More stories on the Rachelle Waterman trial

12:54 PM AKST, February 17, 2011

Waterman Guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide in 2nd Trial

A jury convicted Rachelle Waterman of criminally negligent homicide Thursday afternoon, after a week of deliberations. Waterman was 16 years old when she was arrested in 2004 for colluding with two men to kill her mother, Lauri Waterman.

12:57 PM AKST, February 16, 2011

Waterman Juror Slowed Deliberations, Judge Says

The judge in the Rachelle Waterman murder case said a juror has been slowing down deliberations, after the jury asked to re-watch a taped police interview of Waterman Wednesday morning.

4:24 PM AKST, February 15, 2011

Waterman Jury Torn on One Count

The jury in the trial of Rachelle Waterman says they can't agree unanimously on one count and has asked the court if they can move on to other counts.

3:09 PM AKST, February 9, 2011

Jury Begins Deliberations in Waterman Trial

An Anchorage jury is now deliberating the fate of a Craig woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother in 2004.

10:54 AM AKST, February 8, 2011

Waterman Witness Denies Lying Under Oath

A witness accused of perjury in the Rachelle Waterman murder trial took the stand again Tuesday to rebut the accusation. Craig Police Chief Mark Habib, one of the investigators on the case, told the jury he had never admitted to lying and was truthful under oath.

1:22 PM AKST, February 7, 2011

Judge Denies Motion to Acquit in Waterman Case

A judge has rejected a motion to acquit Rachelle Waterman based on possible prosecutorial misconduct.

11:45 AM AKST, February 3, 2011

Waterman Murder Trial Shifts to Psychological Testimony

An expert in developmental psychology testifying in the Rachelle Waterman matricide trial Thursday said research shows teens don't anticipate consequences of bad behavior, and often fail to think in the long term.

10:40 AM AKST, February 2, 2011

Attorney says men took advantage of Waterman

Rachelle Waterman's attorney pointed to a mountain of evidence stacking up in an Anchorage courtroom and said the murder weapon, crime scene photos, and love letters only prove Jason Arrant and Brian Radel were involved in the murder of Waterman’s mother, Lauri Waterman.

4:30 PM AKST, February 1, 2011

Waterman admits to knowing about murder plot in recorded interview

Rachelle Waterman claims she knew about the plot to murder her mother, but tried to call it off.

11:58 AM AKST, January 31, 2011

Interrogation tapes from Waterman case played in court

Prosecutors say interrogation tapes played in court during Rachelle Waterman’s murder trial Monday suggest she knew about former boyfriend Jason Arrant’s plan to kill her mother, Lauri Waterman.

11:07 AM AKST, January 28, 2011

Lauri Waterman murder recounted by witnesses

On day five of the second Waterman trial, experts and police officers recounted the investigation that led them to their first suspect in the murder of Lauri Waterman, Jason Arrant.

10:40 AM AKST, January 27, 2011

Killer's audio recording describes Waterman murder

Prosecutors played an audio recording of Jason Arrant, one of the men convicted for the murder of Lauri Waterman, in court Thursday morning at the murder trial of her daughter. Rachelle Waterman is accused of conspiring to kill her mother at age 16.

9:11 AM AKST, January 26, 2011

Former boyfriend refuses to testify against Waterman

A key witness refused to testify in court Wednesday against a woman accused of plotting her mother's death.

1:52 PM AKST, January 25, 2011

Witnesses: Rachelle Waterman blamed alcohol for mother's disappearance

Witnesses at Rachelle Waterman's second murder trial say she told them after her slain mother went missing that the woman probably got drunk and crashed her vehicle somewhere.

7:32 PM AKST, January 24, 2011

Second Waterman murder trial opens

The second murder trial of a woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother got under way in Anchorage on Monday. The first trial of Craig resident Rachelle Waterman, in 2006, ended in a hung jury favoring acquittal.

6:26 PM AKST, January 19, 2011

Jury selection for Waterman trial begins in Anchorage

The jury selection process began Wednesday in the murder trial of Rachelle Waterman. So many people have heard about the case, in which Waterman is accused of plotting her mother's death at age 16, that it may be hard to find 15 untainted jurors.

6:48 PM AKST, January 13, 2011

Matricidal murder plot trial moved to Anchorage

A state court judge in Ketchikan has moved the trial of a woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother in 2004.