Woman confesses to 1967 slayings

"Two months before dying, a Virginia woman confessed to killing two women nearly 42 years ago, authorities said Friday, telling police she shot the women because they had taunted her for being a lesbian. Sharron...

Body count starts anew in Mexico after 5,400 slayings in 2008.

Tortured, mutilated, burned, hanged corpes all kinds of crime related slayings closed the year at 5,400. The corpse count begins again in Chihuahua this 2009 "Seven other killings had been reported in the state of...

Murder Suspects Describe Two Killings in $2 Robbery

" The men arrested in the slayings of an aspiring Christian singer and his colleague at a Texas recording studio said in a chilling jailhouse interview the victims were killed at random in a robbery that netted...

Father suspected in Merritt slayings in hospital with frostbite

The man suspected of killing his three children in Merritt has been found and is in hospital with severe frostbite. Here's the latest update."The father suspected of killing his three children in Merritt, B.C., remained in hospital Thursday night with serious injuries,...

At Alleged Site of Slayings, Cows Show up to Keep Property Taxes Down

by Linda Solomon for The Vancouver ObserverAt a card club in Coquitlam,  players were talking last week about the small herd of cows that had just showed up on  the Pickton Pig  Farm,  the...

Newark Slayings Fan Hysteria Over an Illegal Immigrant Crime Wave

"There is however no truth to the claim that illegal immigrants have unleashed a crime wave in the country. There are more immigrants than ever in the U.S. and crime rates in the country have plummeted. The plunge has been most notable in the big cities with the largest...

Pair arrested in Newark schoolyard slayings

"James Harvey, Dashon's father, described his son Monday as "a good, good student, college student." advertisement "For him to be killed on the streets of Newark needlessly is very unacceptable," he said at a news conference. "They're out here hurting innocent kids," he...

Slayings inflame Florida's clash with homeless population

The increasing tension between the homeless and officials--and, it would seem, the criminal element--in Miami and other Florida communities worsens with the slayings of two of St. Petersburg's homeless. "ST....

U.S. soldier gets 18 years prison in Iraq slayings

CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A third U.S. soldier on Thursday was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees, officials at Fort Campbell in Kentucky said. Pfc. Corey Clagett, 22, had entered into a plea agreement at the start...

Man gets 245 years in 3 killings in Ind. (AP)

" 1 hour, 40 minutes ago CROWN POINT, Ind. - A man originally charged with killing seven people more than a decade ago was sentenced Friday to 245 years in prison for three of the slayings and the rape of a teenage girl. Eugene Britt, who turns 49 on Saturday, will serve that...

Army recommends death in Iraq slayings (AP)

" By ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted, according to a...

Suspect In Mexican Killings Underscores Revolving Door At Border

"If he's killing little girls in Mexico, what's he doing here?"."The key here is to get the guy off the street, whether it's in our prisons or in Mexico. The problem is they deport these guys and they just come back."

Colorado man says he commited 48 murders (AP)

" COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A man serving a life sentence in Colorado for murdering a teenage girl has claimed responsibility for as many as 48 slayings across the country dating back more than three decades, authorities said Thursday. Robert Charles Browne, 53, told...

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