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Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.

Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; mayor halts no-knock entries
Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; mayor halts no-knock entries

The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment and killed Amir Locke, a Black man who his parents said was "executed" after he was startled from a deep sleep and reached for a legal firearm to protect himself. More

February 4, 2022

Drew Peterson gets another chance to fight murder conviction
Drew Peterson gets another chance to fight murder conviction

As Drew Peterson's appeals against his murder conviction repeatedly failed, it seemed the former suburban Chicago police sergeant might fade from the news. But a decade after a jury convicted him in the slaying of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, Peterson has been given something from the judge who sentenced him to 38 years in prison: Another day in court. More

February 4, 2022

Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge
Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

Travis McMichael reversed his plan to plead guilty in the federal case days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was met with passionate objections by Arbery’s parents. More

February 4, 2022

Arrest made in case of pregnant Baltimore woman missing since 2017
Arrest made in case of pregnant Baltimore woman missing since 2017

A breakthrough in the multi-year investigation into the case of a missing Baltimore woman. On Thursday morning, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office announced the arrest of Michael Robertson in connection to the disappearance of Akia Eggleston. It was May 3, 2017 when Eggleston was last seen or heard from. More

February 3, 2022

Ex-student is arraigned in shooting of two campus officers
Ex-student is arraigned in shooting of two campus officers

A former student at a private college in Virginia was arraigned Wednesday on murder charges, a day after authorities say he returned to his alma mater and fatally shot two campus officers. Police identified the gunman in Tuesday's shooting at Bridgewater College as Alexander Wyatt Campbell, 27. More

February 2, 2022

Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial delayed again
Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial delayed again

The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be delayed until April after prosecutors told the judge Wednesday that they needed more time to interview the mental health experts who are expected to testify on his behalf. More

February 2, 2022

Police: 2 students shot, 1 fatally, outside Minnesota school
Police: 2 students shot, 1 fatally, outside Minnesota school

One student was killed and another critically injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near the front entrance to a suburban Minneapolis school, police said. Police Chief Jay Henthorne said the students were shot outside South Education Center in Richfield, a suburb just south of Minneapolis. More

February 1, 2022

Former UCLA lecturer threatened to ‘hunt’ female professor
Former UCLA lecturer threatened to ‘hunt’ female professor

A former lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was arrested Tuesday after police say he emailed an 800-page document and posted videos threatening violence against the school had previously sent messages saying he would "hunt" and kill a professor, court documents show. More

February 1, 2022

Verdicts reached in fake gender reveal party murder trial
Verdicts reached in fake gender reveal party murder trial

CINCINNATI (Scripps News Cincinnati) — Two Columbus men were convicted on charges related to a murder-for-hire plot in Colerain Township in July 2017. James Echols, 26, was found guilty of 22 charges – including aggravated murder and murder – while Michael Sanon, 24, was found guilty on one charge of attempted murder. Autum Garrett, 22, […] More

February 1, 2022

Man who killed 4-year-old when he was 13 freed from prison
Man who killed 4-year-old when he was 13 freed from prison

New York man who killed a 4-year-old boy with a rock in 1993 when he was 13 years old has been released from prison after being granted parole last October, authorities said Tuesday. Eric M. Smith, 42, was released from the Woodbourne Correctional Facility on Tuesday after serving 28 years for the murder of Derrick Robie. More

February 1, 2022

Medical examiner on stand at officers’ trial in Floyd death
Medical examiner on stand at officers’ trial in Floyd death

By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The chief medical examiner who deemed George Floyd’s death a homicide testified Tuesday that nobody pressured him to include anything in his autopsy report, as defense attorneys at the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating Floyd’s […] More

February 1, 2022

State seeks long sentence for cop convicted in Wright death
State seeks long sentence for cop convicted in Wright death

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright should face a sentence above the state’s guidelines because she abused her authority as a police officer and endangered others when she fired her weapon, […] More

January 31, 2022