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Mom, Stepdad Allegedly Killed Pregnant Daughter, Stole Baby

Prosecutor says couple planned attack, cut baby from womb

(Newser) - A Michigan couple allegedly planned and carried out the gruesome murder of a pregnant woman and the removal of her unborn child, prosecutors said Tuesday—and the case is even more horrifying because one half of that couple is the victim's own biological mother. Rebecca Park, 22, was 38...

Mass Killings in US Hit the Lowest Level Since 2006

But experts warn that 'what goes down must also go back up'

(Newser) - A shooting last weekend at a children's birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing this year—the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. Experts warn that the drop...

American Tourist Killed in Village's First Homicide

Police in Tobago say Colorado man told friends he was going out to buy marijuana

(Newser) - Homicide detectives in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected murder of an American man after reportedly going out to try to purchase marijuana. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Christopher Brown, a builder from Silverthorne, Colorado, according to a local police report. Police were told that Brown had...

In Italy, Femicide Is Now a Crime With Life Sentence

Italian lawmakers greenlight landmark legislation aimed at curbing violence against women

(Newser) - Italy's Parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the nation's criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day set by the UN General Assembly. The law won bipartisan...

DNA Finally Pinpoints Neighbor as Killer of Young Mom in 1975

Ernest Theodore Gable was initially cleared by a faulty hair test in rape, murder of Judith Lord in New Hampshire

(Newser) - Nearly 50 years after a woman was sexually assaulted and strangled in her apartment in Concord, New Hampshire, authorities say they've finally identified her killer: a prior suspect excused by faulty evidence. Judith Lord, a 22-year-old mother to a young son found safe in his crib in the same...

DA Will Retry Man Accused of Killing Etan Patz

Conviction overturned in decades-old case of missing New York child

(Newser) - The Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday it will once again try Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz, a case that has haunted New York City for decades, NBC News reports. Hernandez, now 64, was convicted in 2017 after confessing to luring Etan...

Man Accused of Killing His 2 Brothers on NY Hunting Trip

Police say Florida resident Scot Thompson shot both men at remote cabin

(Newser) - A hunting trip in upstate New York turned deadly over the weekend, ending with a Florida man accused of shooting his two brothers at a remote cabin. State police say Scot Thompson, 65, got into a physical altercation with his brothers at the cabin in Allen, New York, on Sunday...

UN: A Woman Is Killed by a Loved One Every 10 Minutes
UN Offers Sobering
Stats on Femicide
Nov 25, 2025 12:05 PM CST

UN Offers Sobering Stats on Femicide

Report finds 50K women globally were killed by partners or relatives in 2024—one every 10 minutes

(Newser) - The United Nations says 137 girls and women were killed every day last year by intimate partners or relatives—a rate of one every 10 minutes—underscoring what it describes as a persistent global crisis of femicide. In total, 83,000 women and girls were intentionally killed in 2024, and...

UVA Shooter Hears Fate Over Football Players' Murder

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is handed 5 life sentences for 2022 murders

(Newser) - A Virginia judge on Friday issued five life sentences, plus 23 years, to Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., the former University of Virginia student who opened fire on a charter bus in November 2022, killing three UVA football players and wounding two other students, reports WTVR . Jones, 26, pleaded guilty last...

Mexican Woman Gets 20 Years in Killing of 3 Tourists

Australian brothers and their American friend were killed for their truck tires

(Newser) - A 23-year-old woman has been sentenced to two decades behind bars for her role in the murders of three tourists who vanished while on a surfing trip in Baja California, Mexico, last year. Ari Gisell pleaded guilty to setting in motion the chain of events that led to the deaths...

Reward for Ex-Olympic Snowboarder Upped to $15M

Feds intensify their hunt for alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding

(Newser) - Ryan Wedding was once a Canadian Olympic snowboarder. Now he's "a modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar. He's a modern-day iteration of 'El Chapo' Guzman," said FBI Director Kash Patel Wednesday in announcing the reward for the 44-year-old's capture has been raised to $15...

