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Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him

A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.

DNA evidence in 1998 Yale killing was contaminated

The family of a Yale student found stabbed to death off campus in 1998 has learned that DNA evidence in the unsolved murder was contaminated by a former forensic lab worker.

Police: Mass. man killed neighbor over missing TV

Authorities say a Massachusetts man fired several shots through the front window of a neighboring home, killing an 18-year-old woman, because he thought someone living there had stolen his TV.

Court examines jury selection in doc's slay trial

The highest court in Massachusetts is scrutinizing the jury selection process in the trial of a once-prominent doctor who is serving a life sentence in the 1999 killing of his wife.

Woman pleads guilty in Ill. torture slaying

A woman pleaded guilty Monday to the Illinois torture killing of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother who police say was beaten with a plunger handle, burned with a hot glue gun and used for target practice with a BB pistol.

Convicted Ohio priest says he didn't murder nun

A Roman Catholic priest imprisoned for killing a nun 29 years ago told a newspaper that he is innocent, but a prosecutor and the victim's nephew wondered why he is only making the claim now.

Ex-city planner gets 4-12 years in boxer's slaying

A 55-year-old former Las Vegas city planner and longtime political activist has been sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for stabbing a Nigerian-born boxer to death in 2005.

Son: Slain 100-year-old mom, roommate had tension

The roommate of a 100-year-old woman found strangled in her bed at a nursing home had made "threatening" remarks to the centenarian, her son said Friday, and the slain woman's family had sought to have the women split up.

Supreme Court nixes priest's appeal in nun killing

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal filed by a Roman Catholic priest convicted of murdering a nun in Ohio.

Trial delayed until 2010 in Va. Tech beheading

The murder trial of a former Virginia Tech doctoral student accused of beheading a fellow student has been postponed until 2010.

Background check leads to arrest in 1976 killing

A man who walked into an Atlanta suburb's police department seeking a criminal background check for a job application wound up under arrest as a suspect in the slaying of a former University of Missouri student in 1976, authorities said Tuesday.

Police: Reality star left suicide note on laptop

A reality show contestant charged in the gruesome slaying of his ex-model wife left a suicide note on his laptop that says he considered her the love of his life but thought she was cheating on him, a police spokesman said Monday.

CA man sought in shooting death of son in Vegas

Authorities are looking for a California man accused of fatally shooting his 31-year-old son after the son failed to drive him and others straight home after a night out in Las Vegas.

Housekeeping chief charged in NYC hotel slaying

A housekeeping manager at a luxury Manhattan hotel is charged with killing a woman who was strangled and had a kitchen knife stuck in her neck.

Suspect in '98 Yale murder says he's still scarred

This time, the suspect wasn't called a suspect until he was arrested. But the last time a Yale student was killed near campus, James Van de Velde wasn't so fortunate.

Cops: Men held in Pa. slaying sent scene pictures

Police say the two men charged with killing a pregnant woman in a northwestern Pennsylvania rooming house had sent graphic photos of the scene to a woman in California.

Suspect told cops slain wife had perfect teeth

A reality show contestant suspected of killing his model wife and disfiguring her so she couldn't be identified included details about her teeth and fingernails in a missing persons report that investigators find telling.

2 charged in 1975 American Indian Movement slaying

A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group's leaders suspected she was a government informant.

3 dead in mobile home shooting in Tennessee

Authorities say three people have been shot to death at a mobile home in Tennessee.

Ex-soldier gets 5 life sentences Iraqi deaths

A former soldier received five consecutive life sentences Friday for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members.

NC man charged with killing wife, kids in 1972

Authorities in a rural northeastern North Carolina community are charging a man with killing his wife and two children in 1972.

No charges for Canadian woman who aided Jenkins

Canadian police said Friday that no charges will be filed against anyone who may have helped fugitive reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, who fled to Canada after being accused of killing his ex-wife.

Correction: Reality Contestant-Slaying

In stories Aug. 22 to Aug. 24 about the slaying of former model Jasmine Fiore, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Fiore appeared in the movie "The Abandoned." Another actress with a similar name, Jazmine Fiore, appeared in that film.

Reality contestant fought with wife before killing

Hours before she died, former model Jasmine Fiore was chatting on her cell phone with an ex-boyfriend — a conversation that police say threw her reality contestant husband into a jealous rage.

VH1 cancels reality shows with dead murder suspect

VH1 will not air the reality shows with a contestant who was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide at a Canadian motel. Both shows featured Ryan Jenkins, the contestant sought in the killing of his model ex-wife.

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Slaying stuns rural N.H. town
Source: msnbc.com

Four teenagers — one armed with a machete and another with a knife — picked an isolated home at random and entered it intending to kill in a middle-of-the-night attack that left a woman dead and her daughter seriously injured, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

5 Family Members Found Slain In Central Illinois
Source: WFSB.com - News

A couple and three children were found slain in their central Illinois home in what a sheriff described Tuesday as a "brutal homicide," and detectives were trying to identify possible suspects.

Is woman's severed head enough to prosecute murder?
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

These facts are undisputed in the slaying of Lorraine Hatzakorzian: 12 days before her severed head was found floating in a canal on the western edge of Broward County, she bought a money order at a Waldbaum's store on Long Island.

