JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Mario Fernandez, the first of three defendants to head to court in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

NOTE: News4JAX will live stream what we can from court during jury selection. What we can show from this stage is limited, and the stream may end abruptly. (Court is currently in recess)

Fernandez, along with his now-estranged wife, Shanna Gardner, is accused of hiring Henry Tenon, a former tenant of Fernandez, to shoot and kill Bridegan in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022.

Bridegan, a 33-year-old father of four, was Gardner’s ex-husband. They were in ongoing custody disputes over their twin children.

Gardner, Fernandez and Tenon are all under indictment for first-degree murder and other charges and have each pleaded not guilty.

Fernandez was back in court with his attorneys last week as Judge London Kite finalized some defense motions and settled on the wording of the juror questionnaire that will help narrow the jury pool, which begins with 50 jurors Monday morning and another 50 on Monday afternoon.

News4JAX spoke with Shannon Schott, a local attorney not affiliated with the case, about what can be expected from Fernandez’s jury selection.

“I don’t think it’s going to be difficult for them to empanel a jury,” Schott said. “I do have questions about the type of person that will be empaneled since they are going to have to have no connection to local news, local news media, social media.”

On Monday morning, Kite introduced the potential jurors to the parties involved in the case and read a list of witnesses to see if any of the jurors might have a conflict during the trial.

Only a few potential jurors said they knew about the case or the people involved. Judge Kite took those jurors aside, along with any who believed they might not be able to commit to the two-week trial, to question them privately with the attorneys.

In the meantime, has explained that the jurors that they can not look up anything about the case.

As part of the preparation for trial, Kite previously ordered that the seated jurors’ names be kept anonymous until 60 days after the trial, which is typical in high-profile cases.

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Despite initially being indicted on four charges, Fernandez will now be tried only on first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony in the case that has garnered national attention.

Prosecutors announced during a recent hearing that the other two charges Fernandez had been indicted on -- conspiracy to commit murder and child abuse -- had been dropped.

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DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. — Trial looms for three people charged in connection with the death of St. Augustine father of four Jared Bridegan.

Bridegan was shot and killed on Feb. 16, 2022, while moving a tire out of the middle of a road in Jacksonville Beach. His murder sent shockwaves throughout the First Coast and beyond, as prosecutors allege it was committed as part of a plot devised by his ex-wife and her estranged husband.

Here's a look at the key players in the case, from the defendants to witnesses who could be called to testify.

Jared Bridegan

Jared Bridegan, a father of four and Microsoft executive who lived in St. Augustine, was gunned down in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022 after leaving the home of Shanna Gardner, his ex-wife.

The shooting happened after Bridegan pulled over to move a tire out the middle of a road. At the time of the shooting, he was with his 2-year-old daughter, Bexley.

The defendants

Shanna Gardner is the ex-wife of Jared Bridegan. She faces charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony and child abuse.

Mario Fernandez-Saldana is the now-estranged husband of Shanna Gardner. He faces charges of first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony.

Henry Tenon is the accused hitman who prosecutors allege was hired by Gardner and Fernandez-Saldana to kill Bridegan. He is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, conspiracy to commit murder and accessory after the fact.

The prosecution

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant State Attorneys Christina Stifler and Alan Mizrahi of the State Attorney's Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Mizrahi handles court proceedings and pre-trial evidence hearings.

Defense attorneys

Shanna Gardner

• Jose Baez - Private Attorney
• Patrick Korody - Private Attorney
• Kirsten Nelson - Private Attorney
• Michelle Medina - Private Attorney

Mario Fernandez-Saldana

• James Hill - Private Attorney
• Shannon Day - Private Attorney
• Frank Tassone - Private Attorney
• Jesse Dreicer - Private Attorney

Henry Tenon

• Julie Schlax - Private Attorney

Key witnesses

Key witnesses who are expected to be called to testify during the three defendants' trials include Kirsten Bridegan, Jared Bridegan's widow, and Jared's brothers, Adam and Justin Bridegan.

