More than six years after he went to jail for the murder of Jennifer Cave, a former University of Texas student and Carroll High School graduate, Colton Pitonyak's lawyers dropped a bombshell this ...

AUSTIN -- Federal judges are deciding whether to grant a convicted killer a new trial. Colton Pitonyak's lawyers went before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday morning. The appeals hearing was ...

Should Travis County prosecutors have turned over to defense lawyers for Colton Pitonyak, convicted in 2007 of the gruesome murder of Jennifer Cave, evidence that another person claimed responsibility ...

On Monday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Colton Pitonyak, convicted in 2007 of the murder of Jennifer Cave, should have the opportunity to argue that the state impermissibly ...

AUSTIN -- The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Colton Pitonyak's request for a new trial on Wednesday. Pitonyak is serving a 55-year sentence for the 2005 murder of Jennifer Cave inside his ...

A man who is serving 55 years in prison for killing and dismembering an acquaintance in 2005 after a night of partying is requesting a new trial after obtaining new information contradicting the state ...

The state’s highest criminal court on Wednesday dismissed without comment the latest appeal from Colton Pitonyak, who is serving 55 years in prison for killing and dismembering an acquaintance, ...

Pitonyak asked if he had any blood on him, and Sullivan for the first time noticed a small smear of what appeared to be blood on Pitonyak’s forearm. However, Sullivan testified that she thought ...