Category: Case

Police Say DNA Technology Has Identified the Killer in the Unsolved Death of a Woman in 1981

CONCORD, N.H.—More than four decades after a young New Hampshire woman was killed, law enforcement officials have solved the crime through DNA analysis and the use of forensic genealogy technology, the state attorney general said Thursday. But solving the case doesn’t bring with it the satisfaction of seeing justice: The man responsible for killing 23-year-old…


Former NFL Player Damon Arnette Pleads Not Guilty in 2022 Vegas Strip Hotel Valet Gun Case

LAS VEGAS—Former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette has pleaded not guilty in Nevada to felony charges and his lawyer is challenging his indictment alleging he displayed a handgun during an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. “He never brandished a gun. He never pointed a gun,” defense attorney Ross Goodman said Thursday…


8 Years Later, Florida Man Charged in Alabama Cold Case

BAY MINETTE, Ala.—Alabama law enforcement officials said Friday they’ve arrested a man accused of murder, eight years after the victim was reported missing from a Florida city. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama said Decody Herring, 32, was charged with the murder of Devin Kennedy of Pensacola, Florida. Kennedy was 22 at the time…


Maryland Court Reinstates Adnan Syed’s Murder Conviction

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not immediately be taken back into custody. In a 2–1 decision released…


Judge Says No Death Penalty for Lori Vallow Daybell

BOISE, Idaho—A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late wife will no longer face the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday. Lori Vallow Daybell is scheduled to stand trial starting April 3. Both she and Chad Daybell—her newest husband—have pleaded not guilty…


US No Longer Seeking Death for Man Convicted in Sjodin Case

U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they will no longer seek the death penalty for a Minnesota man already on death row but awaiting resentencing for the kidnapping and killing of college student Dru Sjodin in 2003—a case that led to changes in sex offender registration laws. U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider in North Dakota filed a…


VIDEO: 6-Year-Old Who Wants to Become the President Makes His Case for a 3-Day Weekend

A six-year-old boy from Georgia is winning hearts worldwide with his solid self-belief and future plans for America. In a viral video, he states that when he becomes the president of the country he will give all kids in school a three-day weekend. Not only that, but Brodie Kenyon, who currently lives with his family…


Judge Orders Ex-Jail Union Boss to Be Freed in Bribery Case

NEW YORK—A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case, after a judge decided this week that the nearly five-year term should be reduced. Norman Seabrook originally was sentenced to 58 months in prison on his federal conviction for taking bribes…


Prosecutor: Alex Murdaugh ‘Fuzzy’ About New Details of Case

Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh faced intense questioning about his movements the night his wife and son were killed as the prosecutor challenged inconsistencies in his memory Friday at his double murder trial. A day after revealing for the first time that he was at the kennels where his wife and son were shot…


Wives Under Suspicion (1947)

A prosecuting attorney treats every homicide case as first-degree murder and uses miniature replicas of human skulls to tally the death sentences that he garners. Then he himself is beset by the urge to murder. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the…