Kendall Ramsey was convicted not only in two deaths at an Ewa Beach apartment but also for endangering another driver afterward. HONOLULU, Hawaii — Hours after Kayla Holder and her infant son were killed inside an Ewa Beach apartment, prosecutors say Kendall Ramsey drove into oncoming traffic on Kunia Road and struck another vehicle. Six … Read more
Police say evidence recovered at the residence helped connect a street confrontation with statements from witnesses and the accused man. HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A mobile home shared by three men became a central crime scene after a deadly confrontation spilled into a Hallandale Beach street, sending investigators back inside with a search warrant to … Read more
Larry Wayne Cole’s capture in rural Maine became one chapter in a case that later included a jail-based plot against his former spouse’s family. GALLATIN, Tenn. — When U.S. Border Patrol agents found Larry Wayne Cole near a former Maine-Canada crossing in August 2024, authorities were ending a dayslong search for a Tennessee attempted-murder suspect. … Read more
Nathanial Pipkin was arrested hours after the 2021 killings and convicted in 2026 of murdering three relatives and trying to kill another. COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Nearly five years after three relatives were killed inside a Maury County home, the criminal case against Nathanial Pipkin reached a capital sentence Aug. 4, when jurors ordered death after … Read more
In Virginia, Jennifer Mulligan’s plea spared her a first-degree murder trial, but the judge said her father’s alleged abuse could not justify killing him. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The judge sentencing Jennifer Mulligan acknowledged a case filled with allegations of childhood abuse, family trauma and difficult caregiving, then reduced the legal question to a stark … Read more
The emergency recording captured Brittany Ligdis seeking help before Jeffery Kendall entered the room and killed her, prosecutors said. MARTINEZ, Calif. — A 911 call that began as Brittany Elizabeth Ligdis reported a break-in became one of the defining pieces of evidence in the murder case against Jeffery Kendall, who was sentenced July 31, 2026, … Read more
A 28-year-old man is accused of stabbing his young cousin after a family argument that police say began over unauthorized console use. SUNRISE, Fla. — A Florida man accused of stabbing his 12-year-old cousin during a dispute over a gaming console was arrested on an aggravated battery charge that focuses on the alleged use of … Read more
The investigation crossed county lines before authorities identified Amber Simpson’s remains and accused four people of concealing her body. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amber Simpson’s case began with unanswered questions about a Kansas City woman’s whereabouts and moved about 90 miles east to a rural Saline County property, where investigators found her remains and eventually … Read more
A medical examiner told grand jurors the 14-month-old girl’s organs and tissues showed the effects of severe, sustained malnutrition. LAS VEGAS — Evangelina Thrift was 14 months old when she died, but prosecutors say she weighed only about 9 pounds, a medical finding now at the center of the murder case against her mother, Alivia … Read more
Dahseir Edward Jefferson was first arrested on aggravated-assault allegations before Susan Gehrke’s death changed the case days later. TUCSON, Ariz. — A criminal case that began with two aggravated-assault allegations became a second-degree murder prosecution after one of the victims, 61-year-old Susan Marie Gehrke, died from injuries suffered during a confrontation at a Tucson apartment … Read more