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In the days before Fred Alvarez was shot execution-style with two friends on his verandah, the strapping Cabazon tribal leader feared he was a marked man: His motorcycle had been tampered with, his mailbox shot up and his house ransacked.
A judge on Wednesday dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop, after prosecutors admitted they weren't ready to take the case to a jury.
California authorities believe an unsolved 1981 triple murder at the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians was a hit job orchestrated by a tribal casino director, financial adviser and others to cover up illegal activity, and state officials are seeking to have the main suspect extradited to California.
An aging hit man once used as an enforcer by mob boss John Gotti has been sentenced to life in prison for four cold-blooded killings.
More than four years after a central California man was sentenced to die for the rape and murder of his nine children, his wife and surviving descendants are speaking about what it was like living with him.
Hundreds of people gathered Friday to pay their respects at the funeral of a 45-year-old woman, the sixth fatal victim in a series of attacks against Gypsies in Hungary.
Two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 murders of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop were released from jail Wednesday while prosecutors search for a match to new DNA evidence that didn't come from either of them.
Hundreds of mourners attended Wednesday's funeral of a fifth Hungarian Gypsy shot dead in a series of killings police say may have been committed by the same group.
A Connecticut judge dropped murder charges Thursday against a New Britain man who served 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend.
A Canadian hit man whose victims included outlaw bikers, mobsters and innocent bystanders pleaded guilty Tuesday to 27 charges of first-degree murder, making him one of Canada's worst killers.
An aging hit man once used as an enforcer by mob boss John Gotti was convicted on Tuesday in the cold-blooded slayings of four people, including a security guard gunned down during an armored car heist in 1990.
The murder trial of a reputed Mafia assassin has become an embarrassment for both the family of late mob boss John Gotti and police, thanks to sensational testimony by the government's star witness.
A cold-blooded assassin pumped four bullets into the head of a man who ignored an invitation by infamous mob boss John Gotti to a social club, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
A man who served 20 years in prison for murdering his pregnant girlfriend was granted a new trial Friday and walked out of the courtroom a free man.
A victim's angry brother scuffled with courtroom security Monday as a registered sex offender appeared in court on charges that he killed three teenagers two decades ago.
James Ford Seale, the reputed Ku Klux Klan member serving three life sentences for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black Mississippi teenagers, is disputing his conviction.
About 16 students are murdered at U.S. schools each year, says a new government report that shows the number and rate of slayings has held steady and is lower than in the previous decade.
A man who spent 20 years in prison after being convicted of stabbing an eastern Illinois woman was freed Tuesday, after prosecutors decided not to retry him.
The bloodiest city in the country in 2006, reeling from crime in its struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, got even worse in 2007.
The city is on track to have fewer than 500 murders in 2007, the lowest amount in a 12-month period in more than 40 years, according to a published report Thursday.
A 19-year-old was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing two people and wounding a third during a racist, hate-fueled shooting spree through the heart of Antwerp in 2006.
A federal judge refused to dismiss charges Thursday against a reputed Ku Klux Klansman in the 1964 slayings of two black men, rejecting arguments that the statute of limitations ran out long ago.
With five dead bodies found in just 10 days, British police are describing the murders of prostitutes in the east of England as “a crime in action”.
A look at some other prominent slayings that remain unsolved:
Peru officer suspended over human fat killers 'lie'Peru's police chief has suspended a top investigator for saying he had caught a gang who were murdering people to sell their fat. Last month, top organised crime investigator Felix Murga said police had arrested four suspects who confessed to murdering up to 60 people.
Suspect in killings of four Lakewood, WA officers dies in police shootingMaurice Clemmons, aged 37, ran out of hiding places and was tracked down by the authorities.
Honour Killings In Haryana"Only whores choose their own partners.... Recently an educated couple married against the samaj's (community's) wishes in Jhajjar. We hail the panchayat's decision to execute them...The government cannot protect this atyachar (immoral behaviour)....
