Crime

Authorities confirm an arrest has been made following the fatal hit-and-run of former child star Kianna Underwood in New York.

The convicted killer was due to be executed at 11am EDT on September 30 before legal intervention, so what does this mean?

Christa Pike was handed the death penalty in 1996 at the age of 20

Tamara Martins was found with a large amount of cannabis in her suitcase

From snubbing her final meal to waiting out a death warrant, we take a look at Christa Pike's final 24 hours before her scheduled execution

Christa Pike snubbed her last meal after both the Tennessee Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant a stay of execution

A jury convicted the former American Idol singer after less than three hours of deliberations

Lindsay Clancy returned to court on Tuesday following the mistrial

'Times have changed a lot on awareness of women's issues since I was put on trial', she claimed

Michael P. Desronvil wants to shift the focus away from himself and back onto the children

She previously called Christa Pike a 'lover of people'

The actress said she felt 'uneasy and sick and anxious'

Jeff Anthony Maiorca, 53, was arrested on September 21

The former detective explained why murder investigations often begin much closer to the victim

Aileen Wuornos was convicted of six out of seven killings and sentenced in 1992

Her attorney says she was in the grip of a mental health crisis when her son died.

Christa Pike will be executed on September 30 for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer

Christa Pike was the only one of the three to receive the death penalty following the murder of Colleen Slemmer

The court has heard that Flynn had allegedly been having an affair with a colleague

Christa Pike told her pen pal she 'couldn't stop crying'

Christa Pike's execution is scheduled for September 30

Alleigha Botner told jurors why she became suspicious after Ashley Flynn’s death

JonBenét Ramsey died on Boxing Day 1996, and her case has remained unsolved ever since

Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida in 2002