Police style handcuffs on murder victim made police fear killer was among them

Police-style handcuffs on murder victim made police fear killer was among them

Beloved schoolteacher Mary Catherine Edwards was found murdered wearing police-grade Smith & Wesson handcuffs — sending ripples through the Beaumont, Texas, Police Department.

30 years after Vegas mom's murder, police find alleged killer

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said DNA testing helped identify Melonie White's alleged killer 30 years after her death.

Microchipped dog helps police identify murdered owner's killer

A loyal dog that refused to leave his dead owner's side helped solve the case of her murder by allowing detectives to identify her body, prosecutors said.

Montana Camper Offered His Killer a Beer Before He Was Murdered, Police Say

DNA from a beer can helped lead the authorities to an arrest in the killing of Dustin Kjersem, whose death was originally reported as a possible bear attack, officials said.

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DATELINE FRIDAY PREVIEW: The Killer Among Them

Andrea Canning reports Friday, November 22, at 9/8c on NBC.

Cold case murder victim was a bridesmaid in killer's wedding

The investigation into the 1995 murder of Texas teacher Mary Catherine Edwards went cold for years. Advances in forensic science and tireless work by investigators would reveal the startling ...

Police hunt husband of Harshita Brella, whose body was found in car boot

Northamptonshire Police says it is looking for Pankaj Lamba, who it believes has fled the country.

‘A story written in blood’: hopes for justice fade for victims of Chile’s police brutality

Five years after mass protest movement, thousands of victims are trapped between hopelessness and impunity . On a recent afternoon in Santiago, several thousand people gathered to mark the fifth ...

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Catfish killer who abused thousands brought down by phone calls and seized devices

How does a Northern Ireland teenager end up as one of the UK's most prolific online child sex abusers?

Microchipped dog helps Texas police identify woman's killer

Officials who responded to a burning body found a dog nearby. The animal refused to leave the scene.

'I didn’t think there was cause to shoot Chris Kaba' – police watchdog lead defends sending case to CPS

Sal Naseem tells the BBC he wasn't convinced Mr Kaba presented a sufficient danger to justify being shot.

Former Ohio police officer found guilty of murder in Andre Hill shooting

Adam Coy, a white former police officer who killed Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, four years ago in Columbus, Ohio, was found guilty of murder.

Adam Coy, Ohio Police Officer, Found Guilty of Murder in Andre Hill Shooting

An Ohio jury found the officer, Adam Coy, guilty on three charges, including murder and reckless homicide, after he shot Andre Hill, a Black man. The killing led to police reforms.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 4

American nurse killed in Budapest while on vacation, police arrest suspect

The victim, Mackenzie Michalski was reported missing on Nov. 5 after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.

Police in Antigua charge a man with murder in the stabbing death of a politician

Police in Antigua have charged a man with murder in the stabbing death this week of a controversial member of parliament in his seaside home

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Sadness and confusion locally over murder as police hunt husband

Harshita Brella's husband is suspected of her murder, but is thought to have fled the country.

Police officers killed during bogus 999 call among first to get new award

The first batch of Elizabeth Emblems will be given to relatives by King Charles later this year.

New York family grieves living woman for 36 hours after police wrongly told them she was killed

A Staten Island, New York, family has experienced a whirlwind of emotions after police incorrectly told them that their loved one had been killed in a car crash.

Police say British teen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls also made poison and had a terror manual

The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and faces a terror offense

World - ABC News - October 29

Delphi murders trial: A volunteer assisting police helped identify the man charged with killing 2 teens

Five years before he was charged with killing two middle school students near an Indiana trail, Richard Allen reached out to authorities about the double murder: He’d been in the area the day the ...

'I thought I was going to die': Former police officer testifies at murder trial

In court on Monday, former police officer Adam Coy described the shooting, and killing, of Andre Hill in 2020.

A Caller Told 911 a Bear Had Chased Him Off a Cliff. The Police Say It Was Murder.

The sheriff in a rural Tennessee county said his office is searching for a man who used a stolen identity to pose as a victim.

World - The New York Times - October 28

Marielle Franco murder: ex-police jailed for decades over crime that shook Brazil

Ronnie Lessa and Élcio de Queiroz sentenced to 78 and 59 years over 2018 murder of prominent Rio city councillor. Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Brazil police eye top crime faction after brazen murder at São Paulo airport

Killing of Antônio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, 38, former First Capital Command member, spawns number of theories. Police investigating a brazen murder at the arrivals area of Brazil’s main airport ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

Examining Minneapolis' police reform efforts more than 4 years after George Floyd's murder

In the aftermath of the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, the city has made drastic changes, including shifting funding from its police department into other services and ...

Police investigation takes focus in murder trial for man accused of killing Laken Riley

Jose Ibarra, the man accused in the brutal murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, is back in a Georgia courtroom. CBS News producer Jared Eggleston has the latest on the case.

Police and firefighters attacked with fireworks

Three teenagers are arrested as emergency workers are targeted with fireworks during Bonfire Night.

Drug dealer murdered man with 'Rambo-style' knife

A jury unanimously found David Sisman guilty of murdering Lee Crewe in Newport.

Elle Edwards murder accomplice's early release is a mockery, says her father

Elle Edwards's father, Tim, says releasing Thomas Waring to ease prison overcrowding is a "kick in the teeth".

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