Jul 29 Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband testifies about the day she killed their 3 children By Michael Casey, Leah Willingham, Associated Press Lindsay Clancy had sought care from experts in postpregnancy mood disorders, was put on multiple psychiatric medications, and when nothing worked, checked in to a psychiatric hospital. She killed the children 19 days after she was discharged. Continue reading
Jul 27 Trial begins for woman who claims postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her 3 children By Michael Casey, Associated Press A Massachusetts woman is on trial in a case where her lawyers argue that postpartum psychosis was the reason she killed her three children. Continue reading
Jun 24 A member of the cultlike Zizians group is charged in the killings of her parents in Pennsylvania By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Michelle Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, has been charged with murder, burglary and conspiracy charges in the deaths of Rita and Richard Zajko, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said at a… Continue reading
Jun 11 Man pleads guilty to killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband while posing as an officer By Tim Sullivan, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press A Minnesota man who posed as a police officer and knocked on lawmakers' doors in the middle of the night, killing the top Democrat in the state House and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded… Continue reading
May 18 Judge allows gun and notebook as evidence in Luigi Mangione murder trial By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The judge's ruling Monday partially rejects a defense argument that those items were seized illegally, before a search warrant was obtained. Continue reading
Apr 08 Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murdering 7 women and admits he killed another By Michael R. Sisak, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Continue reading
Jan 30 Federal prosecutors can't seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione, judge rules By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione, finding it was technically flawed. Garnett left in place stalking charges that carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. Continue reading
Dec 16 WATCH: Prosecutors charging Nick Reiner with first-degree murder for parents' killing By Andrew Dalton, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Prosecutors plan to file the charges, two counts of first degree murder special circumstances of multiple murders, later Tuesday. They will also include a special allegation that he used a dangerous weapon, a knife. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 6:02 Shock and grief matched by anger after antisemitic attack in Australia By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi The massacre at a Hanukkah gathering at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach killed 15 people this weekend. Two gunmen opened fire on celebrations for the first night of the Jewish Festival of Lights. Australian officials quickly labeled the assault an antisemitic… Continue watching
Sep 08 Australian woman sentenced to life in prison for poisoning husband's family with mushrooms By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press An Australian judge has sentenced Erin Patterson to life in prison for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms. Continue reading