murder
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Nathan Hochman as jurors found Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32, guilty of murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
A California man who spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit has been exonerated, clearing the way for his release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
In 2021 a German court jailed Russian national Vadim Krasikov for life for a murder in a Berlin park and said it had been ordered by Moscow.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
This inspires Rhoda with a plot for a noir Maltese murder mystery—minus any falcons—that will open up a new career for her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner and the guardian of Anna Brown and her mother, was a member of the inquest into Brown’s murder that failed to turn up the bullet.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
There’s been plenty of skepticism about whether the latter two were Chapman copycats rather than murders actually inspired by the book.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 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
Stepson’s death was usually included in the official tally of murders during the Reign of Terror.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
“IBM trading like Claude murdered Watson,” Ken Wattana, founder of an AI agentic company called Conto, joked on X Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
When Brown mentioned that his ex-wife had been murdered, No. 46 tried to elicit from him where he’d been at the time of her death.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
Maternity notes for the babies Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering were not made available to her defence ahead of her trial, the BBC has learned.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
Later that year, Simpson attended Trump’s wedding to Marla Maples, mere months before he was charged with murdering Brown and Goldman.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
I could see he was murdering a fried-fish sandwich.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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