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5
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4
CONCLUDED TRIALS
1
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Newport News, Virginia
🔴 Active
VA v. Ebony Parker
Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, is charged with eight felony child neglect counts after a 6-year-old student brought a handgun to school and shot first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner on January 6, 2023. Prosecutors allege Parker ignored multiple warnings that the child may have had a gun. Parker has pleaded not guilty. Her defense argues the shooting was not legally foreseeable and that her actions did not amount to criminal neglect. Parker’s criminal trial began on May 18, 2026. A separate civil case ended in November 2025 with a $10 million jury award to Zwerner against Parker.
why this case matters
The case tests whether a school administrator can face criminal liability for allegedly failing to respond to warnings before a school shooting. It is especially notable because the shooter was 6 years old and because Parker had already been found liable in a separate civil case.
Tampa, Florida
🔴 Active
FL v. Defendants in Julio Foolio Murder Trial
Florida v. Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Rashad Murphy, and Davion Murphy centers on the June 23, 2024 killing of Jacksonville rapper Charles Jones, known as Julio Foolio, outside a Tampa hotel. Prosecutors say the shooting was a targeted ambush tied to a Jacksonville gang feud and allege the defendants traveled from Jacksonville to Tampa to carry it out. Three men are accused of acting as shooters, while the state says Chance helped coordinate the attack.
The case arrives at trial after a separate prosecution of co-defendant Alicia Andrews, who was convicted of manslaughter in 2025. The four remaining defendants are being tried together after the court rejected efforts to split the case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, making jury selection and the structure of the joint trial major issues from the outset.
why this case matters
The trial combines several high-profile elements at once: the killing of a well-known Jacksonville rapper, a prosecution built around gang-rivalry allegations, a separate co-defendant trial that already produced a manslaughter conviction, and a four-defendant capital case that will test whether one jury can sort through a complicated conspiracy theory and individualized evidence.
Provo, Utah
🟡 Awaiting Sentencing
UT v. Tracey Grist
Tracey Grist is on trial in Utah accused of helping plan the killing of her son-in-law, Matthew Restelli, who was shot inside her American Fork home after driving from California to pick up his estranged wife and children. Prosecutors say Grist, her daughter Kathryn Restelli, and her son Kevin Ellis worked together to lure Matthew to the house, kill him, and make it look like Ellis acted in self-defense. Investigators say a knife was planted in Matthew’s hand after he was shot seven times.
Why This Case Matters
This trial is the final major proceeding in a family homicide case that prosecutors say involved a mother, daughter, and son working together to kill a husband and father, then disguise the killing as lawful self-defense. It also follows two major outcomes already in the same case: Kathryn Restelli’s guilty plea and Kevin Ellis’s murder conviction.
Honolulu, Hawaii
🟡 Awaiting Sentencing
HI v. Gerhardt Konig
Follow the full case in one place with the background, key people, alleged motive, timeline, and daily trial updates from the Hawaii attempted murder trial involving an alleged hiking attack in Honolulu.
Why This Case Matters
This case has drawn attention because of the dramatic allegations, the remote trail setting, the marital motive theory, and the day-by-day dispute over how the physical evidence should be interpreted.
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Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Concluded
TX v. Tanner Lynn Horner
Tanner Lynn Horner is the former delivery driver charged in the 2022 kidnapping and killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand in Wise County, Texas. Prosecutors say Horner abducted Athena after delivering a package to her family’s home in Paradise and then killed her. On April 7, 2026, as trial began in Fort Worth, Horner pleaded guilty to capital murder and aggravated kidnapping. Jurors had to decide whether he should be sentenced to death or to life without parole. He was ultimately sentenced to death.
Why This Case Matters
This is one of the most closely watched child-murder cases in Texas in recent years because of the age of the victim, the fact that the accused was a delivery driver who had just arrived at the family home, and the deep public impact the case had across North Texas.