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News Articles: murder trial

Kouri Richins, pictured during an August 2024 court hearing, was found guilty of the aggravated murder of her husband and four other charges, including forgery and fraud.

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A mom wrote a kids' book on grief. She was just convicted of her husband's murder

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.

March 18, 2026
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  • Rachel Treisman
An investigator (left) speaks with Colin Gray (right) in an investigation.

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Prosecutors introduce law enforcement interview with Colin Gray from day after high school shooting

Prosecutors in the trial of the Colin Gray, the father of the suspected Apalachee High School shooter, introduced a recorded interview Wednesday in court from shortly after the shooting.

February 25, 2026
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  • Chase McGee
Brian Walshe stands in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Monday, after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder of his wife Ana in 2023.

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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.

December 15, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Rhett Scott hugs his wife Kelly Scott, left, and his mother Karen Scott, right, after being found not guilty of felony murder in the death of Eurie Martin in 2017.

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'Not guilty.' Another mistrial in case of deputies charged with murder in 2017 death of Eurie Martin

After eight years, a mistrial, and a second trial, a jury in Washington County still failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of three former Washington County Sheriff’s deputies charged with felony murder in the 2017 death of Eurie Lee Martin.

November 19, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
Erin Patterson, pictured in August 2023, was convicted last month of poisoning her estranged husband's family members with death cap mushrooms.

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A woman who killed her in-laws with toxic mushrooms allegedly poisoned her spouse too

Erin Patterson was convicted last month of killing her estranged husband's relatives with a meal laced with toxic mushrooms. Newly unsealed evidence alleges she previously poisoned his meals too.

August 08, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
James Craig is accused of murdering his wife, Angela. His trial began at the Arapahoe District Court in Centennial, Colo., on Tuesday.

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A dentist is on trial for allegedly killing his wife with poisoned protein shakes

James Craig is accused of fatally poisoning his wife of 23 years and trying to cover his tracks by asking his cellmate to kill the lead investigator. Here's what to know as his Colorado trial starts.

July 16, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Erin Patterson pictured outside her home in Leongatha, Australia, in 2023. That year, four people became seriously ill — and three of them died — after eating a meal she cooked containing death cap mushrooms.

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An Australian woman is found guilty of murdering her in-laws by toxic mushrooms

Erin Patterson hosted four of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Three of them later died of death cap mushroom poisoning. Nearly two years later, a jury has found her guilty.

July 07, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Karen Read and members of her legal team gesture to supporters with the American Sign Language "I love you" sign after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, in Dedham, Mass.

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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.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Erin Patterson, pictured at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, in August 2023. Three people died of death cap poisoning after eating a meal she had cooked the previous month.

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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.

June 07, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Erin Patterson speaks to media at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, in August 2023.

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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.

May 02, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Karen Read, pictured outside of the Norfolk Superior Court for a hearing in August. Her legal team tried for months to get her second trial dismissed.

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A guide to the Karen Read case, as she returns to court for her second murder trial

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.

March 28, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday.

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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.

July 02, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A Brooklyn federal jury delivered guilty verdicts in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington in the killing of Run-D.M.C.'s Jason Mizell, Jam-Master Jay, who is shown here in 1986.

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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.

February 28, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Brian Walshe, center, listens during his arraignment Wednesday at Quincy District Court, in Quincy, Mass., on a charge of murdering his wife Ana Walshe.

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The husband of a missing woman sought info on dismembering a body, prosecutors say

At a hearing, lawyers said that in the days after his wife's disappearance, Brian Walshe did searches on "dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body" and "hacksaw best tool to dismember."

January 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Newly elected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the Georgia's attorney general to give the Rayshard Brooks murder case to another prosecutor.

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District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case

Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis says the actions of her predecessor have forced her to relinquish the police shooting case to another prosecutor.

January 29, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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