homicide
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Greek officials have said he admitted moving the body but denied the homicide allegations.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Seattle Police Department confirmed that it had responded to a call about her death on July 30 and said the case remained with its homicide unit, though it has been ruled accidental.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Officers responding to a missing persons call at Nancy Guthrie’s house on Feb. 1 called in the homicide unit, headed by Sgt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
By the time Blake went on trial, nearly a decade had passed since Simpson’s acquittal for double homicide, but for prosecutors and detectives, the humiliation was fresh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He had a good familiarity with the driving laws, the reckless driving laws, the negligent homicide laws.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Police told Colorado Public Radio they had no record of any unsolved homicides from that time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
None of the agencies I contacted for this story replied to my inquiries about the status of the investigations—which, as with all unsolved homicides, officially remain open.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Mayor Carmella Mantello said the technology has helped reduce crime and solve homicides, robberies and narcotics cases, plus recover missing persons and stolen cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Where Americans think of graphically violent procedurals as comfort watches, the British prefer their TV homicides to be much tidier: Serious violence occurs offscreen.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. homicides involve a gun, a far greater fraction than in other industrialized countries.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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