ASHEVILLE, NC – A man from North Carolina has been handed a 20-year prison sentence for a horrific crime involving the drugging and sexual assault of a woman in his Asheville residence for a period of 10 days in February 2020, as reported by local law enforcement. William Todd Murell, 58, was declared guilty of first-degree rape and felony assault resulting in serious bodily injury by a Buncombe County jury on the 13th of November. …
FAIRFAX, VA – A Virginia man, who mistakenly killed a woman believing her to be his ex-girlfriend, has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Richard Montano, 48, was convicted on Thursday for the brutal murder of Silvia “Kelly” Vaca Abacay, 40, which took place on August 10, 2022. Montano, in a horrific act of violence, stabbed Abacay multiple times and inflicted severe blunt-force trauma injuries on her face, head, and neck. The gruesome details of …
In a shocking turn of events, a prominent Maryland oral surgeon, Dr. James Ryan, 50, has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his 25-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Harris. Harris was found lifeless in their shared Montgomery County home in January 2022, with a plethora of pill bottles scattered around her. Post-mortem examinations revealed that Harris succumbed to an overdose of ketamine and diazepam. Jennifer Harrison, the Assistant State’s Attorney for Montgomery County, argued …
In a surprising turn of events, Napoleon Gonzalez, an 86-year-old man from Etna, Maine, was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud, including identity theft, passport fraud, Social Security fraud, and mail fraud. The verdict was delivered last Friday after a two-day trial at the U.S. District Court in Bangor, with Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. presiding. Gonzalez had been impersonating his deceased brother, Guillermo Gonzalez, since the mid-1960s. Guillermo had died in infancy in …
A Missouri man and his girlfriend have been found guilty of the murder of a 32-year-old woman, whose dismembered remains were discovered in their backyard. The shocking case came to light when a young girl, who had been sexually abused by the couple, bravely shared her harrowing story. Michael Hendricks, 40, and Maggie Ybarra, 30, were convicted by a Jackson County jury on multiple charges related to the murder of Kensie Aubry. The verdict was …
A Denver jury has found Emmanuel Chandler guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of his ex-girlfriend, Roxann Martinez. After deliberating for six hours, the jury delivered the verdict, leading to Chandler’s immediate sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Martinez’s lifeless body was discovered on February 25, 2021, near the 3800 block of South Wabash Street, where she had been shot to death. Prosecutors revealed that Chandler had attempted to conceal …
On Monday, a Massachusetts man, Dean Kapsalis, 56, was convicted of using a racial slur against a Black man, Henry Tapia, and then striking him with his truck. This incident resulted in Tapia’s untimely death. Kapsalis was found guilty of several criminal convictions, including second-degree murder and leaving the scene after causing injury. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan referred to Tapia’s murder as a senseless tragedy fueled by hate and anger. Ryan emphasized that society …
A 34-year-old man has been found guilty of capital murder in connection to the fatal shooting of three teenagers by his then 14-year-old son. On Friday, a jury convicted Richard Acosta of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Xavier Gonzalez, 14, Ivan Noyala, 16, and Rafael Garcia, 17. The incident took place the day after Christmas in 2021. A 15-year-old cook was also injured in the shooting but has since recovered. Richard Acosta testified …
A 26-year-old woman was killed in New York after texting her family that her phone was dying. Claire McKenna was found unconscious and unresponsive lying face down on the pavement near a bush in Queens, New York on October 12. McKenna’s body was discovered in the bush a little over 24 hours after she texted her parents that she needed help. A man wearing a mask with dark clothes was seen pushing her body in …
A new trial could be ordered for Adnan Syed after city prosecutors determined that their predecessors withheld information about alternative suspects in Hae Min Lee’s 1999 murder. His legal saga rocketed to international renown with the hit podcast “Serial.” Syed’s conviction was vacated Wednesday by the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office, according to legal papers filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court. In the new motion, prosecutors claim they knew decades ago that another suspect threatened to …