Articles tagged with murder

Thu, May 24, 2012

New Jersey man charged in Etan Patz death after 33 years

By Joseph Ax

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man who police say confessed to strangling Etan Patz was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, 33 ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Murder suspect Marcus Robinson bound over to stand trial

OSHTEMO  (WKZO) -- Marcus Robinson, the suspect in the murder of Tolson Booth at an Oshtemo apartment complex has been ordered to stand trial for ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Murder suspect Marcus Robinson bound over to stand trial

OSHTEMO  (WKZO) -- Marcus Robinson, the suspect in the murder of Tolson Booth at an Oshtemo apartment complex has been ordered to stand trial for ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Mayor seeks more federal help to slash New Orleans murder rate

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked the federal government on Tuesday for more help fighting a murder epidemic ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Five Oregon family members dead in suspected murder-suicide

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A mother and her three young children were found dead in a burning house in Salem, Oregon, on Tuesday and police ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Jennifer Hudson Murder Trial: Verdict Has Been Reached

By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

A verdict has been reached in the trial surrounding the murder of American Idol star Jennifer Hudson's ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Mother in Mississippi kidnap-murder case faces new charges

By Timothy Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Prosecutors have added new, more serious charges against the mother of a man suspected of killing a Tennessee ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Michigan grandmother charged with open murder

OAKLAND CO. (WKZO) -- A 74-year-old West Bloomfield woman is held without bond after being charged with open murder in the shooting death of her ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Jennifer Hudson Murder Trial: Verdict Has Been Reached

By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

A verdict has been reached in the trial surrounding the murder of American Idol star Jennifer Hudson's ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

California biker gets life term for murder of Hells Angels leader

By Emmett Berg

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A member of the Mongols motorcycle gang was sentenced to life in federal prison without parole on Wednesday ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Murder of Honduran reporter blamed on drug gangs

By Gustavo Palencia

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A prominent Honduran radio journalist was killed by drug gangs in retaliation for a government crackdown on cartels, the ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Benton Harbor man arrested for 2011 Kent County murder

WALKER (WKZO) -- A Benton Harbor man has been jailed in Kent County on open murder charges related to a 2011 killing.  Karl Cotton, Jr ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

O'Melay murder trial proceedings adjourned until May 25th

MARSHALL (WKZO) -- A Marshall man accused of shooting his cousin to death this spring and dumping his body in a Branch County field is ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Retired Los Angeles detective arrested for murder in Hawaii

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective has been arrested in Hawaii, accused of murdering his wife ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

Trauma experts help question girls in murder, abduction case

By Emily Le Coz and Tim Ghianni

(Reuters) - Child trauma specialists are helping investigators interview two girls about being seized by a man who ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Man wanted in a Mississippi murder may be in West Michigan

WEST MICHIGAN (WKZO)--  Police agencies all over West Michigan are asking the public to look out for a man who is wanted for questioning ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Man wanted in a Mississippi murder may be in West Michigan

WEST MICHIGAN (WKZO)--  Police agencies all over West Michigan are asking the public to look out for a man who is wanted for questioning ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Man wanted in a Mississippi murder may be in West Michigan

WEST MICHIGAN (WKZO)--  Police agencies all over West Michigan are asking the public to look out for a man who is wanted for questioning ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Suspect in U.S. murder and kidnapping dead, two girls alive

By Emily Le Coz

ALPINE COMMUNITY, Mississippi (Reuters) - The most-wanted fugitive in America shot himself dead on Thursday, but the two girls he was ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Suspect in Tennessee murder, kidnap may be getting help, officials say

By Emily Le Coz

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Investigators involved in the manhunt for Adam Mayes, the fugitive charged with kidnapping two Tennessee girls after ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Tennessee murder, kidnap suspect now top U.S. fugitive

By Emily Le Coz

GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - The man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter in order to kidnap the ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Suspect in Tennessee kidnap case charged with murder

(Reuters) - The man being sought for kidnapping four members of a Tennessee family has been charged with murdering the family's mother and oldest ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Trial begins of Alaska militia members accused in murder plot

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the conspiracy trial of three Alaska militia members accused of plotting to ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Neo-Nazi suspected in Arizona murder-suicide

By David Schwartz

GILBERT, Arizona (Reuters) - The Neo-Nazi founder of an anti-immigrant border militia is believed to have shot and killed four people before ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

FBI, volunteers search Coast Guard station in Alaska murder case

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Scores of volunteers on Wednesday helped the FBI search Alaska's Kodiak Island near a U.S. Coast ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

California teen charged with Lamborghini theft, attempted murder

By Ronnie Cohen

SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - A California teenager arrested for a drive-by shooting has also been charged with stealing a Lamborghini sports ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

The motive for Kalamazoo County's latest murder was jealousy

OSHTEMO (WKZO) --  They were fighting over a girl. Court documents allege that the dispute that led to a murder at the Village Square apartments ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Colorado prosecutors using DNA to free man convicted of 1994 murder

By Ellen Miller

GRAND JUNCTION, Co. (Reuters) - Colorado prosecutors, citing new DNA proof of innocence, asked a judge on Monday to free a man ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Body found in Washington state bunker after police siege

(Reuters) - A body police believe to be that of a man suspected of killing his wife and daughter was found in a mountainside bunker ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Marcus Robinson formally charged with Kalamazoo County's latest murder

OSHTEMO  (WKZO) -- Marcus Robinson has been formally charged with the shooting death of 19-year-old Brian Tolson and an assault with intent to murder 24-year-old ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Texas executes man for 2002 murder

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a man on Thursday for killing a convenience store worker and wounding two female employees ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Arizona executes killer who showed no remorse

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A defiant killer who asked for no mercy, shunned a clemency hearing and railed against immigrants at his sentencing ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Man stops policeman, confesses to Oklahoma murder 25 years ago

By Steve Olafson

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A homeless man walked up to a policeman in Montana last week and confessed to involvement in the ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Jennifer Hudson says always disliked man accused of killing her family

By Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grammy and Oscar winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson testified on Monday that she had known the man charged ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Gun in USC robbery tested for links to murder of Chinese students

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four students were robbed at gunpoint near the University of Southern California on Wednesday, and investigators were testing ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Ohio executes Mark Wiles for murder of teenage boy in 1985

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio on Wednesday executed a 49-year-old farm hand who murdered a teenage boy after the man was caught stealing ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Exclusive: China's Bo backed, then blocked murder probe against his wife: sources

By Chris Buckley

CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - Chinese politician Bo Xilai initially agreed to a police probe of his wife's role in the murder ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Teen charged with murder of 9 immigrants in Texas crash

By Jared Taylor

PALMVIEW, Texas (Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy was charged with nine counts of murder in juvenile court on Monday after he lost ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Reward offered in Los Angeles murder of two Chinese students

By R.T. Watson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police investigating the shooting deaths of two University of Southern California graduate students from China posted a ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Tulsa shooting suspects charged with murder, hate crimes

By Steve Olafson

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Prosecutors brought murder and hate-crime charges on Friday against two white men arrested in the shootings of four ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Frame Murder Trail Continues

KALAMAZOO(WKZO)  --   The jury in the Bret Frame murder trial heard from a number of expert and law enforcement officials on Thursday.  They also ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

Bail hearing set for shooter of Florida teen Trayvon Martin

By Barbara Liston

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, charged with killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, will remain in police custody for at least ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

Florida serial killer faces execution for teen's murder

By Michael Peltier

TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - A serial killer convicted of murdering six women in Florida in the early 1980s is scheduled to be executed ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

China leadership succession back to old disorderly self

By Brian Rhoads

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A rising star is ejected from China's Politburo and faces trial for violations of Communist Party discipline ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

Bret Frame on trial for Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) --  The trial of Bret Frame is underway. He is charged with getting drunk and causing an accident that resulted in the death ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Second Arrest in Denniston Murder

BATTLE CREEK -- There has been a 2nd arrest in the Larry Denniston murder in Calhoun Co.  A 50-year-old from Bellevue has been arrested for ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Ex-student charged with murder in California shooting rampage

By Laird Harrison

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder on Wednesday in a shooting rampage that ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Second Suspect Going to Trial in the Daniel McNeill Murder

KALAMAZOO(WKZO) --   second suspect in the robbery/murder of Laundromat Manager Daniel McNeill has been bound over to stand trial after a hearing in ...

Sat, March 31, 2012

Iraqi-American murder highlights anti-Muslim hate crimes

By Mary Slosson

EL CAJON, Calif (Reuters) - The murder of an Iraqi-American mother in a close-knit refugee community on the outskirts of San Diego ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

FBI assisting in murder investigation of Iraqi woman

By Marty Graham

EL CAJON (Reuters) - The FBI is assisting in the murder investigation of an Iraqi-American mother who died after being severely beaten ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Federal agents kill man in phony murder-for-hire plot

By Jared Taylor

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. federal agent shot dead one of four men facing arrest in South Texas for being ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Regan jailed for lying to cops over murder

Regan, who had a longrunning role in popular U.K. drama series Brookside, drove a gunman to and from the location of the hit ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

Regan jailed for lying to cops over murder

Regan, who had a longrunning role in popular U.K. drama series Brookside, drove a gunman to and from the location of the hit ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Regan jailed for lying to cops over murder

Regan, who had a longrunning role in popular U.K. drama series Brookside, drove a gunman to and from the location of the hit ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

U.S. soldier charged with 17 murders in Afghan killings

By Rob Taylor and Jack Kimball

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was formally charged with 17 counts of murder on Friday for ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Regan jailed for lying to cops over murder

Regan, who had a longrunning role in popular U.K. drama series Brookside, drove a gunman to and from the location of the hit ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Mississippi executes man for 1995 brutal murder

By Robbie Ward

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi man convicted of brutally murdering a convenience store clerk in 1995 was put to death by ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Soldier expected to be charged Friday in Afghan killings

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army staff sergeant is expected to be formally charged on Friday with 17 counts of murder ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Kentucky court overturns murder conviction, cites testimony on Furby toy

By James B. Kelleher

(Reuters) - Kentucky's Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction on Thursday of a man accused of killing his girlfriend, saying ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Mississippi set to execute man for 1995 brutal murder

By Robbie Ward

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi man convicted of brutally murdering a convenience store clerk in 1995 is scheduled to be put ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

McCluskie's brother charged with her murder

Law enforcement officials hauled a headless and limbless torso out of Regent's Canal in London on 6 March (12) and cops have since ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Arizona executes man for murder of philanthropist

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The killer of a Phoenix-area philanthropist who was injected with battery acid and strangled during a 1991 robbery of ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Maryland drops charges against doctors over late-term abortions

By Joe Danielewicz

(Reuters) - A Maryland prosecutor has dropped murder charges against two doctors accused of performing late-term abortions on fetuses that could have ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Gentz Charged with Murder in Bashara Case

DETROIT (WKZO) -- Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 48-year-old Joseph Gentz with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Kennedy kin Skakel murder sentence affirmed

(Reuters) - Kennedy relative Michael Skakel was denied a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for the 1975 murder of ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

'Revenge' Recap: Daniel Faces the Consequences of Tyler's Murder

S1E16: Revenge is a show that thrives on suspense. Even when Emily's not striking with vengeance at her enemies, the show manages to ...

