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'Plastic wrap over her nose and mouth': Son killed mother and then tried to blow up her house to hide the evidence, prosecutors say

Colin KalmbacherJan 2nd
'Standing in the hallway … covered in blood': Hotel guest spent Christmas Eve murdering a man inside his room, prosecutors say

Chris PerezDec 28th
'Exceeded myself': Man claims self-defense after stabbing wife over 40 times and bashing her head with a hammer, prosecutors say

Colin KalmbacherDec 25th
'The Court has no good reason': Alito berates SCOTUS colleagues for shadow docket ruling that limits Trump's power over National Guard deployments

Colin KalmbacherDec 24th
7-year-old boy who weighed just 14 pounds suffered 'severe intentional physical torture, psychological torture, and medical neglect': DA

David HarrisDec 18th
Honor student waiting on DoorDash order outside girlfriend's house shot dead in 'sickening' case of mistaken identity, cops say

Chris PerezDec 17th
Man who gave Kyle Rittenhouse his gun stole jewelry from Facebook Marketplace sellers in high school parking lot, police say

Colin KalmbacherDec 17th
'I'm going to finish you': 73-year-old with dementia beaten by road rage driver who 'plowed into' couple's car, police say

Colin KalmbacherDec 13th
'Done something bad to their mother': 20-year-old man fatally stabbed his mom 26 times then traveled to his brother's home to tell him

Conrad HoytDec 13th
'Calculated plan against a small child': Mom killed 6-year-old with cold shower the night before his birthday

David HarrisDec 8th
Man bludgeoned dad dead with sledgehammer, then told mom she 'should go check' on him: Prosecutors

Jamie FreveleDec 3rd
'Turned on your family': Man upset at brother who beat him up decided to shoot him dead 'instead of taking that whooping,' mom and cops say

Chris PerezNov 30th
'It's my son's birthday': Man kidnapped pregnant girlfriend to force her into an abortion because he was 'trying to prevent having another kid'

Conrad HoytNov 18th
'Mama is going to kill me': 7-year-old suffocated by mother told his grandma 'she won't let me breathe' after mom spent years trying to smother him with pillows, couch cushions

Chris PerezNov 16th
'Irretrievably destroyed': Trump admin says video footage inside ICE facility at center of class action lawsuit 'cannot be produced' in line with court's discovery order

Colin KalmbacherNov 14th
'My baby's dead, they killed my baby!': Dad propped up murdered 2-month-old in stroller and handed him off to mom, pretended he was sleeping, cops say

Chris PerezNov 13th