Tag: Homicide
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began...
Detectives: DNA solves 1985 slaying, rape of dementia victim
<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A DNA test has led to the arrest of a suspect in the April 1985 slaying, rape and kidnapping of...
Detectives: DNA solves 1985 slaying, rape of dementia victim
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A DNA test has led to the arrest of a suspect in the April 1985 slaying, rape and kidnapping of...
Coroner says buried Amish teen had been strangled, stabbed
<p>LANCASTER, Pa. — A young Amish woman whose remains were found this week, 10 months after her disappearance, was strangled and stabbed in the...
COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial
Attorneys for a St. Louis man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, her mom and his baby boy are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to...
COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial
<p>Attorneys for a St. Louis man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, her mom and his baby boy are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to...
EXPLAINER: Can Chauvin get his convictions tossed on appeal?
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The unique circumstances surrounding Derek Chauvin's trial in George Floyd's death could offer the former Minneapolis police officer some shot at winning...
Prosecutor: Man knew toddler was in car when he opened fire
<p>CHICAGO — A 25-year-old Chicago man charged with attempted murder in a road-rage shooting that left a toddler with a critical head injury opened...
Court record: Chauvin to be sentenced June 16 in Floyd death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-04-20-2021-955a78df9a7a51835ad63afb8ce9b5c1">convicted of murder and manslaughter</a> in the death of George Floyd, will be sentenced...
Man pleads guilty to ‘executing’ California deputy
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...