Tag: homicide

Girl brings note to school, leading Las Vegas police to brother’s body in freezer
By David K. Li | NBC News
A Las Vegas mother sent her daughter to school with a note, begging to be rescued from an abusive boyfriend, which led poli ...

Pardoned Kentucky killer sentenced to 42 years in prison
By Dylan Lovan | Associated Press
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A man pardoned by Kentucky’s former governor for a 2014 drug robbery killing will return to pris ...

Missouri man to be sentenced for killing wife he buried
By Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who admitted to burying his wife’s body and misleading authorities for more than a year about ...

Police: No evidence that man killed by girlfriend’s father was involved in sex trafficking; suspect high on meth
By Emma Epperly | The Spokesman-Review
Investigators say they have no “independent and verifiable facts” that a 20-year-old man found dead in a car t ...

‘Guilty’: Jury finds all 3 men guilty of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery
By Bill Hutchinson | ABC News
A Georgia jury has convicted three white men of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
Travis McMichael, who fatally ...

Man who killed wife, 3 children sentenced to life in prison
By SFGate
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man who confessed to killing his wife and three children was sentenced Wednesday to life in ...

Pinole woman killed in Oakland shooting
By Lauren Hernandez | The San Francisco Chronicle
A Pinole woman was fatally shot in Oakland late Thursday night, authorities said Friday.
Police ...

Accused killer Matthew Mire booked into Ascension, Livingston jails on charges tied to multi-parish crime spree
By WBRZ Staff
GONZALES - Matthew Mire, accused of killing two people, was booked into jails in both Ascension and Livingston parishes Tuesday.
The ...

Man charged with murder in killing of officer on 1st shift
By Associated Press
ALAMO, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of gunning down a Georgia police officer during his first shift with the department ambushed him ...

Serial killer lured by fake social account gets 160 years
By David Porter | Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women five years ago was sentence ...

3rd victim dies after angry co-worker’s rampage
By The Associated Press
DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said Sunday a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electrician ...

Coroner IDs remains, says Gabby Petito was homicide victim
By Curt Anderson | Associated Press
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Gabby Petito was killed by another person, a coroner concluded while also confirming that ...

Suspect in killing of 4 in Wisconsin arrested in Arizona
By Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of two men suspected in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in an abandoned SUV in ...

15-year-old girl charged with murder in the death of runner
By Associated Press
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) — A 15-year-old SeaTac girl, who was driving a relative’s Toyota Camry without permission early on July ...

2 newlywed women found shot to death at their Utah campsite
Photo: Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner | Credit: Bridget Calvert via NBC News
By David K. Li | NBC News
Two newlywed women were found fatally shot ...

Navy vet convicted in gruesome killing of 4 in North Dakota
By Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A jury found a chiropractor and Navy veteran guilty Friday in the gruesome killings of four people at a Nor ...

DA: Landlord in tenant shooting handled eviction ‘his way’
By Ken Ritter | Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A homeowner accused of shooting three tenants, killing two of them, after an argument over unpaid r ...

Police: Arrest in slaying of 3 men found at a golf course
By Associated Press
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday afternoon arrested a man in the killing of three men found shot to death on the golf ...

Wyoming man accused of torching toddler has bail set at $1M
By Mead Gruver | Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming man accused of burning a toddler with a butane torch, killing him and disposing of ...

DNA, forensic genealogy close 65-year-old double homicide
By Associated Press
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Mont ...