Sat, March 03, 2012

Armored car driver sought in murder and theft of $2.3 million

(Reuters) - A Pittsburgh armored car driver sought in the murder of a co-worker and theft of about $2.3 million is the target of ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Philadelphia man acquitted in 41-year-old murder

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An elderly Pennsylvania inmate convicted of shooting a police officer in 1966 but cleared of his murder when the officer died 41 ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Classes resume at Ohio school four days after shooting

By Shannon Stapleton

CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Classes resumed on Friday at Chardon High School, four days after a 17-year-old opened fire in a cafeteria ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Suspect in Ohio school shooting charged with murder

CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Ohio on Thursday formally charged 17-year-old T.J. Lane with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Former U.S. resident convicted at Guantanamo of murder

By Jane Sutton

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) -

A former CIA "ghost prisoner" who grew up in the Baltimore area admitted ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Kalamazoo Man Arraigned for Murder of Son

KALAMAZOO (WKZO)  --  A distraught Glenn Ross, wearing a suicide vest, has been arraigned for the murder of his new born son yesterday, after he ...

Thu, February 23, 2012

Battle Creek Murder Suspect Awaits Charges

BATTLE CREEK  (WKZO)  --  They were long-time friends and roommates but something must have boiled over because detectives say that 52-year-old Robert Curtis Nelson beat ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Keiper found guilty of first degree murder

HASTINGS -- A Barry County man has been convicted of killing his step grandfather, by smashing in his head with a hammer.  His attorney says ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Florida executes man for woman's 1980 murder

By Michael Peltier

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida executed a 65-year-old man on Wednesday who had spent more than three decades on death row for ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Besham Sugrim Found Guilty of Premeditated Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The jury in the Besham Sugrim murder trial has come back with a guilty verdict, calling the experience life changing, and the ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Sugrim Found Guilty

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) --- A Kalamazoo County jury has come to a decision in a nine-year-old murder case.  After hearing closing arguments in the trial of ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Florida set to execute man for 1980 murder

By Michael Peltier

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida is scheduled on Wednesday to execute a 65-year-old man who has spent more than three decades on ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Arsenal found in home of "defriending" murder suspect

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Authorities investigating a double murder in Tennessee believed to have been sparked by a Facebook "defriending" have discovered ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Accessory gets two months in Miller murder case

HARTFORD TOWNSHIP (WKZO/WSJM) -- He helped a friend bury his murdered girlfriend in his back yard in Hartford Township.  Now he is going to ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Facebook "defriending" led to double murder, police say

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A Tennessee couple who "defriended" a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Ex-TV producer sent to Mexico to face murder charge

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former producer of the reality TV show "Survivor" was extradited to Mexico on Wednesday to stand trial for the 2010 ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Jury selected in murder trial of Virginia lacrosse player

By Ian Simpson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - A jury was seated Wednesday and opening statements were underway in the first-degree murder trial of a former ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Police Seek Tips to Find Murder Suspect

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- There is a suspected killer out there someplace and investigators are asking for help from the public to get him off the ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Jury nearly chosen for murder trial of lacrosse player

By Ian Simpson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (Reuters) - A judge told 28 potential jurors to return to court on Wednesday as jury selection neared completion in ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Jury Selection Begins in Surgrim Trial

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Jury selection is underway in the murder trial of Besham Sugrim.  He is charged with the killing of Linda Gibson, whose body ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Jury nearly chosen for murder trial of lacrosse player

By Ian Simpson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (Reuters) - The pool of potential jurors narrowed to about two dozen on Tuesday in jury selection for the first-degree ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Wife's Testimony Could Be Key in 2003 Murder Case

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Jury selection was scheduled for Tuesday morning in the murder trial of Besham Sugrim, who is charged with the killing of Linda ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Charges dropped against U.S. soldier in Afghan murder

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Brett Frame: "no contest", faces trial for 2nd degree murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A Kalamazoo County man charged with allegedly killing two men, when he slammed into the rear of their car at high speed ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Army drops charges against last soldier in Afghan murder case

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial ...

Sun, January 29, 2012

Three in custody for quintuple murder in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Three men were in police custody on Monday in connection with a quintuple murder at a bullet-riddled house in a working ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Giltz expected to be charged with Kalamazoo woman's murder Friday

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A Kalamazoo woman who sought refuge with the older couple next door in Swansboro, North Carolina when her marriage dissolved last October ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Rockefeller imposter ordered to stand trial for murder

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A German man who once posed as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Man gets life for millionaire's murder in fraud scheme

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A judge sentenced a former financial adviser to life in prison without parole on Friday for strangling a ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Mans gets life for millionaire's murder in fraud scheme

(Reuters) - A judge in Southern California on Friday sentenced a former financial advisor to life in prison for strangling a wealthy biotech executive and ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Rising murder rate may spoil Mardi Gras party

By Mark Guarino

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A rash of murders has City Hall on the defensive just as Mardi Gras season is getting under ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Rockefeller imposter hearing weighs possible murder charge

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A German man who once posed as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family appeared in a suburban ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Accused California hair salon gunman indicted on murder charges

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of killing eight people at a California hair salon in October while out for revenge ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Vermont nursing assistant accused of insulin-induced murder

By Jason McLure

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A Vermont nursing assistant was charged with second-degree murder on Tuesday after allegedly injecting a healthy non-diabetic ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Mother sentenced to 45 years for murder of son, 6

By Zach Howard

(Reuters) - A Texas woman who admitted killing her 6-year-old son and leaving his body on a Maine roadside tearfully apologized before ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Peru court sentences Van der Sloot to 28 years for murder

LIMA (Reuters) - Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Peruvian court on Friday for killing a ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Khamenei: Iran to punish those behind scientist murder

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Thursday that those behind the killing of a nuclear scientist in Tehran would be ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Murder knocked off list of top U.S. killers: CDC

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A respiratory illness that strikes the elderly knocked homicide off the list of the top killers in the ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Murder knocked off list of top U.S. killers: CDC

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A respiratory illness that strikes the elderly knocked homicide off the list of the top killers in the ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Ohio man gets death for 1997 murder of neighbor

By Joe Wessels

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - An Ohio judge sent a man back to death row on Tuesday, the second time he was sentenced to ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Doctor facing abortion murder charge to be sent to Maryland

By James Nelson

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - An abortion doctor charged with murder in Maryland in a case expected to test the state's ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Pair Likely to be Charged with Attempted Murder After Deputy is Grazed by Bullet

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Deputies believe 25-year-old Christopher and 28-year-old William Wright are expected to be charged with the attempted murder of a deputy after they ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Late-term abortion doctor arraigned for murder in Maryland

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A New Jersey doctor accused of murder for performing late-term abortions in Maryland was arraigned in court on Friday ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Late-term abortion doctor arraigned for murder in Maryland

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - One of two doctors accused of murder for performing late-term abortions in Maryland was arraigned on Friday and freed ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Van der Sloot to "sincerely confess" to murder in Peru

LIMA (Reuters) - Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot said on Friday he would "sincerely confess" to killing a Peruvian woman in 2010 in a ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Navy pilot identified as shooter in murder: suicide

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Navy airman shot a fellow pilot, the man's sister and another man before turning the gun ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Modern testing produces lead in cold Massachusetts murder case

NORTHAMPTON, Mass (Reuters) - Nearly two decades after a 10-year-old girl went missing while on vacation in Massachusetts and was later found dead, officials said ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Murder charges against doctors test Maryland abortion law

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A murder case against two doctors who allegedly completed late-term abortions in Maryland after starting them in New Jersey ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Murder probe after body found on Queen Elizabeth's estate

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have launched a murder investigation after a woman's body was discovered on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham country estate in ...

Mon, January 02, 2012

Two Navy pilots among those killed in murder-suicide

By Marty Graham

CORONADO, Calif (Reuters) - Two Navy pilots were among four people killed in an apparent New Years Day murder-suicide on the wealthy ...

Mon, January 02, 2012

Murder charges against doctors test Maryland abortion law

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A murder case against two doctors who allegedly completed late-term abortions in Maryland after starting them in New Jersey ...

Sun, January 01, 2012

Four dead in apparent murder-suicide near San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Three men and a woman were found shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a home near San Diego after shooting ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

Maryland abortion doctors charged with murder

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Two doctors have been charged with murder after an investigation into a botched abortion uncovered 35 fetuses in a ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

Indiana baby-sitter charged with murder of 9-year-old

By Susan Guyett

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a baby-sitter on Friday with murder and two other felonies in the grisly murder and dismembering of ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Man faces murder charge after lighting woman on fire

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A New Hampshire man who allegedly killed the woman he lived with by lighting her on fire before setting himself ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Police say neighbor confessed in death of Indiana girl

(Reuters) - The Indiana man accused of killing a nine-year-old neighbor he was watching told investigators he beat the girl with a brick, dismembered and ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Police Seek Tips on Whereabouts of Murder Suspects

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Warrants have been issued naming two Kalamazoo men for their involvement in the April 24^th murder of Milo Conklin. 

