Tag: Homicide
Missouri governor: Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for Kevin Strickland is not a “priority,” even though prosecutors...
Suit: Indiana cop was speeding before pregnant woman killed
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant...
Bail on hold for Virginia Tech player charged with murder
BLACKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia Tech freshman linebacker charged with second-degree murder fatally beat his victim after discovering that the person, whom he met...
Autopsy: Texas boy’s cause of death ruled a homicide
HOUSTON — A 5-year-old Houston boy whose body authorities say was kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas...
British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman
LONDON — A British police officer has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London...
Crews work again to reopen George Floyd Square to traffic
MINNEAPOLIS — City crews returned early Tuesday to a Minneapolis intersection where a memorial to George Floyd was assembled after his death last year...
Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife seeks relief from guilty plea
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A judge reset a hearing on Tuesday to address a request by the ex-wife of slain NBA player Lorenzen Wright to...
Man formally charged in killings of Indiana woman, 3 kids
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A man accused of killing a woman and her three young children in a northeastern Indiana home was formally charged...
Mother and her son from prominent SC legal family found dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were killed on their family's land, and authorities said they...
Woman sentenced for false 911 calls sparking fatal drug raid
HOUSTON — A woman was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and four months in federal prison for making false 911 calls that ultimately...