​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Georgia man has been arrested in connection with the decades-old cold case of the rape and murder of a young woman over 40 years ago, authorities announced.. Freddie Lee Granger Jr., 68, is charged with one count of rape, malice murder, aggravated assault and two counts of felony murder stemming from the death of Sandra Kaye Davis, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).. Davis was just 22 years old when authorities with the Waycross Police Department discovered her body next to a home on Kollock Street in Waycross on Sept. 1, 1984, officials said.. ‘LOVERS’ LANE’ MURDERS SUSPECT NABBED DECADES AFTER COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN CAR. Authorities ultimately determined Davis had been strangled to death.. Following the discovery, local officials requested that GBI assist with investigating the case.. The case ultimately ran cold for several decades as authorities continued to investigate.. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. Nearly 42 years later, DNA technology linked Granger to Davis’ alleged killing, officials said.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Granger was subsequently located and taken into custody on March 31, according to GBI.. SEND US A TIP HERE. He was later booked into the Ware County Jail, authorities said.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. The Waycross Police Department, Ware County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia Department of Community Supervision, and GBI’s Cold Case Unit assisted the GBI Regional Investigative Office in both the investigation and arrest of Granger.. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB. The investigation remains ongoing, with authorities asking anyone with information to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office at 912-389-401 or submit a tip online.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A small plane that crashed into two Phoenix homes last month, injuring three people, appeared to have lost engine power moments after takeoff, federal investigators said.. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report that the Piper PA-28-140 experienced rapidly declining engine performance shortly after departing from Deer Valley Airport on March 4, forcing the instructor to attempt an emergency return.. The aircraft, carrying a flight instructor and student pilot, had climbed to roughly 1,700 feet before turning back toward the airport. But the plane was unable to make it.. The engine’s RPM dropped to about 600 to 700 and began vibrating before briefly stabilizing, the report said. Despite the pilot’s efforts to restore power, the engine continued to deteriorate before it completely failed just 5 to 10 seconds before impact.. SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO PHOENIX HOME MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, INJURING 3. Investigators reviewed home surveillance footage from the neighborhood that shows the small plane flying low over houses before it entered a shallow right turn, dropping its right wing. The wing struck the roof of a home before slamming into an exterior wall of a second home next door. The plane came to rest in the backyard of the second home.. Aerial footage of the aftermath showed wreckage scattered across the roof, including the plane’s right wing still lodged in the roof, while the fuselage sat crumpled in the backyard.. FLORIDA SMALL PLANE CRASH CAPTURED ON DRAMATIC HOME SECURITY VIDEO. The crash shocked residents, one of whom described the impact to FOX10 Phoenix as sounding like “a bomb went off.”. The NTSB said weather conditions were clear at the time, ruling out environmental factors and pointing attention toward mechanical issues as a key focus of the investigation.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Investigators are now examining the engine and wreckage, which has been recovered to a secure facility, to determine what caused the loss of power.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The judge overseeing accused Ivy League assassin Luigi Mangione’s federal case shrugged off his defense team’s push to have the trial delayed, saying she doesn’t want to be “held hostage” by the schedule of a state court judge handling another case against him.. U.S. Marshals escorted Mangione into the courtroom at 11:24 a.m. He wore a tan jail jumpsuit with his sleeves rolled up, leg shackles and no handcuffs.. The judge entered a minute later.. Karen Friedman Agnifilo, one of Mangione’s lead defense lawyers, asked for several months of extra time, saying Mangione’s legal team needed to prepare for the federal case after his state trial.. MANGIONE’S LAWYERS MAKE SECOND TRY TO TOSS MURDER WEAPON EVIDENCE IN NEW YORK STATE COURT. “I don’t think what we’re asking for is unreasonable,” she said.. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dominic Gentile argued that the defense’s logistical concerns could be addressed by changing the jury questionnaire schedule, which was set for a capital case. Mangione no longer faces the potential death penalty.. He added that both cases are expected to rely on the same facts and witnesses.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Judge Margaret Garnett said she was more concerned about the jury selection process rather than trial prep — telling the parties she doesn’t envision a particularly complex proceeding.. She said her role is to ensure Mangione gets a fair trial in her courtroom, and she said whatever happens in the state case is not her concern.. SEND US A TIP HERE. Mangione faces numerous charges at the state and federal level in connection with the December 2024 assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two from Minnesota who was in New York City for a work conference when a gunman snuck up behind him and opened fire.. The state trial, scheduled to take place before his federal trial, is expected to garner massive public attention and make jury selection more difficult, she explained.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. “I’m a little troubled,” she said.. After a roughly 30-minute hearing, she proposed keeping close to the schedule put forth in February, with jury selection in the fall and opening statements on Oct. 26 or Nov. 2.. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB. The federal hearing came just under a month after a New York judge told Mangione’s defense to be ready for the state trial on June 8. Judge Gregory Carro had floated the idea of delaying it only if the federal trial was delayed first.. Bailiffs escorted Mangione out of that hearing after an unexpected outburst in which he claimed to be the victim of double jeopardy.