Tag: Homicide
Texas inmate faces execution for killing his great aunt
HOUSTON — A Texas inmate convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt nearly 22 years ago was scheduled to die by lethal injection...
Former Tennessee officer indicted in death of missing man
<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Tennessee police officer has been indicted on charges that he kidnapped a man in a squad car while on...
Defense to remind jurors Durst says he didn’t kill friend
LOS ANGELES — Robert Durst's sloppy mix of truth and lies over the years will prove to be the multimillionaire's downfall, a prosecutor said...
Family angry at UK govt review of report on unsolved slaying
LONDON — The family of a private investigator murdered in London more than 30 years ago — an unsolved crime blighted by police corruption...
Prosecutor says video, DNA will be key at Iowa slaying trial
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Video evidence, DNA analysis and a partial confession will be critical to proving a farm laborer stabbed a University of...
After 7 years, South Carolina man found not guilty of murder
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who spent nearly seven years awaiting trial for murder in South Carolina has been exonerated after testifying in his...
Convictions in baby’s death tossed; couple freed from prison
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Ashley and Albert Debelbot were sitting in the same courtroom where, more than a decade earlier, they were convicted of murdering...
2 charged in November death of 15-month-old Wisconsin boy
MERRILL, Wis. — Two people are facing charges in the death of a 15-month-old Wisconsin boy, six months after an autopsy showed he had...
Illinois prison term loomed for suspect in Iowa girl’s death
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa parolee tentatively agreed to serve a lengthy prison term on Illinois drug charges days before he allegedly killed...
Former Tennessee officer indicted in death of missing man
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Tennessee police officer has been indicted on charges that he kidnapped a man in a squad car while on...