Lauren Silver

Dedicated journalist with more than 15 years experience in newsrooms and the digital space.

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Anna Kepner's stepbrother appears in federal court

MIAMI (Court TV) — The stepbrother of a Florida teen found dead on a cruise ship appeared in court on Friday.

16-year-old T.H. was seen at the federal courthouse in Miami, where he appeared for sealed juvenile proceedings in connection with Anna Kepner’s murder, reported WSVN. The exact charges he faces are unknown since the case is reportedly sealed.

Kepner’s death was ruled a homicide by asphyxia after she was found inside the cabin room she was sharing with her stepbrother and younger broth...
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Alex Murdaugh's fight for new trial heads to South Carolina Supreme Court

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Court TV) — Convicted killer and disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh takes his fight for a new trial to the state’s highest court this week.

Alex has maintained his innocence after a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife, Maggie, and their younger son, Paul, at their home in 2021. He was sentenced to life in prison.

The South Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear Alex’s appeal, filed in Dec. 2024, which argues that improper evidence was admitted at trial and also accuses the...
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Daisy Link granted new murder trial after prosecution's error

MIAMI (Court TV) — A woman convicted of second-degree murder has been granted a new trial after a judge found that a major mistake by prosecutors during closing arguments prevented her from getting a fair trial.

Daisy Link was convicted in Oct. 2025 of murdering her partner, Pedro Jimenez. Link never denied shooting Jimenez, but took the stand in her own defense to tell the jury that she was acting in self-defense when she pulled the trigger.

On Oct. 16, when Alex Bergida delivered the State’s...
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Karen Read asks court to help after accidentally hitting 'reply all'

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — Hitting “reply all” by accident can be embarrassing — but now it’s created a new legal headache for Karen Read.

Read stood trial twice on charges that she murdered her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. The first trial ended with a deadlocked jury; Read was convicted of driving under the influence at her second trial but acquitted of all other charges. While prosecutors said that Read hit O’Keefe with her car and left him to die in the snow outside of a...
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Wade Wilson's attorney promises to take appeal to US Supreme Court

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Court TV) — Attorneys representing convicted killer Wade Wilson pledged to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court at a brief hearing in front of the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday.

Wilson was sentenced to death for the murders of 35-year-old Kristine Melton and 43-year-old Diane Ruiz, who were killed in 2019. Wilson is not appealing his conviction: he’s challenging the legality of the death sentence.

In 2023, Florida changed state law to allow a jury to recommend a sente...
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No texts, no fraud: Meggan Sundwall scores big win before murder trial

HIGHLAND, Utah (Court TV) — In the final hearing ahead of her murder trial, Meggan Sundwall‘s defense successfully convinced a judge to keep some bad facts out of her murder trial while allowing some key evidence in.

Sundwall is charged with aggravated murder and obstruction of justice in the death of her friend, 38-year-old Kacee Terry. Prosecutors say Terry died from an overdose of insulin, incorrectly believing that she had terminal cancer as a result of lies from Sundwall, who was a registe...
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Michael McKee appears calm in jail video after arrest for double murder

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Court TV) — Newly released videos show an alleged killer moments after his arrest, appearing calm and talking to police officers who are searching him.

Michael McKee has pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary while using a firearm suppressor after his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, Spencer Tepe, were found dead in their Ohio home.

On Tuesday, Court TV obtained documents offering new details about how the couple died....
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Utah man convicted of killing brother-in-law, acquitted of conspiring

PROVO, Utah (Court TV) — A jury convicted a Utah man of killing his brother-in-law, but not in a murder plot as prosecutors argued.

Kevin Ellis stood trial on multiple charges, including murder, criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the July 12, 2024, death of Matthew Restelli.

Ellis admitted to pulling the trigger and shooting Matthew Restelli, his brother-in-law, seven times — but maintained he was acting in self-defense. Ellis told detectives that he believed the victim had been...
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Jose Ibarra says defense did not understand evidence in murder appeal

ATHENS, Ga. (Court TV) — Attorneys are expected to appear at a hearing on Friday as convicted killer Jose Ibarra fights for a new trial.

Ibarra was sentenced to two life sentences plus 27 years in prison after a jury convicted him of multiple charges, including malice murder, felony murder and kidnapping, in the death of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. Riley was killed while jogging on the campus of the University of Georgia in February 2024.

Immediately following his sentencing, Ibar...
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New judge to oversee Alicia Andrews' sentencing after successful appeal

TAMPA, Fla. (Court TV) — A Florida woman faces sentencing with a new judge after successfully having the trial judge removed from her case.

Alicia Andrews was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of rapper Charles Jones, known as “Julio Foolio.” Andrews was convicted for her role in the killing in October, but her sentencing was on hold after her attorneys filed an appeal arguing the judge in her case was biased.

Judge Michelle Sisco presided over the trial and the months of pretria...
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Daisy Link faces new assault charges as she fights for new trial

MIAMI (Court TV) — A Florida woman fighting to have her murder conviction overturned is now facing felony assault charges after allegedly attacking a fellow inmate in prison.

Daisy Link, 30, was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her partner, Pedro Jimenez. A judge is currently weighing Link’s request for a new trial as she continues to insist that she shot Jimenez in self-defense.

In a criminal complaint reviewed by Court TV, investigators say that Link attacked an inm...
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Lindsay Clancy details moments of kids' murders in new lawsuit

DEDHAM, Mass. (Court TV) — Months ahead of her scheduled murder trial, Lindsay Clancy has filed a lawsuit against multiple mental health providers, accusing them of malpractice that directly led to her children’s murders.

