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Mar. 16, 2025

5 Years After Fla. Law Professor's Murder Amid Bitter Divorce, Accused Killers Go on Trial

Photo: Florida State University College of Law The execution-style killing five years ago of popular Florida law professorDan Markelled police to point a finger at the family of his ex-wife,alleging they participated in a murder-for-hire plothatched in the wake of an acrimonious divorce. On Monday, two of the accused — although none of the ex-wife’s family members, whoinsist they’re innocentand have never been charged — are scheduled go on trial in a Tallahassee courtroom.

Mar. 16, 2025

5 Years After Georgia Wife Is Killed and Her Home Is Set on Fire, Husband Is Charged

Photo: Coffee County Sheriff’s Office Years after Edith Carole Sheffield was found dead in 2013, her husband has been arrested in her death, PEOPLE confirms. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced ina news releaseon Saturday that Timothy Larue Sheffield was arrested on Friday. He was charged with murder, aggravated assault, arson, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and was taken to Coffee County Jail.

Mar. 16, 2025

5 Years After Jordan Turpin Rescued Siblings from House of Horrors, a Look Back at Her PEOPLE Interview

This story, featuring PEOPLE’s exclusive interview with Jordan Turpin, was originally published on July 27, 2022. For the first time in her life, Jordan Turpin has her own safe haven. The courageous 21-year-old woman, whoseharrowing escape from the so-called “House of Horrors"captivated the nation four years ago, has been settling into her first apartment in Southern California over the last few months. “At first it was scary. It’s expensive, and you’re not aware of how much you’re gonna need,” Jordan — who saved herself and her 12 siblings from alifetime of parental abuse— tells PEOPLE exclusively in her first interview since leaving the foster care system.

Mar. 16, 2025

5 Years After Miss. Teen Jessica Chambers Was Burned to Death, Family Still Waits for Justice

Photo: Chambers Family Neither convicted nor cleared, the suspect, Quinton Tellis, now sits in jail awaiting trial for an unrelated murder in neighboring Louisiana. Tellis has pleaded not guilty to Hsiao’s murder, just as he and his defense attorney maintained his innocence through the two Chambers trials. But while Chambers’ family hopes that a third trial in the Chambers case may yet deliver the justice they seek, the Mississippi prosecutor, John Champion, tells PEOPLE that he’s not rushing forward.

Mar. 16, 2025

5 Years After Wash. Mom Drove Wife and Kids Off Cliff, the 'Hart Family Murders' Remain Chilling

Hart Family Crash. The Harts looked like one big happy family. But on March 26, 2018, the dark truth about the “Hart tribe” emerged when Jennifer Hart drove her family’s SUV off a 100-foot cliff in California, killing all eight members of the family. “Everyone’s hearts are broken,” family friendZippy Lomax told PEOPLEafter the tragedy in 2018. A little over five years later, the case remains one of the most shocking murder-suicides in U.