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Karen Read, accused of murdering police officer boyfriend, alleges fellow officers killed him, staged cover-up

The Massachusetts woman accused of fatally running over her police officer boyfriend in January 2022 is claiming she’s been framed. Karen Read, 44, sat down for her first media interview this week, speaking with ABC’s “20/20” about what she characterized as a police conspiracy to blame her for the mysterious death of her boyfriend, John...

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Father of Georgia high school shooting suspect told investigators son had 'problems' at former school

WINDER, Ga – The 14-year-old accused of opening fire at a small Georgia high school “had some problems” at his former middle school, the suspect’s father previously told investigators. Colin Gray and his son, Colt Gray, are both facing charges after the teenager allegedly went on a deadly rampage at Apalachee High School on Wednesday....

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Bryan Kohberger's defense team opposes death penalty: 'Cruel and unusual'

Bryan Kohberger’s defense team is opposing the death penalty for the quadruple Idaho murder suspect on multiple grounds. Kohberger, 29, is charged with four counts of murder and burglary after he allegedly killed Xana Kernodle, 20; Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and Madison Mogen, 21, on Nov. 13, 2022. Among Kohberger’s defense attorneys’ arguments...

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Boyfriend charged in the shooting death of All-American college gymnast Kara Welsh

Chad Richards, a former member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team, has been charged in the shooting death of girlfriend Kara Welsh, who was found dead in his Wisconsin apartment just before midnight Aug. 30. Richards, 23, made his initial appearance via video in Walworth County Court Friday. He was charged with first-degree intentional...

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Apalachee High School shooting: Georgia assistant football coach who taught 'old-school ways' among the dead

A beloved football coach, who was among four victims killed in a high school shooting in Barrow County, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, was remembered as a “leader of men” who passed on the “old-school ways” of the game to the children he coached. Ricky Aspinwall, a 39-year-old husband and father of two young daughters, taught...