Shawn Laval Smith, 34, was found guilty of one count of murder and a special-circumstance allegation of lying in wait in connection with the death of 24-year-old UCLA student, Brianna Kupfer, according to the Los Angeles County Prosecutor's Office.
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled the suspect's case will play out in adult court, siding with a Chippewa County court judge's earlier decision that such a move would downplay the seriousness of the offenses.
Police in Beaverton, Oregon, announced the discovery of 32-year-old Melissa Jubane's remains Saturday, after family first reported her missing three days prior.
The ex-boyfriend of Rebecca Cheptegei was also taken to the hospital with burns on more than 40% of his body, which later caused him to develop respiratory failure and sepsis.
Matthew Farwell pleaded not guilty in the murder of Birchmore, who he allegedly first started to have sexual relations with when she was a part of the Police Explorers program at the age of 15, according to prosecutors.
Angel Vause, 56, of Georgetown, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to three counts of lying to federal investigators in connection with the 2009 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 17-year-old Drexel, prosecutors announced Monday.
Colt Gray, the 14-year-old alleged gunman killed 4 people last week during his rampage Less than a week after 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly carried out a murderous rampage at a northern Georgia high school that left four people dead, students were allowed back on campus Monday to collect belongings left behind in the chaos.
Mamta Bhatt, 28, was last seen alive in late July. Naresh Bhatt, the Virginia man who is chief suspect in his wife's disappearance, is due back in court later this week, after a judge granted his motion for a speedy trial.
Kohberger, now 29, allegedly stabbed Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, to death in their off-campus apartment in November 2022.
Mamta, 28, vanished from the Manassas Park, Virginia home she shared with her husband, Naresh Bhatt, 37, and their 1-year-old daughter, in late July, according to police.
