Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Murdaugh’s new defense, Mangione’s decision

Alex Murdaugh speaks with defense attorney Jim Griffin during a jury tampering hearing on Monday, January 29, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. (Andrew J. Whitaker/AP, Post and Courier via Repository)
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Alex Murdaugh:
HARD BOILED DRAMA: Murdaugh fights to break open jury record-falsification investigation in ‘egg jury’ court clerk scandal
BETTING INCREASED: Murdaugh defense plans to consider suspect as alternative as DNA questions loom ahead of retrial
DEFENSE BLITZ: Murdaugh sues court clerk after murder conviction overturned due to jury tampering charges
TIP SCALES: Becky Hill’s ‘shameful’ comments and book passion reveal Murdaugh’s murder conviction: Docs
LUIGI MANGIONE:

Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in State Supreme Court in Manhattan during an evidence suppression hearing in his case on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Curtis stands for Daily Mail Through the Pool)
BLIND SPOT: New York’s ‘wrong-minded’ defendant-friendly laws helped throw away Mangione’s evidence: retired cop
DECISION DAY: Mangione’s evidence verdict could determine what jurors see in September murder trial
TYLER ROBINSON:

Tyler Robinson, accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, attends a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)
CONFLICT IN THE COURTROOM: Robinson’s defense team fights to seal evidence and punish prosecutors in Charlie Kirk assassination
SEALED LIPS: Robinson calls for more secret hearings after losing court fight over cameras
-NANCE GUTHRIE:

Authorities in Arizona are still looking for clues in the Nancy Guthrie case. The 84-year-old man was last seen at his home in Tucson on January 31. (Getty Images)
HACKER’S TOOLBOX: ‘Wrench attack’ theory raises fears of organized criminals in Guthrie case
COLD CASES:

Charles Berry, 66, of Newington, Connecticut, was taken into custody Monday in connection with the 1986 rape and murder of Roberta Walls, the Newington Police Department said in a statement. (Newington Police Department)
LONG PAST: DNA solves 40-year-old cold case mystery with arrest in brutal murder of library worker: police
CAUGHT CHEWING: Cold case killer who broke cops’ secret DNA oath faces survivors, families in courtroom showdown
DECADES LATER: The teenager disappeared from his home decades ago; Now the feds hope the new image and shifting loyalties will reveal the truth
FAMILY TIES:

Gabriela Gonzalez faces attempted murder and conspiracy charges after prosecutors accused her of participating in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Jack Avery. (LA County Sheriff’s Office)
‘WORST WAY’: Influencer mom and lawyer dad accused of plotting dark web murder against boy band’s baby daddy
DYNASTY DRAMA: Mango clothing mogul’s son arrested in death of billionaire whose brand spread across US
DOUBLE LIFE EXPOSED: Oklahoma woman discovered her husband was a Canadian man who faked his death in a barn fire 37 years ago