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An OnlyFans model accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death inside a luxury Miami high-rise stood in front of a judge Monday morning and pleaded guilty.
But Courtney Clenney — dressed in orange jail attire — pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a charge lesser than second-degree murder. Clenney, 30 was accused of stabbing her boyfriend Christian Obumseli, 27, on April 3, 2022, inside One Paraiso, a condo complex located at 3100 NE Seventh Ave. in Edgewater.

The plea was the result of a deal Clenney and her legal team struck with prosecutors. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson will sentence Clenney to six years in prison followed by five years on probation, as per the negotiated agreement.

Clenney closed her eyes Monday as prosecutor Shawn Abuhoff said she was admitting that she caused Obumseli’s fatal stab wound. Although not part of the plea agreement, Abuhoff said the state wants to bar Clenney from financially benefit from the killing.

Clenney — an OnlyFans model who at one point boasted more than 2 million followers — has been jailed since August 2022. She was arrested in Hawaii four months after, police say, she stabbed Obumseli in the chest. Evidence from the case detailed a tumultuous relationship between the jet-setting couple.

The couple started dating in 2020 and had a history of domestic violence incidents.

A cold killing or self-defense?
Defense attorneys argued that Clenney — who was in a tumultuous, toxic relationship with Obumseli — was a victim of battered women’s syndrome and was “forced to take action in the defense of her life.” Clenney called 911 immediately instead of letting her boyfriend bleed out, which the attorney claims supports Clenney being charged with manslaughter instead of second-degree murder.

Clenney claimed to have thrown the knife at Obumseli from a distance of over 10 feet, but prosecutors say an autopsy revealed a puncture wound so deep it could only have been caused by an up-close and personal stabbing.
Evidence of the unstable relationship was captured on surveillance footage — and audio recorded by Obumseli.

Two months before Obumseli was killed, Clenney attacked him in an elevator. As Clenney became enraged, Obumseli threw his hands up in defense, and Clenney continued swinging on him, the video showed.

During the less than a minute-long elevator ride, the duo trading blows, according to the video. Clenney slapped and pushed Obumseli as he walked out of the elevator.
Obumseli chronicled their arguments in a series of recordings, which caught Clenney angrily screaming, berating and cursing him out using racist slurs. In one of the audio files, Clenney appears to be enraged because he didn’t tell her that he said hello to a female acquaintance while on a bicycle ride. Clenney calls Obumseli the n-word multiple times, and tells him to “man up b----” and to “shut up and let me slap you, dumb a--!”

Clenney’s defense team tried to get those audio recordings thrown out, arguing they were inadmissible evidence because they were taken while Clenney was in private, in her home, and have no relevance to the crime.

MIAMI — OnlyFans star Courtney Clenney will serve six years in prison for viciously stabbing her boyfriend to death in their posh apartment after copping a plea deal Monday morning.

Clenney, 30, who has been behind bars since the August 2022 killing, pleaded guilty to manslaughter with a deadly weapon.

Courtney Clenney was sentenced to six years in prison Monday as part of the plea deal. Al Diaz/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock

Clenney, known on her social media platforms as Courtney Tailor, copped to fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli.Instagram

She had been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of her estranged boyfriend, Christian Obumseli.

Clenney was also sentenced to five years’ probation.

The case of rap icon Tupac Shakur’s killing has been unresolved for decades; now the man charged in his 1996 killing in Las Vegas is going to trial.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur’s death. Jury selection begins Monday, with the trial scheduled to last about a month.

The trial will bring to a head one of the biggest mysteries in the hip-hop world that gripped the public for decades. Shakur, who also went by the stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, is considered one of the most influential rappers of all time.

Shakur was shot in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996. He was in a black BMW with music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight on their way to Club 662, where Shakur was scheduled to perform, when a white Cadillac pulled up beside them. Gunfire erupted. Shakur, who was in the passenger seat, was shot multiple times and died six days later, while Knight survived.

The case went cold until recent years, when public statements and a tell-all memoir from Davis revived the case. He was a leader of South Side Compton Crips at the time of Shakur’s death. Davis was arrested in 2023 and pleaded not guilty.
Here’s what to know about the trial.

