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Virginia

Au pair accused in Virginia love triangle murder pleads guilty to lesser charge

True Crime

‘I just had to kill somebody’ | Springfield cold case killer describes desire to murder in newly released video confession

In a bizarre connection, Stephan Smerk and the victim’s family lived in the same small town in New York as the case went cold.
Delphi Girls Murdered

Previewing the Delphi murders trial and what you need to know I WTHR Special

13News gets you caught up with what you need to know before the long-awaited trial begins and break down major developments since the arrest of Richard Allen in 2022
True Crime

Murder at My Door - A Date With Death

When a nurse dies after ingesting a sedative, a fellow medical professional comes under question and a horrifying truth is revealed.
Crime

911 audio introduced as evidence in the Herndon double homicide case

Brendan Banfield and Juliana Peres Magalhaes are facing multiple charges including murder, for the February 2023 deaths of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan.
CBS Shows

On CBS: '48 Hours' airs episode on 2022 Montgomery County murder

The episode focuses on Sarah Harris' death, and the man charged with depraved heart murder for it.
DC

DC Councilman Trayon White bribery case is just the tip of the iceberg, new information suggests

OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ERIC FLACK SPENT THE PAST TWO HOURS POURING OVER THESE DOCUMENTS TO BRING US THE LATEST DETAILS.
Virginia

Virginia husband, au pair accused of killing two people including his wife

Her defense argues she fired the gun out of self-defense after the wife was stabbed to death. Questions remain if au pair's alleged affair with the husband played a
Manassas

Husband of missing Manassas mom arrested on charges of concealing body

He's facing charges of concealing a body, WUSA9 has learned, though officials have not said that Mamta Kafle Bhatt is dead
Manassas

Husband of missing Manassas mom says he doesn't want to be "the bad person" | Full interview

3 weeks after Mamta Kafle Bhatt was reported missing, investigators took her husband into custody Thursday morning. Police confirmed Naresh was a person of interest
DC

DC man guilty of manslaughter in shooting death of teen boy

A jury reached a verdict Friday in the trial of Jason Lewis, the man who claimed he was defending himself when he shot and killed 13-year-old Karon Blake.
True Crime

Riverside police officer highlights role of scientific advancements in 37-year-old cold case arrest

DNA testing led to the arrest of 55-year-old Melissa Jean Allen Avila in Shelby, North Carolina.