Homicide

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Tennessee Man Found With Missing Ohio Teen Linked to Another Case Involving Texas Girl

FBI confirms Negron in custody as authorities review digital evidence; charges pending in Florida case.

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First-Degree Murder Charges Filed Against 11-Year-Old Boy Who Killed 5-Year-Old Brother

Colorado prosecutors charge child in homicide of younger sibling; case proceeds through juvenile court system.

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Babysitter Charged With Raping 6-Month-Old Girl While Parents Worked, Prosecutors Say

Washington prosecutors charge 25-year-old with first-degree rape of child after FBI task force arrest linked to explicit images.

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Masked Gunman Kills Loyola Chicago College Student in Shooting Near Campus; Police Hunt for Suspect

One person dead and another hospitalized after gunfire erupted in the Hyde Park neighborhood just off the Loyola University Chicago campus.

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Security Footage Shows University of Alabama Student James Gracey Falling Into Water Near Barcelona Beach

Spanish police say 20-year-old American student died in accidental drowning after vanishing during spring break trip.

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California Aunt, Boyfriend Charged With 27 Counts of Torture After Allegedly Dragging 11-Year-Old on Dog Leash

Stanislaus County prosecutors charge woman and her boyfriend with torture, child endangerment, and assault in case involving strangulation, forcing child to sleep in uninsulated garage

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Arrest Made in Death of Iowa Real Estate Agent Killed During Open House in 2011

Authorities announce breakthrough in cold case investigation, suspect facing charges in connection with homicide.

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Oregon Father Reports Infant Son Missing, Then Confesses to Strangling Him and Dumping Body in River

Jared Stoller, 27, called police claiming his 11-month-old was abducted from a Sutherlin motel room before admitting he killed the child days earlier.

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Denise Amber Lee Was Murdered Despite Pleading With 911. Inside the Case.

The 2008 Florida abduction and murder of Denise Amber Lee became a landmark case in 911 protocol reforms after her desperate emergency call went unheeded.

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Sexually Violent Predator Charged With Rapes, Murders of Two Everett Women

Prosecutors file charges in decades-old cold case involving two women found dead in Snohomish County.

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Suspect Confesses to Pastor's Murder, Demands Execution in Bizarre Case

Adam Sheafe, 52, allegedly admits to killing Pastor William Schonemann and tells court he wants the death penalty to prove he cannot be killed.

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Woman, Child Dead in Suburban Minneapolis Shooting; Suspect in Custody

Anoka County Sheriff's Office investigates double homicide at Lexington home; suspect apprehended after K-9 search

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New Hampshire Father Charged With 8 Counts of Assault After Investigators Find 30 Fractures in 3-Month-Old Son

Drew Babcock allegedly caused multiple bone breaks over two-month period, told investigators baby was colicky and he lost control.

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Starving Child Found Locked in Missouri Shed Near Buried Skeleton; Couple Arrested

Texas County deputies discovered three children living in squalor while investigating missing person case, leading to arrest of Chaun and Tamala Asbury.

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University of Alabama Student Vanishes During Spring Break Trip to Barcelona

James 'Jimmy' Gracey, 20, reported missing after night out at Port Olímpic nightclub; Catalan police launch investigation

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Florida Executes Convict in 2008 Rape, Killing of Woman Whose Final Call Sparked 911 Reforms

The execution marks the culmination of a case that prompted changes to emergency response protocols.

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Two Girls Escape Suspected Kidnapper on Los Angeles Cul-de-Sac After Man Allegedly Offered Money, Alcohol, Drugs for Sex

The 12-year-old and 16-year-old victims jumped from the moving vehicle in North Hills neighborhood, escaping their abductor Sunday evening.

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Gunman Killed, Employee Hospitalized After Shooting at Georgia VA Clinic, Police Say

Authorities respond to violent incident at Veterans Affairs facility; investigation ongoing into circumstances surrounding the shooting.

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Indiana Man Cracks Mother's Skull With Cast Iron Skillet, Stabs Father to Death During Attack

Jason Whitaker allegedly attacked his parents after a dispute over the furnace; father killed, mother hospitalized with skull fracture and stab wounds.

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Texas Man Rams Truck Into Home, Kills Wife and Mother-in-Law in Conroe

Stanley Earl Hardin allegedly shot and killed his wife Tara Hardin and her mother Floris Wolford before fleeing the scene, authorities said.

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14-Year-Old Wyoming Boy Charged as Adult in Fatal Shooting of Mother Over Stolen Tablet

Havoc Leone allegedly shot Theresa McIntosh, 41, in the back of the head during an argument over a tablet he stole from a client of her house cleaning business.

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Alleged Latin American Drug Lord Sebastian Marset Arrives in US After Years on the Run

Uruguayan narco trafficker facing money laundering conspiracy charges makes first appearance in federal court in Virginia.

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Cold-Case Murder of 14-Year-Old Rachel Hurley Marks 36th Year

Palm Beach investigators continue pursuing justice for the teenage girl found dead in 1990, one of the county's most haunting unsolved cases.

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Comedy Club Owner Allegedly Kills Ex-Wife's Elderly Father Before Being Found Dead in Alaska Woods

Mathew Thomas Becker, 61, allegedly shot and killed his ex-wife's 87-year-old father before dying in the wilderness near Anchorage.