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Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex
Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex
Nov 29, 2007 10:04 AM CST

Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex

Peterson bragged of getting away with murder

(Newser) - Before her disappearance, Stacy Peterson revealed to three people, including a clergyman, that her husband had bragged of killing his ex-wife and making it look like an accident, a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Drew Peterson, now a suspect in his fourth wife’s disappearance, was already living with a...

Troops Kill 5 on Bus Taking Workers to Baghdad Bank

Driver ignores warning shot

(Newser) - Five people were killed today when US soldiers in Baghdad opened fire on a minibus carrying employees to their bank jobs, Iraqi officials reported. The shootings occurred after the bus driver drove into an area restricted to cars and known to be a Shiite militia stronghold. He drove through a...

NYC Murder Rate in Free Fall
NYC Murder Rate in Free Fall
Nov 23, 2007 11:02 AM CST

NYC Murder Rate in Free Fall

New York City murder rate drops to lowest in more than four decades

(Newser) - The murder rate in New York City hit a new low this year—the lowest it's been in the 44 years reliable statistics have been kept, reports the New York Times. And if early analysis holds up, of the fewer than 500 murders this year, fewer than 100 will have...

Amanda: 'I Didn't Kill Meredith'
Amanda: 'I Didn't Kill Meredith'
Nov 23, 2007 10:11 AM CST

Amanda: 'I Didn't Kill Meredith'

US student held in murder of British roommate claims her memory of bloody night is blurred by drugs

(Newser) - A US student under suspicion in the murder of her British roommate  in Italy is claiming drugs have blurred her memory of the night Meredith Kercher was killed. In a statement obtained by CNN, Amanda Knox of Seattle insists she does know one thing: "I didn't kill Meredith."...

Stepfather, Pal Charged in Rape & Murder of Missouri Girl

Friend confessed to attack on 9-year-old

(Newser) - The stepfather of a slain 9-year-old Missouri girl and a friend were charged yesterday with her rape and murder, reports CNN. The friend confessed to the crime after the girl's body was found in a hillside cave, according to a local sheriff

Yank Roomie & Lover Held in Murder of British Student

3rd pal also detained in suspected sex assault killing in Italy

(Newser) - The American roommate of a murdered British student, the flatmate's boyfriend and a bar manager have been detained by Italian police after their alibis collapsed, reports the Guardian. The roomie has already confessed to the macabre crime that police believe was committed during a sexual assault, according to the Telegraph....

Leaky Case Against Ex-FBI Agent Collapses

Charges of aiding Mob hits dropped after witness changes tune

(Newser) - Retired FBI supervisor Roy Lindley DeVecchio left a Brooklyn court today exonerated of helping with Mafia murders after prosecutors dropped all charges in light of new evidence discrediting their main witness. Linda Schiro, a mobster's mistress, could face perjury charges, the New York Times reports, after her testimony in court...

Reporter Tapes Kill Mob Hit Trial
Reporter Tapes Kill Mob Hit Trial
Nov 1, 2007 3:55 AM CDT

Reporter Tapes Kill Mob Hit Trial

Charges against renegade ex-FBI agent collapse

(Newser) - The mob murder trial of a former FBI agent collapsed yesterday after lawyers listened to a journalist's taped interviews revealing that the key prosecution witness had lied, reports the New York Times. Prosecutors decided to drop the case against Roy DeVecchio after a conference room drama that could could have...

'Preppie Killer' Busted in NYC Drug Sting

Cops: Dealt cocaine with girlfriend from Manhattan apartment

(Newser) - Robert Chambers, the notorious "preppie killer" who served 15 years in prison for strangling a young woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex, has been arrested for repeatedly selling cocaine to undercover police, according to law enforcement authorities. Chambers, 41, struggled with police during the...

Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers
Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers
Oct 8, 2007 8:19 AM CDT

Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers

Nine in custody, gunman still on the run

(Newser) - Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the assassin who gunned down journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, whose murder caused international outrage a year ago. Since her death nine people have been arrested, but the gunman and the person who ordered the killing remain...

