James David Russell still faces first degree murder charges in the death of David Flaget last year, but a judge has ruled there is not enough evidence for the state to prosecute him for cannibalism in the case.
Ex-Memphis police officer Bridges Randle now faces federal civil rights charges after a state jury acquitted him for raping a domestic violence victim to whose home he had been dispatched.
Leif Hayman allegedly wrote the owner of a fake hitman rental website and asked him to kill his mother-in-law, who he said was "controlling" his wife. He then allegedly tried to borrow the money for the hit from his wife.
Scott Berkett allegedly wired $13,000 in cryptocurrency for the murder of his ex-girlfriend to a scammer and then another $1,000 to a federal agent posing as a dark web assassin in 2021, federal prosecutors said.
Peter McGuire, 59, allegedly “tortured, physically assaulted and raped the victim,” over a period of months the Chino Hills Police Department said. She managed to escape and call police.
“Every part of their case is going to fall apart,” Karen Read’s attorney, David Yannetti said, accusing prosecutors and state police of a sprawling cover-up in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe.
Christopher Maldonado has been arrested in connection with the death of Angela Mitchell, whose body was found in the trunk of her car a week after she was reported missing.
Irene Lanning Xeniti was reported missing by her daughter in May. Her husband, Ian Lanning, has now been charged with her murder — though her body remains unaccounted for.
Kyron Horman disappeared at age seven from a school science fair in Portland, Oregon 12 years ago. His mom is demanding the creation of a task force to take up the search for him.
