Drew Peterson made an appearance in an Illinois courtroom Friday for the first time in almost two years. Friday's hearing was the first step toward a trial in the case that has taken since Peterson's attorneys appealed the admissibility of hearsay statements made by his dead ex-wife. Peterson's attorneys eventually lost that appeal.

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A 41-year-old teacher who sparked outrage earlier this year when he left his wife and three children to live with an 18-year-old former student has been arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of another student in 1998, and Nancy Grace is concerned there may be more victims out there.

Human remains found near a small Texas airport Tuesday could be those of a Colorado City teen who has been missing for more than a year. 13-year-old Hailey Dunn was reported missing on Dec. 28, 2010. She had last been seen at home the day before by her mother's boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, who police have labeled a person of interest in her disappearance.

The father of a missing Detroit toddler has been charged with her murder after prosecutors called his claim that she was abducted by carjackers "totally inconsistent with the facts." Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Wednesday that D'Andre Lane is charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse in the Dec.

Brooke Baldwin talks to a sheriff's department spokeperson about the death of nine-year-old Savannah Hardin in Alabama. The girl's stepmother and grandmother are charged with murder in the case. Allegedly, the pair made Savannah run around the house for hours as punishment for lying about eating a candybar.