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For years, a peaceful million-dollar farm in Indiana hid a dark secret — it was a serial killer’s playground. When cops finally raided Herb Baumeister’s 18-acre property in Westfield, north of Indianapolis, they uncovered some 10,000 pieces of human remains — mostly crushed and burned skeletal fragments of the teenage boys and young men whom he had abducted and murdered in the 1980s and 90s. Nearly 30 years after Baumeister killed himself while on the run from police, authorities are still sifting through the remains and identifying victims.

Michael Cohen will say anything to convict Trump and rehab his disgraced career.

Michael Cohen, who served as former President Trump's personal attorney, testified in Manhattan court that he used his own funds to pay a former pornographic actress $130,000 to quiet her claims of an alleged affair with Trump. Cohen took the stand in the NY v. Trump case Monday, where he told the court that as the 2016 election came down to the wire, he took out a line of credit on his home in order to pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 in order to execute a non-disclosure agreement and obtain rights to her claims of the affair. Daniels alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006 during a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, though Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations. In October 2016, according to Cohen's testimony, he told Trump that Daniels must be paid in order to quiet her claims ahead of Election Day the following month. He testified that he spoke with Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg about how to fund the payment, with Weisselberg saying he was not in a position to initially foot the bill. "I ultimately said, ‘OK, I’ll pay it,’" Cohen testified, noting the urgency behind the matter as the election was just days away. Cohen described to the court that Daniels' claims would have been "catastrophic to Mr. Trump and the campaign" if he did not take control of the situation and iron out the NDA and payment to Daniels.

In June, a Florida jury found former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson not guilty of seven counts of child neglect, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury after he was alleged to have not taken appropriate action during the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland. Peterson broke down in tears once the jury handed down its verdict. Shooter Nikolas Cruz fatally shot 14 students and three school staff members on Valentine's Day in 2018. Peterson's attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said the former school resource officer couldn't determine where the shots were coming from, adding that it was unclear whether several shooters were present. He said Peterson responded by issuing a school-wide "code red."

David DePape, the California man accused of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, in his San Francisco home in October 2022, was found guilty of kidnapping and assault last month. A federal court convicted DePape of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official with intent to retaliate against the official for the performance of their duties. The Pelosi family said in a statement at the time that they were "very grateful for the outpouring of prayers and warm wishes for Mr. Pelosi from so many across the country during this difficult time."

An Idaho jury in May found so-called "Doomsday Mom" Lori Vallow, 50, guilty of multiple counts, including two counts of first-degree murder, for the 2019 disappearances and deaths of two of her children, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, allegedly with help from her husband, Chad Daybell. Vallow also conspired to kill Tammy Daybell, Chad Daybell's first wife, in October 2019. J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan's mutilated remains were found on Chad Daybell's rural Rexburg, Idaho, property in 2020, months after they initially disappeared in September 2019. At the conclusion of her weeks-long murder trial, District Judge Steven Boyce of Fremont County said Vallow "removed" her "children from their home in Arizona, alienated them from friends and family" and brought them to her new home in Idaho "to murder them." Vallow's attorneys appealed the conviction in September. Last month, she was moved from Idaho to Arizona where she now faces one first-degree murder charge and one premeditated first-degree murder charge in connection with the 2019 death of her ex-husband, Charles Vallow, and an alleged plot to kill her niece's former husband, Brandon Boudreaux.

A Texas jury in November found Kaitlin Armstrong, an Austin woman, guilty of murdering professional cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson in a jealous rage after Wilson went on a date with Armstrong's boyfriend, professional cyclist Colin Strickland, in May 2022. Prosecutors argued that Armstrong, 37, shot 25-year-old Wilson after Strickland, 36, dropped the cyclist off at a friend's Austin apartment where Wilson was staying while visiting Texas for a race. When police initially arrested Armstrong on an unrelated warrant, she sold her Jeep tied to the crime scene, got plastic surgery and fled to Costa Rica while using her sister's passport. U.S. Marshals eventually caught up with her on Santa Teresa Beach.