O'Reilly falsely claimed that on CNN "only Anderson Cooper" covered army recruiter's murder
Source: Media Matters for America

SUMMARY: Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that on CNN, "[o]nly Anderson Cooper at 10 o'clock covered the story" of the slaying of Army recruiter Pvt. William Long.

17-year-old to be bound over for trial in slaying
Source: tulsaworld.com

Reversing another judge's ruling, a district judge on Friday determined sufficient evidence was presented at a prior hearing to hold a 17-year-old Tulsan for trial on a murder charge linked to the killing of another teen.

Accused biker related gang's tensions in wiretapped call, court hears
Source: The Globe and Mail

LONDON, Ont. — In a series of profanity-laden, wiretapped telephone calls played to a murder trial Friday, an outlaw biker alleged to be at the heart of a mass homicide three years ago was heard explaining to a friend that tensions with the U.S.

Fistfight with neighbor led to murder of sisters
Source: The Boston Globe

More local coverage from Boston Globe staff, updated frequently.

STEFANIE RENGEL SLAYING: FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL - How teen drama hooked up with lethal reality
Source: The Globe and Mail

Excerpt: As the disturbing portrait of an obsessed and driven killer emerged from a prosecutor's opening statement in Ontario Superior Court yesterday, a teenaged girl, owlish glasses on her chubby cheeks and her long hair in a ponytail, sat serenely at a table near the front of  …

Kitchen Knives Used To Cut Up Former Cop's Body
Source: WESH.com

ROCKLEDGE, Fla. -- The motive behind the slaying and beheading of a heroic former police officer may have been money. The answers emerged following an autopsy that showed Paul Cadigan was shot at least six times.

Witness: No emotion by Italy student slay suspect
Source: Yahoo! News

PERUGIA, Italy – An American student charged with the murder of her British roommate showed no distress and was cuddling with her boyfriend hours after the slaying, a friend of the victim testified on Friday. Robyn Carmel Butterworth told the packed courtroom in this Umbrian u …

Police: Woman accused in slayings said she was Jesus
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

JUPITER - A Georgia woman who police said bludgeoned and stabbed her 80-year-old grandmother to death with a tire iron on Saturday, told police her name was Jesus when they went to arrest her, according to a police report.

Slain Anchorwoman Was Sexually Assaulted, Parents Claim -
Source: wsbtv.com

The parents of the television anchorwoman who was beaten to death said Monday there is evidence their daughter also was sexually assaulted, and that she broke her hand fighting her attacker.

Lillo Brancato 'lost in drugs,' says boss of 'Vault' sex club
Source: NY Daily News

"Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato goes on trial for a cop killing Monday, and sex-club impresario Anthony Marini won't be on the witness list.

Joshua Phillips Tells His Story from Prison |
Source: firstcoastnews.com

The teen convicted of killing Maddie Clifton is talking behind bars.

Grimes Guilty In Officer Slaying
Source:

BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore jury on Friday found a man guilty in the January 2007 slaying of an off-duty city police officer.

Slaying Suspect Once found Sanctuary in SF
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

When is this country going to wake up and realize that Illegal Immigration does not bring GOOD to this country? WE THE PEOPLE need to vote OUT any and all Incumbents who are leaning towards concessions and/or amnesty. Enough is enough.

Police investigate slaying of UW-Madison student
Source: madison.com

Madison police were investigating the suspicious death of a 21-year-old UW-Madison student in a home at 517 West Doty Street this afternoon.

Gruesome Details Emerge About Double Slaying
Source: WLWT.com

Disabled Man, Friend Stabbed Over 60 Times Each AVONDALE, Ohio -- An elderly man and his disabled friend were found slain; now gruesome new details are emerging about the way they died.

Texas Youth Minister Admits to Slaying as Teen, Surrenders to Police
Source: FOXNews.com

HOUSTON, Texas - A newly ordained youth minister decided he could no longer keep his secret, confessing to authorities he was 16 years old when he fatally stabbed a convenience store clerk in 1994.

Muslim Father Kills Daughters For Dating Non-Mulsim: IN AMERICA
Source: FOXNews.com

Ah... the Religion of Peace™ A manhunt continues for the girls' father, Yaser Abdul Said, 50, wanted in connection with the slayings. A capital murder warrant has been issued for Said.

Iraq Demands $136 Million for Families in Blackwater Shooting
Source: CNET News.com

Iraq's government is asking American security firm Blackwater USA to pay $136 million to the families of Iraqis killed in a recent shooting.

Russia Arrests 10 in Reporter's Killing
Source: The New York Times

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's general prosecutor said Monday that a Chechen crime boss organized the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and that Russian police and security officers were involved, but suggested somebody living outside Russia was behind the slaying, Russian news  …

Disabled Man's Shocking Slaying Caught On Tape (incl. video)
Source: ClickOnDetroit.com

A disabled man was killed on a Los Angeles street and it was all caught on tape. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating a man who fatally attacked a mentally disabled man the night of May 29. Surveillance cameras captured the attack on tape.

Japanese Dolphin Massacre Video (Beware: Gruesome Footage)
Source: glumbert.com

Do not watch this video if you have a weak stomach. It contains gruesome footage of dolphins being captured and mercilessly killed in large numbers to then be processed as products for the Japanese market.

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