Trinh T. Nguyen is accused of shooting her sons, Jeffrey “JT” Tini, 13, and Nelson Tini, 9, in their heads and attempting to shoot her neighbor and ex-nephew-in-law, Gianni Melchiondo. The Tinis are not expected to survive.
Duane Deaver was an expert witness in the Michael Peterson trial and a key figure in Peterson's appeal, which ultimately led to his release from prison in 2017.
HBO Max's "The Staircase" depicts French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and his documentary film crew, who filmed Michael Peterson to make the classic docuseries on which the new dramatized show is based.
Suffolk police have released new details about what Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello — the first four alleged victims of the Long Island Serial Killer — were doing in the hours before they vanished.
David Rudolf, who is portrayed by actor Michael Stuhlbarg in the HBO Max series "The Staircase," fought tenaciously for novelist Michael Peterson after he was charged with murder for the 2001 death of his wife Kathleen Peterson.
Prosecutor Freda Black, portrayed by Parker Posey in HBO Max's "The Staircase," was found dead on her couch years after she prosecuted novelist Michael Peterson for the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson.
In a song called "Dave Chappell," Isaiah Lee seemingly referenced the Hollywood Bowl, the same location where Dave Chappelle was tackled, and people he deemed "a joke."
Audience member Isaiah Lee was allegedly armed with a replica gun with a knife attached when he tackled Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl, according to authorities.
Ashley Stayner is a fan of the genre despite being intimately connected to two major true crime tales: the kidnapping of her father Steven and the conviction of her uncle Cary Stayner of multiple murders.
