Man gets life sentence in 2018 killing of Mollie Tibbetts
The 27-year-old former farmhand, who testified that he came to the U.S. illegally from Mexico as a teenager, was convicted in May of the University of Iowa student's murder.
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The 27-year-old former farmhand, who testified that he came to the U.S. illegally from Mexico as a teenager, was convicted in May of the University of Iowa student's murder.
The filing comes after another county's district attorney said she uncovered no evidence that Robert Aaron Long was motivated by racial bias.
"He knew how to dig graves" says Seth Daybell of his father's former job as a gravedigger. The remains of Tylee and JJ were found on Chad Daybell's Idaho property.
The man convicted of shooting and killing Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 may be one step closer to being released from prison. Sirhan Sirhan, who has served 53 years of a life sentence, was granted parole on Friday. It's now up to California Governor Gavin Newsom, or whoever succeeds him, to uphold or reject the parole board's decision. Michelle Miller reports.
A state panel in California recommended parole for Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
The decision was a major victory for 77-year-old Sirhan, though it does not assure his release.
Law enforcement in Illinois is investigating a deadly shooting near the Kankakee County Courthouse. Two people were killed and another was wounded.
This week, a former girlfriend told the court R. Kelly "brainwashed" her and others, saying their relationship was "abusive." CBS News spoke to her in 2019 when she did not consider herself a victim and defended Kelly. Jericka Duncan reports.
Officials allege that Paul Tay, 58, picked up a woman in his car, locked her inside and sexually assaulted her at his home in Tulsa.
"His crimes qualify him for the harshest penalty that a just society can impose," an appeals panel wrote in its ruling.