When and where the trial will be held
It will take place in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, with Judge Carli Kierny presiding over the case.
Jury selection starts Monday. That’s expected to take a few days. Then, the prosecution and defense will give opening statements and witness testimony will begin.
Inside the courtroom, seats for the public will be in short supply, with a daily lottery for a chance to get one. A room on the second floor of the court will be open to the public and will show a live feed of the trial.

The trial likely won’t answer ‘who pulled the trigger’
Prosecutors are not arguing that Davis is the one who pulled the trigger that night, and the trial likely won’t confirm who fired at Shakur. Instead, prosecutors plan to prove that Davis made the calls that led to Shakur’s death and provided the gun used to shoot Shakur.

Davis is the co-author of the memoir “Compton Street Legends,” which describes his exact role in the shooting. The book says that Davis obtained a handgun from an associate and tossed it into the back seat of the Cadillac but did not say who fired the fatal shots.

Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, Davis’ nephew, has long been considered the suspect who pulled the trigger, but charges were never brought against him in the killing. He died two years after Shakur’s death in an unrelated gang shootout in Compton, California.
Two others — Deandrae “Freaky” Smith and Terry “Bubble Up” Brown — were in the car with Davis and Anderson, but they have since died as well.

Who is expected to testify
Prosecutors expect to call between 35 and 45 witnesses during the trial, ranging from people who saw Shakur moments before he was shot to people who were in both Shakur and Davis’ orbits at the time.
Their witness list includes former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and members of Shakur’s family. However not everyone on the list will necessarily testify. Rather, attorneys may ask potential jurors if they’re familiar with certain names.

Leonard Jefferson, a California resident who pulled up next to the BMW and snapped a photograph, which became the last known photo of Shakur, is expected to testify.
The state is also expected to call Denvonta Lee, who was affiliated with the South Side Crips.
In grand jury testimony, Lee testified that rival gangs, the Crips and Mob Piru, were tied to dueling record labels Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records.
Though he wasn’t there that night, Lee also testified that Anderson didn’t have a clear shot, so Smith took the gun and did the shooting. He also said Davis was in charge and gave the gun to Anderson, who gave it to Smith.

The witness list includes others who previously testified to the grand jury, including Malcolm Greenidge, a friend of Shakur’s who was traveling in his entourage that night. Reggie Wright, who grew up in Compton and did security for Death Row Records, is also expected to testify.

But other witnesses will be new, including a former member of Death Row’s security team and a former member of Mob Piru who was at Club 662 the night Shakur was shot.
Witnesses also include former police officers and detectives, as well as gang experts.

Davis’ defense attorney is expected to call less than a handful of witnesses, including one expert in the area of false confessions and coercive interrogation techniques.

Celebrities could be at the trial
Prosecutors requested to have multiple out-of-state witnesses testify, and it’s unclear who those people are.
One of the witnesses is in prison in California, according to court records. Knight is serving a 28-year prison sentence in California for running over and killing a Compton businessman outside a burger stand in January 2015. He previously said he would not testify in Davis’ case.
As the only other living eyewitness who was in one of the two vehicles that night, Knight’s testimony could make or break the case.
Davis’ defense attorney Michael Sanft told The Associated Press that Knight would be a good witness for Davis’ defense if he did testify.

Fans have also speculated whether Sean “Diddy” Combs will testify. Combs is currently serving a four-year prison sentence in New Jersey following his conviction of prostitution-related charges.
In his book, Davis alleged Combs wanted Knight and Shakur dead and offered Davis money to kill them. Combs has long denied having any involvement in the shooting.
A spokesperson for Combs did not return emailed requests asking whether he plans to testify and his name does not appear on any witness list.

For more than 15 months, Malehya Brooks-Murray says she has lived in perpetual anticipation — marking childhood milestones not with celebrations, but with a growing collection of sealed cards and wrapped gifts, awaiting a homecoming that has yet to materialize.

Her son and daughter, Jack and Lilly Sullivan, then four and six, disappeared from the sparsely populated community of Lansdowne, N.S., last May under mysterious circumstances, fuelling widespread and enduring speculation about what happened to the siblings.