Top trial verdicts of 2023: Sam Bankman-Fried Also in November, a Manhattan federal court found Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of a bankrupt and fraudulent cryptocurrency company, guilty of defrauding investors, customers and lenders who took part in his collapsed crypto empire in one of two criminal trials that he faced. Bankman-Fried was charged with two counts of wire fraud and five conspiracy counts. Prosecutors argued that the 31-year-old founder of FTX and its sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, misappropriated and embezzled billions of dollars in FTX customer deposits, scheming to mislead investors and instructing other executives at his businesses to do the same. The FTX founder, who accumulated an estimated net worth of $26 billion before his company declared bankruptcy last year, also testified during his own trial, where he admitted to making mistakes but insisted that he never defrauded anyone.

A Utah jury in March ruled in favor of Gwyneth Paltrow, 51, after retired optometrist Terry Sanderson sued her and the ski resort where she was taking private lessons for $3.1 million after a 2016 ski collision that he claimed left him with a "permanent traumatic brain injury." He later reduced the damages total to $300,000 after a judge ruled that the resort and instructor were not at fault.

Last month, a Florida jury awarded more than $260 million in damages and punitive damages to the family of Maya Kowalski, a 17-year-old girl who alleged in a 2018 civil suit that the actions of staff at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (JAHC) in St. Petersburg ultimately drove Maya's mother, Beata Kowalski, to suicide in 2017. The case attracted national attention after the release of Netflix's "Take Care of Maya" documentary. The jury found that JHAC had falsely imprisoned Maya, fraudulently billed her family and caused them severe emotional distress. The jury also determined that social worker Catherine Bedy had battered Maya and that Dr. Sally Smith had medically neglected Maya, who was 10 years old when she was admitted to JHAC for a rare medical condition.

Disgraced South Carolina scion Alex Murdaugh was convicted in March of two first-degree murder charges and one weapons possession charge after he shot his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, on his hunting estate in June 2021.

Crime Angle - Episode 12 (Top trial verdicts of 2023, from murder to medical abuse) 1. Alex Murdaugh 2. Maya Kowalski 3. Gwyneth Paltrow 4. Sam Bankman-Fried 5. Kaitlin Armstrong 6. Lori Vallow 7. David DePape 8. Scot Peterson

A Michigan mother who was found guilty of murder in the starvation death of her son vomited after being shown pictures of his malnourished body as she testified during her trial. Shanda Vander Ark, 44, had been accused of abusing her 15-year-old son, Timothy Ferguson, who died in July 2022, weighing just 69 pounds, showing signs of malnutrition and hypothermia, WZZM reported, citing law enforcement. The cause of the death for the boy, who according to authorities suffered from disabilities, was ruled a homicide. Vander Ark was found guilty of murder and child abuse by a Muskegon County jury Friday, online court records indicate. She will face a mandatory life sentence at a sentencing hearing in January.

A Sioux City man has been arrested and charged with murder after a Nebraska priest was killed early Sunday morning in his place of residence. This happened in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska in Washington County, a small town outside of Omaha. Police say they learned of an attempted break-in around 5 A.M. at the rectory of “Saint John the Baptist Church” in Fort Calhoun. Deputies found Father Gutgsell suffering from injuries after being stabbed. They also found a black male suspect inside the rectory, according to authorities. Father Gutgsell was taken to Nebraska Medicine where he died from his injuries. Gutgsell served as an associate pastor with the Archdiocese, most recently splitting his time between the Fort Calhoun parish and St. Francis Borgia in Blair.

