Family Crimes

Attorneys for Andre Thomas, who was convicted of killing his estranged wife, 4-year-old son and her 13-month-old daughter, say he's not competent enough to understand the reasoning for his execution.

Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub and was found not guilty by reason of insanity after the initial murder convictions were reversed. 

Among the legal issues Alex Murdaugh faces after being convicted of the murders of his wife and youngest son is the upcoming trial in a wrongful death suit involving Mallory Beach, a 19-year-old killed in a boating accident.  

“[We want] to see if there's any foul play or anything," Michael Satterfield said during a televised interview with Chris Cuomo.

The FBI announced the now-8-year-old was taken by her non-custodial mother during a court-supervised visit at a Washington mall in 2018.

Heather Barron and her boyfriend, Kareem Leiva, have been convicted of first-degree murder and torture in the 2018 death of Barron's son, 10-year-old Anthony Avalos.

Thomas Merriman, 64, was described as a “sick, perverted individual” by Jade Janks’ family.

Shelley M. Noreika of Pennsylvania was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for faking her young daughter's illness, prosecutors said, incurring "six-figure losses" for her insurer via medical treatments.

Randy Murdaugh has expressed skepticism of his younger brother Alex's version of events in the brutal murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.

The 40-year-old cold case of Nancy McEvers' suspicious death has been closed, the Washington County Sheriff's Office announced after the victim's husband and detectives' prime suspect Randy McEvers died by suicide.