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News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
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Woman shot to death
Police in the central Illinois town of El Paso are trying to determine who shot whom and why in the death of a woman and the wounding of her husband. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman would only say that 68-year-old Lynda McClure died late Monday...Tags: Crimes, Injuries, Assault
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4 former Khmer Rouge rebels imprisoned over murder of British mine-clearing expert
Associated Press WriterPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) _ A Cambodian court sentenced four former Khmer Rouge rebels each to up to 20 years in prison Tuesday for their involvement in the murder of a British mine-clearing expert 12 years ago. The convictions and sentences came after...Tags: Defendants, Crimes, Guerrilla Activity, Court Preliminary, Trials
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7 relatives arrested for not stopping widow from jumping into husband's funeral pyre in India
Associated Press WriterNEW DELHI (AP) _ Police have arrested seven relatives of a 75-year-old widow for doing nothing to prevent the woman from killing herself by jumping into her husband's funeral pyre, officials said Tuesday. Lalmati Verma's three sons, their wives and her...Tags: Crimes, Police, Punishment, Police Arrests
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Man, 27, fatally shot near his home
A man was fatally shot Monday afternoon near his home on the Far South Side. Jonathan McGinnis, 27, of the 11200 block of South Vernon Avenue was in the area when he was shot, police said. He was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was...Tags: Crimes, Roseland
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South Side man is found fatally shot after leaving bar
A 56-year-old man was shot to death Sunday night after leaving a bar in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood to smoke, police said. Officers were called to the 5700 block of South Ashland Avenue about 10:30 p.m. after the man's body was found in the...Tags: Crimes, Englewood, West Englewood
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'Love these kids,' mom of slain girl tells mourners
Chicago Tribune reporterKenya Jackson didn't want the mourners at her daughter's funeral to pity her. She didn't want them to cry for her daughter either. With quiet fortitude, the mother of 17-year-old Kiyanna Salter stared into the eyes of hundreds of mourners and pleaded...Tags: Crimes, People, Gun Control, Chicago Transit Authority, Interior Policy
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Minnesota news in brief at 8:58 p.m. CDT
A Minnesota man is under arrest after allegedly stealing a combine and taking it for drunken ride through several yards and crashing into a garage. Dominic Andrew Bjerke, of Leroy, Minnesota, has been charged with first offense operating while...Tags: Crimes, Theft, Armed Forces, Trials, Multi-Sport Events
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HARTFORD: Vigil, Rally Planned Where Shooting Victim Found
Mothers United Against Violence will hold a prayer vigil and anti-violence rally today, beginning at 5:15 p.m., at 33 Green St. Leonid Verbouk, 24, of Berlin, was found Oct. 4 at that address suffering from gunshot wound to the head. Verbouk died Oct. 5....Tags: Crimes, Injuries, Assault
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Baltimore woman's death is ruled a homicide
The death of a Northeast Baltimore woman whose body was found in a vehicle in the city of Frederick last month has been ruled a homicide, Frederick police said. The medical examiner's office determined this month that Shneara Boone, 19, died of...Tags: Police Investigations, Crimes, Police
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Police identify victims in Upton fatal shooting
Baltimore police have identified two young men fatally shot Sunday night in the Upton community. Central District police responding to a report of two men shot in the 1400 block of Pennsylvania Ave. near West Lafayette Avenue at 10:36 p.m. found the...Tags: Druid Hill, Crimes, Maryland, Police, Pennsylvania
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Texas woman gets life in prison for killing 4 people in attack involving drugs, money
HOUSTON (AP) _ A jury has convicted a woman of capital murder for the shooting and beating deaths of four people in suburban Houston in 2003. Christina Paolilla received an automatic life prison term Monday. She was not eligible for the death penalty...Tags: Crimes, Texas, Prisons, Punishment, Suicide
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Brentwood shooting victim remembered
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.com;Red rose petals covered spots of dried blood yesterday, vestiges of a Brentwood drive-by shooting that killed a 20-year-old woman. The petals were strewn to mark the spot where Danielle Calabrese fell after she was shot in the darkness of Stein Drive,...Tags: Islip (Islip, New York), Medical Staff, Crimes, East Islip, Death and Dying
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