Jon Joseph Court records show Dalaysia Terrell-Brown was denied bail after Tamar Shaw died from a chest wound. HARRISBURG, Pa. — In Pennsylvania, a 17-year-old girl charged in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend was ordered held without bail after Harrisburg police accused her of killing him during an incident that began inside a Market Street home. … Read more
A deadlocked jury extended a yearslong wait after Brown was killed in a Jackson State dorm. JACKSON, Miss. — Flynn Brown’s parents walked out of a Hinds County courtroom April 9 without a verdict after a judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against the former Jackson State University student accused of killing their … Read more
Investigators say a tank top, hose, pickup truck and trailer became central evidence after Jeffrey Hubbard died. VENICE, Fla. — A Florida man accused of killing his employer also tried to clean the scene and move the body, police said, turning an early-morning fight call into a murder and evidence-tampering case. Richard Dustin Barker, 42, … Read more
The sentencing hearing centered on Sheila Cuevas’ death and accounts from other women who described abuse. FORT WORTH, Texas — Women who prosecutors said survived violence by Kaleb Mickens helped frame a sentencing hearing that ended with a 40-year prison term in the drugging and fatal assault of Sheila Cuevas. The Tarrant County courtroom was … Read more
Police say the caller’s account of finding Diane German in her pool fell apart after records placed him there the night before. OCALA, Fla. — The 911 call came early Dec. 28 from a man who said he had found his girlfriend in her swimming pool. Ocala police now say he killed her. Michael Rowland, … Read more
The Philadelphia case centers on a late-night dispute police have not publicly explained. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Police say a family argument inside or near a North Philadelphia home ended with Devin Jenkins accused of fatally stabbing his father, Kevin Jenkins, on a porch minutes before midnight April 4. The case is built around a relationship … Read more
Investigators cited neck marks, a hospital interview, a child’s 911 call and unanswered text messages. LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. — Police say visible injuries, a child’s emergency call and phone messages helped support felony charges against an Appleton man accused of strangling his girlfriend during a bedroom argument. Rudolf Knapp, 59, was charged in Outagamie County … Read more
Pearlene Valavala died in a makeshift bathroom after prosecutors said she was beaten for hours. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A 16-year-old girl died in a makeshift bathroom inside a trailer without running water or electricity after her mother and stepfather punished her over text messages, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. The setting became one of … Read more
Jeremiah Page pleaded not guilty after police said he attacked a man he had never met. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville judge set a $750,000 bond for a man accused of attacking a stranger with a cleaver after police said he claimed the victim was on his land. Jeremiah Page, 30, appeared in court Tuesday … Read more
A jury convicted Jennifer Lynn Lieber after they heard evidence about threats, a handgun and a contact wound. SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Jennifer Lynn Lieber received a 25 1/2-year prison sentence in Scott County District Court, ending the main phase of a murder case that began with David Joseph Nanovic’s death inside a Credit River home. … Read more