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Sample issue · Week of October 20, 2026
This week's issue, in full
This is the first issue, as subscribers receive it. All lines checked Oct 20, 2026.
United States v. Matthew Farwell (D. Mass.)
ON TRIAL · NOT CONVICTED
- Oct 19: As the trial entered its second week, an FBI special agent testified on cross-examination that a paternity test identified another man, not Farwell, as the father of Sandra Birchmore's unborn child. The Boston Globe, Oct 19, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
- Oct 19: Jurors heard testimony about her phone's data from the night of her death and about searches made on Farwell's phone afterward. NBC Boston, Oct 19, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
- Status: Farwell has pleaded not guilty; his defense says she took her own life. No verdict has been reached. The Boston Globe, Oct 19, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
State of South Carolina v. Richard A. Murdaugh
RETRIAL PENDING
- Oct 16: Judge Debra McCaslin allowed the defense to test the remaining DNA samples from swabs of Maggie Murdaugh's phone and from under her fingernails, without sharing the results with the State. WTOC, Oct 16, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
- Oct 16: She denied a defense request for ballistics reports from unrelated 2021 shootings and said the April trial date stands. WTOC, Oct 16, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
State of Idaho v. Bryan C. Kohberger
CONVICTED · POST-CONVICTION PETITION PENDING
- Oct 14: Three upcoming hearings in his post-conviction case were vacated, including an Oct 15 hearing on a motion to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler. His guilty pleas and sentences stand; the claims in his petition are allegations, not findings. Fox News, Oct 14, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
State of Utah v. Tyler J. Robinson
CHARGED · NOT CONVICTED · PRESUMED INNOCENT
- Oct 21–23: Judge Tony Graf ordered both sides to file trial-scheduling memos by Oct 21, ahead of an Oct 23 hearing where trial dates may be set. Robinson has pleaded not guilty to all seven counts. KSL, Oct 5, 2026 · Daily Herald, Oct 6, 2026 · checked Oct 20, 2026
- Oct 12: The defense filed an objection to cameras and other electronic media coverage at the Oct 23 hearing. Defense filing, Case No. 251403576 (copy published by Fox News) · checked Oct 20, 2026
Watch next: Robinson scheduling memos due Oct 21 and hearing Oct 23 · Farwell testimony continues · Murdaugh's last Lexington County hearing next month · Kohberger's amended scheduling order.
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