Texas College Sleuths Crack a Cold Case on First Try

Criminology students homed in on Janie Perkins, now charged in woman's 1991 killing

(Newser) - Criminology students in Texas who formed a partnership with police to help investigate cold case murders have brought about an arrest on their very first try. The Arlington Police Department on Monday announced the arrest of 63-year-old Janie Perkins in the 1991 murder of 25-year-old Cynthia Gonzalez, reports NBC News...

OJ Simpson Estate Agrees to Pay Fred Goldman

But it likely won't be anywhere near the $58M cited in court documents

(Newser) - Fred Goldman might finally get money from OJ Simpson—or at least his estate—more than three decades after the murder of his son. Simpson's estate has officially agreed to pay the father of Ron Goldman $58 million, reports NBC News . It's doubtful, however, the Goldman family will...

DNA From Girl's 1994 Murder Points to a 'Monster'
DNA From Girl's 1994
Murder Points to a 'Monster'
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Nov 15, 2025 12:12 PM CST

DNA From Girl's 1994 Murder Points to a 'Monster'

Mark Anthony Russ charged with killing 14-year-old Tanya Frazier in Seattle

(Newser) - More than 30 years after 14-year-old Tanya Marie Frazier vanished and was later found murdered in Seattle, a suspect has been charged in the decades-old cold case. Tanya disappeared in July 1994 while waiting for a bus to her first summer job, per the New York Times . Her body was...

Road Rage Incident in Vegas Ends With Dead 11-Year-Old

Suspect, 22, arrested after alleged gunfire over lane position

(Newser) - An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot on Friday morning during a road rage confrontation on a crowded freeway near Sin City, according to local police. The incident occurred around 7:30am on Interstate 215 in Henderson, a city just southeast of Las Vegas, when two vehicles "jockeying for positions"...

Idaho Killer Ordered to Pay for Victims' Urns

Judge says funeral costs are part of killer's restitution

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, has been ordered to pay for the urns of two of his victims as part of his restitution. A judge issued the ruling on Thursday, the third anniversary of killings, saying Kohberger is financially responsible for...

Man Guilty of Murder Initially Thought to Be Bear Attack

Beer can linked man to axe murder at Montana campsite

(Newser) - A jury has found a man with links to white supremacists guilty of murder in a brutal killing at a southwestern Montana campsite last year that was initially reported as a possible bear attack. Daren Christopher Abbey attacked Dustin Kjersem with a block of wood, an axe, and a screwdriver...

Ohio Teen Looked to ChatGPT After Killing Neighbor: Cops

Boy takes plea deal, will be behind bars until age 21

(Newser) - A 14-year-old from Fairfax, Ohio, admitted to killing his 64-year-old neighbor after months of planning and online research, investigators revealed in court Monday. The teen, who was 13 at the time of the February killing of Sheila "Denise" Tenpenny, reportedly used AI tools like ChatGPT and other search engines...

Exonerated Kennedy Cousin Finally Speaks of Moxley Murder
Michael Skakel Breaks Silence
on Martha Moxley Murder
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Nov 8, 2025 12:15 PM CST

Michael Skakel Breaks Silence on Martha Moxley Murder

Exonerated Kennedy cousin speaks about childhood abuse in new NBC News podcast

(Newser) - For the first time since his conviction was overturned, Michael Skakel—the Kennedy cousin at the center of one of America's most infamous unsolved murder cases—is speaking publicly about the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut. NBC News Studios' new podcast, "Dead Certain: The Martha...

Ex-TV Anchor Accused of Stabbing Her Mother to Death

Police say Angelynn Mock was found outside her mother's home in Wichita, Kansas

(Newser) - A former television anchor has been charged with first-degree murder after her mother was found stabbed to death in Wichita, Kansas. Police allege 47-year-old Angelynn Mock was outside her mother's home early on Halloween when officers responded to a call about a "cutting," reports USA Today . Inside,...

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