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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Child Homicides Show A Sharply Rising Trend Since the Pandemic
The number of children killed as the pandemic spread across the U.S. in 2020 rose steeply, as did the number inured by firearms,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20221 min read
About 1/3 of Female Homicide Victims Killed By Intimate Partner
Of the nearly 5,000 female victims of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter last year, some 34 percent were killed by an intimate partner....
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20222 min read
TX FedEx Driver Strangled Girl Who Threatened To Report Him
The Texas FedEx driver charged in the murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand admitted to killing her to prevent her from reporting he had hit...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Ex-Border Patrol Agent Convicted of Murder In Killings Of Four Women
A former Border Patrol agent was convicted of capital murder after confessing to killing four sex workers in 2018, according to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Jury Finds Wagner Family Member Guilty in 2016 Multiple Murder Case
A jury returned a guilty verdict Wednesday in the first trial stemming from the 2016 execution-style killings of eight members of a...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 29, 20221 min read
Ex-VA Trooper Killed California Family, Dies In Shootout
The suspect in a Southern California triple homicide was a former Virginia law enforcement officer who investigators believe drove across...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Still No Arrests Made in Idaho Campus Stabbings
Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept in a house near campus are asking for...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 18, 20222 min read
New Count Shows Transgender Homicides Doubled 2019-21
Homicides of transgender victims doubled between 2019 and 2021, corresponding with a spike in anti-transgender legislation and political...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20222 min read
Pandemic-Era Stress Prompts Rise In Child Killings By Fathers
In the past three months, four young children have been killed in and around Toledo. In each case, a father figure was arrested and...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Jury Convicts Man Who Killed Six in Wisconsin Christmas Parade
A Wisconsin jury convicted Darrell Brooks of of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide for driving his SUV into a crowd of...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20221 min read
Iowa Probes Woman’s Claim That Her Father Was Prolific Serial Killer
Sheriff's deputies and state officials are investigating an Iowa woman's claim that her late father was a prolific serial killers....
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Man Convicted of 1996 Killing of Kristen Smart, With No Remains
The case of Kristen Smart, who went missing from a California campus more than 25 years ago, has finally resulted in the conviction of...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Capital Murder Conviction In Killing of Houston Sikh Sheriff's Deputy
Three years after an observant Sikh and sheriff’s deputy in Texas who had received national attention was fatally shot during a traffic...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 17, 20221 min read
Man Arrested In California Killings That Left Six Dead, One Wounded
Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested in a series of shootings that left six people dead and one wounded in Stockton, Ca., USA Today reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Man Arrested For Killing California Family Committed Similar Crime
The man suspected of abducting and killing a Merced County, Ca., family previously served time in prison for another similar crime. Jesus...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Adnan Syed
Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga rose because of the hit true crime podcast,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Milwaukee Parade Killing Defendant Apologizes For Courtroom Behavior
The man police say drove an SUV into a Wisconsin Christmas parade crowd last year, killing six, tried to set a humbled and conciliatory...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Mental Health Check Due For Accused Las Vegas Stabber
A man accused of committing a stabbing on the Las Vegas Strip will have his mental health evaluated to determine if he is competent to...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 6, 20221 min read
Purdue Student Arrested For Killing Roommate In 'Senseless' Crime
A Purdue University student was arrested on a murder charge and accused of killing his roommate overnight in a residence hall on the...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Seven Shootings Linked To Possible Serial Killer in California
Police in Stockton, Ca., linked seven shootings — six fatal — to a possible serial killer who remains at large. Officials confirmed that...
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