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An essential witness in the Amber Guyger murder trial was reportedly killed Friday night in Dallas, Texas, just days after the former police officer was found guilty of murdering Botham Jean. The news came from social media posts by Lee Merritt, the attorney who represented the Jean family: “Joshua Brown, the next door neighbor of #BothamJean […]
Jurors in the Amber Guyger murder trial didn’t believe the convicted murderer deserved a “harsh” sentence, which is why the former police officer received 10 years in prison rather than the recommended 28-year sentence. “I think that was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” Juror 34 told ABC News about the decision. […]
Brendan Dassey, a convicted killer featured in the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer, is seeking clemency after spending more than a decade behind bars. According to the petition, Dassey’s legal team is asking the governor to grant the 29-year-old a pardon or commutation of sentence to time served. “We’re filing a petition for executive clemency with Governor Tony […]
Amber Guyger now faces a maximum of life in prison after being found guilty of murder for fatally shooting her neighbor Botham Jean. The 31-year-old Dallas Police Department officer was in uniform but not on duty when she burst into Jean’s apartment, allegedly thinking it was her own. She then fatally shot Jean. Prosecutors, per […]
A man has confessed to the 2015 shooting murder of his fiancée, . The now-24-year-old Connor Scott claimed his fiancée, Kaylyn Whitaker, had killed herself when the death was first reported, according to People. Scott will serve 37 years in prison, followed by three years of probation. “Think of what Connor Scott has stolen from […]
An elderly Dallas man is accused of fatally shooting a suspected burglar then going back to bed before calling the police. According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas police arrested 72-year-old James Michael Meyer on murder charges this Friday. Per the arrest warrant, police arrived at Meyer’s home to find a dead male face down in the […]
WARNING: This story contains explicit descriptions of assault and violence; the information may be triggering. Details are surfacing regarding the murder of former NBA player and BIG3 star, Andre Emmett. On Tuesday, the Dallas Police Department to release footage of the moments leading up to Emmett’s death. In two separate videos taken from Nest surveillance cameras, Emmett is seen […]
Washington police have apprehended a high school student whose mother found journal entries outlining plans to attack his school and alerted authorities. The 17-year-old’s journal had information about an attack he was preparing at College Place High School on April 20, 2020, the 21st anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, CNN reports. Officers took […]
The wife, child and mother-in-law of Tampa Bay Rays prospect Blake Bivens were killed in an apparent triple homicide. Police believe the killer was Bivens’ brother-in-law, who was arrested hours later. Just an awful tragedy: The wife and child of Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, were among three […]
Nineteen-year-old Florida rapper, Lil Dell, is wanted for his alleged connection to a Memorial Day murder. According to ABC 3, the rapper—whose real name is Cordellious Dyess—was a part of a group of teenagers who fired more than 40 shots into a large crowd at a parking lot near the Platinum Night Club in Pensacola, Florida, intending to hit […]
