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South Carolina girlfriend of Brittanee Drexel’s spring break killer stuns with key admission a decade later

The girlfriend of the South Carolina killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered a teenager on spring break in Myrtle Beach in 2009 has admitted to lying to the FBI. Court documents filed Monday show that Angel Vause, the girlfriend of convicted Brittanee Drexel murderer Raymond Moody, pleaded guilty to three counts of making false statements,...

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Idaho judge rules on Bryan Kohberger's motion to change venue in student murder trial

An Idaho judge has granted suspected quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger’s request to have his trial moved out of Latah County, where he is accused of killing four college students in an early morning home invasion attack. Judge John Judge’s order was unsealed Monday, moving the trial to an unspecified new location, possibly the larger Ada...

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'Sugar Daddy’ suspect at center of college student's murder probe

Texas authorities tracked down a suspect in the murder of a 21-year-old nursing student after a tipster recognized the accused killer from his profile on a “Sugar Daddy” website. Muna Pandey, a Nepalese nursing student at Houston Community College, was found dead with gunshot wounds in her Houston apartment on Monday, Aug. 26. One of...

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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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Bank manager suggested rat poison after hiring hitman in murder-for-hire plot against brother-in-law

A New York bank manager sentenced last week to 9.5 years behind bars for a foiled murder-for-hire scheme against her brother-in-law allegedly told the would-be hitman that “rat poison can do a great job.” Reshma Massarone, a 40-year-old branch manager at Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, plotted to kill her sister’s husband over Facebook Messenger...

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Fox Hollow serial killer victim's family seeks help to ID 10,000 pieces of remains: 'Second only to 9/11'

The Westfield, Indiana, community publicly honored the nine identified victims of Indiana’s notorious 1990s Fox Hollow Farm serial killings, and an unknown number of unidentified others for the first time Thursday. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Coroner’s Office have successfully named the nine known victims and are in the process of identifying four others....

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Adnan Syed of 'Serial' podcast fame has Maryland murder conviction upheld as court rules in ex's slaying

Maryland’s Supreme Court reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction Friday, ruling the 2022 court hearing that freed the accused killer violated the rights of his alleged victim’s family. The 4-3 ruling came nearly a year after the court heard arguments in October in the case that gained notoriety from the hit 2014 true-crime podcast “Serial.” Syed...