Lori Vallow Daybell's lawyers asked that she not be subject to the death penalty if convicted of the murders of her children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and her now-husband's wife Tammy Daybell.
Prosecutors said they also have “sufficient evidence” to suggest that Lori Vallow “participated in the killing of her own children,” according to newly filed court documents.
Juan Bravo-Torres admitted in court Wednesday to attacking his daughters with a knife, according to the State Attorney's Office of Brevard and Seminole Counties. He'll spend life in prison without the possibility of parole, and avoid the death penalty.
Christina Diorio sent her neighbor, Wendy McClelland a late night text that read "I need ur help." The next morning, the McClelland found her friend dead. Diorio's son, Darren Pouncey, has been arrested in the case.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor revoked bail a day before Gigi Jordan's death, as Jordan fought for a new trial in the case against her for killing her 8-year-old son.
Marylue Wigglesworth has said she fatally shot husband David Wigglesworth in self-defense during a violent altercation, but prosecutors have cast doubt on her version of events.
Sammantha Driggers allegedly told police she shot her uncle, Michael Driggers, because he was going to hurt her grandmother. Other family members say Michael Driggers was watching TV at the time.
Police say Michael Kaser told them he'd contemplated murdering his stepfather, Michael Kinney, for two decades before allegedly shooting him in the family car while his mother sat in the passenger seat.
West Palm Beach police charged Jean Innocent, 41, with sexual battery with a child, incest and impregnation of a child after he allegedly admitted to raping his victim.
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.