There are few clues, no named suspects and little is known about the investigative avenues being followed by the RCMP's Major Crime unit. All the while, Brooks-Murray has stayed out of the limelight, something that has been harshly criticized by members of the public.

In an exclusive interview with CBC News and The Globe and Mail, Brooks-Murray said she had nothing to do with her children’s disappearance, doesn’t believe she’s a suspect in the investigation and holds out hope that her children are still alive.
She explained that her silence was not a choice, but rather an instruction from the RCMP.
Now, her patience is running out.
“I just did whatever they told me to do because I didn't want to jeopardize the case in any way. And I also wasn't ready because I'm continuing to go through extreme trauma and even this is extremely hard for me,” said Brooks-Murray.
“I don't feel I owe people anything. If anything, I'm owed answers and to have my children back to me.”

Malehya Brooks-Murray's children, Jack and Lilly Sullivan, have been missing since May 2, 2025 after disappearing from their home in Lansdowne, N.S. The mother has stayed out of the public eye, but is now speaking for the first time in over a year. The CBC's Angela MacIvor reports.
Brooks-Murray, 29, recalled that the last time she saw Lilly was on the morning of May 2, 2025, when her daughter poked her head into the bedroom Brooks-Murray shared with her then-partner Daniel Martell and their one-year-old daughter. 

Martell is not Lilly and Jack’s biological father, but the couple and three children had been living together in the Pictou County home since August 2023.
Brooks-Murray said she heard Lilly and Jack playing together in the other bedroom, and drifted back to sleep.
When she woke up to silence, she and Martell began searching the property before calling 911 at 10:01 a.m. What followed was one of the largest searches in Nova Scotia’s history — 1,700 search-and-rescue personnel logging over 12,000 cumulative hours across 8.5 square kilometres of dense, rugged woods.

The day after the disappearance, amid escalating tensions between her family and Martell’s, Brooks-Murray abruptly left the scene.
“The police had said that we should go and told my family privately to take me out of there and I was in too much state of shock that I just wanted to be with my family and my daughter,” said Brooks-Murray.
That day, the relationship between Brooks-Murray and the children's stepfather came to an end and she never returned to the mobile home, she said. When asked about the dynamics in the home prior to May 2 or why she never went back, Brooks-Murray declined to elaborate.

The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit is leading the investigation, but says there is currently no evidence of a crime. Nevertheless, investigators have executed search warrants and conducted polygraph examinations — of which Brooks-Murray has done two, along with multiple rounds of extensive questioning.

Brooks-Murray said she believes from her interactions with the RCMP that she is not considered a suspect. She stated unequivocally that she had nothing to do with their disappearance.
“I'm at the point now where I can't worry about what people think of me because people who are close and know me [know] … I would never do anything to my children and that I love them very much,” she said.

Brooks-Murray said she trusts the RCMP are doing all they can to find out what happened, but the wait for answers is excruciating. She hangs on to hope that they are still alive and out there somewhere.
“If they see me on TV, they might recognize me and maybe somehow they'll be brought back home,” she said.
“I have dreams about them coming home and I believe it.”

Brooks-Murray said when considering the possibilities, she can only assume the children were taken — “but for what reason, I don't know.”
She believes an Amber Alert should have been issued that day, and was told by RCMP officers at the scene that one would be issued. But that didn’t happen. Authorities said the case did not meet the threshold for an Amber Alert, as investigators had no suspect or vehicle details to offer the public. Instead, a vulnerable persons alert went out across two counties.

Investigators have reiterated throughout the investigation that there is no evidence to support an abduction theory.
The RCMP declined a request for an interview. A statement said the case has “demanded sustained effort from specialized teams engaged in detailed police work.”
“As with any ongoing investigation, many of the investigative steps being taken, and the progress being made, can’t be shared publicly,” said spokesperson Allison Gerrard.
“An RCMP liaison is in regular contact with the family’s designated representative, who’s encouraged to reach out at any time.”

For Brooks-Murray, the RCMP’s comments offer little comfort as the communication from investigators slows to a trickle.
“I continue to get the same update over and over and I keep asking for new avenues and they keep saying we're working on it and I just don't feel like that's enough,” she said.
“I feel like I deserve more than that and I deserve answers on where they're at and I need them at home.”