That night ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

Juvenile Craigslist murder suspect moved to adult prison

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Brogan Rafferty, the 16-year-old suspect in the murder of three men linked to a phony job offer on Craigslist ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Five shooting deaths in Virginia home called murder-suicide

(Reuters) - The shooting deaths of five people last week in a Virginia hamlet were in a murder-suicide stemming from a family custody dispute, authorities ...

Sat, December 17, 2011

Five people dead in apparent murder-suicide in Illinois town

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Five people, including three children, have been found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide in a small Illinois town, police said ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Man who fled wife's murder scene, abducted daughters kills self

FORT MONTGOMERY, New York (Reuters) - A tense standoff at a motel with a man who fled the scene of his estranged wife's murder ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

Police: Fort Wayne Double Murder-Suicide Connected to Coldwater Man

FORT WAYNE -- Police in Fort Wayne have not officially released his name but there are reports that a Coldwater man was involved in a ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Convicted Connecticut murderer sentenced to death

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury handed down a death sentence on Friday to a man convicted of killing a ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Connecticut jury ponders death penalty in murder case

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury on Thursday ended its fourth day of deliberating whether a man convicted of killing ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Police identify gunman in Virginia Tech murder-suicide

By Rick Rothacker

BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - The man who shot dead a campus police officer at Virginia Tech on Thursday before killing himself was ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Cigarette butt leads to arrest in 31-year-old Maine murder case

(Reuters) - DNA evidence from a discarded cigarette butt has led to an arrest in a 31-year-old Maine murder case, in which a young woman ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Michigan State Police Re-Open 1971 Murder Case

LEROY (WKZO) -- State police have re-opened a 40-year-old murder case in Ingham County.  Ray McFarland was killed in 1971 while working the overnight shift ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Unusual anonymous jury deadlocks in New Jersey murder trial

By Jennifer Golson

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A mistrial was declared on Wednesday in the murder trial of a lawyer and former federal prosecutor ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Teen pleads guilty to murder charge in slaying of gay student

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California teen pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder for shooting to death a 15-year-old gay classmate ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Kalamazoo Teen Sentenced in Murder Case

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The Kalamazoo teen convicted in the shooting death of another man that took place in July of 2010 has been sentenced to ...

Tue, November 15, 2011

Florida set to execute man for 1989 triple murder of tourists

By Michael Peltier

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - A Florida inmate is set to be put to death on Tuesday for the 1989 murders of an ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Battle Creek Family Deals with Murder - Again

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO/WTVB)-- A new murder investigation is underway in Battle Creek.

Police in Battle Creek have released the name of the victim ...

Thu, November 10, 2011

Family: Battle Creek Murder Suspect Addicted to Crack

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO/WTVB) -- A Battle Creek man who is now charged with murdering his mother-in-law with a baseball bat, apparently was watching his ...

Mon, November 07, 2011

Pempengco murder suspect surrenders

The Glee actress' dad Ricky Pempengco was hacked to death at a store in the town of San Pedro on Monday (31Oct11). Cops subsequently ...

Sun, November 06, 2011

Pempengco murder suspect surrenders

The Glee actress' dad Ricky Pempengco was hacked to death at a store in the town of San Pedro on Monday (31Oct11). Cops subsequently ...

Sat, November 05, 2011

Pempengco murder suspect surrenders

The Glee actress' dad Ricky Pempengco was hacked to death at a store in the town of San Pedro on Monday (31Oct11). Cops subsequently ...

Fri, November 04, 2011

Pempengco murder suspect surrenders

The Glee actress' dad Ricky Pempengco was hacked to death at a store in the town of San Pedro on Monday (31Oct11). Cops subsequently ...

Tue, October 25, 2011

Man Charged with Killing Parolee in Muskegon County

MUSKEGON (WKZO) -- A Muskegon man is facing an open murder charge in the death of a prison parolee last week.  Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony ...

Tue, October 25, 2011

Kalamazoo Suspect at Center of Murder Case in Muskegon

MUSKEGON (WKZO) -- A man named as a person of interest in an assault in Kalamazoo is being held without bond in Muskegon County charged ...

Mon, October 24, 2011

Competency of Murder Suspect to be Determined

JACKSON (WKZO) -- A man charged with the brutal murder of a Jackson woman will undergo testing to determine whether he’s competent to stand ...

Thu, October 20, 2011

Grammer 'haunted' by sister's murder

Grammer's teenage sister Karen bled to death after Freddie Glenn and two associates slashed her throat and dumped her by the side of ...

Wed, October 19, 2011

Grammer 'haunted' by sister's murder

Grammer's teenage sister Karen bled to death after Freddie Glenn and two associates slashed her throat and dumped her by the side of ...

Mon, October 17, 2011

Panettiere teared up over Knox's overturned murder conviction

The Heroes star took on the title role in Lifetime's Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, which is based around the brutal ...

Sun, October 16, 2011

Panettiere teared up over Knox's overturned murder conviction

The Heroes star took on the title role in Lifetime's Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, which is based around the brutal ...

Sat, October 15, 2011

Panettiere teared up over Knox's overturned murder conviction

The Heroes star took on the title role in Lifetime's Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, which is based around the brutal ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Cranston once investigated by cops over boss' murder

The former Malcolm in the Middle star and his older brother Kyle grew up working odd jobs to make a living while trying to ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Cranston once investigated by cops over boss' murder

The former Malcolm in the Middle star and his older brother Kyle grew up working odd jobs to make a living while trying to ...

Mon, October 10, 2011

Wisconsin woman charged with murder for cutting fetus

By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin police charged a 33-year-old Milwaukee woman with murder on Monday over accusations she cut a full-term fetus ...

Sat, October 08, 2011

Dead body found in Oregon may be linked to murder spree

By Teresa Carson

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - An unidentified dead man was found inside a black Jeep in rural Oregon, police said on Saturday, the ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

FBI says toddler witnessed triple-murder on Indian reservation

By Lori Grannis

MISSOULA, Mont (Reuters) - A 3-year-old boy is the lone witness to the murder of three people shot to death by a ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

New York court clears woman of murder in battered-wife case

By Aman Ali

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York jury cleared a woman who shot dead her retired police officer husband of murder on ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Couple wanted in brutal murder arrested in California

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A couple suspected in the brutal stabbing death of an elderly woman in Washington state were arrested in California on Wednesday driving ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Knox leaves Italy after murder acquittal

ROME (Reuters) - American student Amanda Knox left Italy for home Tuesday after an appeals court acquitted her of murdering British student Meredith Kercher and ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Timeline: Italian court clears Amanda Knox of murder

(Reuters) - Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were cleared and freed Monday after appealing a 2009 verdict that originally found them ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to Seattle

By Laura L. Myers and Deepa Babington

SEATTLE/PERUGIA (Reuters) - Amanda Knox returned home to Seattle on Tuesday, one day after an Italian court ...

Sun, October 02, 2011

Man accused of 1957 murder also charged with a teen's rape

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Seattle man accused of killing a young Chicago-area girl in 1957 now has been charged as well with sexually assaulting a ...

Sat, October 01, 2011

Fugitive murder suspect shot dead in northern California

By Laird Harrison

OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - An opium-growing recluse wanted in connection with two murders in northern California was shot to death by police ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Fugitive murder suspect eludes capture in California

By Laird Harrison

OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - An opium-growing recluse wanted in connection with two murders exchanged gunfire with police in northern California but slipped ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Fellow officers help policeman make bail in murder case

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California policeman accused of murdering a schizophrenic homeless man during a July altercation was freed from jail ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Texas mother to plead guilty to son's murder, officials say

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A Texas woman accused of killing her young son and leaving his body on a Maine roadside has agreed to plead ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Knox "crucified" in murder case, lawyer says

By Deepa Babington

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - American student Amanda Knox was a naive young woman publicly "crucified" and "impaled" to justify wrongly imprisoning her ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

U.S. launches new push to solve 2001 murder of prosecutor

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday announced a new media push by state, federal and local ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Police name person of interest in Indiana quintuple murder

By Susan Guyett

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana State Police on Wednesday named a 46-year-old man they had arrested for an attempted armed robbery as a ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Ex-NBA player Crittenton released from jail on murder charge

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton, accused of killing a young mother of four in a drive-by shooting in ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Judge sets bond in ex-NBA player Crittenton's murder case

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday set bond at $230,000 for former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton, who has been ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Murder Suspect Expected to Face Charges

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The suspect in Kalamazoo's latest homicide was due in court Monday to be formally charged with open murder.  

Officers responded to ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Timeline:Verdict soon in Kercher murder appeal hearing

(Reuters) - Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are appealing a 2009 verdict that found them guilty of murdering British student Meredith ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

U.S. soldier gets 7 years in prison for Afghan murder

By Laura L. Myers

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - The youngest of five U.S. soldiers accused of killing unarmed Afghan civilians in cold blood was ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Man gets 60 years prison in murder for one penny

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Friday sentenced an admitted drug dealer to sixty years in prison for the shotgun ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Wife of slain Oklahoma fire chief arrested on murder charge

By Steve Olafson

MUSTANG, Okla (Reuters) - Police arrested the wife of a slain Oklahoma fire chief on Friday and accused her of murder, saying ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Prosecutors show grisly photos as Knox trial resumes

By Deepa Babington

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors displayed gruesome crime scene photos on Friday in an attempt to keep American student Amanda Knox ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Amanda Knox's murder appeal nears end

By Deepa Babington

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - American student Amanda Knox walked into a court room in Perugia on Friday for the final stages of ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murder in Afghanistan

By Laura L. Myers

TACOMA, Wash (Reuters) - A second of five U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghan villagers in cold blood pleaded guilty ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

NC men declared innocent after serve decade on murder charges

By Ned Barnett

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A three-judge panel in Asheville, North Carolina ruled on Thursday that two men who spent a decade ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Lawyer details last hours of executed Georgia man

By Matthew Bigg

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Defense attorneys for executed Georgia inmate Troy Davis described on Thursday his final hours, a day after he died ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Lawyer convicted in dramatic Delaware murder dies in prison

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A once prominent lawyer in Wilmington, Delaware, convicted in one of the most dramatic murders in the state's ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

New Yorker arraigned over kidnap, murder involving 3 Mass. men

By Zach Howard

GREENFIELD, Mass (Reuters) - A New York state man was arraigned on Monday on charges he acted as an accessory to the ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Ex-NBA player Crittenton in Georgia on murder charge

