Criminal Law

Deadly Affairs that are Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on August 14, 2012
By Linda Poon At times, there are no ends as to how far some people will go to protect their relationship with their significant other, whether they?re the third wheel, the unfaithful spouse or the one being duped. Amid all...

Worst Crimes Committed at the Olympic Games

Posted on August 02, 2012
By Linda Poon If crime were a category in this year?s Olympics, who would walk away with a gold medal of infamy? Would it be the men arrested for touting fake tickets to the games? Or the three people caught...

Keith A. Beauchamp: Till Death Do Us Part

Posted on July 25, 2012
By Keith A. Beauchamp Host of ID?s ?The Injustice Files? Today marks what would have been the 71st birthday of Emmett Louis Till, the 14-year-old black Chicago youth who became the catalyst that sparked the American Civil Rights Movement. In...

Run for Your Lives? Has the Zombie Apocalypse Begun?!

Posted on July 12, 2012
By Linda Poon The word ?zombie? used to be reserved for video games and gruesomely thrilling movies but that was before phrases like ?human flesh,? ?cannibal attack? and ?dismembering? found their way into the news, setting off panic throughout the...

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Aphrodite Jones Reports: Sandusky - GUILTY!

Posted on June 25, 2012
[ Aphrodite Jones gives her perspective on the guilty verdict of Jerry Sandusky. Check in for more reports. Read her Bio >> ] >>Read All Of Aphrodite's Post On Sandusky Trial It was a judgment that should have been made...

Aphrodite Jones Reports: Sandusky Trial - The Star Witness For Defense

Posted on June 20, 2012
[ Aphrodite Jones gives her perspective on the latest Sandusky Trial. Check in for more reports. Read her Bio >> ] It was with great anticipation that jurors listened to Sandusky's wife testify for 40 minutes in an attempt to...

Put Your Best Digital Footprint Forward

Posted on June 18, 2012
By Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam The phrase ?digital footprint? might not mean much to you right now, but it should. Digital or viral footprint refers to the mass of content on the Internet that can be linked to you and, therefore,...

Aphrodite Jones Reports: Day Three Sandusky Trial

Posted on June 14, 2012
[ Aphrodite Jones gives her perspective on the latest Sandusky Trial. Check in for more reports. Read her Bio >> ] Sandusky Trial -- Day 3 The testimony gets more bone-chilling. Now, we learn that Sandusky threatened to harm one...

Aphrodite Jones Reports: Day Two Sandusky Trial

Posted on June 14, 2012
[ Aphrodite Jones gives her perspective on the latest Sandusky Trial. Check in for more reports. Read her Bio >> ] Sandusky Trial -- Day 2 The emotional testimony from Victim #1 was more than difficult to hear. The young...

Aphrodite Jones Reports: Day One Sandusky Trial

Posted on June 13, 2012
[ Aphrodite Jones gives her perspective on the latest Sandusky Trial. Check in for more reports. Read her Bio >> ] Read>> Day Two: Sandusky Trial Sandusky Trial -- Day One -- June 11, 2012 About Day One: the bravery...

Suspect Arrested in James Willman Murder Case

Posted on March 30, 2011
Authorities in Missouri have made an arrest in the death of James "JJ" Willman III, a 19-year-old man from Woodson Terrace whose body was recently found after an almost four-month disappearance. Woodson Terrace Police Chief Bob Dowling has identified the...

Missing Man's Mom Allegedly Told She Will 'End up Dead' if She Keeps Searching

Posted on March 29, 2011
According to a relative, the family of Jerry Rowe Jr., a missing Kentucky man, has allegedly received death threats from people who want them to drop their search efforts. "Jerry's mom has received death threats via telephone saying that they...

Muslim Civil Liberties Group Asks DOJ to Probe Muslim Cabbie?s Alleged Assault as Hate Crime

Posted on March 28, 2011
The LA branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the recent alleged assault of a Muslim taxi driver as a hate crime. According to the organization, the cab driver was allegedly...

Man Sentenced to Death in Stomping Death of 3-month-old Son

Posted on March 22, 2011
A Texas jury has sentenced Travis James Mullis to death for sexually assaulting and then stomping his infant son to death and dumping his body along a Galveston highway in 2008. "There is no medication, there is no treatment for...

James Willman's Family to Killer: 'You Will Get Caught'

Posted on March 17, 2011
The family of James "JJ" Willman III, a 19-year-old man whose unexplained disappearance was profiled here last month, is preparing for his funeral this week following the weekend discovery of his body. While authorities search for the individual or individuals...