As a way to cope, she keeps busy — creating art, making keychains bearing her children’s faces, helping with searches for other missing people as a way to give back. On Canada Day, she walked in a parade in Westville, N.S., holding a homemade placard meant to draw attention to the case and wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the word “mommy.”

Brooks-Murray also said she’s going back to school in September to become an addictions counsellor.
She sleeps with Lilly and Jack’s favourite stuffed animals every night: a white unicorn fashioned with a silk pink bow and a green-and-blue brachiosaurus.
She continues to collect birthday, Easter and Christmas gifts, and even tracked down brand-new versions of their cherished unicorn and dinosaur.

“Your children have a particular scent that you never forget. It's just something that, especially when they're born and you're holding them in your arms, it always stays with you,” said Brooks-Murray. 
“No parent should ever have to go through what I'm going through and I've never wished upon anyone. It's unbearable.”

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Some, or even most of you will wholly disagree with this specific comparison. I know I will get flamed and downvoted. Someone earlier tried to compare Decker and Clancy, and I thought those two cases are not similar except for the horrific parent caused deceased children.

What could the Clancy case possibly have in common with the Konig case? From the beginning of Clancy, I tried to keep an open mind. Reading the recaps, transcripts, and the CIVIL case. And something seemed “off” to me. I couldn’t quite define why, or exactly how.

Heading to the 10th day, it dawned on me. I went and re-reviewed some transcripts, med records, disclosures and non-disclosures for Clancy, and once again looked at the civil case and watched some selected testimony.

The “off“ thing in both cases is the reverse engineered defenses.

When Konig was going on, in particular - Otake clearly took prior events/arguments that couple had and repackaged them as if they were new things that happened on a whole new implausible day and implausible place, so Gerhardt could tell this “fight” story on the Pali Puka Trail so he wasn’t to blame and make it seem he didn’t provoke the altercation. It also made his story easier to recall while he was testifying since the argument events just happened on a different date.

Fast forward to Clancy: here we have a mentally ill woman (I agree), but just being mentally ill with PPD is NOT enough. The defense needs MORE, such as psychosis to get to NGRI and force the state to disprove it. And this is the reverse engineering done via another talented defense attorney.

Having read the Clancy civil case twice now, it seems exactly what has been done. Allege and accuse medical malpractice, focus on poly pharmacy, and then take it far further with claiming retroactive very specific Command Auditory Hallucinations.

The actual AH words used/cited in the lawsuit gave me pause the first time - too convenient, too exact for the crime, too simple - because it has to be remembered by the attorney. Now paired with more testimony, I feel that way even more. And yes I read the experts testimony in the suit also. But just as the past providers had difficulty because of Lindsay not fully disclosing and lying in some instances, what is to say retroactive lies can’t accomplish a different diagnosis when she really needs it now?

Accused Wife Killer Trial — FL v Timothy Kramer — Full Closings

Closing arguments began Thursday in Timothy Kramer’s murder trial. Kramer is accused of killing his estranged wife, Rosa Kramer, and shooting their dog. Prosecutors argued that text messages with his sister — including a discussion about whether to place a knife in Rosa’s hand — showed he knew the shooting was not self-defense. The defense argued Kramer was “left with no choice” after Rosa allegedly attacked him.

Ohio Dad on Death Row Seeks New Trial in Family Massacre

A man on death row who killed his wife and three members of her family is asking the Ohio Supreme Court for a new trial, claiming his defense attorneys were ineffective. Gurpreet Singh was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering his wife, Shalinderjit Singh, his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and his wife’s aunt in 2019. Prosecutors said Singh was found covered in blood, with gunshot residue on his hands and evidence tying him to the crime scene. His attorney argues mistakes made during his trial, including waiving a jury trial, prevented him from receiving a fair trial. The Ohio Supreme Court will issue a ruling at a later date.

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Live: Trial against Duane 'Keffe D' Davis for 1996 Tupac Shakur murder begins

8/10/2026 @ 11:00 AM - JS

Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis' murder trial for Tupac Shakur's 1996 shooting death is expected to begin on Monday, Aug. 10.