Charles Butler: Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid and the School Children KillingsOver the last two years on my show at WVON, I have publicly extolled the killing in our neighborhoods by individuals I call "urban terrorists," many of whom have gang affiliations, and some who do not.
Re-imposing totalitarian information control in RussiaOver the past decade, while proud KGB spy Vladimir Putin has held power, there have been two alarming trends.
BBC NEWS | UK | Britons 'hiring Indian assassins'According to the BBC Website: British Asians are hiring contract killers to carry out up to 100 murders in India every year, according to campaigners in rural Punjab state.
India: Illegal detention of 11 year old girl in Manipur must be investigatedAmnesty International is calling for the government of India to launch an independent investigation into allegations that an 11 year old girl was illegally detained by police in the state of Manipur to force her parents - suspected of links with local armed opposition groups to g …
Lab technician held in Yale student's slayingA Yale University worker was arrested Thursday and charged in the death of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on what was to be her wedding day.
Police: Arrest expected 'soon' in Yale murderAn arrest is expected shortly in the killing of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed behind the wall of a campus research building, police said early Thursday.
Murder on lovers laneThey were young and in love. Parked on Lovers Lane. They never saw the stranger hiding in the dark. 14 times he struck. 14 young lovers, murdered.
Parents Jailed For Poisoned Pasta Murders A French woman and her husband have been jailed for killing their two children with poisoned cannelloni.
Palestinian rights orgs slam Hamas, radical group"Bethlehem - Ma'an - Prominent Palestinian human rights organizations were up in arms Sunday following bloody clashes between forces loyal to Hamas and a radical armed group, which ultimately left at least 24 Palestinians dead by Saturday.
Gang kills seven in Russian saunaRussian police are hunting gunmen who killed seven women at a sauna and four policemen at a checkpoint in the troubled southern region of Dagestan.
Host of Brazilian crime reporting show accused of ordering murders to boost ratingsThe host of a Brazilian TV crime show has been accused of ordering a series of execution-style murders to snuff out rival drug traffickers – and boost his own ratings.
Man charged in decapitation attackA 20-year-old man has been charged with decapitating another man with a hatchet as the victim took a morning walk in Santa Maria, Calif.
Unbelievable. The latest excuse for the atrocious decision to brutally kill two 10 day old puppies at the Bridgeport Shelter is now being blamed on a shelter 'design flaw.' This is totally false. What a lie.
Man kills wife, grandson, self on anniversaryGeorge Doby had been married to Edna 57 years on the day authorities say he shot her to death in the back yard. Police say he also killed their 12-year-old grandson before taking his own life.
Egyptians cry racism in court slayingEgyptians are horrified by the brutal slaying of a pregnant Muslim woman stabbed repeatedly inside a German courtroom, calling the lack of outrage in Germany evidence of racism.
Man charged with murdering 4 at Kansas homeA 37-year-old man is charged with murdering four people, including a 3-year-old girl whose lifeless body was found in the front yard of a Kansas City home.
No bail for blogger accused of threats to judgesA judge in New Jersey has denied bail to a blogger charged with threatening to assault or murder three Chicago-based federal judges.
Murder trial hinges on childhood memoriesDesiree Andaverde was 3 years old when she told police she watched "daddy put mommy in the trunk."
Right Wing ExtremistsThere's been much back-and-forth since Wednesday's tragic shooting of a guard at the Holocaust Musuem about the rise of right wing extremists and the need for the federal government to treat them as a threat.
Joyce Meyer Ministries tied to lawsuit over Illinois family's murdersThe Joyce Meyer Ministries, whose former security chief was charged with murdering his wife and two sons, is being drawn deeper into the case by a wrongful-death suit filed Tuesday.
India 'has 153 tainted new MPs'At least 153 of the newly-elected MPs in India have criminal cases pending against them, according to a study by civil society groups...
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