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Weightier than any of that is the ever-more involuted mystery enveloping the real Elizabeth Short, whose murder has inspired fictionalized homages before De Palma’s movie and since, but has yet to be satisfactorily rendered onscreen.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The jury - nine women and three men - considered a range of options including not guilty by reason of insanity, manslaughter and first-degree murder.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In mitigation for her client, who admitted murder and possessing a knife, Frida Hussain KC said he had post-traumatic stress disorder after exposure to violence in his village and the deaths of relatives.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Investigators gathered video from a matrix of security cameras that surround the busy intersection to support their contention that Rios’ actions amounted to murder with implied malice, according to law enforcement sources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

On January 18, 1923, five months after the murder of McBride, many of the big oilmen gathered for another auction.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The Guardian headlines on the reaction from UK ministers promising "sweeping changes to the NHS" after the "devastating" review into the Letby murders.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Simpson, was produced 10 years after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman and just prior to “If I Did It,” perhaps the most arrogant mea culpa in the history of confessional literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

Hoover needed White—one of his few experienced agents, one of the Cowboys—to resolve the case of the Osage murders and thereby protect Hoover’s job.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

John and Penny Clough, the parents of Jane Clough, a nurse who was murdered in 2010.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

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

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

He acted as if I had just murdered somebody.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

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

Knox was convicted and later acquitted of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Amanda Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, has defended her solo comedy show following calls for it to be cancelled.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

I could see he was murdering a fried-fish sandwich.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore