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[mur-der] / ˈmɜr dər /




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The murder case had largely gone cold until public statements made by Davis himself, who published a memoir in 2019.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Two women witness the strange murder of a neighbor and begin to believe that something could be lurking in the mist that’s enveloped the Earth.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

That petition explicitly tied the demand to Reiner’s looming murder trial, saying he was entitled to “mount his defense with the resources that are lawfully his own.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, said on Wednesday that Levy's second murder "could have been avoided had the state not failed" and that the case displayed a "litany of failures".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

For Hoover, the Osage murder investigation became a showcase for the modern bureau.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

A former gang leader goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas over the decades-old murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most high-profile unresolved murders.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

“Furious,” which premieres Monday on Hulu, is technically a serial killer story, since there are multiple murders committed by a single character, but happily that is the least of it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Manson’s connection to the home lingered for decades, and less than 30 years after those murders, the dwelling, which had been owned by music producer Terry Melcher, was demolished.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Former Metropolitan Police officer Colin Sutton, who helped put Levi Bellfield behind bars behind bars, said he "cannot see a way he committed these murders".

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

By February 1922, nine months after the murders of Whitehorn and Anna Brown, the investigations into the cases seemed to have reached a permanent impasse.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that local and national authorities would go after those who had murdered him - and those who had ordered it.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Talking about the “Pluribus” season finale, she said that while she’s never murdered anyone, she has felt out-of-control rage.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Yet the formidable English army of kinsman Malcolm, rightful heir to murdered King Duncan, approached Dunsinane using branches from Birnam Wood as camouflage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Videos have also been circulating of people dressed all in black, standing in military-style formation as they stage a "silent vigil" in memory of a white teenager who was murdered in 2004.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Relying on these criteria, he accepted the reliability of evidence for apparitions, for the body of the murdered bleeding in the presence of the murderer, for alchemy, and so forth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The sister of the woman Knox was acquitted of murdering has objected to the show that is due to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Mitchell sees Aemond as a product of his circumstances, rather than just a murdering psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Last month, Justice Secretary David Lammy announced plans to raise the minimum starting sentence for murdering a current or former partner to 25 years - in line with other premeditated killings.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The man accused of murdering influential right-wing campaigner Charlie Kirk broke down in tears of regret days after the killing, according to video testimony played in a US court on Thursday.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Because if Nehemia had truly lied to her like that, and if Nehemia was murdering the Champions, then Celaena had to see it herself.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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