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Man, 18, Charged With Killing 2 in Dorm Room

Police say South Carolina State University shooting happened during marijuana deal

(Newser) - A man has been charged with murder after taking part in a marijuana deal that ended with a shooting that killed two people and hurt another inside a dorm room at South Carolina State University, police said. Khamanti Lytrel Kennedy, 18, ran from the dorm room after the Thursday night...

'Devil in the Ozarks' Learns Fate for His Escape

Convicted killer-rapist gets 13 years added to existing 80-year sentence for his escape

(Newser) - The convicted killer and rapist nicknamed the "Devil in the Ozarks" just had more than a decade added to his existing sentence following his prison escape last year. Grant Hardin, 57, was given an additional 13-year term Tuesday after pleading guilty to second-degree escape, to be served on top...

Figure Skating Coach Shot Dead in Starbucks Drive-Thru

58-year-old man charged with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery in St. Louis

(Newser) - A trip through a Starbucks drive-thru in St. Louis turned fatal on Feb. 10 for a 28-year-old figure skating coach and former US competitor, who police say was targeted in a robbery by a man already suspected in two other holdups. Gabrielle "Sam" Linehan was in her car around...

Ryan Wedding's No. 2 Turned FBI Informant

Andrew Clark reportedly helped expose cartel-linked smuggling network beginning in early 2025

(Newser) - Ryan Wedding allegedly ordered one informant's murder—and then, prosecutors say, watched his own top lieutenant flip to the FBI. Court filings reviewed by CBC News describe how Andrew Clark, the man US authorities painted as Wedding's second-in-command, became a key source in the case against the former...

US Man Not Guilty in 'Tragic' Murder of His Father in Ireland

Jury returns rare insanity verdict in 2024 killing at upscale hotel in central Ireland

(Newser) - An Irish jury has ruled that an American man who killed his father at a five-star hotel was legally insane at the time and is not criminally responsible. Twelve jurors on Thursday found Henry McGowan, 31, not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2024 death of his father, John...

Ex-NFL Player's Murder May Be Linked to 3 Others

All 4 victims were unhoused, killed near Compton Creek encampments

(Newser) - Authorities are investigating whether former NFL lineman Kevin Johnson's killing near Los Angeles is linked to the murders of three other unhoused people in the same area. Johnson, 55, who played defensive lineman for various teams in the 1990s, was fatally stabbed on Jan. 21 at a homeless encampment...

Jill Biden's Ex-Husband Accused of Killing Wife

William Stevenson, 77, charged with murder in Delaware

(Newser) - Authorities in Delaware have charged Jill Biden's ex-husband with killing his wife after a weeks-long investigation, reports NBC10 Philadelphia . New Castle County police said officers were called to a reported domestic dispute just after 11pm on Dec. 28 at a home in the Oak Hill community. Inside, they found...

Cops: Teen Killed Pregnant Woman After Truck Sale

Nedas Revuckas of Illinois also charged with arson, robbery, and killing unborn child

(Newser) - A 19-year-old in suburban Chicago is facing murder charges stemming from a Facebook Marketplace sale of a truck. Nedas Revuckas, 19, of Westmont, is accused of fatally stabbing 30-year-old Eliza Morales, who was six months pregnant, inside her Downers Grove apartment Monday evening, reports Fox8 . Police say he also set...

Manhattan DA Wants Mangione Trial to Start July 1

State prosecutors seek to try defendant in CEO's killing before feds do

(Newser) - Prosecutors in Manhattan want their turn with accused killer Luigi Mangione sooner rather than later. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has asked a state judge to set a July 1 trial date in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing the New York case should go first...

Tech Executive Arrested in Wife's Mountain Death

Husband accused after coroner rules wealthy California entrepreneur's death a homicide

(Newser) - A Southern California tech entrepreneur is facing a murder charge after his estranged wife was found dead below a mountain highway more than two months ago, Fox News reports. Authorities in San Bernardino County say they arrested 66-year-old Gordon Abas Goodarzi on Friday in the killing of his wife and...

