The Latest Breaking News from Murder

Freed after 20 years, Hawaii man reflects on case, future

A Hawaii man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the murder and rape of a tourist has been released because of new evidence

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Alex Murdaugh breaks down as lawyer describes brutal ‘butchering’ of wife and son

Defence attorney tells jury that prosecution’s explanation for the murders was just ‘theories’ and ‘conjecture’

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Alex Murdaugh's murder trial starts with cellphones, bullets

After 19 months of speculation, prosecutors have finally laid out their evidence that Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son as they opened the double murder trial for the disgraced South Carolina attorney

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Prosecutors paint grisly portrait of Alex Murdaugh killing wife and son as key Snapchat video revealed

Jury was told that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot at close range in June 2021 and had no defensive wounds

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Mum of murder victim Blaine Hammond pays tribute to 'well-loved' son as killers jailed

Leigh Gray said her family feel they are "living our own life sentence" and she will never get over the loss of her beloved son, Blaine Hammond

Chronicle Live · Jan 25, 2023

Father shook his baby to death ‘with force of car crash’ then tried to blame child’s mother

Oliver Mailey was given a minimum 16-year-term for the murder of Abel-Jax Mailey, who was just eight weeks old

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Kenyan court convicts Venezuelan diplomat for envoy's murder

A Kenyan court on Wednesday found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation's acting ambassador a decade ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2023

French ‘seduction coach’ jailed for life for savage murder of ex-girlfriend

YouTuber who posted videos on how to be an alpha male knifed woman 80 times and tried to kill her new partner

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect could face death penalty on seven counts of murder

Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Arrest made in mysterious murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, police say more suspects likely

Father of four was ambushed while driving home after dropping his children off at his ex-wife’s house

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023