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton waived his right on Friday to appear before a magistrate judge in Georgia on a murder ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Beebe Sentenced to Life in Prison

PAW PAW (WKZO) -- Junior Lee Beebe Jr. was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday morning for the shooting deaths of his girlfriend, Tonya Howarth ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Teen accused of slaying principal faces adult murder charges

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A Tennessee grand jury will consider first-degree murder charges against a 17-year-old Memphis boy who told police he ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Baltimore jury clears brothers in murder-for-hire trial

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Two brothers were found not guilty on Wednesday of conspiring to murder a blind, developmentally disabled man in Maryland ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Border police nab man on 25-year-old murder warrant

EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Border inspectors in Texas have nabbed a man wanted for a murder committed in southern California 25 years ago, authorities ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Ex-NBA player Crittenton waives extradition in murder case

By R.T. Watson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton waived his right to challenge extradition to Georgia on Wednesday to ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Ex-NBA player Crittenton arrested, accused of murder

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former National Basketball Association athlete who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards was arrested following ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Former player Crittenton sought on murder charge

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Javaris Crittenton, a former National Basketball Association athlete who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards, is wanted ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Oakland man sentenced to life for journalist's murder

By Laird Harrison

OAKLAND (Reuters) - The former leader of an Oakland-based black community organization was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for the ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Jackson & Walsh committed to keep funding murder investigation

The filmmaker and his partner Fran Walsh have been quietly funding the West Memphis Three investigation for years after they joined celebrities like Eddie ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Jackson & Walsh committed to keep funding murder investigation

The filmmaker and his partner Fran Walsh have been quietly funding the West Memphis Three investigation for years after they joined celebrities like Eddie ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Idaho professor suspected of murder found dead

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A former psychology professor at the University of Idaho suspected of killing a graduate student was found dead ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Dougherty siblings charged with attempted murder

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - Three Florida siblings accused of carrying out a multi-state crime spree before they were arrested following a shootout with ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Man charged with murder of Boy Scouts assistant

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A man charged with fatally stabbing a 76-year-old Boy Scouts assistant leader in the neck as he guided children on a hike ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Yale Teen Guilty in Father's Murder

YALE (WKZO) -- 18-year-old Tia Skinner is guilty in the stabbing death of her father and attempted stabbing death of her mother.  A jury ruled ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Target of murder plot hatched on Facebook is killed, police say

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A man who authorities say was the target of a murder-for-hire plot hatched on Facebook by the mother of his child was ...

Sat, August 13, 2011

Missing girl's neighbor charged with murder in Missouri

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Authorities charged a neighbor of Breeann Rodriguez, a Missouri toddler who disappeared last week, with first-degree murder on Saturday.

The Dunklin County ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Junior Lee Beebe Jr Found Guilty of 2nd and 1st Degree Murder

PAW PAW, MI (WKZO) --  It will be life without parole for Junior Lee Beebe Jr. who was found guilty of the most serious charge ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Van Buren County Jury Finds Beebe Guilty in Double Murder Trial

VAN BUREN CO. (WKZO) -- A Van Buren County jury has come to a verdict in a double murder trial.  Junior Lee Beebe Jr. has ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Lawsuit names drug company, hospital over suspected murder case

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Relatives of a man whose chemist wife is accused of poisoning him with thallium have filed a wrongful death ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Murder Case Against Beebe Underway

PAW PAW (WKZO) -- The jury has been seated and the first witnesses called in the Junior Lee Beebe Junior murder trial.   

The Van Buren ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Beebe Murder Trial Underway

PAW PAW (WKZO) -- A jury has been seated and opening statements were heard Wednesday morning in the murder trial of Junior Beebe in Paw ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Foley Demands Murder Investigation be Opened to Find Wife's Killer

BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- The weekend acquittal of Tom Foley raises some important issues, one that he brought up immediately after he was found ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Selection of Jury Begins Today in Junior Lee Beebe Jr Double Murder Trial

PAW PAW, MI (WKZO) --  Jury selection begins today in Van Buren County Circuit Court in the double murder trial of Junior Lee Beebe Jr ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Murder Warrant Issued in 2-Year-Old Kalamazoo Township Murder Trial

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo Township detectives think they have cracked a two-year-old murder case, and will formally charge their suspect today.

It was two ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Inmate Charged in 2009 Kalamazoo Township Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo Township detectives think they have cracked a two year old murder case.  It was two years ago this week that the ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

'The Killing' Season 2 Will Resolve Rosie Larsen Murder

AMC exec Joel Stillerman confirmed that the second season of troubled series The Killing would definitively resolve the mystery of Rosie Larsen's murder ...

Sat, July 30, 2011

'The Killing' Season 2 Will Resolve Rosie Larsen Murder

AMC exec Joel Stillerman confirmed that the second season of troubled series The Killing would definitively resolve the mystery of Rosie Larsen's murder ...

Fri, July 29, 2011

'The Killing' Season 2 Will Resolve Rosie Larsen Murder

AMC exec Joel Stillerman confirmed that the second season of troubled series The Killing would definitively resolve the mystery of Rosie Larsen's murder ...

Thu, July 28, 2011

Seattle man accused in 1957 murder sent back to Illinois

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle man accused of the 1957 abduction and slaying of a young Chicago-area girl was sent back ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Seattle man accused in 1957 murder back in Illinois

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Seattle man accused of killing a young Chicago-area girl five decades ago was back in Illinois on ...

Thu, July 14, 2011

Drew Peterson demands halt to TV movie on murder case

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Accused murderer Drew Peterson has demanded a halt to a planned TV movie about his case starring actor Rob Lowe, his lawyer ...

Thu, July 14, 2011

Suspect in New Hampshire to face NY triple murder charges

By Zach Howard

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A New York man suspected of committing a triple murder in New York and then abducting his girlfriend ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

Man netted by DNA swab found guilty in grisly Michigan murder

By Ned Randolph

PONTIAC, Mich (Reuters) - A California man was found guilty on Wednesday of castrating, sodomizing and beating a Michigan man to death ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

Austin Charged in Murder of Penny Miller in Hartford

HARTFORD (WKZO) -- He's charged with killing his girlfriend and burying her body in his yard.  In April, police acting on a tip, dug ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Woman tied to Utah lawmaker scandal killed in murder-suicide

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A woman whose allegations of sexual impropriety against a top Utah lawmaker led to his resignation was killed in an ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

TV producer ordered to Mexico on murder charges

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday ordered a former producer for the TV show "Survivor" extradited to Mexico to face charges that he ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Prosecutors tie California man's DNA to Michigan murder victim

By Ned Randolph

PONTIAC, Mich (Reuters) - Prosecutors tied a California man by DNA to the victim of a grisly murder on Monday in a ...

Sat, July 09, 2011

Michigan murder trial reveals sex torture chamber at house

By Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - A Michigan murder trial over the killing of a man who was castrated has revealed an apparent torture chamber ...

Fri, July 08, 2011

Accused Somali pirates charged in U.S. with murder

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three accused Somali pirates were charged in a U.S. court on Friday with the murder, kidnapping and hostage-taking ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Man who said he planned to kill Obama held over murder

By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A 41-year-old man who told investigators he planned to eventually assassinate President Barack Obama awaited possible extradition to ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Breaking News: Jury Finds Casey Anthony Not Guilty Of Murder

(Reuters) - A Florida jury on Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of murder in the June 16, 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Kalamazoo County Prosecutor to File Second Degree Murder Charges Following Drunk Driving Death

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- This week, authorities plan to ask that another second-degree murder charge to be filed in Kalamazoo County against Bret Frame of ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Arizona executes man for 1988 child murder

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday executed a convicted child killer, branded among the "worst of the worst" by a state clemency official, for the ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Man sentenced for murder in which woman burned alive

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Wednesday for his part in a brutal ...

Sun, June 26, 2011

Police recapture murder suspect who stole deputy's car

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An accused murderer who overpowered guards and escaped from an Oklahoma jail in a stolen police car was back behind bars late ...

Sun, June 26, 2011

Knox murder appeal resumes Monday with key witness

ROME (Reuters) - An appeal by U.S. student Amanda Knox against her conviction for the 2007 murder of her British housemate resumes in Italy ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Georgia executes man for 1978 rape and murder

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia on Thursday executed by lethal injection a man convicted of raping and murdering a 78-year-old Savannah woman.

Roy ...

Tue, June 21, 2011

Murder Charge for Man Accused of Running Down Detroit Policeman

DETROIT, MI (Metro Source) - A New York man is charged with murder, accused of fatally running down a Detroit Policeman. Officer Charles Armour died ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Foley Granted New Trial Following New Witnesses in Coldwater

COLDWATER, MI (WKZO) -- A Branch County man who was convicted of killing his wife with a shotgun will get a new trial because new ...

Sat, June 11, 2011

U.S. soldier charged with Afghan murder freed from brig

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - One of five U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghan civilians in cold blood was freed on Friday ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

KDPS: Shot Fired at K-Central Graduation Constitutes Attempted Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Last year, The president gave the commencement address at Kalamazoo Central’s graduation.  

Thursday night, uninvited suspects tried to pick a fight ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Kansas City girl, 5, may face murder charges in drowning

By Kevin Murphy

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A 5-year-old girl could face murder charges in the recent drowning of a toddler in a bathtub ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

Murder victim's remains found in trash can and flower pots

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California woman has been charged with murder after police found her wheeling around a trash barrel ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

Rihanna says "Man Down" video empowers women

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna has defended a controversial music video that shows her gunning down a man, saying it is a ...

Tue, May 31, 2011

Mexican drug link probed in ambush murder of Texas lawman

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The death of a Bexar County sheriff's sergeant who died in a hail of gunfire as he sat in his ...

