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A teenager is in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of New York City dancer O'Shae Sibley, police sources told ABC News. A teenager has been charged with murder as a hate crime in connection with the fatal stabbing of New York City dancer O'Shae Sibley, police sources told ABC News on Friday. Police previously said that a 17-year-old male was wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of Sibley, a 28-year-old Black gay man, who was stabbed in his torso on July 29 around 11 p.m. at a gas station in Brooklyn. The unidentified suspect turned himself in accompanied by an attorney, police sources said. He is charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon, police sources said. Those charges are subject to change once the Brooklyn District Attorney takes over the case. In a video posted to Facebook, Sibley’s friend Otis Pena said he and Sibley were among a group of friends that were voguing and dancing at the gas station while pumping gas whe...

Lawyer for Idaho college killings suspect Bryan Kohberger says he was driving alone at the time of murders Bryan Kohberger, the doctoral candidate accused of killing four Idaho college students last fall says he wasn't in the home where the homicides occurred and was driving around alone that night, according to a new court filing. Kohberger's lawyer said the defense "cannot be more specific" about what witnesses would say to back up that claim "at this time," but that would emerge amid examination of discovery materials, as well as what witnesses will say during the upcoming trial. Attorneys for Kohberger explained in the new court document submitted Wednesday and released Thursday that the man charged in the quadruple killing that has made headlines for months would often drive around solo. "Mr. Kohberger has long had a habit of going for drives alone. Often he would go for drives at night . He did so late on November 12 and into November 13, 2022,...

An 83-year-old former reverend has been arrested for allegedly killing an 8-year-old girl in 1975 while she was on her way to his Bible camp in Pennsylvania. An 83-year-old former reverend has been arrested for allegedly killing an 8-year- old girl in 1975 while she was on her way to his Bible camp, authorities said. On Aug. 15, 1975, Gretchen Harrington was walking alone to her last day of camp in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, when the suspect, David Zandstra, allegedly drove up to her in his green station wagon, prosecutors said. Zandstra was a reverend at the camp and a friend of the Harrington family, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said at a Monday news conference. Zandstra was also the father of one of Gretchen's friends, so the 8-year-old got in his car, Stollsteimer said. An undated photo of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington who was killed on Aug. 15, 1975. Delaware County District Attorney’s Office MORE: Gilgo Beach murders: Police dig up suspect...

In 1969, Charles Manson dispatched a group of disaffected young followers on a two-night killing rampage that terrorized Los Angeles LOS ANGELES -- In 1969, Charles Manson dispatched a group of disaffected young followers on a two-night killing rampage that terrorized Los Angeles. The killings remain etched in the American consciousness. On Tuesday, Leslie Van Houten was released after spending more than 50 years in prison for two of those murders. She's the only one of Manson's followers who participated in the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders to go free. Members of the Manson “ family ” arrived at the Hollywood Hills home of Sharon Tate on Aug. 8, 1969, where they stabbed, beat and shot to death the young actress and her friends — Celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski. As they made their way to the house, they encountered a teenager, Steven Parent, who had been visiting an acquaintance at the estate’s gue...

What was the motive, and other questions that remain unanswered after four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in an off-campus house in November. As more details emerge in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, questions remain about the Mysterious slayings. More than six weeks after the four students were found dead in an off-campus house in Moscow, a suspect was arrested and charged with their murders. Unsealed court documents shed more light on the investigation and what detectives learned in the weeks and hours leading up to the crime. Here are a few key questions as the case continues. What's the motive? A photo posted by Kaylee Goncalves a few days before their deaths shows University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves. Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram The four students -- Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21 -- were found dead at the girls' o...

Baltimore's new top prosecutor has dropped all charges against a Black man who stood trial four times for the same killing, freeing him after seven years in custody BALTIMORE -- Baltimore’s new top prosecutor dropped all charges Friday against a Black man who stood trial four times for the same killing, freeing him from behind bars and ending a controversial case that repeatedly raised questions about police and prosecutorial conduct. Keith Davis Jr. was accused of fatally shooting Pimlico Race Course security guard Kevin Jones in 2015, after police claimed his gun matched casings from the shooting scene. Before arresting Davis, officers shot him multiple times, leaving him badly wounded. He survived and has maintained his innocence ever since. Newly elected Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, who took office Jan. 3, announced Friday that charges were being dropped . “Today’s dismissal is about the prosecutorial missteps of my predecessor in her pursuit of a conviction at all c...

Environmental and fishing groups say there's “no evidence” that site preparation work for offshore wind farms in New Jersey and New York is responsible for a spate of whale deaths in the two states ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Environmental and fishing groups said Tuesday there is “no evidence ” that site preparation work for offshore wind farms in New Jersey and New York is responsible for a spate of whale deaths in the two states. Many of New Jersey's leading environmental groups held a press conference on the Atlantic City Boardwalk — directly in front of the local office of an offshore wind company — to support the industry, and decry what they term a false narrative that the industry's testing activities are harming or killing whales. The issue has become contentious since Clean Ocean Action, one of New Jersey's leading coastal environmental groups, held a news conference last week with several community groups opposed to offshore wind, calling on President Biden to...

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is about to put his fate before a small-town jury As his life unraveled over the past two years, disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh didn't fight giving up his law license and said he made plenty of mistakes tied to missing client money and a financial mess that led to 100 criminal charges. But he has adamantly insisted, from the moment he found the bodies of his wife and youngest son both shot multiple times at the family's estate in June 2021, that he was not the killer. Beginning Monday, it will be up to 12 jurors to decide if they agree. Lawyers expect jury selection to last several days before testimony begins. It took state agents 13 months of investigation to charge Murdaugh with two counts of murder, and a judge has set aside three weeks for the trial. Murdaugh insisted on the trial as soon as possible. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty, but said they will ask for life without parole if Murdaugh is c...