Prosecutors say Johnny Edwards IV used a baseball bat and knife to attack his mother, Dr. Kathy Edwards, and his wife, Venus Quanteh, who was five months pregnant. He pleaded guilty but mentally ill and received a life sentence.
Prosecutors allege Rebecca Ruud drugged her biological daughter, 16-year-old Savannah Leckie, and took what she thought was the teen's dead body to burn in a fire. But when Leckie woke up screaming, prosecutors say Ruud beat her to death.
Jimmy Allan seemed inconsolable after reporting finding his wife Amy hanging in the couple's basement, but was it a man coming to terms with the agonizing loss of his wife or was it a more calculated performance?
Teresa L. Baumgartner has been charged with tampering with physical evidence in a felony investigation in connection with the murder of Jessi Wilfong, who was found dead in a barn.
Robert Cotter received a life sentence after pleading no contest to the murders of his father, Patrick Cotter, and younger brother, Brian Cotter. He tried to stage their deaths as a murder-suicide committed by his sibling.
Jessica Cantu has been charged with child endangerment for the shooting death of her 2-year-old daughter, Julez Gonzalez, after investigators determined that the little girl couldn't have shot herself.
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.