Writer David Grann is one of the premier nonfiction storytellers of our time. His bestseller The Lost City of Z transported readers into the Amazon on a quest for a mythical civilization (and became a 2016 movie starring Charlie Hunnam). He followed up in 2017 with The Killers of the …
Read More »'I Am a Racist' Said Man Convicted Of Murdering BLM Protester
Daniel Perry,who was convicted ofmurdering28-year-old Black Lives Matterprotesterand military veteran Garrett Foster, posted and sent racist messages for years according to new court records, the Statesman reports. On Thursday, a Travis County judge in Texas unsealed 76 pages of court documents dating back years in which Perry, a U.S. Army …
Read More »'This Is About Justice': OnlyFans Model Sued for Stabbing Boyfriend to Death
Courtney Clenney, the OnlyFans model charged with murdering her boyfriend, is being sued by his family for wrongful death. According to the lawsuit, filed March 17 and updated on Friday, Clenney is liable financially to Obumseli’s estate for his death, because she intentionally stabbed him, causing the family mental pain …
Read More »Tech Exec Arrested as Suspect in Cash App Founder Bob Lee's Killing
San Francisco police have arrested a suspect in the killing of Cash App creator Bob Lee. Police identified the suspect as Nima Momeni, a 38-year-old tech executive, during a press conference on Thursday. While the motive for the crime is still unclear, police confirmed Lee and Momeni knew each other. …
Read More »'He Didn't Deserve It': Widow of Murdered BLM Protester Speaks Out
For Whitney Mitchell, the evening of July 25, 2020, replays in her mind over and over. It’s the day her husband Garrett Foster was shot and killed in front of her during a protest against police brutality in Austin, Texas. “It’s difficult to watch somebody that you love — who …
Read More »U.S. Army Sgt. Guilty in Murder of BLM Protester
A jury in Austin, Texas, has found Daniel Perry guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in the summer of 2020. In a case that has put Texas’ gun laws on display, the jury found Perry had not acted in self-defense when he drove into a crowd of …
Read More »Cash App Creator Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in San Francisco
Bob Lee, the creator of Cash App and a current executive at the cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, was killed in a stabbing in San Francisco early Tuesday morning, April 4. The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t officially confirmed Lee’s identity yet, though friends and family have said he was the …
Read More »Jury Selection in Lori Vallow Murder Trial Touches on Religious Belief, Internet Misinformation
The murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, which began with jury selection on Monday in Boise, Idaho, has all the makings of a media firestorm. The deceased include two of her three children: Tylee Ashlyn Ryan, who was 16 when she died, and adopted son Joshua Jaxon “J.J.” Vallow, …
Read More »Court Reinstates Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of 'Serial' — For Now
Adnan Syed’s journey through the court system is getting a final act. It’s on a technicality, but one that is of great importance to the family of murder victim Hae Min Lee. On Tuesday, the Maryland Appellate Court reinstated Syed’s conviction for Lee’s murder, deciding that a lower court had …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh Found Guilty of Murdering Wife and Son
Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on two counts of murder at his trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. The disbarred lawyer was convicted of killing his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, on the family’s hunting compound in June 2021. Murdaugh, 52, was also indicted and …
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