Fri, May 27, 2011

Police say patient killed doctor in murder-suicide

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Police in Florida were trying to determine a motive on Friday for a patient who fatally shot a transplant doctor before ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

U.S. soldier testifies against co-defendant in Afghan murder

By Laura L. Myers

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier sentenced to 24 years in prison after he admitted to murdering three Afghan ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Mubarak to be tried for murder of protesters

By Yasmine Saleh and Dina Zayed

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial for the killing of protesters and could ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

St. Ange Sentenced in Murder Case

BATTLE CREEK -- An Ypsilanti truck driver who killed his wife by stabbing her multiple times in the parking lot at Love’s Truck Stop ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Murder trial of Casey Anthony set to begin Tuesday

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Opening statements in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, charged with the 2008 killing of her two-year-old daughter ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

Man linked to murder by tattoo sentenced to prison

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gang member who was linked to a 2004 murder by an elaborate tattoo on his chest that authorities say memorialized ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

New Breaks in Murder Case Reveal Kalamazoo Connection

KALAMAZOO -- Police believe they have made a breakthrough in the Oakland County child murderer case with connections to Kalamazoo.  With the help of DNA ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

Mother arraigned for murder of son found in Maine

By Zach Howard

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A Texas woman was charged with second-degree murder in the apparent asphyxiation death of her young son whose ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

Mother charged with murder of 6-year-old son found in Maine

By Zach Howard

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A Texas woman was charged with second-degree murder in the apparent asphyxiation death of her young son whose ...

Tue, May 17, 2011

Sixth U.S. soldier implicated in murder of Afghans

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Military prosecutors on Tuesday charged a sixth U.S. soldier with direct involvement in the murder of unarmed ...

Tue, May 17, 2011

Mississippi executes man for 1994 murder

OXFORD, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi executed on Tuesday a man who raped and murdered a 79-year-old woman in 1994, the second of three inmates scheduled ...

Tue, May 17, 2011

Mississippi set to execute man for 1994 murder

OXFORD, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi is set to execute later on Tuesday a man who raped and murdered a 79-year-old woman in 1994, the second ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Soldier wins new hearing in Afghan murder case

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A military judge has granted a defense request to reopen pretrial evidentiary proceedings for one of the five ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Mob boss "Vinny Gorgeous" found guilty of capital murder

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former boss of the New York-based Bonanno crime family was found guilty of capital murder on Monday for the 2004 ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Five die in apparent murder-suicide in Idaho: police

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Iowa man allegedly shot four people to death in Idaho early on Friday, including his two young ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Questions over earlier incident raised in girl's murder

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A dispute has flared up in the case of a murdered 9-year-old girl in Pennsylvania over whether the suspect should have been ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Mississippi executes man for murder of four people

By Leigh Coleman

BILOXI, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi corrections officials on Tuesday executed a man convicted in the 1998 slayings of four people, the first ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Mississippi set to execute man for murder of four people

BILOXI, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi is set to execute later on Tuesday a man convicted in 1999 of slaying four people, the first inmate in ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Jury selection begins in Debra Boothby murder retrial

PAW PAW -- Jury selection begins Tuesday in Paw Paw in the retrial of three Covert residents who are charged with the brutal murder of ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Mexican charged in murder of U.S. border patrol agent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Mexican man who crossed into the United States illegally has been indicted for second-degree murder in the shooting death of a ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Final Appeal of Convicted Murder Rejected

WASHINGTON (WHTC News) - The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused without comment to hear an appeal by Scott Wynne, who is currently serving ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Appeals court upholds Phil Spector murder conviction

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Phil Spector's murder conviction was upheld on Monday by a California appeals court, ensuring the famed music ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Kissel will not appeal HK "milkshake murder" conviction: lawyer

HONG KONG (Reuters) - An American woman convicted of murder by a Hong Kong jury last month will not appeal the ruling, her lawyer said ...

Mon, April 25, 2011

Kalamazoo Public Safety Continues to Search for Murder Suspect

KALAMAZOO -- Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are on the hunt for a murder suspect.  They're looking for a man who is suspected of gunning ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Soldier in Afghan murder case sent to home confinement

By Laura L. Myers

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army judge on Friday ordered one of five soldiers charged with murdering unarmed Afghan ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Five face murder charges after Florida teen's violent death

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Lured to a home by a girl's text message, a 15-year-old central Florida boy was beaten, shot ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Former Duke lacrosse accuser now faces murder charge

By Ned Barnett

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The woman whose false accusations of sexual assault against Duke University lacrosse players drew national attention has ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Middle aged man due in juvenile court for 1969 murder

BOSTON (Reuters) - A middle-aged man accused of killing a 15-year-old boy in 1969, when he was a teen himself, pleaded not guilty to perjury ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Jury convicts Mexican trafficker of agent's murder

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a Mexican drug trafficker guilty of second degree murder for killing a ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Phil Spector lawyers urge new trial on murder charge

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for record producer Phil Spector urged a California appeals court on Tuesday to throw out his 2009 murder conviction and ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Mother who withheld medicine guilty of attempted murder

BOSTON (Reuters) - The mother of an autistic boy with cancer was found guilty on Tuesday of attempted murder for withholding chemotherapy drugs that potentially ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Colorado boy arrested in murder of great-grandparents

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - A 16-year-old boy from rural Colorado was arrested on Friday for the shotgun killings of his great-grandparents, a crime ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Alabama executes man for 1986 double murder

By Peggy Gargis

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - A man who kidnapped, robbed and killed an eastern Alabama couple in 1986 was executed by lethal injection ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Colorado teen suspected in murder of grandparents

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - A 16-year-old boy is under investigation for the murder of his great-grandparents, police said on Thursday, the second time ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Four New York men charged in murder of comic book collector

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four men were arrested on federal murder charges in upstate New York for allegedly killing an elderly man for his valuable ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Alabama man due to be executed for 1986 double murder

By Peggy Gargis

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A man who kidnapped, robbed and killed an eastern Alabama couple in 1986 is scheduled to be executed ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Boyfriend Of Murder Victim Taken Into Custody

CASS COUNTY (WKZO) -- Investigators in Cass County have taken the boyfriend of a murder victim from Mishawaka into custody, as a person of interest ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Miami couple to face death penalty in child murder case

MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida state prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Miami-Dade County couple charged with torturing and killing their 10-year-old adopted daughter ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

Georgia murder suspect surrenders, hostages freed

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A man suspected of killing one police officer and wounding another in Athens, Georgia, surrendered to police and also ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

New Orleans mayor, police chief take aim at murder rate

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans mayor and police chief vowed on Friday to better address violent crime in a city ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

American woman found guilty in HK "milkshake murder" retrial

By James Pomfret

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong jury on Friday unanimously found an American woman guilty of murdering her Merrill Lynch banker ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

L.A.'s "Grim Sleeper" suspect indicted on 10 murder counts

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Thursday charging an accused serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper" with murdering 10 girls and women ...

Wed, March 23, 2011

Kentucky 15-year-old charged with murder of guardians

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - A 15-year-old southern Kentucky youth was charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his guardians, state police said on Wednesday ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

CIA may face reduced role in Pakistan after murder row

By Chris Allbritton and Mark Hosenball

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful spy agency is claiming major gains from a deal which resulted in ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

Lab technician pleads guilty in Yale student murder

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Yale University lab technician pleaded guilty on Thursday to the murder and attempted sexual assault of a graduate student whose ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

CIA faces reduced role in Pakistan after murder row

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful spy agency appears to have gained the most from a CIA contractor's release, by forcing ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Pregnant woman who ate rat poison charged with murder

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Indianapolis woman who tried to commit suicide by eating rat poison near the end of her pregnancy was charged with murder ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Pakistan court indicts CIA contractor for double murder

By Mubasher Bokhari

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Wednesday indicted a CIA contractor on two counts of murder at a hearing held ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

Prosecutors charge Rockefeller imposter with 1985 murder

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter had posed as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller clan, served prison time for kidnapping ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

Death sentence for Mauritania man guilty of U.S. murder

By Laurent Prieur

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - A Mauritanian court on Tuesday sentenced one man to death and jailed two others for the 2009 murder of ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

New York police investigate murder-suicide by poison

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City woman died on Tuesday after her husband injected her with poison and then killed himself by drinking ...

Sun, March 13, 2011

Murder trial to open in Buffalo NY mass shooting

By Neale Gulley

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A former gang member accused of opening fire on a group to settle a dispute outside a ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Alaska militia charged in murder-kidnap plot

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five Fairbanks-area residents involved in a loose-knit militia group have been arrested in connection with a plot to ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Alaska militia members charged in murder-kidnap plot

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five Fairbanks-area residents involved in a loose-knit militia group have been arrested in connection with a plot to ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Jury Deliberates Kalamazoo Double Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Tommy Emory, 57, took to the stand in his murder trial Thursday, admitting to the murders of Sheron Wright and Lawanda Rogers ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Testimony Begins in Double Murder Case

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The trial of a suspected double murderer in Kalamazoo began Tuesday. 54-year-old Tommy Emory is charged with on two homicide counts for ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Trial Date Set in Van Buren County Double Murder Case

VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO0 -- A trial has been scheduled for June 14th for suspected murderer 36-year-old Junior Beebe.

Beebe has pleaded not guilty to ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Pakistan court may indict CIA contractor for murder

By Mubasher Bokhari

LAHORE (Reuters) - A Pakistani court is likely to indict a CIA contractor next week for murdering two men, lawyers said on ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

New Jersey men guilty of conspiracy to murder outside U.S.

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to commit murder outside the United States after they were ...

Tue, March 01, 2011

Judge helps dapper suspect spiff up for federal murder

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused mob boss nicknamed "Vinny Gorgeous" became an even more dapper alleged don on Tuesday when the judge in his ...

Fri, February 25, 2011

Pakistan puts CIA contractor on trial for murder

By Mubasher Bokhari

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court adjourned on Friday the trial of a CIA contractor charged with killing two Pakistanis until ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

Key soldier reaches plea deal in Afghan murder case

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A key suspect in the U.S. Army prosecution of soldiers accused of terrorizing unarmed Afghan civilians has ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

NY man says he took cash to kill but skipped the murder

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York motivational speaker paid for his own murder but the ruse to get insurance money for ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Doug Stewart Murder Trial Begins

Wed, February 23, 2011

Murder scene axed from Knox film

Hayden Panetierre stars as the college student convicted of killing her roommate Kercher in 2007 in the Lifetime network's Amanda Knox: Murder on ...

Tue, February 22, 2011

Iraqi guilty of murder in daughter's "honor killing"

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury on Tuesday found an Iraqi immigrant guilty of second-degree murder for running down his daughter with a Jeep because ...

