The trial of Anissa Weier, accused of attempted first degree murder, for stabbing a friend 19 times in order to please a fictional, online character known the "Slenderman" is scheduled to begin today. Co-defendant Morgan Geyser's trial is scheduled for October 2 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Both girls were 12 when they stabbed Payton Leutner. Leutner has recovered from her injuries. The defendants are being tried as adults.

Hubers is accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend Ryan Poston on Oct. 12, 2012 in Kentucky. She was convicted in 2015 but given a new trial when it was learned that one of the jurors was a felon. The retrial is originally set for today but is now rescheduled for January 2018.

A tentative date has been set for Charles "Chase' Merritt who is accused of murdering the McStay family of four in February 2010. He faces 4 counts of capital murder. The bodies were found in shallow graves in San Bernardino County in November 2013. Merritt had a business relationship with Joseph McStay.