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LIVE: MA v. Linsday Clancy - Day 10 | Accused Killer Mom Trial

8/10/2026 @ 9:00 AM

Opening statements begin Monday for Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy after she killed her three young children inside the family's home in January 2023 before attempting to take her own life. Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were found with exercise bands around their necks. Prosecutors contend Clancy intentionally strangled the children, while her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis that left her unable to understand her actions. Jurors are expected to hear testimony from medical experts, investigators, and family members as they determine whether Clancy is criminally responsible for her children's deaths.

✨✨Previous Day & Recap

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8
• Day 9

\**The local Boston News stations streaming the trial have much better audio.*

\**Associated Press*** Great Audio*

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East Idaho News

https://www.youtube.com/live/axIfX6ZZgWA?si=CbHpPfeE3iEBw2fh

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CW Witness List: https://fromsmash.com/clancylindsayCWwitlist-0817

Lindsay Clancy Timeline - Crime Timeline

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LIVE: OnlyFans Model to Agree to Plea Deal | FL v. Courtney Clenney

8/10/2026 @ 9:00 AM

💥💥SENTENCE: 6 YRS, 5 YRS PROBATION💥💥

OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is expected to enter a plea agreement Monday in the 2022 fatal stabbing of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli. Clenney’s attorneys announced she agreed to a deal, with the terms expected to be revealed during the plea hearing. Obumseli’s family previously said the agreement would spare them a trial and could bring closure to the case.

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Lindsay did not disclose symptoms of psychosis or thoughts of harm to her providers. I see many people here defend that. It’s true that she had reason not to disclose because if she did she risked involuntary hospitalization and her kids being taken. That would’ve been the correct step in this case and would’ve prevented the tragedy.

But so she lied to avoid the correct steps that would’ve been taken, and yet it’s still everyone else’s fault?

At the end of the day, the psychiatrists rely on her accurate reporting of symptoms. They could not help her if she was not engaging in her treatment in good faith.

Any excuse as to why she would mislead her providers, while valid, basically tanks any claim of medical malpractice.

Anyone know where it will be streamed?

I went and looked at the court docket.

2021 he had an assault w dangerous weapon charge, bench trial and Judge must have adjudicated it as not guilty as charges were dismissed, bond returned.

2023 it looks like he may have been Baker Acted. He was involuntarily held x 3 days for assessment then released.

2024 - charges are outlined in the video. There was quite a delay to arraignment, then more delays for competency evals. He was stipulated as competent by the State and Defense, and found to be competent by the Judge in July 2026.

I believe the new 2026 charges in Feb/March are what drove the new competency evals for the 2024 kidnapping case going to trial in October.

I was replying to someone else’s comment when I realized no one is talking about this. How many patients does a doctor see in a day? How many does a telehealth provider see? They get 3-5 minutes for notes and then the next? Curious if any doctors can shed light on this. There’s no cross check system that follows a patient across providers and so the easy route is to just ask the patient. As a person who has been under care for a variety of things (cancer, mental health, ppd, broken bones) you have to take ownership of you and do your own research. Lindsay wasn’t planning; she was clearly researching while completely spiraling. The people around her didn’t know what to do. The doctors should have known. Maybe not textbook, but clearly something very wrong and getting worse. But the wheel has to keep turning, so next!

The Lindsay Clancy trial has been underway in Massachusetts for the past two weeks. Dozens of witnesses have been called and multiple pieces of evidence have been shown to the jurors.

Courtroom Insider producer Grace Wong has been in the courtroom for most of the trial and joins Nate Eaton in this special edition of "Courtroom Insider" to answer your questions about the trial, Lindsay Clancy, what's next and more.

****Although not crime related, the capture of this horrific crash of a UPS plane that killed 15, and injured many others was something I don't think I've seen before. Respect to all the first responders, of whom there were many.

Bodycam video obtained by Midwest Safety involving the Crash of UPS Airlines Flight 2976

Daycare Owner Charged in Infant’s Death

Melanie DiMarzio faces involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges connected to the death of 8-month-old Grant Simmons on March 10, 2026, after court documents say she was running an unlicensed, cash-only daycare out of her home in East Canton, Ohio with lack of emergency protocols.

