Shanshan Dong

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Cohen |Shanshan Dong

A judge ruled Friday that one of the surviving roommates of the slain University of Idaho students can testify that the masked intruder she saw the night of her friends' deaths had "bushy eyebrows." Ada County Judge Steven Hippler's decision Friday comes after a hearing intended to resolve several arguments about which evidence can be used at trial between the state and the defense.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Tim Stelloh |Andrew Blankstein |Shanshan Dong |Madeline Morrison

Prosecutors and defense lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez argued Friday over the effort to reduce the brothers' prison sentences for the 1989 shotgun killings of their parents during a sometimes-heated hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom. The judge presiding over the case is expected to rule on the matter ahead of a two-day resentencing hearing that could determine whether the siblings should receive lesser penalties for the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills home on Aug.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Shanshan Dong |Erik Ortiz

BOISE, Idaho — With the trial against the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students four months away, a judge is set to hear arguments Wednesday over court motions that will shape the proceedings and, if successful for his defense, remove the death penalty as punishment.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Erik Ortiz |Shanshan Dong

A smiling selfie of Bryan Kohberger with a thumbs-up pose taken hours after four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022 may be introduced at his murder trial, prosecutors said in a series of court filings released Thursday.

2 months ago | nbclosangeles.com | Phil Helsel |Shanshan Dong

The night four college students were fatally stabbed, their surviving roommates at the Idaho home expressed worry about not being able to reach their friends and referred to someone in a "ski mask," court documents unsealed Thursday show. "No one is answering," Dylan Mortensen texted to Bethany Funke at 4:22 a.m. the day the bodies were found.