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. “It’s the same trial twice,” he said. “One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any common sense.”. Both courts have dismissed the most severe counts, but Mangione still faces life in  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A suspect has been indicted in the decades-long “Texas Killing Fields” cold case 40 years after two women found dead in an area where about 30 bodies were found along a Lone Star State roadway over the years.. James Dolphs Elmore Jr., 61, is charged with manslaughter and felony tampering with evidence in the death of Laura Miller, along with an additional charge of tampering with evidence in the murder of Audrey Cook, according to FOX 26.. The charges stem from the infamous “Texas Killing Fields” murders, in which the bodies of 30 women – including Audrey Cook, Laura Miller, Donna Prudhomme and Heidi Fye-Villareal – were found near the intersection of Calder Road and Ervin Street in League City between 1984 and 1991.. ‘LOVERS’ LANE’ MURDERS SUSPECT NABBED DECADES AFTER COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN CAR. For several years, Texas authorities have worked to crack the case surrounding who is responsible for the murders.. In 2022, William Reece pleaded guilty to murder stemming from the deaths of Laura Smither, Kelli Cox and Jessica Cain, FOX 26 reported.. Over the last 40 years, authorities have pointed to Clyde Hedrick as the prime suspect in the murders of numerous women in Calder Road Field, according to the outlet.. REALTOR’S COLD CASE MURDER FINALLY SOLVED AFTER 15 YEARS, POLICE SAY. Hedrick was reportedly convicted of abuse of a corpse relating to the death of Ellen Beason in 1986.. Beason vanished around the same time as Fye-Villareal and Miller, leading authorities to believe the disappearances were connected.. In 2013, officials reopened the investigation and Hedrick was indicted for Beason’s death.. MAN ONCE EYED IN DISAPPEARANCE OF MISSING CALIFORNIA TEEN NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER. He was convicted of manslaughter one year later and received the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but was released on parole after spending just eight years behind bars, FOX 26 reported.. However, in 2024, the Galveston County District Attorney’s office began reexamining the case as part of a renewed effort to bring justice for the roughly 30 women found dead in the infamous “Texas Killing Fields.”. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. The investigation led authorities to seek grand jury indictments against Hedrick for the deaths of Cook, Fye-Villareal, Miller and Prudhomme, along with additional indictments against Elmore for alleged offenses stemming from the deaths of Miller and Cook.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Although Hedrick died before the charges could be presented to a grand jury, the indictment was still shown to maintain transparency and provide closure for the victims’ families.. SEND US A TIP HERE. Shortly after, Elmore was indicted for his alleged role in the deaths of both Miller and Cook, FOX 26 reported.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. Elmore was subsequently taken into custody and later denied bond Tuesday evening.. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? FIND  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Hawaii jury heard testimony that a son watched his father appear on FaceTime with blood on his shirt and admit he had just tried to kill his wife before saying he planned to jump off a cliff ahead of police.. Prosecutors are relying heavily on that account from Emile Konig as they build their case against Gerhardt Konig, a doctor who is accused of attacking his wife, Arielle Konig, near the Pali Puka Trail on Oahu in March 2025.. Emile, who was living with the couple and his younger siblings in Kahului, Maui, said the call came shortly after the alleged attack.. “He would not be making it back to Maui and to take care of the younger kids and that Ari, my stepmom, had been cheating on him and that he tried to kill her,” Emile testified, recounting what his father told him, according to Hawaii News Now and courtroom testimony.. DOCTOR’S WIFE TESTIFIES HE BEAT HER WITH ROCK, TRIED TO FORCE HER TOWARD CLIFF EDGE DURING HIKE. Jurors heard the first call came at 10:42 a.m., when Konig allegedly told his son he was not coming home and needed him to step in for the family. He also claimed Arielle had been unfaithful and said he had just tried to kill her.. About an hour later, Emile testified, his father called again on FaceTime, where he appeared with blood on his shirt.. Emile told the court he saw blood on his father’s shirt.. During the call, Konig again spoke about the alleged affair and the attack, and then described what he planned to do next.. “During that call, the next plan that he said was to jump off the cliff,” Emile testified. “I told him not to.”. HAWAII DOCTOR’S EX-BOSS SAYS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS HAVE MEANS TO KILL AS WIFE TESTIFIES ABOUT SYRINGE ATTACK. Prosecutors say Konig ended the call with a stark warning: “I’m going to go before the police catch me.”. Emile also testified his father never claimed self-defense during either call, a key point as the defense has argued Arielle was the initial aggressor.. During cross-examination, defense attorney Thomas Otake pressed Emile on specifics of the FaceTime call.. Emile confirmed he saw blood on his father’s shirt and that Konig said it belonged to Arielle. He also testified that his father told him the blood came from her head and that Arielle had been cheating on him for “a couple months.”. JURORS SHOWN BODYCAM OF DOCTOR’S BLOODY WIFE, ROCK HE ALLEGEDLY USED TO BASH HER IN CLIFFSIDE ATTACK. Otake also asked whether everything had seemed normal earlier that morning.. “Yes,” Emile said.. In the courtroom, Konig reportedly showed no visible emotion as his son testified. Emile’s grandparents also watched quietly from the gallery, Hawaii News Now reported.. Earlier in the trial, Honolulu Police Department digital forensics examiner Det. Thomas Iinuma detailed what prosecutors describe as a troubling digital trail in the months leading up to the incident.. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. Investigators recovered data from Konig’s la