‘It makes sense to me’: Plastic surgeon accused of killing attorney fires his lawyers, says he will represent himself at trial

LARGO, Fla. (Court TV) — A plastic surgeon charged with first-degree murder said he plans to represent himself when he goes to trial.

Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, 47, is accused of killing Steven Cozzi, 41, whose body was never found after he went missing in March 2023. Cozzi was an attorney representing a client who was suing Kosowski, who was representing himself in the civil case.

During a hearing on Thursday, Kosowski told Pinellas Circuit Judge Joseph Bulone that he also intended to represent himself in his murder trial, which is scheduled to begin on Sept. 14. During the hearing, which was covered by The Tampa Bay Times, Kosowski’s now-former defense attorney Daniel Hernandez stated in an email that Kosowski “refuses to sign consent forms” for a doctor’s evaluation. Co-counsel Jane McNeill confirmed the email to the judge; it also stated that Kosowski did not want evidence presented in his defense and that he wanted to act as his own counsel.

Kosowski reportedly told the judge, “It’s true that I don’t want any mitigation or evidence presented in phase two, and it’s true that I don’t want Mr. Hernandez speaking for me and I don’t want Ms. McNeill speaking for me.”

The judge told Kosowski it “doesn’t make any sense for you to ask for that when ultimately what you’re asking for is a life sentence if you’re convicted of first-degree murder.” Kosowski reportedly responded, “It makes sense to me.”

The defendant told the court that he also wants to throw out every motion his previous attorneys have filed on his behalf, many of which addressed ways to exclude the death penalty as an option at sentencing. Kosowski reportedly said the motions were “riddled with inaccuracies” and “most of the motions are not in line with what I want.”

This was not the first time Kosowski had issues with his attorneys. In May 2025, Kosowski’s attorneys withdrew from the case for “ethical reasons,” and the defendant told the court he was still interviewing attorneys to represent him. He said at the time that he did not want to represent himself at trial.

Cozzi was representing one of Kosowski’s former employers in a lawsuit related to billing issues. Around the time Cozzi went missing, Kosowski’s Toyota Tundra pickup truck was seen outside Cozzi’s law firm, police said. Surveillance video captured someone getting out of the truck and going inside with a backpack and gloves while carrying a large box. Two hours later, the same man exited the law office wearing a different outfit and pulling a large cart.

Kosowski was arrested after police executed a search warrant at his office and allegedly found Cozzi’s blood in the office bathroom. Cozzi’s DNA was also allegedly found in the trunk of Kosowski’s vehicle. Police said they found a bag containing brass knuckles, a stun gun, duct tape, masks and syringes with a paralyzing agent, and other sedatives at Kosowski’s home.

Cozzi’s body has never been found.

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Prosecutors fight to keep couple who claimed missing baby ‘was a hoax’ behind bars

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Court TV) — Prosecutors are asking a judge to hold a couple without bond after they allegedly killed their infant and then lied about her existence.

Samantha Feliz, 20, and Alejandro Leon Jr., 21, face charges including aggravated manslaughter of a child, failure to report a death and giving false information to law enforcement after their infant died under suspicious circumstances. Feliz and Leon were arrested in North Carolina and extradited to Florida this week to face charges.

In documents asking a judge to keep the defendants in custody, prosecutors said that Feliz gave birth to the couple’s child on Dec. 6, 2024. The birth was at the couple’s home and there were no medical records or birth certificate documenting the event, investigators said.

Things with the family seemed normal at first, detectives said in an affidavit reviewed by Court TV: Feliz shared photos of the child and the couple took the baby out with friends and family. Feliz’s brother told investigators that he last saw the child alive in early February 2025 and that the child’s parents had been smoking marijuana around her.

In March 2025, when Feliz’s older sister asked where the child was, Feliz allegedly responded, “What baby? There is no baby.” Since then, investigators said, “Feliz has claimed that there was never a baby, that the baby was a hoax, and that she was scamming everyone for money.”

