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Is anyone watching the Lindsay Clancy trial? I am watching the Lindsay Clancy trial unfold, and this is easily one of the most difficult cases I have witnessed. Three children died and now the jury must decide if their mother was criminally responsible for their deaths. The prosecution is arguing that her actions were premeditated and that she knew exactly what she was doing. The defense is arguing that her mental state impaired her ability to know or control her actions. There is still a lot of evidence to be presented, specifically the medical evidence, so I am trying hard not to make my mind up until it is all presented. What I have noticed is how challenging it must be to determine actual mental illness versus a made-up legal...

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/police-issue-amber-alert-9-year-old-abducted-lake-20777199.php Police issue Amber Alert for 9-year-old abducted from Lake George New York State Police issued an Amber Alert at 1:29 a.m. Sunday, saying a 9-year-old girl was abducted by an unknown suspect from Lake George four hours earlier Saturday night. Police sent an alert to people’s phones saying Melina Galanis Frattolin was last seen southbound in a white van on I-87 near exit 22 at 9:40 p.m. Saturday. The initial alert said she was last seen at 7:40 p.m., but it was changed to 9:40 p.m. shortly afterward. She is 5 feet tall, 100 pounds, of Indian descent, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue and white striped...

Tip Line: 208-883-7180 Email: tipline@ci.moscow.id.us Digital Media: fbi.gov/moscowidaho Got my Masters degree from here. :( https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article268771952.html Killer who stabbed 4 Idaho students to death still at large The killer — or killers — who stabbed four University of Idaho students to death remained at large Tuesday, prompting many students to leave the campus in the idyllic small town despite police assurances that there was no imminent risk to the community. So many students had left the scenic tree-lined campus in Moscow, Idaho, by Tuesday that university officials said a candlelight vigil scheduled for the next day would instead be held after the Thanksgiving break. The...

A new book is set to reveal devastating details about a deadly love triangle that led to the murder of a marine's pregnant wife after her lover dumped her body at the bottom of a desert mine. Erin Corwin was just 19-years-old when she was strangled in Joshua Tree, California by Christopher Brandon Lee, 27, shortly after the pair embarked on an illicit affair. They had been neighbors on the Marine base in Twentynine Palms, Calif., where Lee, who worked alongside Erin's husband Jon, lived with his wife Nichole and their six-year-old daughter Liberty. The two couples quickly became friends after newlyweds Erin and Jon moved to the site in September 2013. But it was a friendship that would go on to cost Erin her life, new book...

https://nypost.com/2024/03/27/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-seen-talking-with-federal-agents-at-airport-after-associate-is-arrested/ https://www.npr.org/2024/03/26/1241103298/diddys-lawyers-say-feds-used-military-level-force-in-home-raids

FBI now involved in ongoing search for missing 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in the ongoing search for a missing/endangered 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy who went missing Monday afternoon, and the task force investigating his disappearance is organizing a team of volunteers to start searching for him. Gannon Stauch was believed to be a runaway after he left his home southeast of Colorado Springs between 3:15 and 4 p.m. on Monday. But as the week progressed, his disappearance was upgraded to a missing/endangered person case. His stepmother said he left his home on foot to play at a friend’s house down the street on Monday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office...

https://www.waow.com/news/wisconsin/dodge-county-search-missing-woman-clyman/article_0af86462-830f-57c4-911f-2ad99ae83d6d.html Dodge County authorities search for missing woman; husband in custody The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing woman in rural Clyman and is asking the public to avoid the area and not join in the search. Family say Crystal Rasch, 37, of rural Clyman, has not been in touch with anyone since June 11. Rasch’s husband, Zachariah Rasch, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon and is being held in the Dodge County Jail on tentative charges of misappropriating personal identification materials. Crystal Rasch filed for divorce in September 2023 and said in court papers her husband had threatened...

Leon Circuit Judge James C. Hankinson set an April 13 trial date for Katherine Magbanua, whose charges in the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel ended in mistrial earlier this month. Magbanua, wearing a blue Leon County Detention Center jumpsuit, appeared in the courtroom with her attorneys, Chris DeCoste and Tara Kawass. Hankinson asked about her legal representation moving forward; DeCoste said he and Kawass intend to continue defending her. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2019/10/22/judge-sets-retrial-date-katherine-magbanua-dan-markel-killing/4061118002/

This case is being kept pretty quiet, no major details released to speak of (other than it does say there were two different guns used), but no info regarding who found them, who called 911, very little else. Of interest, the grandfather died just a few days after these murders and it sounds as if he was ill from various articles so probably not unexpected. I think of the typical motives, did grandpa have a big estate? How big in the overall family of grandpa's on down? They sound like a pretty well known family and a powerful one in their state, more on that in the article...

https://www.wafb.com/2021/09/24/missing-toddler-prompts-police-search-apartment-complex/ Search underway for 2-year-old who disappeared at apartment complex Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are searching an apartment complex for a missing toddler on Friday, Sept. 24. Neveah Allen, 2, was last seen around noon at an apartment complex on West La Belle Avenue, which is off Florida Boulevard, according to BRPD. Helicopters are assisting in the search. According to Lanaya Cardwell the mother of the Neveah, she was at work when she got a call the baby wandered off from the apartment. Cardwell says the baby was asleep on the couch for a nap when the mom’s boyfriend woke up and saw Neveah was gone. She was last seen...

