A 24-year-old woman in Alabama has received a life sentence without parole for fatally shooting a pregnant woman in 2023. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty in the case.
Aaniyah Nowden was sentenced on Friday after a jury found her guilty of capital murder in the death of 36-year-old Justina Wallace. The Birmingham Police Department had charged Nowden with the crime in the summer of 2023 following the July 7 shooting at a home on the 3200 block of 17th Avenue North.
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A Texas woman has been convicted of orchestrating the 2020 murder of Alyssa Burkett in Carrollton. Holly Elkins was found guilty of conspiring with her then-fiancé Andrew Beard to kill the mother of his child.
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced Thursday to 22 to 44 years in prison for the third-degree murder of his pregnant girlfriend.
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A jury convicted Rana Sievert of first-degree manslaughter last week for the 2022 fatal shooting of her girlfriend Brianne Torres. Jurors recommended a 35-year prison term, with formal sentencing set for June 11.
A 20-year-old man from Sedgwick County, Kansas, received a 74-year prison sentence for the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend in 2024. Matthew Criscenzo shot Naomi Oglesby after she said she was leaving him, leaving their baby daughter with severe brain damage. The sentencing occurred on Tuesday before Sedgwick County District Judge Jeff Goering.
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Darryl Lamar Collins, 55, received a life sentence for the first-degree murder of his girlfriend, Fatima Johnson, in Los Angeles. This came less than a year after his release from prison for two prior murders in the 1990s. The sentencing highlights concerns over a 2017 change to California's youthful offender parole laws.
A 59-year-old caregiver in North Carolina faces first-degree murder charges in the death of a 23-year-old nonverbal woman with autism who lived in her home.
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Alyssa Partsch was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison for the manslaughter of a young mother she stabbed during their first in-person meeting after a social media feud. The killing occurred in downtown Boston in July 2023. Associate Superior Judge Mary K. Ames imposed the sentence following Partsch's guilty plea.