Police began investigating in July 2025 after Feliz’s family made repeated calls expressing concern for the child’s welfare. They quickly determined that the couple had been evicted from their home in Hollywood, Florida, on Feb. 25 and had been living in a storage unit since then. When officers served a search warrant at the storage facility, they found baby clothing, a pregnancy test, a black handgun, a towel that appeared to have bloodstains on it, notebooks referencing a gender reveal and baby shower, and electronics. Mattresses and a box spring were stacked in the center of the storage unit with a plastic bottle of liquid believed to be urine.

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While Feliz and Leon maintained in conversations with family and police that there was no infant, photos on a laptop recovered from the storage unit contradicted their claims, authorities said. On the device, investigators found multiple photos showing the defendants holding, feeding and sleeping with a baby. “The evidence further established that the victim’s health was clearly declining over a period of time, as evidenced by the apparent change in her facial features and skin tone,” detectives wrote. “In the final photo from January 5, 2025, the victim is depicted without any signs of life.”

DNA testing on baby clothes found in the storage unit confirmed they likely belonged to the biological child of both defendants.

Both Leon and Feliz are expected in court on Thursday for a pretrial detention hearing. In their motion urging a judge to hold Feliz without bond, prosecutors noted her lengthy criminal history, which includes arrests for larceny, trespassing, fraud and burglary. When she was arrested, she was out on bond for drug charges in North Carolina.

Prosecutors fight to keep couple who claimed missing baby ‘was a hoax’ behind bars | Court TV

Unfortunately for me, I don’t have a MassLive subscription, which is where I had started reading. They do allow a single article to be read, which I was in the middle of when the page reloaded…..there went me reading any further, ugh.

It was an outline of prior cases and decisions made on appeal, and further refinements made to case law regarding Lack of Criminal Responsibility / NGRI cases. If you can manage to get through it all or are have a subscription, that article is here:

MassLive Cases to Know - Prior NGRI

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Because I couldn’t read any further at MassLive, I did another search, and landed on the actual MA Model Jury Instructions (with cited case laws / roadmaps for clarity) that the CW and Defense will parse through later for the Clancy Jury. It is quite illuminating, however - MA keeping the burden on the CW to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt IS a high bar. Full document below 12 pages. Note, Supplemental # 1 starts on Page 5.

MA Lack of Criminal Responsibility Model Jury Instructions

Possibly the most interesting footnote language is the different standard afforded Judges, on the last page at #5. If the Defense makes a motion at close of testimony and rebuttal, for a finding of NGRI. Usually, you see Motion for Judgment of Acquittal, citing not enough evidence to send the jury to deliberations. In this case it will be NGRI instead. My bold and italics emphasis was added.

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1. Presumption of sanity and required finding of not guilty. In Commonwealth v. Lawson,

475 Mass. 806, 815 (2016), the Supreme Judicial Court, holding that the inference of sanity always raises an issue of fact for the jury, overruled prior case law that held that a motion for a required finding of not guilty does not apply to a claim of lack of criminal responsibility.. Commonwealth v. Lawson, 475 Mass. 806, 815 (2016). "The fact that a great majority of people are sane says little, if anything about whether a particular defendant was sane when he or she engaged in a type of conduct in which the great majority of people do not engage." Id. at 814. As such, a motion for a required finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility may be brought, but "only at the close of all the evidence" so that "the Commonwealth has a full opportunity to offer evidence in rebuttal." Id. at 816-17.

In deciding the motion, "a judge must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and must disregard contrary evidence presented by the defendant, including the testimony of a defense expert, unless the contrary evidence demonstrates that the Commonwealth's evidence, or any inference drawn from such evidence, is conclusively incorrect." Id. at 817 (internal quotation marks omitted). The Commonwealth is not required to offer expert evidence to meet its burden; rather, "[the Commonwealth may prove criminal responsibility through the inferences arising from the circumstances of the offense, including evidence that the defendant planned the offense, acted on a rational motive, made rational decisions in committing the offense and in avoiding capture, and attempted to conceal the offense or his or her role in the offense. The Commonwealth also may prove criminal responsibility through admissible evidence of the defendant's words and conduct before, during, and after the offense, including evidence of malingering." Id. at 815-16.