Remember the case in Texas where a teen stabbed another teen for what seemed like no reason whatsoever? Looks like the trial is happening. https://abcnews.com/US/karmelo-anthonys-murder-trial-underway-texas-track-meet/story?id=133425722 https://www.foxnews.com/us/karmelo-anthony-trial-ignites-rival-camps-threaten-get-jurors-heads-track-meet-stabbing-expert

https://6abc.com/post/amber-alert-nola-dinkins-homicide-investigation-underway-police-say-mother-gave-false-abduction-report-newark-delaware/16718734/ Amber Alert case in Delaware now a homicide investigation after mom gave false report: police Police are now conducting a homicide investigation after an Amber Alert was issued for a 3-year-old girl on Tuesday in New Castle County, Delaware. Police announced on Wednesday that the Amber Alert has been canceled after investigators say the mother gave police false statements about the alleged abduction. New Castle County police say police in Maryland are now leading the investigation, although it is unclear at this time why. The FBI was also assisting with the case. Police say the girl's...

Affluent Virginia suburb rocked by mansion murder mystery as nanny faces trial Juliana Peres Magalhaes is set to face trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, for second-degree murder in November https://www.foxnews.com/us/affluent-virginia-suburb-rocked-mansion-murder-mystery-nanny-faces-trial?dicbo=v2-ds1PQsZ A bucolic Virginia neighborhood. A seemingly normal family of three. A Brazilian au pair. A double murder. These are all parts of a complex puzzle investigators are still working to determine who killed Christine Banfield — a wife, mother and Fairfax County NICU employee — and Joseph Ryan, the 38-year-old man who showed up at her home armed with a knife, in Herndon, Virginia, in February 2023. Part of that puzzle is in the process...

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German were discovered near the Monon High Bridge Trail, which is part of the Delphi Historic Trails in Delphi, Indiana, United States, after the young girls had disappeared from the same trail the previous day. The murders have received significant media coverage because a photo and audio recording of an individual believed to be the girls' murderer was found on German's smartphone. Despite the audio and video recordings of the suspect that have been circulated and the more than 26,000 tips that police have received, no arrest in the case has been made.[1][2][3] Police have not publicly stated nor released details of how the girls were murdered.[6] As early as...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-state-trooper-stops-murder-suspects-suv-with-pit-maneuver-ending-manhunt Six out of the eight killings in Atlanta were Asian women. No motive reported yet, investigation still underway.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article252980198.html FBI returns Friday to Grain Valley property where remains of missing woman were found Investigators from the FBI on Friday will spend a second day gathering evidence at a property in unincorporated Jackson County where the body of a missing woman was found last week. Aubry had been reported missing in Independence after relatives lost contact with her since October. Her last known address was in Kansas City, Kansas. Court records show the homeowner, Michael J. Hendricks, 40, is identified as the homeowner. Hendricks and his girlfriend Maggie Ybarra, 30, were the primary subjects of the investigation that led police to find Aubry’s body in Hendricks’ yard. Hendricks and...

Scott Peterson's death sentence in murder of pregnant wife overturned by California Supreme Court Laci Peterson and their unborn son, Conner, were killed over 15 years ago The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death penalty sentence for Scott Peterson, convicted in the Christmas Eve murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner. The court's decision came more than 15 years after Laci, a Modesto, Calif., school teacher, was killed. Investigators said Peterson dumped his wife's body from his fishing boat into the San Francisco Bay in 2002. The bodies of Laci and Conner surfaced months later. While the murder conviction against Peterson stayed in place, the court ordered a new penalty phase trial...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-mom-accused-killing-husband-fentanyl-drink-tried-poison-multiple-rcna83817 May 10, 2023, 6:16 PM EDT / Updated May 11, 2023, 9:18 AM EDT By Minyvonne Burke, Antonio Planas and Andrew Blankstein A Utah man who died after his wife allegedly spiked his drink with fentanyl — and then wrote a children's book about grief — had suspected she tried to poison him multiple times and said “she was to blame” if anything happened to him, according to court records. Despite the suspicions, a family spokesperson told NBC News on Wednesday that Eric Richins stayed in the marriage with Kouri Richins because of his children. Eric Richins, 39, died March 4, 2022, at his home in Kamas, about 40 miles southeast...

https://www.fox4news.com/news/search-for-7-year-old-girl-who-went-missing-in-wise-county Search for 7-year-old girl who went missing in Wise County A number of local law enforcement departments are taking part in a search for a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing on Wednesday night. A parent called the Wise County Sheriff's Office just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday saying her daughter, Athena Strand was nowhere to be found. Wise County Sheriff's Office, DPS, Texas Rangers, Fort Worth PD, Bridgeport PD, local fire departments, Wise County EMS, Search Rescue One and several others searched the area around the 200 block of County Road 3573 in Paradise. A massive search is underway in Paradise on Thursday morning...