Michael Valva said he was "truly sorry" for making his autistic son, Thomas, sleep in an unheated garage as temperatures dipped into the teens. Home surveillance video showed the police officer taunting his son when he could no longer stand on his own.
Marcus Spanevelo was the sole suspect after his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Carli, was found in a shallow grave, but her cause and manner of death could not be determined.
Juan David Ortiz was found guilty of murdering four sex workers, whose bodies were found along rural roads in Laredo, Texas. Jurors saw a confession video where the defendant referred to the woman as "trash."
In 1988, Atlantic Highlands residents came upon the skeletal remains of a female believed to have been dead for some time. Now, officials say the remains belong to Nancy Carol Fitzgerald, who was last seen in 1972.
Joseph Lloyd Kennedy allegedly told a girlfriend that he murdered Alex Stevens, Michael Sparks, and brothers Mark and Billy Chastain because he believed they were trying to steal from his Okmulgee scrapyard. Now he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
Patrick Xavier Clark is charged with opening fire at a Houston bowling alley, killing the rapper TakeOff. But Clark's attorney says her client is "being charged with something that he believes he’s innocent of.”
DNA connected Richard Cottingham to the 1968 murder of Diane Cusick. As part of a plea deal, Cottingham has now confessed to the murders of Mary Beth Heinz, Laverne Moye, Sheila Heiman and Marita Rosado Nieves.
Christopher Keeley allegedly stayed with Carl and Vicki Mattson before the couple recently asked him to leave. A friend told authorities that Keeley had fought with the Mattsons over a barking dog.
