Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann is facing more charges. A TikTok influencer charged with murder finds out if his performance on the stand was convincing. NBC San Diego's Dana Williams tells us the courtroom erupted after the verdict was read. And just up the 5 in Orange County, a legal strategy is being tested in the case of Sam Woodward, charged with a hate crime in the killing of his high school classmate, Blaze Bernstein. The state says Sam killed Blaze for being gay. Defense says it's complicated. Reporter Louis Keene brings us his observations from the trial, now in its third month.

For more of Louis Keene's reporting, read his work at The Forward.

WNBC is following Rex Heuermann's case.

Listen to Dateline's episode called "The Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer."

The LA Innocence Project has taken on Peterson's case, arguing in a filing he may be innocent of the 2004 murders of his wife and unborn son. Dateline producer Susan Leibowitz breaks down their arguments to run new DNA tests on old evidence. In Jacksonville, prosecutors lay out their case against Shanna Gardner, accused of plotting to kill her ex. And KHQ Anchor Hayley Guenthner reports back from a sentencing in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where a judge called a former state trooper a "remorseless killer."

More reporting by KHQ's Hayley Guenthner