Tue, February 22, 2011

Pakistan says American's CIA link has no bearing on murder trial

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mubasher Bokhari

LAHORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Pakistan insisted on Tuesday that the courts would decide the fate of an American detained ...

Mon, February 21, 2011

Harden defends Knox TV murder film

The dramatisation, titled Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, features Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere as the college student convicted of killing her roommate ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Green River Killer pleads guilty to 49th murder

By Elaine Porterfield

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Convicted "Green River Killer" Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty on Friday to his 49th murder charge, after being shouted down ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Pennsylvania man accused of murder, dismemberment

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man was arraigned on Friday for allegedly kidnapping, killing and dismembering a man and hiding his remains on a wooded ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Reward Offered for Capture of Murder Suspect

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo Public Safety needs help to locate a murder suspect.

A reward of up to $5000 is being offered for information that ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Florida woman pleads not guilty to childrens' murder

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida woman pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the execution-style killings of her two teen-age children last month.

Julie ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

High military court refuses to halt Afghan murder case

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The highest U.S. military court has denied a last-ditch bid to halt prosecution of one of the ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

Texas executes man for murder of mentally-disabled woman

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - Texas on Tuesday executed the second of two men convicted of abducting a former co-worker with mental disabilities ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

Arizona anti-immigration activist convicted of murder

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A jury on Monday found the leader of an Arizona anti-illegal immigration group guilty of two counts of first degree murder ...

Fri, February 11, 2011

American on murder charges again held in Pakistan

By Mubashir Bokhari

LAHORE (Reuters) - A Pakistani court jailed an American, accused of murdering two Pakistani men during what he said was an attempted ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Judge delays ruling on confession in New Jersey priest murder

By Bernd Debusmann Jr.

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) - A New Jersey judge said on Thursday he will not make a decision for at least ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

Missouri executes man for rape and murder of girl

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Missouri executed by lethal injection a 47-year-old man early on Wednesday for the 1991 murder, rape and kidnapping of an 11-year-old ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

Missouri executes man for rape and murder of girl

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Missouri executed by lethal injection on Wednesday a man convicted for the 1991 murder, rape and kidnapping of an 11-year-old St ...

Tue, February 08, 2011

Driver Pleas to Murder Charge in Fatal Crash

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A Kalamazoo teen fled from police who were trying to pull him over because of a faulty license plate last October.

What ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

Youngstown shooting suspects will face murder charges

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Two suspects in the deadly shooting of 12 people at a fraternity house in Youngstown, Ohio will face murder charges at a ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

U.S. serial killer faces 49th murder charge

By Elaine Porterfield

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. man convicted in 2003 of being the "Green River Killer" faces a 49th murder charge, filed ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

"Green River" serial killer faces 49th murder charge

By Elaine Porterfield

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A man convicted in 2003 of being the "Green River killer" faces a 49th count of murder, filed on ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

Murder victim's family slams Panettiere film

In the new TV film, the Heroes star plays American college student Amanda Knox, who was sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Closing arguments near in decapitation murder case

By Neale Gulley

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Closing arguments are expected on Monday in the second-degree murder trial of Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan, accused of ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

Search for Missing Boys Turns Becomes Murder Investigation

MORENCI -- The investigation into the disappearance of three young boys from Morenci, Michigan has become a murder investigation. Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton have ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

Portuguese model pleads innocent in journalist murder

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Portuguese male model accused of beating to death and castrating a prominent Portuguese journalist pleaded not guilty ...

Sat, January 29, 2011

Three Mexican murder suspects turn themselves in

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Three Mexican men wanted for murdering a U.S. teenager turned themselves in at an Arizona border crossing point on Saturday, U ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

Georgia executes man convicted of murder and rape

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia executed by lethal injection late on Tuesday a convicted rapist and murderer who abducted a preschool teacher after ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with murder

By Jon Hurdle

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a Philadelphia abortion doctor with murder on Wednesday, claiming he killed viable babies by cutting their spinal ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Corrected: Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with murder

(District Attorney's office corrects doctor name to Kermit)

By Jon Hurdle

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a Philadelphia abortion doctor with murder on Wednesday ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with murder

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An abortion doctor killed hundreds of babies by cutting their spinal cords with scissors after removing them from mothers late in their ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

Colorado police seek fugitive in 1983 murder

By Keith Coffman

BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - A district judge has issued an arrest warrant for a fugitive long suspected of killing the boyfriend of ...

Wed, January 12, 2011

Cirque performer arraigned in Vegas dancer's murder

By Timothy Pratt

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A Cirque du Soleil performer charged with murdering and dismembering a Las Vegas burlesque dancer was arraigned in ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

No bail for Alabama woman accused of child murder

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - An Alabama court on Monday denied bail to a woman accused of torturing and murdering her stepchildren.

Bail for Heather Leavell-Keaton ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

Former Missouri pastor pleads not guilty to murder

INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (Reuters) - A former Missouri minister pleaded not guilty on Monday to murdering an ex-parishioner, whom he had eulogized at a memorial service ...

Sun, January 09, 2011

Arizona shooting suspect charged with murder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday charged Jared Lee Loughner, the man suspected of killing six people and wounding a congresswoman in Arizona ...

Fri, January 07, 2011

Amanda Knox murder trial dramatized for TV

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The sensational story of American student Amanda Knox -- serving a 26-year prison term in Italy for murder -- comes ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

Detroit's Murder Rate Down 15-Percent

(Detroit, MI)  --  The murder rate in Detroit fell by 15.4 percent in 2010.  Police Chief Ralph Godbee Junior said the unofficial total for ...

Sat, December 18, 2010

New evidence allowed in Italy trial for Briton's murder

By Maurizio Troccoli

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court has allowed new evidence in the trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Police believe Chasen murder was botched burglary

At a press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday (08Dec10), Sergeant Michael Publicker of the Beverly Hills Police Department told reporters officials investigating the ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Du Pont heir convicted of murder dies in U.S. prison

NEW YORK (Reuters) - John du Pont, a wealthy heir to his family's chemicals fortune, died on Thursday in a Pennsylvania prison where he ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

New York fans recall Lennon 30 years after murder

By Barbara Goldberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crowds gathered around the "Imagine" mosaic in Central Park on the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death ...

Mon, December 06, 2010

Man charged in Missouri triple murder

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - A Missouri man was arraigned on Monday on charges of murdering three people found dead inside a rural home.

Morris A ...

Mon, December 06, 2010

Chasen man 'bragged of murder'

The unidentified man, who was described as a ""person of interest"" in the case, shot himself dead as cops approached him in the lobby ...

Tue, November 30, 2010

Jackson Teen Pleads Guilty to Murder

JACKSON -- A Jackson teen cuts a deal with prosecutors and pleads guilty to 2nd degree murder in the April shooting death of 21-year old ...

Fri, November 26, 2010

Grand Rapids Murder Suspect Found Dead In Mecosta County

Authorities say a man wanted in a woman's slaying in Grand Rapids has stabbed himself to death. Mecosta County sheriff's officials say ...

Fri, November 26, 2010

Brea charged with murder after mum's stabbing

Brea, who has appeared in Ugly Betty and Step Up 3D, was arrested on Tuesday (23Nov10) on charges of murder and criminal possession of ...

Thu, November 25, 2010

Experts say publicist's murder is "solvable"

By Daniel Miller

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the inquiry into the killing of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen enters its second week, prominent criminal ...

Wed, November 24, 2010

Appeal trial for Briton sex murder starts in Italy

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Friends and relatives of former U.S. student Amanda Knox, jailed in Italy for the murder of her British flatmate, said ...

Sat, November 20, 2010

Army court stays murder prosecution of soldier

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A military appeals court has ordered Army prosecutors to halt proceedings against one of five U.S. soldiers ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

U.S. Army court asked to unseal photos in murder case

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Lawyers for one of five U.S. soldiers accused of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians for sport petitioned a ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Theory emerges about Hollywood publicist's murder

By Daniel Miller

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) Police investigating the killing of Ronni Chasen have assembled a working theory of what happened to the ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Attempted Murder Charges Leveled in Stabbing Case

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- He came to the aid of his sister in a domestic dispute, but police say he did it with a knife and ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

U.S. TV producer ordered held in Mexico murder case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday ordered a Hollywood TV producer held in jail pending a hearing over whether to grant him bail ...

Tue, November 16, 2010

U.S. soldier charged in Afghan murder declares innocence

By Laura L. Myers

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - The youngest of five U.S. soldiers accused of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians stood up in military ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

Guantanamo suspect guilty of mass murder: prosecutor

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first suspect transferred from the Guantanamo military prison to face U.S. civilian trial was described on ...

Wed, November 03, 2010

Hong Kong "milkshake murder" decision expected late November

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong judge said on Wednesday he hoped to rule by the end of the month on an American woman ...

Fri, October 29, 2010

Details Released In Abduction/Murder

UNDATED (WKZO) - More details have been released about that Amber Alert that turned into a murder suicide on Wednesday. Investigators say that 38-year-old Raymond ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Hung Jury in Paw Paw Murder Case

PAW PAW -- Judge Richard Ryan Lamb has declared a hung jury in the Deborah Boothby cold case murder trial in Paw Paw.

After over ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

2nd Degree Murder Charges Brought Against Kalamazoo Man Who Caused Vine and Westnedge Accident

KALAMAZOO -- Second degree murder charges have been brought against 19-year-old Jamall Stegall, the Kalamazoo man who sped from police Tuesday night and caused an ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Playboy model arrested for 'attempted murder'

Angela Dorian, who was the magazine's Playmate of the Year in 1968, was arrested and put behind bars after allegedly firing a handgun ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Former Playboy Playmate Dorian pleads not guilty to murder charge

The Sixties' pin-up, who became the magazine's Playmate of the Year in 1968, was arrested after allegedly firing a handgun at her partner ...

Tue, October 19, 2010

Silverlight Murder Case Set To Begin

ALLEGAN COUNTY (WKZO) -- An jury was expected hear opening arguments and the first witnesses Tuesday in the murder of a South Haven musician, who ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

Family of Conviction murder victim want meeting with Swank

Members of Katharina Brow's family are upset about the film, which chronicles Kenneth Waters' battle for justice after he was convicted of her ...

