Leonard Allan Cure, 53, spent 16 years in prison before he was exonerated of a violent robbery conviction. On Monday, he was fatally shot by a a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop.
Barbara Ruiz and Lester Ortiz reported the child missing after they were unable to locate him inside the house. The 3-year-old was found in a nearby pond and later declared deceased.
Jose Mendoza-Espinoza, 29, has been charged with murder and tampering with evidence in connection with the beating death of his 35-year-old transgender lover, Sherlyn Marjorie.
Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom could be removed from the bench after an investigation revealed more than 500 inappropriate text messages she exchanged with her bailiff during the trial over the beating death of a 2-year-old.
Officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were fired over the incident following an internal investigation and disciplinary review panel into a violation of department policy.
Robert L. Carter allegedly raped the victim from when she was 7 years old until she turned 16, when she gave birth to his child secretly inside a closet.
Sharon Graham is accused of hiring two of her lovers to kill Bruce James Saunders and then disguising the crime to make it look like a woodchipper accident.
Laura Rose Peverill was sentenced to 7 years in prison for the death of her 3-year-old daughter, Rylee Rose Black, whom she left in a hot car while she was watching Netflix with her boyfriend.