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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.

FBI joins hunt for killer who stabbed woman in Atlanta park
FBI joins hunt for killer who stabbed woman in Atlanta park

ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators sought video from homes and businesses near a popular Atlanta park as divers searched a pond in their quest to solve the stabbing death of a parkgoer who was walking her dog. Katherine Janness, 40, was found dead in Piedmont Park around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police say her dog was also […] More

July 29, 2021

Tenant charged in death of Virginia woman missing since June
Tenant charged in death of Virginia woman missing since June

LORTON, Va. (AP) — The body of a 72-year-old Virginia woman who had been missing for weeks has been found, and a tenant of the woman’s has been charged with murder in her death, police announced Saturday. Fairfax County police officials said at a news conference that the suspect, Brian George Sayrs Jr., came forward […] More

July 26, 2021

Woman convicted in kidnapping gets re-sentencing hearing
Woman convicted in kidnapping gets re-sentencing hearing

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by the state’s appellate court. Nancy Rish, 59, petitioned in December 2017 for a resentencing hearing so that the court can consider evidence of domestic violence. Stephen Small of Kankakee suffocated […] More

July 23, 2021

Man accused in deadly Texas standoff faces federal charge
Man accused in deadly Texas standoff faces federal charge

LEVELLAND, Texas (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of a SWAT officer in a small West Texas city during a standoff last week was charged Friday with assaulting a federal officer who responded to the scene, prosecutors said. Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was charged with one count of forcibly assaulting a federal officer […] More

July 23, 2021

Court upholds convictions in torture killing of Kansas man
Court upholds convictions in torture killing of Kansas man

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court upheld on Friday most of the convictions against a Wichita woman for torturing and killing a man in a crime that the trial judge called “horrific beyond imagination.” Heidi Hillard and her husband, Jeff, were convicted of participating in the November 2016 killing of 33-year-old Scottie Goodpaster […] More

July 23, 2021

Attorneys spar over trial of men accused in Arbery slaying
Attorneys spar over trial of men accused in Arbery slaying

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys in the upcoming murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery clashed Thursday in court over limits on testimony that defendants acted in self-defense and were in a neighborhood that was on edge because of crime.    Kevin Gough, an attorney for one […] More

July 22, 2021

Man given possibility of parole for killings when he was 17
Man given possibility of parole for killings when he was 17

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man who was serving a life sentence for killing three people when he was 17 now has the opportunity to seek parole. District Judge Amy Eddy resentenced Steven Wayne Keefe, 53, on Friday in Great Falls, the Great Falls Tribune reported. Keefe petitioned for resentencing in 2017 based […] More

July 19, 2021