Fri, October 15, 2010

Kids of mentally ill parents at higher murder risk

By Lynne Peeples

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children of severely mentally ill parents are nearly nine times more likely to be victims of homicide ...

Tue, October 12, 2010

Murder Convictions In Dragging Deaths

PONTIAC -- Two admitted heroin addicts from Pontiac are convicted of murder in the January dragging death of a K-mart security officer.  James Woodworth and ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Murder Victim Identified

KALAMAZOO -- Joseph Abdou Salib, 38, of Kalamazoo was shot in the 1500 block of Beacon Street and responding officers found him unconscious.  

Emergency personnel ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

U.S. judge grants bond to man in Afghan murder case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge agreed on Wednesday to release on bond one of two former contractors from the private security firm previously ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

U.S. soldier faces murder charges from Afghan war

By Laura Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The first of 12 U.S. soldiers charged with crimes in Afghanistan that range from killing civilians to keeping ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Abuelazam Charged with Murder, Four More Assaults

FLINT -- The man suspected in a series of Flint-area stabbing attacks has been charged with murder.  Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton announced this morning ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Malil convicted of attempted murder

The actor told the court during his three-week trial that he never intended to hurt his ex-girlfriend Kendra Beebe, who was stabbed more than ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

U.S. troops charged with murder of Afghan civilians

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve U.S. soldiers have been charged with gruesome crimes in Afghanistan ranging from murdering civilians to keeping body parts as war ...

Wed, September 08, 2010

Kalamazoo Men Sentenced to 2nd Degree Murder in Beating over Debt

KALAMAZOO -- Two young men who beat a Kalamazoo man to death over a debt, have been sentenced to prison, but they won’t be ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Sam's Party Store Murder Suspects all in Custody Now

BATTLE CREEK -- Three suspects sought in the murder at Sam’s Party store last weekend are now in custody. Dominique Young and Aaron Bynum ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Witness Unveiled in Kalamazoo's North Side Double Murder

KALAMAZOO -- Tommy Emory was sick and tired of people using the street in front of his home on Kalamazoo’s North side as a ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Fourteen Year Old Was Tried As An Adult And Convicted Of Murder

NILES (WKZO) -- How young is too young to convict a child of an adult crime? A 14 year-old boy from Niles who shot and ...

Mon, August 16, 2010

Autopsy conducted on man accused of Craigslist murder

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities conducted an autopsy on Monday on a man found dead in his Boston prison cell more than a year ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

8th Suspect Sought in Murder of Lansing Woman

Police continue their search for an 8th suspect wanted in connection with the murder of a Lansing woman a week ago. They’re looking ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

Jury Finds Franco-Avina Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder

GRAND RAPIDS -- It took a jury less than an hour to find Lionel Franco-Avina guilty of 2nd degree murder, for getting drunk and causing ...

Tue, July 27, 2010

Kalamazoo Man Will Spend 30-60 Years in Prison for Fox Ridge Apartments Murder

KALAMAZOO -- An 18-year-old with a criminal history, will spend 30 to 60 years in prison for the shooting death of 29-year-old Donnell Berry, the ...

Sun, July 25, 2010

Senior Khmer Rouge cadre jailed for mass murder, torture

By Martin Petty and Prak Chan Thul

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The first Khmer Rouge commander to face a U.N.-backed tribunal was sentenced ...

Fri, July 23, 2010

Michigan woman charged with murder in Facebook feud

DETROIT (Reuters) - A Pontiac, Michigan, woman was charged with murder on Friday after chasing down and ramming another car in a fight over a ...

Fri, July 23, 2010

Kalamazoo Man Accused of Murder "She Deserved to Die" Said to a Witness

KALAMAZOO -- 55-year-old Richard Riddle of Kalamazoo reportedly said to a witness “she deserved to die”, soon after she claims he stabbed 46-year-old girlfriend Delores ...

Fri, July 16, 2010

Convicted Murder Killed in Northern Michigan Escape Attempt

Fri, July 16, 2010

Police Say Witness Not Cooperating in Jenkins Murder

Wed, July 07, 2010

Murder Suspects Arrested

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- They used Kalamazoo as their hideout, but it was a mistake. A sharp-eyed Kalamazoo Public Safety officer spotted 2-murder suspects wanted in ...

Fri, July 02, 2010

Deliberations open in transit cop's LA murder trial

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberations on Friday in the racially charged trial of a white transit police officer charged with ...

Tue, June 29, 2010

Sentencing In Double Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Christopher White is responsible for a double murder and cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid mandatory life, and there were a ...

Thu, June 24, 2010

Stewart Charged With Murder

CENTERVILLE (WKZO) -- Doug Stewart has been formally charged with the apparent abduction and death of his estranged wife Venus, who vanished on April 26th ...

Wed, June 23, 2010

Stewart Charged With Open Murder

CENTREVILLE (WTVB) – Michigan State Police say they are convinced that Doug Stewart abducted and killed his estranged wife, Bronson high graduate Venus Stewart. Doug ...

Wed, June 23, 2010

"Two Escobars" a timely mix of soccer, murder

By Sheri Linden

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's no news flash that sports is big business. Even someone paying only glancing attention to ...

Thu, June 17, 2010

Man Arrested On Murder Charges

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - - A Kalamazoo man with a long record of domestic and other assaults, armed robbery, even escape from prison has now hit the ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

Murder Suspect On Trial In Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- The murder trial of Stefano Davis is underway in Battle Creek. He is charged with shooting Demaar Johnson as the victim ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

On Trial For Murder

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo Detectives say the pair beat a man to death over money. Now the first of the two suspects is on trial ...

Tue, June 15, 2010

Police Investigate Suspected Murder-Suicide In Benton Harbor

BENTON HARBOR -- Police in Benton Harbor are investigating an apparent murder/suicide last night.  It looks like 49-year-old Scott William Kerlikowski went to his ...

Mon, June 14, 2010

Murder rates affect IQ tests scores: study

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A murder in the neighborhood can significantly knock down a child's score on an ...

Tue, June 08, 2010

Report: Joran van der Sloot Confesses to Murder

LIMA (WTAQ) - Joran van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramirez. 

The Peruvian newspaper "La Republica" reports ...

Fri, June 04, 2010

Chile begins to expel Dutch murder suspect to Peru

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Friday was expelling to Peru a Dutch man who is the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Joran van der Sloot Suspected in Peru Murder

LIMA (WTAQ) - The man suspected in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway years ago has now been implicated in the death of a young woman ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Man Charged With Murder Takes A Plea

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - A man who shot and killed a man and a woman at a north side Kalamazoo apartment complex in December apparently because ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

Portage Man Charged With Open Murder

PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A Portage man has been formally arraigned for the killing of his 19 year old girlfriend. Rollon Marco faces 4 counts including ...

Mon, May 17, 2010

Philadelphia murder trial held 41 years after shooting

By Jon Hurdle

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia man should be convicted of murder because the police officer he shot in 1966 died from his ...

Fri, April 23, 2010

Accused Rapist Possible Murder Suspect

(Grand Rapids, MI)  --  Police are investigating a pair of unsolved murders and believe a man behind bars on rape charges may have been involved ...

Wed, April 21, 2010

One Murder Left Unsolved

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- In the real world, people sometimes get away with murder. In fact in some communities many homicides are never solved. Nationally the ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Brazil rancher convicted in U.S. nun's murder

By Peter Murphy

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A court in Brazil has sentenced a rancher to 30 years in prison for ordering the murder in ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Demjanjuk rejects Nazi camp murder accusations

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Accused Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk responded to charges in a German courtroom for the first time Tuesday, attacking the justice ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Indiana Man Sentenced To Life In Battle Creek Murder

BATTLE CREEK -- A Gary, Indiana man who executed 22-year-old Oscar Romano in his Battle Creek driveway over a bad drug deal, has been given ...

Fri, April 09, 2010

Kalamazoo Carjacker Facing Murder Charges

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A suspected car jacker from Kalamazoo is in custody, facing murder charges after he shot and killed 47 year old Thomas Bradley ...

Wed, April 07, 2010

Son of Powerhouse Gym Founder Wanted for Murder

DETROIT -- The 24-year-old son of the founder of Powerhouse Gyms is wanted for murder.  According to a Detroit police warrant, Peter Dabish is wanted ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Van Buren County Man Pleas To Second Degree Murder

VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO) --They say he shot his mother with a rifle and then claimed it was an accident. Fifty-year-old Tim Harris and ...

Mon, April 05, 2010

Suspect In Fox Ridge Murder In Custody

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The suspect in Kalamazoo’s second homicide of the year is in custody. Detectives will present their case against 18 year old ...

Sun, April 04, 2010

South Africa urges calm after Terre'blanche murder

By John Mkhize

VENTERSDORP, South Africa (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma called for calm on Sunday after the killing of white far-right leader ...

Thu, April 01, 2010

Arizona murder prompts calls to tighten security

By Tim Gaynor

DOUGLAS, Arizona (Reuters) - The murder of a prominent Arizona rancher near the Mexican border is spurring charges that Washington is doing ...

Wed, March 31, 2010

Toddler Murder Suspect Will Stand Trial

(Grand Rapids, MI)  --  The Grand Rapids man who confessed to killing a toddler and tossing her body in a dumpster will stand trial.  Prosecutors ...

Fri, March 19, 2010

Battle Creek Man Found Guilty Of Murder

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- A Battle Creek man has been found guilty of the second degree murder of his ex-girlfriend. Reginald Walls was charged with ...

Mon, March 15, 2010

Four Will Go To Trial For Murder

COVERT (WKZO) -- A cold case near the Lakeshore has been reheated and four suspects will be going to trial. Despite dozens of witnesses to ...

Sun, March 14, 2010

Irish police release cartoonist murder plot suspect

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have released a woman arrested along with six other people last week over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish ...

Fri, March 12, 2010

Phil Spector's lawyers file appeal in murder case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several ...

Fri, March 12, 2010

Preliminary Hearing For Murder Suspects In Van Buren County

COVERT (WKZO) -- The Preliminary hearing for four suspects in a brutal cold case murder in Van Buren County is underway. Police say Deborah Boothby ...

