A Utah jury convicted Kouri Richins of fatally spiking her husband’s drink with fentanyl in 2022. Prosecutors said she was hoping to collect millions of dollars from multiple life insurance policies.
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Brian Walshe, who searched for crime tips online, is convicted of his wife’s murder
Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices.
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Karen Read’s second murder trial ends with an acquittal
Read was accused of hitting her boyfriend with her car and leaving him to die in a snowstorm, but alleged she was the victim of a cover-up by his fellow officers. Her 2024 trial ended in a hung jury.
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4 takeaways from Erin Patterson’s testimony at her toxic mushroom triple murder trial
Patterson is accused of putting death cap mushrooms in a meal she served her estranged husband’s relatives in July 2023, killing three. She took the stand in Week 6 of the trial gripping Australia.
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An Australian woman is on trial for murder by toxic mushrooms. Here’s what to know
Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband’s relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were dead of mushroom poisoning. She denies deliberately poisoning them.
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Karen Read is on trial for murder a 2nd time. Here’s what to know about her case
Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston cop, in 2022. She maintains she was framed by police. Here’s a refresher on the case — and a look at what’s happened since last year’s mistrial.
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Karen Read’s high-drama murder trial ended with a hung jury. Here’s what to know
Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, but alleges a cover-up by his fellow cops. The high-drama case ended in a mistrial and with the lead investigator dismissed. Prosecutors now plan to retry it.
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2 men are found guilty for the 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
Jam Master Jay, one-third of the iconic hip-hop group Run-DMC, was killed in 2002 over a cocaine deal gone bad. A jury found two men guilty of the murder, including his godson.
