A judge sentenced Donnell Russell, 47, to one year in federal prison for calling in a phone threat of gunfire to stop a documentary about R. Kelly's sexual abuse, according to the Associated Press.
John Formisano, 52, will be over 100 years old when he's eligible for parole for murdering his ex-wife, Christie Solaro-Formisano, 37, and for trying to kill her new boyfriend, Timothy Simonson, 40.
The Genesee Sheriff's Office alleges that Michael Barajas held a 20-year-old pregnant woman hostage for three weeks, threatened to kill her and allowed others to rape her repeatedly.
Aaron Dudley, 41, is charged with the murders of his sister, N-Kya Logan, 26, and her unborn child, a baby boy due to be named Noah. She was approximately 36 weeks along.
A Los Angeles judge sentenced Geovanni Borjas to life without the possibility of parole for the deaths of teen Michelle Lozano and Bree'Anna Guzman in 2011.
DNA evidence on Lillian DeCloe's nightgown recently led Broward Sheriff's Office detectives to a Vietnam War veteran, who was DeCloe's neighbor in the 1990s.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office investigated a 911 call of a suicidal subject who was "threatening to drive her vehicle into the lake with her daughter inside" hours before the vehicle was found.
The U.S. Attorney's Office accused John Griffin, 45, of paying thousands to fly a 9-year-old child and her mother to his residence in order to sexually abuse the child.
It's the year of true crime obsession, and plenty of gruesome, quirky and downright chilling suspects are the stars of new TV shows. Check out "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," "The Girl From Plainville" or "The Staircase," and many more.