Lindsay, 35, is charged with the murders of her three young children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — who were strangled to death before she jumped out of a second-story window at her home. While Lindsay hasn’t denied her role in the crime, her attorneys have said...
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Kouri Richins accuses prosecution of 'blatant witness intimidation'

SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah (Court TV) — Defense attorneys for Kouri Richins have filed new documents accusing prosecutors of intimidating their own witnesses ahead of the children’s book author’s upcoming murder trial.

Kouri is charged with the murder of her husband, Eric Richins, who prosecutors say was poisoned with a lethal dose of fentanyl in a mixed drink Kouri made for him. Prosecutors say Kouri wanted to cash in on her husband’s life insurance; she has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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Letters plead for mercy ahead of sentencing for Ohio man who killed Uber driver

SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (Court TV) — Days after an elderly man was convicted of murdering an Uber driver sent to his house by scam artists, letters have begun pouring into the courthouse begging a judge to show him leniency at sentencing.

William Brock was convicted of multiple charges, including felony murder and kidnapping, for fatally shooting Lo-Letha Hall outside his home on March 25, 2024.

Brock admitted to killing Hall, but said he did so believing that she had been sent to his home by p...
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Lindsay Clancy's husband files lawsuit blaming doctors for children's murders

DEDHAM, Mass. (Court TV) — The father of three children who were allegedly murdered by their mother has filed a lawsuit accusing his wife’s doctors of causing his children’s deaths.

Lindsay Clancy is accused of murdering her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, before cutting her neck and wrists and jumping from a second-story window on Jan. 24, 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty; her attorneys have said they plan to argue she was in psychosis and not legally responsible f...
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Ebony Parker asks court to overturn judgment for teacher shot by student

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Court TV) — The former assistant principal found to be negligent after a teacher was shot by a six-year-old student is now asking a judge to toss the jury’s verdict in the case.

Abigail Zwerner suffered significant injuries in the shooting and sued former assistant principal Ebony Parker for $40 million dollars, arguing that Parker failed to act to protect her. A jury agreed with Zwerner but awarded her $10 million, a lesser amount.

MORE | Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker: 1st G...
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New photos released of crime scene where Idaho students were murdered

MOSCOW, Idaho (Court TV) — Newly released photographs are offering a clear look into the house where four University of Idaho students were murdered in 2022.

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to burglary and murder in the stabbing deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin to avoid the death penalty; he was sentenced to four consecutive life terms in prison.

MORE | Photos show convicted killer Bryan Kohberger’s apartment, office

While most of the case evidence rema...
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Mom charged with murder, attempted murder after deadly Thanksgiving dinner

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Court TV) — A North Carolina woman is charged with murders that occurred 18 years apart.

Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder after what police described as an “extensive and comprehensive” investigation.

Investigators say Casper-Leinenkugel hosted a 12-person Thanksgiving dinner in November 2025, where she poisoned a bottle of wine that she served to her two daughters and one of their...
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'I'll forever be punished': Mich. mother offers apology for murdering son

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (Court TV) — A Michigan woman offered a tearful apology in court at her sentencing after she pleaded guilty to murdering her teenage son.

Katie Austin Lee was sentenced to 60 to 90 years in prison as part of a plea agreement after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, torture and resisting and obstructing officers in the death of her son, Austin Pikaart.

Lee admitted she killed her 17-year-old son after her mental illness spiraled. “Starting in 2020, my already-struggl...
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Susan Embert convicted in husband's death in third trial

ALBANY, Ga. (Court TV) — A woman has been found guilty following her third trial on charges that she murdered her husband.

Susan Embert was charged with murder in the death of her husband, William “Jake” Embert, who was shot to death on June 28, 2014. Susan has maintained her innocence and has claimed that the victim pulled the trigger and killed himself.

Susan was first tried in December 2019, when a jury found her guilty of all charges, which included malice murder, felony murder and aggrava...
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Fla. teen pleads guilty to brutally stabbing mother to death while she was sleeping

MIAMI (Court TV) — Days before his murder trial was scheduled to begin, a Florida teenager pleaded guilty to killing his mother in a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Derek Rosa, 15, had initially pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in his mother’s death. On Friday, he appeared in court and pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder. Judge Richard Hersch sentenced Rosa in line with the terms of the agreement, which will have him serve 25 years in prison, followed by 20 year...
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Prosecutors fight back after judge suppresses Amish man's murder confession

POMEROY, Ohio (Court TV) — Prosecutors are urging an Ohio judge to reconsider her ruling suppressing incriminating statements made by an Amish man about a murder he’s now charged with.

Samuel Hochstetler is charged with aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping in the death of Rosanna Kinsinger, who was found dead in her trailer home in March 2025.

In a written decision following a hearing in the fall, Judge Linda R. Warner ruled that statements Hochstetler made to detectives with the Meigs Count...
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Au Pair testifies Brendan Banfield had a plan to 'get rid of' his wife

FAIRFAX, Va. (Court TV) — The young woman who pleaded guilty to her part in a murder plot that left two people dead in Virginia took the stand Tuesday to testify against her former boyfriend.

Juliana Peres Magalhães testified against Brendan Banfield, who is charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan. Magalhães pleaded guilty to manslaughter in what prosecutors have described as a murder plot.

Magalhães said she moved in with the Banfield fami...
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Judge grants fmr. NFL star Antonio Brown permission to travel for work

MIAMI (Court TV) — Former NFL star Antonio Brown will be allowed to travel for work — at least this time.

Brown has been on house arrest in Miami after posting a $25,000 bond on charges of attempted murder. Brown has pleaded not guilty and claimed he acted in self-defense during the incident, which involved a shooting after a celebrity boxing match.

Brown played for 12 years in the NFL and, after retiring, has maintained sponsorship deals, which his attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, says require him to...
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