Tanna Togstad and Timothy Mumbrue - along with Togstad's pet dog - were found stabbed to death more than 30 years ago. Tony Haase claimed to have been drunk on the night of the murder and "was afraid he was involved" after seeing the news on TV.
Police say they used DNA to identify the man who killed Asenath Dukat, an 8-year-old who disappeared in 1980 during her one-mile walk home from school. Her body was found in a ditch three hours later.
Former public defender Juliane Colby will spend 13 months in a federal prison for smuggling heroin to a prisoner believed to be convicted child killer Ce-Antonyo Kennedy, with whom she had a "romantic" relationship.
Rumors swirled early in the investigation that Shanan Lynn Read was killed after using drugs in a Seattle apartment with a group of men. Although her death was initially investigated as a drug overdose, now officials say she was beaten to death.
Following the death of 14-year-old Heather Baynard, authorities found 40 neglected animals at the South Carolina home. One dog was already dead, and two puppies had to be euthanized.
Morgan Geyser, convicted of stabbing a 12-year-old classmate in service of a fictional boogeyman, withdrew her June petition for an early conditional release following the first of three mental health evaluations ordered by a judge.
Attorney Mark Bederow said his client, Dorothy Hirsch — the wife of alleged "Duck Sauce Killer" Glenn Hirsch, who died via suicide — was charged in a "heavy-handed" attempt by prosecutors to help convict her accused husband of murder.
Authorities believe Richard Pierce, 86, had several motives to get rid of his wife, Carol Jean, nearly half a century ago — including money and their bad relationship. Carol Jean's body was never found, but police believe Pierce buried her on his property before ultimately moving her remains.
The 65-year-old former taxi driver was convicted of murdering his teenage daughters, Sarah and Amina Said, following a six-day trial. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
