Detectives learned that Majors and Seibeck had accused Ferris and Schallert of stealing from them and kicked them out on October 18. They then stayed with a friend, who told police the couple left in ...

2008: Michael Schallert and Afton Ferris, then 18 and homeless, meet and begin dating. 2009: Ferris and Schallert move in with Kandis and Terri, as Schallert has been friends with Terri for years.

BENTON, IL (KFVS) - A jury has found a 21-year-old woman guilty in the 2009 double murder of two women in West Frankfort. The jury found Afton Ferris guilty on six counts including murder, home ...

Sentencing was today for Afton Ferris at a Franklin County Court House. A judge handed down 2 life sentences to run concurrently and 3 – 25 year sentences with an additional 75 years tacked on ...

BENTON - The murder trial of Afton Ferris is scheduled to begin in a Franklin County courtroom in late June. Franklin County State's Attorney Evan Owens said certificates of readiness were signed ...

When a couple, Afton Ferris, then 19, and her boyfriend Michael Schallert, then 29, didn’t have a roof over their heads, Majors and Seibeck welcomed the duo into their residence. When the hosts became ...

BENTON - Uncomfortably hot conditions inside the jury room forced an early end to the day's deliberations in a Franklin County double homicide trial Tuesday. The jury in the trial of Afton Ferris ...

Dinn says he will ask for the death penalty for 19-year-old Afton Ferris in the October shooting deaths of 32-year-old Terri Seibeck and 28-year-old Kandis Majors.

Ferris is charged along with her 30-year-old former boyfriend, Michael Schallert, in the 2009 killings of Kandis Majors and Terri Seibeck. Witnesses have testified both victims were shot repeatedly.

WEST FRANKFORT, Ill.—Two people arrested in Colorado as suspects in the killings of two women in southern Illinois are now charged in the murders. Franklin County State’s Attorney Tom Dinn has ...

Some relationships are murder — for other people. For proof, look no further than Oxygen’s “Killer Couples,” which returns Sunday, April 17 at 6/5c with a new season of disturbing duos ...

2008: Michael Schallert and Afton Ferris, then 18 and homeless, meet and begin dating. 2009: Ferris and Schallert move in with Kandis and Terri, as Schallert has been friends with Terri for years.