A Decade After Wife's Alleged Suicide, a Murder Charge

Michael Anthony Leon facing first-degree murder charges in 2015 death of Brenda Joyce Leon

(Newser) - A California death long labeled a suicide is now being treated as a homicide—allegedly carried out by the victim's husband of 33 years, a former local mayoral candidate. Contra Costa County prosecutors on Friday announced the arrest of 66-year-old Michael Anthony Leon in the 2015 death of his...

In One Year, Huge Declines in Murder, Violent Crime

CCJ report finds largest recorded single-year drop in the US murder rate

(Newser) - The US murder rate appears to have fallen to its lowest level in well over a century. A new analysis from the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice —based on incomplete FBI data, crime figures from 40 cities, and other sources—estimates the 2025 national homicide rate will be the...

NC Mom Accused of Poisoning 3 at Thanksgiving Dinner

After investigation of daughter's death, Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel was also charged in 2007 murder

(Newser) - North Carolina investigators say a 2025 poisoning death has cracked open a homicide case that had been cold for nearly two decades. Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of 52-year-old Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel of Hendersonville, who is accused of killing her adult daughter, identified as Leela Livis, last November. An arrest...

Suspected Serial Killer's Tally Raised to 6

DNA evidence links Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. to 2 additional Colonial Parkway murders

(Newser) - A string of unsolved killings that loomed over Virginia's Colonial Parkway for decades just came into sharper focus. The FBI on Tuesday revealed a dead man previously implicated in two of at least eight killings and disappearances of young people along or near the parkway between 1986 and 1989...

Texas Executed a Black Man With an Alibi. Now, Contrition

Dallas County resolution seeks symbolic justice in racially charged 1956 case

(Newser) - Texas' Dallas County is poised to say out loud what many Black residents have believed for decades: that the state executed an innocent man in 1956. In a special meeting Wednesday, county commissioners are expected to hear evidence and vote on a symbolic resolution clearing Tommy Lee Walker, a 21-year-old...

Loggers Accused in Amazon Protector's Contract Killing

5 go on trial for the killing of an Indigenous Kichwa tribal leader in Peru

(Newser) - The trial is due to start Tuesday for five men over the killing of an Indigenous Amazon leader, in a rare legal case that prosecutors and advocates say could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in one of the world'...

Nick Reiner's Ex-Conservator Calls Case 'Horrible Tragedy'

Arrangement in 2020 underscores the severity of his long-standing mental health struggles

(Newser) - Nick Reiner's mental health history is emerging as a key backdrop as he faces charges of killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and activist-producer Michele Singer Reiner. Two people familiar with the matter tell the New York Times that the younger Reiner, 32, was under a court-ordered mental health...

Arrest Made in Couple's Double Murder in Ohio
Suspect in Ohio Murders
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Suspect in Ohio Murders Sees Charges Upgraded

Chicago surgeon, ex-husband of one of the victims, could face the death penalty

(Newser) - The man accused of killing his ex-wife and her husband in Ohio had his murder charges upgraded on Monday. Michael McKee now faces two counts of premeditated aggravated murder, which means he faces the possibility of a life sentence without parole or even the death penalty, reports the Columbus Dispatch ...

Drifter's Crimes of Infanticide Were 'Pure Evil'

Paul Allen Perez convicted of multiple counts of murder related to deaths of his 5 children

(Newser) - A California drifter has been convicted of killing five of his own infants over the course of a decade, according to reports. A Yolo County jury on Tuesday found 63-year-old Paul Allen Perez guilty of one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder, and one count of assault...

Killer Who Claims 100 Victims Admits One More

'Torso Killer' Richard Cottingham confesses to 1965 slaying of Alys Eberhardt in NYC

(Newser) - One of the New York City area's most notorious serial killers has confessed to another killing, per the AP . Police in New Jersey announced Tuesday that Richard Cottingham, known as the "Torso Killer," has admitted killing Alys Eberhardt in 1965. The 18-year-old was found dead in her...

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