Louisiana Police Kill Gunman in Office Shooting Rampage

Two victims dead, three wounded

(Newser) - A retired Louisiana city maintenance worker went on a rampage in an Alexandria law office early today and opened fire on five people before police arrived and shot him dead. The gunman killed two people and wounded the others, one seriously. Police had closed down much of downtown in an...

OJ Loses Black Support
OJ Loses
Black Support
Sep 29, 2007 3:21 PM CDT

OJ Loses Black Support

Steadfast 71% who thought him innocent in 1994 now down to 40%

(Newser) - OJ Simpson has seen his steadfast defenders in the black community run for cover in the wake of his hypothetical confession and his new legal mix-up: a Washington Post survey concludes that whereas 71% of African Americans thought he was innocent of the 1994 double-murder rap at the time, only...

McCann Prosecutor: No Body, No Case
McCann Prosecutor:
No Body, No Case
Sep 25, 2007 3:36 AM CDT

McCann Prosecutor: No Body, No Case

'Extremely complicated' to move forward, says prosecutor

(Newser) - A Portuguese prosecutor has announced that unless the body of Madeleine McCann is found, it would be nearly impossible to convict her parents of her murder. Suspects Kate and Gerry McCann vowed to continue to search for their daughter, who disappeared on vacation from her bedroom while her parents were...

Spector Judge Rejects Option of Manslaughter

Jury may be asked to deliberate further in celebrity murder trial

(Newser) - Saying it would imply a guilty verdict of some kind is the goal, the judge in Phil Spector's murder trial today decided against having deadlocked jurors deliberate a lesser charge of manslaughter. The jury said yesterday it was split 7-5 after seven days of deliberation over the charge facing the...

Jury in Spector Case Deadlocks
Jury in Spector Case Deadlocks
Sep 18, 2007 5:03 PM CDT

Jury in Spector Case Deadlocks

Judge may send panel back to rule on manslaughter

(Newser) - The jury in the murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector declared itself deadlocked this afternoon after 7 days of deliberation. The jurors said they're split 7-5, but not which verdict they favor. The judge said he may send the panel back to the drawing board to rule on...

Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead
Suspected
Cop Killer
Shot Dead
Sep 14, 2007 7:00 AM CDT

Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead

Miami-Dade police corner fugitive after daylong dragnet

(Newser) - Miami-Dade police last night cornered and shot dead the man suspected of killing one cop and wounding three others with an assault rifle yesterday morning. Officers tracked Shawn Sherwin LaBeet to a suburban apartment complex and fired when they saw he was heavily armed. "He's dead and you can...

'Chessboard Killer' Goes on Trial
'Chessboard Killer' Goes
on Trial
Sep 13, 2007 10:20 AM CDT

'Chessboard Killer' Goes on Trial

Confessed murderer of dozens lured victims to Moscow park

(Newser) - A confessed serial killer goes on trial today in Moscow, charged in the murders of at least 49 people. Alexander Pichushkin wanted to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard, and after being arrested last year, he said in a TV interview that "a...

Dealers, Killers, and a Nobelist: Guatemala Goes to the Polls

Murders mar run-up to Sunday's election

(Newser) - Der Spiegel travels to Guatemala, where this Sunday's elections present an eye-opening array of candidates, from Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú to a less savory slate of cartel leaders, convicted murders, weapons smugglers, and at least one man accused of genocide. Guatemala's crime rate is sky-high, and now the candidates...

Life Imitates Art: Polish Crime Writer Convicted

Novelist gets 25 years for murder he wrote

(Newser) - The Polish author charged with a gruesome murder similar to one he wrote about in a novel has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. A Warsaw court found Krystian Bala guilty yesterday after prosecutors demonstrated that his 2003 novel Amok contained information that only the murderer could...

Gunman Faces Murder Charge as Cop Dies 41 Years Later

Deadly infection linked to shooting: prosecutor

(Newser) - A 71-year-old career criminal will now be tried for murdering a police officer who has died more than four decades after being shot. Gunman William Barnes has already served 15 years for shooting and paralyzing the Philadelphia cop in 1966. The 64-year-old officer died last month from complications of a...

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