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Man convicted of murder during 2006 Indy robbery

A man has been convicted of murder for his role in a 2006 Indianapolis robbery during which three children and four adults were shot.

OAS court condemns Mexico probes of women slayings

The Interamerican Court of Human Rights has criticized Mexico for a lack of diligence in investigating the slayings of three young women in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Kan. AG files revised complaint in slayings of 4

The Kansas attorney general's office has filed a revised capital murder complaint against a former Missouri city official after a fourth victim died in the case.

Kansas shooting victims remembered in Missouri

After dropping out of college to marry the man who would later be charged with killing her, Karen Kahler had finally returned to school to finish her degree.

NY teen gets life for killing 4 at Christmastime

A smirking teenager drew a life sentence without the possibility of parole Tuesday for killing four people during two robberies over the Christmas holidays last year.

Kan. woman, 89, dies after shooting; toll up to 4

An 89-year-old woman has died from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting in northeast Kansas that also left her granddaughter and two great-granddaughters dead, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Indy man convicted of killing 7 gets life sentence

An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Tenn. slayings suspect asked to hug daughter

A man charged with fatally stabbing and beating six people in Tennessee and Alabama asked a responding deputy to let him hug his 4-year-old daughter — the only person spared in the attack, the deputy testified Thursday.

More charges filed against LA serial killer

A Los Angeles County grand jury has charged a convicted serial killer with three more murders based on DNA evidence.

Man sentenced to life in Ill. restaurant slayings

A former handyman convicted of killing seven people during a robbery at a suburban Chicago fast-food restaurant in 1993 has been sentenced to life in prison.

Teen guilty of 4 slayings in Rochester, NY

A high school dropout, either acting alone or with help, stabbed, shot or bludgeoned four people to death during two robberies over the Christmas holidays last year, a jury decided Thursday.

A year of tragedy and triumph for Jennifer Hudson

In the year since three members of her family were brutally killed in Chicago, Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson has found ways to heal and start a new life.

Ind. judge to give life sentence in 7-murder case

A judge said Friday he would give a sentence of life in prison without parole to a man convicted of killing three children and four adults inside their home during a robbery three years ago.

Ill. jury gives man life in 7 restaurant killings

A Chicago jury decided Tuesday that a former handyman will spend the rest of his life in prison, rather than be sent to death row, for the 1993 slayings of seven people at a suburban restaurant.

Drifter pleads not guilty to killing Wis. couple

A former drifter has pleaded not guilty in Wisconsin to killing two teenage sweethearts nearly 30 years ago.

Witness says suspect in Ind. slayings held rifle

A witness says he saw a man accused of killing seven people holding an assault rifle on the front porch of their Indianapolis home minutes before the slayings.

Foreman: 1 juror spared life of man who killed 3

A jury foreman says a Missouri man who pleaded guilty to killing three members of a Texas farm family was spared the death penalty because of a single juror.

Mo. man gets life for killing 3 at Texas farmhouse

A Texas jury has spared a Missouri man the death penalty and sentenced him to life in prison without parole for killing a pregnant woman, her husband and her son.

Arizona man's own actions led to murder confession

A scruffy 21-year-old walked into the police station in the small eastern Arizona town of Springerville, winded after running the 2 1/2 blocks there from his home. He wanted to tell the police chief that cops from out of town were in his jurisdiction.

Guilty verdict in 1993 Ill. restaurant slayings

A former handyman was convicted Tuesday in the slayings of seven people whose bodies were found in a walk-in freezer and cooler at a suburban Chicago fast food restaurant 16 years ago.

Suspected LA serial killer charged with 5 killings

A man already accused of killing two women and suspected in the deaths of as many as 30 more was charged Wednesday with raping and murdering five other victims.

Calif. man accused of murder to represent himself

A Silicon Valley engineer charged with fatally shooting three former co-workers has decided to represent himself in his murder trial.

SC man confesses to slayings of 4 family members

A South Carolina man confessed Monday to methodically stalking and murdering four family members in their home, reloading his shotgun five times before firing the final shot into his father as the man said "I love you."

Prosecutor to pursue death penalty in Ga. slayings

A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man charged with killing his father and seven others inside the family's mobile home in coastal Georgia.

Police: Suspect alone beat 8 to death in Ga. home

A 22-year-old man acted alone when he bludgeoned his father and seven others to death inside a coastal Georgia mobile home, police said Tuesday, though they would not give what weapon was used.

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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.

Jennifer Hudson's Brother-in-Law Formally Charged With Family Slayings
Source: Yahoo! News

It's been more than a month since the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, but the case is picking up steam.

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.

Testimony ends in 25-year-old KFC murders in Texas
Source: Newsvine

This article's lede is an anecdote of something that happened 25 years ago. Without the incident in the anecdote, there would be no story.

Escalating spate of teenage homicides and stabbings
Source: The Globe and Mail

In the decade since 1997, during which the numbers for almost all other violent and non-violent crimes have fallen dramatically, the number of British teenagers convicted of knife-related crimes has nearly tripled, from 482 to 1,256 in 2006.

Man Gets 276 Years For Killing Women, Wounding Children
Source: TheIndyChannel.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- A man was sentenced Wednesday to 276 years in prison for the slayings of two women and the wounding of four children in an Indianapolis apartment in 2006.

Two Plead Not Guilty In Carnation Killings
Source: KIRO TV

pair pleads not guilty to killing of their family..

Suspect in Carnation slayings is related to victims, police say
Source: The Seattle Times

Arrest made of relative in Christmas slayings...

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