Articles by Kate Byrd

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Woman Who Falsely Claimed to Be Madeleine McCann Gets Six Months for Harassment

A British court convicted Julia Wandelt of harassing Kate and Gerry McCann after she attempted to force a DNA test to prove she was their missing daughter.
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Trailer Park Boys Star Mike Smith Charged With Sexual Assault

The actor known to television audiences as Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys, has been charged in Canada with an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 2017.
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Antonio Brown Extradited to Miami for Attempted Murder Charge

The former NFL player was arrested in Dubai and extradited to the U.S. to face an attempted murder charge in connection with a May shooting.
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Public Fury After Oklahoma Judge Grants Leniency to Convicted Teen Rapist

A judge’s decision to spare an 18-year-old from prison despite convictions for rape and assault has sparked widespread outrage in Stillwater.
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Ex-Porn Performer on Trial for Decapitating Partner Over Son

The murder trial of Devyn Michaels in Henderson, Nevada, began with prosecutors detailing the shocking circumstances, including the victim’s decapitation and the defendant’s marriage to the victim’s son.
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Christopher Scholtes Dead: Convicted Hot Car Killer Failed to Appear for Custody

The Arizona dad who pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse for leaving his daughter in a hot car took his own life.
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Fugitive Sex Offender Captured After 13 Years On The Run

Anthony Lennon, a convicted child sex offender from Oklahoma, was arrested in New York after eluding police by staging his own elaborate, bloody abduction in 2012.
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Fugitive Yoga Instructor Found Guilty of Murdering University Professor

Jorge Rueda Landeros, who fled to Mexico after the 2010 killing of accounting professor Sue Ann Marcum, was convicted in a Maryland courtroom for the slaying.
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Police Say Former Fox News Anchor Claimed Stabbing Mother Was Act of Self-Preservation

Angelynn Mock, a former television news personality, is held on $1 million bond following the incident t a Sedgwick County home.
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Jake Haro Sentenced to More Than 30 Years for Infant Son’s Death

The father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro was sentenced in Riverside County Superior Court after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and child assault
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Wisconsin Cheese Factory Owners Found Slain; Son Gets Two Life Sentences

David and Jan Metzig were found dead in their home in March 2023; their son later admitted guilt.
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Court Reverses $213.5M Judgment Against Johns Hopkins in Maya Kowalski Case

A multimillion-dollar jury award to the Kowalski family was reversed by a Florida appeals court, citing legal immunity and trial errors.
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Pushups, Paychecks, and a Murder Trial: Santa Cruz Tech CEO Case Unfolds

Jurors hear how workplace humiliation and financial conflict may have fueled the deadly assault.
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Fugitive Who Faked Death in 2020 Sentenced to at Least 5 Years for Utah Rape

Nicholas Rossi was sentenced in a Salt Lake City court for one of two 2008 rape convictions in northern Utah.
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Twin Girls Present as California Man Allegedly Murdered Wife and Her Mother

Howard Wang is accused of murdering his wife and her mother in their luxury home while the couple’s twin daughters were inside.
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Arizona Dad Pleads Guilty in Hot Car Death of 2-Year-Old Daughter

Christopher Scholtes admitted guilt in the death of his child from heat exposure in a parked car, after investigators found a pattern of neglect and substance abuse.
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Killer Who Refused Clemency Executed in Arizona Prison

Richard Kenneth Djerf was put to death for the 1993 murders of a father, mother, and their two children, telling officials he saw no reason to spare his own life.