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Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. Complete Story...
Authorities have arrested a fugitive wanted in three San Francisco Bay area slayings after his case was featured on "America's Most Wanted."
Almost six years after a wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in Southern California, prosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge a prison inmate with arson and murder in connection with the 2003 blaze.
Steve Nunn said nothing in court. His glum, unshaven face spoke volumes.
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A former Marine who served in Iraq has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a California man to collect money owed for a drug debt.
Police say a woman fatally shot her disabled daughter before taking her own life at an Oakland nursing home.
A judge ruled Monday that an autistic teenager is not competent to stand trial in the fatal beating of his doting mother and should remain in the treatment facility where he has been living for several months.
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The California attorney general's office says it won't appeal a judge's decision to throw out the conviction of a man who spent 26 years in prison after his mother was murdered.
A 12-year-old Detroit boy accused of shooting a 24-year-old woman to death during a street robbery could face an adult murder sentence of life in prison without parole if he's convicted, authorities said Wednesday.
A 22-year-old former U.S. Marine has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of a Long Beach man in a drug deal dispute.
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A federal judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a Los Angeles man serving a life sentence for his mother's death, saying the man was convicted on false evidence and that his attorney failed to adequately represent him at trial.
Court documents claim a man charged in the murder of an Oakland journalist was also involved in the killing of his own brother.
A South Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly hiring an undercover police officer to kill her husband of six months, authorities said.
A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former Orange County woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband because she thought his cancer treatments would eat up their savings.
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A 43-year-old mother stabbed her 4-year-old son to death Saturday with a kitchen knife before fatally slitting her own wrists, police said.
A Dutch Caribbean court rejected an attempt to block extradition of a U.S. man accused of killing two Georgia college athletes, but his attorney says he is fighting the decision.
Closing arguments are under way in the trial of a former Orange County woman accused of arranging her husband's murder because she was afraid his cancer treatment would eat up their retirement savings.
Gang accused of killing to sell human fatPeruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat.
Arrests made in ring that sold human fat, Peru saysPeruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling fat obtained from dead humans.
British Poker Champ Arrested for 1997 Slaying of Wife in ColoradoMarcus Bebb-Jones was arrested in England on Wednesday for the killing of his wife 12 years ago. Sabrina Bebb-Jones was reported missing by employees of the hotel she owned, the Hotel Melrose in Grand Junction.
Man Freed After Killing Wife in SleepI did an entire college paper on automatism in the 80s. It was considered a fairly legitimate, if not radical defense, even then.
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Arlington man arrested on suspicion of killing burglarA 25-year-old man discovered shot to death in a field Wednesday is believed to be the same man who burglarized a home in the area on Monday, police said.
Gang 'killed victims to extract their fat'Peruvian police have arrested a gang which allegedly killed scores of peasants, drained their bodies of fat and sold the liquid abroad as an anti-wrinkle cosmetic.
Peruvian gang 'killed victims for their fat'The prosecutor's indictment said the gang allegedly targeted farmers and indigenous people on remote Andean roads, tricking them by offering them jobs before killing them.
Fort Hood Senate hearings risk politicizing Hasan investigationBut the real powder keg lies in Lieberman's likely inquiry into whether some of Hasan's colleagues and supervisors ignored his radicalism – and why.
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Suspect charged with murder in slaying of gay teen in Puerto RicoThe suspect in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and four other counts, the prosecutor in the case told CNN.
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Somali Woman Stoned to Death After Being Convicted of Adultery - Bloomberg.comNov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- A Somali woman was stoned to death after being found guilty of adultery in breach of Islamic law.
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DNA advances could implicate more in Leigh rape caseTwenty years after the brutal rape and murder of a Newcastle schoolgirl, there are claims more advanced DNA technology could have changed the outcome of the case.
Health Care Bill Will Stall if White House Strips Abortion RestrictionsThe author of a controversial amendment restricting federal funding for abortion coverage on Tuesday predicted that health care reform legislation would stall if the White House tries to step in and strip it out.
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