Officials investigating the case of vanished mother Ana Walshe found trash bags with blood, a hatchet, a hacksaw, a rug and used cleaning supplies at a transfer station in Massachusetts, sources told CBS Boston’s investigative team. The items were found at a transfer station in Peabody, a city about 46 …
Read More »Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger willing to waive extradition hearing, attorney says
The man authorities say killed four University of Idaho students in November is willing to waive his extradition hearing, his attorney told CBS News. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is set to face a judge for the hearing Tuesday. Kohberger will still have to be in front of the judge Tuesday to sign …
Read More »“I am not OK”: Man recalls friends being killed in Club Q mass shooting
Joshua Thurman went to Club Q for a night of fun and excitement Saturday night. Instead, he was inside fighting for safety before figuring out his friends were among those killed in the mass shooting that left at least five people dead and more than two dozen hurt. “I lost …
Read More »Purdue University student accused of fatally stabbing his roommate seeks insanity defense
The Purdue University student who last month was accused of fatally stabbing his former roommate is planning to use an insanity defense amid an ongoing criminal trial. The student’s defense team filed a notice to the court asking that medical professionals are appointed to evaluate his psychological state and decide …
Read More »Man who sold gun to Texas synagogue hostage
A man who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four hostages inside a Texas synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI was sentenced Monday to nearly eight years in prison for a federal gun crime, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Henry “Michael” Dwight …
Read More »Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel’s parole blocked by California governor
California’s governor blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel on Friday, more than five decades after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Krenwinkel, now 74, is still too much of a public safety risk to …
Read More »Elijah McClain’s amended autopsy released three years after his death
A Black man who died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 died because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an amended autopsy report publicly released Friday. Despite the finding, the manner of death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old massage …
Read More »Sullivan Walter, Black man wrongfully convicted of New Orleans rape at age 17, exonerated decades later
A Black man wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago was ordered freed Thursday after a judge threw out his conviction. Sullivan Walter, now 53, used a handkerchief to wipe away tears as a state district judge formally vacated his conviction for …
Read More »Minnesota man convicted in woman’s 1986 rape and murder in a case revived by genealogy database analysts
A jury on Tuesday convicted a man charged with raping and killing a woman 36 years ago on Minnesota’s Iron Range in a case that was revived by genealogy database analysts. Michael Allan Carbo Jr., 54, of Chisholm, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder while committing criminal sexual …
Read More »Jose Leal arrested for allegedly leaving his 5 kids in car without air conditioning in sweltering heat
A Fort Worth father has been arrested for allegedly leaving his five children in a parked car with the engine running, but without air conditioning on Sunday, CBS Dallas reports. Officers said they found Jose Leal, 29, at 8 p.m. in the yard of a home and the five children, …
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