'Supergirl' Star To Portray Boston Marathon Bomber's Wife In Movie
Melissa Benoist will portray Katherine Russell, the wife of bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
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Melissa Benoist will portray Katherine Russell, the wife of bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Testimony zeroing in on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's late brother's wife raised questions about what she knew before the 2013 attacks.
The widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev has not been identified as a witness in her brother-in-law's trial, according to her attorney.
The attorney for Katherine Russell says a federal grand jury asked her for items that belonged to one of the victims in a triple slaying in Waltham.
Motor vehicle charges against the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev have been dismissed.
The sisters-in-law of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev testified on Thursday afternoon before a federal grand jury looking into the attack, their lawyer told The Associated Press.
The in-laws of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev have testified before a federal grand jury.
Russell hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing, but she is under intense scrutiny by the FBI as it investigates the deadly April 15 bombing
The widow of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has hired a criminal lawyer with experience defending terrorism cases as she continues to face questions from federal authorities.
As the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings suspects continues, Tamerlan Tsarnaev's window, Katherine Russell, is under intense pressure, with investigators trying to learn what she knew about the chain of events leading up the attack.
Legal experts say it's part of their quest not just to determine whether Russell and the friends are culpable but also to push for as much information as possible regarding whether the bombing suspects had ties to a terrorism network or accomplices working domestically or abroad.
Female DNA and fingerprints found on a bomb fragment recovered from the Boston Marathon attacks do not match the widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, CBS News reported Friday.
The body of the bombing suspect was taken to a North Attleboro funeral home Thursday night.
Police in Warwick, Rhode Island have released a mugshot of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow Katherine Russell dating back to 2007.
The uncle of the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect says his family will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it.
The DNA could have come from a spectator or a clerk who sold the parts to make the bomb, but it could also lead to a female accomplice.
FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws and carried away several bags.
The widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has not yet said whether she plans a funeral or wants to claim his body.
Katherine Tsarnaeva issued her first public statement Tuesday, through her attorney:
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