Tag: Homicide
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
U.S. man’s defense: fear played role in Italian’s slaying
<p>ROME — A defense lawyer for a young American on trial for the slaying of an Italian police officer contended in court on Friday...
Parents sue father accused of hiding Kristin Smart’s body
LOS ANGLES — The parents of missing California college student Kristin Smart on Thursday sued the father of the man charged with killing their...
Federal officers seek to block shooting trial in state court
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether Virginia prosecutors can bring manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police...
Court proceedings in killing of Indiana girl, 6, remain open
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Court proceedings involving a 14-year-old boy charged in the asphyxiation death of a 6-year-old northern Indiana girl will remain open...
Ex-officer who killed Rayshard Brooks wants his job back
<p>ATLANTA — A former Atlanta police officer’s attorney said Thursday that his client didn't get a chance to defend himself before he was fired...
Ex-officer in ‘Fatal Vision’ murders appeals release denial
RALEIGH, N.C. — A former Army doctor serving life in prison for the “Fatal Vision” slayings of his wife and two young daughters in...
Man pleads guilty to ‘executing’ California deputy
<p>LOS ANGELES — A man who killed a Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant in what prosecutors called an execution-style attack five years ago pleaded...
Coroner says buried Amish teen had been strangled, stabbed
LANCASTER, Pa. — A young Amish woman whose remains were found this week, 10 months after her disappearance, was strangled and stabbed in the...
Parents sue father accused of hiding Kristin Smart’s body
<p>LOS ANGLES — The parents of missing California college student Kristin Smart on Thursday sued the father of the man charged with killing their...