Family Crimes

Charles Merritt was convicted of murdering business associate Joseph McStay and the man’s family in 2010.

Consuelo Alejandra Haynie and her three children were found shot to death, while the father of the children was wounded during the shooting.

Rachel Henry was allegedly “singing to the three-year-old male as he was scratching her chest and pinching her while she placed her hand over his nose and mouth,” according to new court documents released in the case.

James Leonard said his client Heather Barbera, who was recently sentenced for killing her mom and her grandma, wishes she had cut ties with her allegedly toxic family members.

Prosecutors argued that Lana Clayton stood by and did nothing while her husband Steve suffered in agony for days before finally dying in July 2018. 

The mother is a 22-year-old who had recently moved from Oklahoma to Arizona, police in Phoenix said.

Anthony Todt allegedly admitted to police he killed his wife, Megan, their children, and the family dog.

Mollie Fitzgerald is facing a murder charge for allegedly stabbing her mother Patricia to death, but while she told police that her mother tried to kill her first, the findings of an autopsy suggest otherwise, authorities say.

Edgar Diaz will be tried as an adult after prosecutors say he stabbed his mother with a knife and then slammed her head into the pavement.

Mark Hambrick allegedly confessed to killing his 18-month-old daughter Amina in New Orleans in 2017 to satisfy a divine plan, which also requires his execution, police said.