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Detention of 3 teens over gruesome killing of 13-year-old classmate sparks debate in China

Mar. 18, 2024 22:37 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — In the last recorded moments before the 13-year-old boy's death, surveillance cameras showed him sitting on a scooter, surrounded by three classmates. An hour later, his phone went dead, kicking off a frantic search by relatives. The following day, police in a...

Oregon man found guilty of murder in 1980 cold case of college student after DNA link

Mar. 18, 2024 22:08 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man living in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, has been found guilty in the 1980 cold case murder of a 19-year-old college student. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Amy Baggio on Friday found Robert Plympton, 60, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of...

Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub

Mar. 18, 2024 21:05 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover's decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii's most exclusive gated communities. Juan Tejedor Baron, now 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death...

Judge approves new murder charges against man in case of slain Indiana teens

Mar. 18, 2024 19:59 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge approved two additional murder counts Monday against an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls but rejected a prosecutor's bid to add kidnapping charges. The new charges approved against Richard Allen of Delphi are murder while...

An Afghan refugee has been convicted of murder in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

Mar. 18, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque's Muslim community during the summer of 2022. Muhammad Syed faces life in prison for killing 41-year-old Aftab Hussein on July 26, 2022....

Man seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia's first execution in more than 4 years

Mar. 18, 2024 17:21 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse for killing his former girlfriend three decades ago, his lawyers wrote in seeking clemency for him. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the...

A North Dakota woman is sentenced to life in prison without parole for 2022 killing of ex-boyfriend

Mar. 18, 2024 17:11 PM EDT

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A judge sentenced a North Dakota woman to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted her last year of murder in connection with the death of her ex-boyfriend, who was the father of her child. State District Judge Gary Lee sentenced Heather Hoffman, 27,...

New Hampshire charges 1st person in state with murder in the death of a fetus

Mar. 18, 2024 13:57 PM EDT

OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man appeared in court Monday on charges that he killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child by means of multiple blunt force injuries, the first time the state has charged someone with murder in the death of a fetus. William Kelly, 28,...

Jurors convict an Afghan refugee of murder in 1 of 3 fatal shootings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022

Mar. 18, 2024 13:44 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors convict an Afghan refugee of murder in 1 of 3 fatal shootings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022.

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Mar. 18, 2024 11:56 AM EDT

The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened last week in West Virginia. The bodies of four people — ages 3 months to 90 years — were found inside the remains of a burning home. A fifth person with an apparent gunshot wound was discovered dead behind a chicken coop nearby, authorities said. ...