the head and stabbed nearly 30 times with his throat slit.
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias is expected to address jurors on Tuesday as they decided whether to sentence her to death or life in prison for brutally killing Travis Alexander, her ex-boyfriend in Arizona five years ago.
An Arizona judge on Monday denied a defense attorney's request for a mistrial in the death penalty phase of Jodi Arias' capital murder trial, after a long-time friend declined to testify as a character witness, citing death threats,
The drifter, Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, better known as Kai, who became an Internet sensation just a couple months ago after a bizarre incident in Fresno, California when he used a hatchet to "save" someone who had just crashed into him, has been arrested. New Jersey police said that Kai is responsible for a deadly beating of a New Jersey lawyer.
Attorneys for Jodi Arias asked to step down from the case after their client was convicted of first -degree murder, but a judge denied the request. Attorneys Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott reportedly asked a judge for permission to withdraw from the case, but were denied.
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.
An Arizona jury Wednesday found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder for killing Travis Alexander in June 2008, CNN reported. The conviction means Arias could face the death penalty. In the next phase of the case, prosecutors will have a chance to present additional evidence and jurors to decide whether Alexander's death was caused in a cruel manner.