Chance Comanche, the ex-G League player facing an open murder charge, appeared in court in Sacramento on Tuesday. He is awaiting extradition to Las Vegas, where he is accused of participating in a murder-for-hire plot along with his ex-girlfriend, Sakari Harnden. During the hearing, which lasted only minutes, Comanche waived his right to challenge the extradition. Comanche, who most recently appeared with the Stockton Kings, admitted to his role in the plot according to a police report obtained by FOX 5 in Las Vegas. Per the report, Comanche recounted the details of the incident and later showed detectives where to find the body of Marayna Rodgers. The 23-year-old Rodgers, a medical assistant from Washington state, was reported missing on December 7 after having met with Comanche and Harnden two days prior on Dec. 5. After an initial investigation, Harnden was arrested on Dec. 13 by Las Vegas police, while Comanche was apprehended on Dec. 15 by the FBI in Sacramento.

A Florida man was caught on video stealing ingredients to a make a screwdriver cocktail from an apartment, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Around 5:30 a.m., on Nov. 23, officials said a man was caught entering someone's apartment, according to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, from the sheriff's office. Deputies said that the victim said the door used by the suspect was a secondary door, one that is not used often, and they had no idea that it was even unlocked. The suspect is seen walking into the apartment, then walking back out with a bottle of Svedka vodka and a bottle of Florida's Natural Orange Juice.

A string of burglaries at affluent Pennsylvania homes has led to the arrests of four men from Chile who are believed to be connected to "South American theft groups," authorities said Saturday. The four men were spotted around 6 p.m. Friday driving in the Meadowbrook section of Abington, where 12 affluent homes had been targeted since 2021, the Abington Township Police Department said. Those burglaries were linked to similar crime sprees throughout the country that were carried out by South American theft groups, mostly from Chile and Colombia, that entered the U.S. to target high-end homes, according to police.

* 4 suspects linked to ‘South American theft groups’ arrested in PA after a string of burglaries at affluent homes. * Nebraska priest stabbed to death in church rectory. * Kings G League player arrested by FBI. * Florida man breaks into apartment, steals ingredients to make screwdriver cocktail. * Shanda Vander Ark Vomits After Seeing Gruesome Photos of Dead Son #CrimeNews #truecrime

* San Antonio man allegedly slashed woman’s throat and dumped her in a pasture with an ankle monitor on. * Former Jaguars employee allegedly stole over $22 million from the team. * Atlanta woman arrested after attempted arson of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home

Former Obama administration official charged with hate crime Fugitive Florida fentanyl felon Stacy Usher found hiding in couch Nevada man allegedly drove 150 mph before deadly crash Pentagon official overseeing federal schools arrested in Georgia human-trafficking sting Tennessee man repeatedly stabs daughter outside home, says he would do it again: 'I tried to kill her'

SPECIAL EDITION: DUBLIN RIOTS GARDA said five people, including three young children, had been taken to hospital on Thursday following what local media said was a stabbing in Dublin city centre on Thursday.

Crime Angle - Episode 7 Foreign TV crew robbed while covering APEC summit in San Francisco Miami thief take off with woman's patio furniture in broad daylight 5-year-old boy fatally stabs twin in California home with ‘small kitchen knife’ Texas mom accused of stabbing husband, driving car into pond with her kids inside PA restaurant owner arrested for shooting teen who tried to steal tip jar

Kentucky mom charged with murdering her kids. The Kentucky woman accused of fatally shooting her two young children has been charged. Gambino members arrested on racketeering charges NJ school janitor accused of disgusting cafeteria crimes faces horrific new charges

Woman's body found in box Ohio car theft suspect foiled by quick-thinking forklift operator who holds him 20 feet in the air

Murder suspect who escaped DC hospital captured after seven weeks on the run Christopher Haynes, originally arrested in Virginia, was recaptured in Maryland NYPD officer arrested for trying to sell large quantities of drugs Man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend's father bonds out of jail, kills her mother Michael Steven Ricker is accused of murdering Lesa Armstrong Rose in North Carolina A store employee turned the tables during an armed robbery that ended with a suspect being shot dead overnight in Southwest Philadelphia. Man allegedly stole excavator to build himself a house in public Seattle park Minot Police arrest woman on charge she fatally poisoned boyfriend