Elizabeth Bjorlow's son pleaded guilty in his mother's death on Monday, just over two years after Bjorlow was found stabbed to death in her burning home, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said. A federal jury found Jerry Boylan, 70, of Santa Barbara, guilty of seaman's manslaughter in November 2023 in connection with the deadly boat fire. Boylan was the captain of the Conception, a 75-foot boat that caught fire while it was docked at Platt's Harbor near Santa Cruz Island during a scuba diving excursion in the early morning hours on Sept. 2, 2019, while passengers and crew members were sleeping.
A man received the maximum sentence Friday for killing Jefferson County Sheriff's K-9 Graffit and other crimes from the incident that happened last year.