Tue, March 09, 2010

Two Charged With Murder In Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Two men have now been charged with Kalamazoo’s first Homicide of the year. Public Safety claims that 26-year-old Alberto Sanchez Jr ...

Tue, March 09, 2010

Teen Charged In Murder of Grandfather

NILES TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- While questions still swirl as to why a Niles teenager may have shot his grandfather, the young suspect has been formally ...

Mon, March 08, 2010

Woman Faces Murder Charge For Running Into Crowd

(Grand Rapids, MI)  --  The woman accused of driving onto a sidewalk and barreling toward a group of people in Grand Rapids will face a ...

Thu, March 04, 2010

Cox Found Guilty Of Murder In Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Guilty on all charges. That’s the verdict in the Mark Cox murder trial. Cox was charged with killing Latonya Huff. He ...

Thu, March 04, 2010

Chicago Men Found Guilty of Murder In Allegan County Death

ALLEGAN (WKZO) -- A Chicago man has been found guilty in a West Michigan Murder. Allegan County Prosecutors charged that 33-year-old Fortino Gonzalez of Chicago ...

Sun, February 28, 2010

Hamas man was drugged before murder: Dubai police

DUBAI (Reuters) - The killers of a Hamas commander drugged him before suffocating him, Dubai police said Sunday.

Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Another Murder Trial Beginning In Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) --Another felony murder trial has begun in Kalamazoo Circuit Court but this one should be much less complicated than the Calista Springer ...

Tue, February 23, 2010

WATCH: Suzanne Langdon, Tony's mother, speaks post-verdict in the Springer murder trial

CENTREVILLE--It was announced just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, 2010 that the jury had reached a verdict in the Calista Springer ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

WATCH: Springer murder trial closing arguments and jury instructions

Stay tuned to 590 KZO or log on to WKZO.COM, in the local NEWS section.

Mon, February 22, 2010

WATCH: Springer murder trial closing arguments and jury instructions

Stay tuned to 590 KZO or log on to WKZO.COM, in the local NEWS section.

Tue, February 09, 2010

Jury reviewing previous testimony in Springer murder trial

KALAMAZOO--Jury deliberations got off to a late start this morning in the Springer murder trial.

     An alternate juror had to be called in shortly ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Jury reviewing previous testimony and evidence in Springer murder trial

KALAMAZOO--Jury deliberations got off to a late start this morning in the Springer murder trial.

     An alternate juror had to be called in shortly ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Laid Off Worker Arraigned In Boss' Murder

(Grand Rapids, MI)  --  A Grand Rapids man has been arraigned on charges of killing his former boss after being laid off.  Socorro Hurtado-Garcia allegedly ...

Mon, February 08, 2010

Double Murder In Cass County

HOWARD TOWNSHIP -- A double murder in Cass County has prompted State Police to ask for the public’s help to identify who may have ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

2008 Murder Suspects Arrested

(Grand Rapids, MI)  --  Two men accused of murdering a 17-year-old Grand Rapids man in 2008 are in custody.  Eighteen-year-old Mike Torres-Zuniga and 21-year-old Jeremy ...

Thu, February 04, 2010

Testimony Continues In Murder Trial Of Centreville Parents

(Kalamazoo, MI)  --  A father charged in the murder of his daughter could take the stand as early as today in Kalamazoo.  Anthony Springer, and ...

Mon, February 01, 2010

Springer murder trial resumes Tuesday morning

     KALAMAZOO--It’s been a week since the Springer murder trial has gone underway in Kalamazoo. Day one heard testimony from various investigators and forensic ...

Fri, January 29, 2010

Teen Facing Murder Charges

(Kentwood, MI)  --  A 13-year-old Kentwood boy accused of fatally shooting his mother's boyfriend on Monday has been charged with open murder.  Keishawn Mann ...

Thu, January 28, 2010

Day Three in Springer murder Trial: CPS worker testifies the county knew Calista was chained in '04

KALAMAZOO--Shocking testimony revealed today in the murder trial of Calista Springer.

According to a former Child Protective Services investigator of 18 years, Patricia Skelding ...

Wed, January 27, 2010

Revenge May Have Been Motive In Battle Creek Murder

CALHOUN COUNTY -- The name of the suspect in Battle Creek’s first murder of the year has been released and detectives say it may ...

Wed, January 27, 2010

Detective Testifies In Fisk Murder Trial

(Grand Rapids, MI)  --  A Kent County Detective testified yesterday in the murder trial of Robert Fisk and said Fisk admitted to killing the Montcalm ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

Battle Creek Father May Be Charged With Murder In Death Of Son

BATTLE CREEK -- As we first reported yesterday morning, a Battle Creek man was jailed Friday after doctors at Battle Creek Health Systems suspected his ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Jury Selection Begins for Murder Trial

KALAMAZOO -- Jury selection began Friday for the trial of accused murderers Anthony and Marsha Springer.  The Springers are accused of tying their 16-year-old daughter ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Child Testifies Regarding Parent's Murder

KALAMAZOO --  A brave nine-year-old girl took the stand Thursday in Kalamazoo to tell her story of the day her parents were gunned down.  Treasure ...

Thu, January 21, 2010

White to be Tried in Double Murder Trial

KALAMAZOO -- 30-year-old Christopher White was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.  Wright is charged with gunning ...

Thu, January 14, 2010

Van Buren County Woman Found Guilty Of Murder

PAW PAW -- A Van Buren County jury has found a woman guilty of the grisly murder of her husband. Forty-five year-old Linda Stermer, of ...

Tue, January 12, 2010

Chicago police dust off murder linked to Al Capone

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police will reopen the unsolved 1939 murder of the Chicago lawyer who put the finger on gangster Al Capone for tax evasion ...

Tue, January 12, 2010

Iran blames U.S. "agents" for scientist's murder

By Fredrik Dahl

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University scientist on Tuesday, official media reported, in an attack Iran blamed on ...

Fri, January 08, 2010

Murder Trial Continues

VAN BUREN COUNTY -- More testimony in a shocking murder trial in Van Buren County. The Jury in the Linda Stermer Murder trial heard from ...

Fri, January 08, 2010

Murder Trial Continues

VAN BUREN COUNTY -- More testimony in a shocking murder trial in Van Buren County. The Jury in the Linda Stermer Murder trial heard from ...

Thu, January 07, 2010

Former Bush lawyer charged with attempted murder

BOSTON (Reuters) - A former top attorney for President George W. Bush was charged in Connecticut on Thursday with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked ...

Tue, January 05, 2010

Philippine massacre suspect pleads not guilty to murder

MANILA (Reuters) - The mayor of a small Philippine town, the main suspect in the November massacre of 57 people in the country's troubled ...

Wed, December 23, 2009

Colombia governor's murder draws wide condemnation

By Patrick Markey

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The international community on Wednesday condemned the murder of a Colombian governor in a high-profile abduction that President Alvaro ...

Tue, December 22, 2009

Colombia says rebels murder kidnapped governor

By Patrick Markey

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia said on Tuesday FARC guerrillas slit a state governor's throat hours after they kidnapped him during a ...

Mon, December 21, 2009

Will Murder Suspect Get Home for the Holiday?

KALAMAZOO -- Home for the holidays will mean something completely different for murder suspect Christopher White, who is sitting in a Chicago jail cell waiting ...

Wed, December 16, 2009

Suspect in Double Murder on the Run

KALAMAZOO -- The search has gone national for a suspected murderer who is believed to have gunned down a Kalamazoo couple in their north side ...

Sat, December 05, 2009

Italian court hands Knox 26 years for Briton's murder

By Daniel Flynn

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court sentenced American student Amanda Knox to 26 years in prison and jailed her ex-boyfriend for ...

Fri, December 04, 2009

Italian court hands Knox 26 years for Briton's murder

By Daniel Flynn

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court sentenced American student Amanda Knox to 26 years in prison Saturday for murdering her British ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

Foley Found Guilty of Murder

COLDWATER-Tom Foley is facing life in prison with no chance of parole, the mandatory sentence for pre-meditated murder.  The nine man, three woman Branch ...

Sat, November 21, 2009

Prosecutor seeks life for Knox in Italy murder trial

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors on Saturday called for a life sentence for American university student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito ...

Thu, November 19, 2009

No Arrest so far in Lakeshore Murder

SOUTH HAVEN -- The friends of a W. Michigan musician found murdered near South Haven last weekend say they can’t imagine why anyone would ...

Thu, November 12, 2009

Fort Hood shooting suspect charged with murder-Army

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has charged an Army psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 people in last week's shooting spree at Fort ...

Thu, November 12, 2009

Hasan To Face 13 Counts Of Premeditated Murder

FORT HOOD, Tex. (WTAQ) - Major Nidal Hasan will face premeditated murder charges in connection with last week's shooting rampage at Ford Hood army ...

Tue, November 10, 2009

Arrests in a Savage Cold Case Murder

VAN BUREN COUNTY -- After 11 years, the murder of Deborah Boothby, a Covert Township woman may be solved.   47-year-old Ivory Shaver, 32-year-old Shevolier Gill ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

Murder Suspect to be Charged

KALAMAZOO -- Police have a suspect in custody for a shooting in the Edison neighborhood last week that left one man dead and his half-brother ...

Thu, November 05, 2009

AZ Man Arrested In Murder Of Sheboygan Native

GLENDALE, Ariz. (WRN) - A man has been arrested for the murder of a Sheboygan native near Phoenix. Investigators said 24-year-old Miguel Sanchez went to ...

Thu, November 05, 2009

Cox Headed to trial for Murder

KALAMAZOO -- Suspected murderer Mark Cox has waived his preliminary exam and will proceed directly to trial, unless he can work a deal with Kalamazoo ...

Tue, November 03, 2009

Murder Suspect Arrested in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK -- A murder suspect was arrested in Battle Creek during the early morning Tuesday.  A Battle Creek police officer made a routine traffic ...

Fri, October 30, 2009

Murder Suspect Charged

KALAMAZOO -- The suspect in Kalamazoo County’s latest homicide has been formally charged and ordered held without bond.

Mark Dwayne Cox of Belleville has ...

Tue, October 27, 2009

Scandals, murder taint World Cup stadium