murder
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Blake was cleared of murder following a trial in 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The "Athens suitcase murder suspect" leads the Times.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tiffany Hansen’s Midwestern murder mystery, Alexander Staritt’s story of male friendship, the conclusion of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s Icelandic saga and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The cerebral Cady that Bardem inhabits spent nearly two decades in prison convicted for his wife’s murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The conversation with Red Corn, though, prompted me to probe more deeply into perhaps the most puzzling of the Osage murder cases—that of Charles Whitehorn.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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There is also extensive archival footage of news coverage surrounding the murders and trials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
Stewart has worked on a number of famous cases, including the Unabomber and the reinvestigations of the murders of Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
This is the last verse of “Streets of Minneapolis,” Springsteen’s protest song about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
He was a Buddhist and believed in the laws of karma, so it made sense to him that he might pay for his war murders: everything comes back to you, nothing is accidental.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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There are posh parties, through which some of the young characters pass, though no one is doing cocaine or getting murdered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey described Widdecombe as "a woman of deep faith who devoted her life to public service. The idea that she could have been murdered is truly horrifying".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich called for unity as demonstrations carried on outdoors, inviting participants in the ceremony to read out together the names and occupations of Jews murdered in Jedwabne.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Five years earlier, as the Spider, he was a super-powered guardian of the people; but he gave it up after the love of his life was murdered on the Spider’s account.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
Still, in Amon’s name, what would it do to get himself murdered or imprisoned by babbling such a tale without proof?
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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Bethany been convicted of murdering her mother but claims she is innocent, has psychic powers and can predict the future.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Mitchell sees Aemond as a product of his circumstances, rather than just a murdering psychopath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Three men accused of murdering journalist Lyra McKee in Northern Ireland more than seven years ago have been found not guilty.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Three men were on Friday found not guilty of murdering Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee six years ago, in a high-profile killing that attracted global attention.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Pete kept on him, talking so gently and sweetly that he seemed all the more furious in his discipline, and I thought he had to be murdering himself inside to hold the line like that.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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