Colorado Police: Boy Missing Six Days May Have Been Kidnapped

Posted on March 16, 2011
The FBI and local law enforcement in Colorado Springs, Colo. are searching for Marcus Herrero, a 12-year-old boy who went missing from his adoptive family's home late last week. Authorities initially suspected the child was a runaway, but they now...

Joran Van Der Sloot's Lawyer Seeks Short Prison Sentence

Posted on March 08, 2011
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutchman accused of killing a young Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, is hoping to win a reduced sentence, according to a new court motion. Van der Sloot's attorney,...

Maryland Semen Attacker Sentenced to Probation

Posted on February 26, 2011
A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to squirting semen on two unsuspecting shoppers in the Gaithersburg area has been sentenced. On Thursday, Montgomery County District Court Judge Stephen P. Johnson sentenced 28-year-old Michael Wayne Edwards Jr. to three years of...

A Day on "The Rock"

Posted on February 24, 2011
One of the first projects I was involved with at Investigation Discovery was a large project on America's most famous penitentiary, Alcatraz. At the time I worked on the project, I had spent a lot of time researching the island,...

Couple Who Buried, Excavated, Hid Dead Daughter Face Life in Prison

Posted on February 16, 2011
An Oklahoma man who was accused of covering up the death of his child for more than a year and transporting her body across six states nearly a-half-dozen times has entered a guilty plea to the charges against him. On...

Disruptive Passenger Finds Drinking and Flying Don't Always Mix

Posted on February 14, 2011
An Alabama man learned the hard way that it's not always a good idea to partake in booze during long-distance flights. Robert Wade Prince, 49, of Mobile, pleaded guilty Friday to charges of assault and interfering with the crew during...

Casey Anthony's Attorneys Want Alleged Odor Kept from Jurors

Posted on February 12, 2011
As the Casey Anthony case slowly moves closer to trial in Florida, her defense team was busy last week filing a number of motions. There are several things they would like kept from the jury -- her alleged history of...

Man Aims to Build UFO Gas Station in Colorado

Posted on February 09, 2011
The story you're about to read has no relation to crime but it is certainly interesting, and definitely falls under the category of bizarre. Phil Hill, a Colorado man who gained notoriety appearing on national radio shows like "Coast to...

Jasmine Richardson, Canada's Youngest Multiple Killer, Gets Glowing Reviews

Posted on February 07, 2011
If you've followed true crime at all in the past few years, you should be familiar with the name Jasmine Richardson -- unless, of course, you live in Canada, where the media is banned from publishing her full name. In...

Investigation Discovery's "Disappeared" helps find Missing Fugitive

Posted on February 03, 2011
The Investigation Discovery television show "Disappeared" has helped authorities locate a missing Pennsylvania fugitive who disappeared more than two years ago. "On the third anniversary of our launch, we're very pleased that Investigation Discovery is making a difference in people's...

Family Wants Answers in Missouri Teen?s Disappearance

Posted on February 01, 2011
More than two months have passed since the mysterious disappearance of James Robert Willman III, a 19-year-old man from Woodson Terrace, Missouri. Despite the passage in time, Willman's family is not ready to give up on finding the young man....

Kenneth Dean Hunt's Luck Ran Out

Posted on November 21, 2010
Some murders go unsolved for extended periods due to the killers' cunning and tenacity. They are adept at committing crimes and covering their tracks. They are very careful and calculating in their approach to avoid capture. This, however, was not...

Jeffrey Gilham Case Shows There's No Such Thing as the Perfect Murder

Posted on November 20, 2010
Premeditated murder is always a challenge for investigators, but no criminal is infallible. Such was the case with Jeffrey Gilham ? a murderer who almost got away with it. Gilham was the second son of Helen and Steven Gilham, of...

Bobby Lozano Almost Got Away with Murder

Posted on November 07, 2010
When ?Bobby Lozano????, a 17-year police veteran, shot and killed his wife in 2002, prosecutors in Denton County, Texas, faced a difficult case. Not only was the suspect a longtime officer who was denying any involvement, but the victim's mother...

Where is Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox?

Posted on October 31, 2010
Six years ago this month, 38-year-old Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox disappeared without a trace. Foul play is suspected, and more than one person has been a suspect, but to date Stephen?s fate and whereabouts remain a mystery. "This is my child...

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