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D.C. Homicides Surge Past 200, First Time Since 1997
For the first time in a quarter-century, the year’s homicide toll in Washington has surpassed 200 before October — a mark of surging...
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Sep 27, 20232 min read
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Video Depicts Hit-and-Run Killing Of Ex-Police Chief An 'Intentional Act'
The hit-and-run death of a retired police chief is being investigated by Las Vegas police as a homicide after a disturbing video...
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Sep 19, 20232 min read
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‘Doomsday Cult Mom’ Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole
Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for the murders of her two youngest children...
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Aug 1, 20231 min read
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Store Owner Charged With Murder Requests Stop of Search Warrants
After police say he chased and shot a Black 14-year-old and falsely accused him of stealing water, a South Carolina store owner is facing...
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Jul 27, 20232 min read
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New Analysis Shows Murder Clearance Drop Largely an 'Illusion'
The precipitous decline in murder clearance rates in recent decades is normally taken as a sign of falling police productivity and...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Leslie Van Houten Released 50 Years Since Killings
After serving 50 years of a life sentence for her involvement in two murders, Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was released...
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Jul 12, 20232 min read
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Utah Mother Jailed Pending Trial On Charges Of Poisoning Husband
Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and was accused of...
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Jun 13, 20232 min read
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Florida Woman Arrested For Killing Her Neighbor In Dispute Over Kids
A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black mother who was fatally shot last week in central...
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Jun 7, 20232 min read
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Murders Down 12% This Year In Major Cities, An 'Astonishing' Drop
New Orleans-based crime analyst Jeff Asher says he has found "strong evidence of a sharp and broad decline in the nation’s murder rate,"...
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Jun 6, 20231 min read
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S.C. Gas Station Owner Accused Of Murdering Teen Over Store Incident
A South Carolina gas station owner was charged with murdering a 14-year-old boy who he said stole from his store. The teen's killing has...
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Jun 1, 20232 min read
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Virginia Man Charged With Killing NJ Councilwoman In February
The man who authorities believe fatally shot a New Jersey councilwoman outside her home in February was arrested Tuesday in Virginia....
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May 31, 20232 min read
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Police Charge Man In Five Arizona Shootings, Four Of Them Fatal
An Arizona man has been charged with five shootings, four of them fatal. Shootings in Mesa, Ariz., left three people dead and one...
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May 30, 20231 min read
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Study: Opioid Epidemic Fueled Homicides, Not Just Overdoses
A new study finds that the epidemic of opioid abuse likely made homicide rates worse than they otherwise would have been, particularly...
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May 25, 20232 min read
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Idaho Grand Jury Indicts Suspect In Student Fatal Stabbing Case
An Idaho grand jury indicted Bryan Kohberger, the man suspected in the fatal stabbings of four college students in November, paving the...
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May 18, 20231 min read
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Idaho Mother Convicted Of Conspiring To Kill Children, Rival
Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, culminating a three-year...
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May 14, 20232 min read
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Ex-Marine's Arraignment Due In New York Subway Chokehold Death
Daniel Penny, the New York City commuter who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the subway last week, will be arrested on...
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May 12, 20231 min read
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Army Sgt. Gets 25-Year Term For Killing Black Lives Matter Protester
Daniel Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed protester at a Black Lives Matter march in Texas was sentenced to 25 years...
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May 11, 20231 min read
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Former UC Davis Student Arrested for Stabbing Three In College Town
A former student at the University of California, Davis, was arrested Thursday on charges related to the stabbing of three people in a...
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May 5, 20232 min read
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Homicide Death Of Homeless NYC Subway Rider Sparks Protests
The death of a homeless man who was placed in a chokehold by another New York City subway train passenger as he experienced an apparent...
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May 4, 20232 min read
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Oklahoma Sex Offender Killed 6, Himself, 3 Years After Release
An Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison shot his wife, her three children and their two friends in the head and then killed...
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May 4, 20232 min read
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