The Latest Breaking News from Murder

Maggie and Paul Murdaugh’s injuries detailed in court filing, possible murder weapon disclosed

WALTERBORO, S.C. — A new motion in the double murder case against Alex Murdaugh gives graphic details of the injuries that killed his wife and son in June 2021, and suggests prosecutors may have identified a murder weapon from the guns seized at Murdaugh’s rural family home the day of…

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

Probation service and ministers have ‘blood on hands’, say Zara Aleena’s family

Watchdog report uncovers series of failings in supervision of Jordan McSweeney, who murdered the law graduate last year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

Zara Aleena report ‘grave reminder of price women pay for Government policies’

Campaigners have criticised funding cuts to the Probation Service following the release of a report into failings which led to Ms Aleena’s murder.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Brazilian police name alleged ‘mastermind’ behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Police chief says Rubens Villar Coelho, whose nickname is Colômbia, ordered the murders of the British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert

The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial: What you need to know about the case, key players, more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were shot next to the dog kennels. They died under dark pines in a far corner of the family’s sprawling 1,700-acre hunting property in Colleton County. Now, the eyes of the world are on their father and husband, Alex Murdaugh, as he goes…

Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023

Alex Murdaugh’s son Paul sent Snapchat video to friends on the night he was murdered

Jury selection began on Monday for the trial of Alex Murdaugh, who is accused of murdering his son Paul and wife Margaret

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Woman arrested after man dies in suspected mobility scooter robbery

Female suspect arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after victim found in Stroud car park on Sunday morning

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023

Man gets 4 years in cover-up of death of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, whose baby was cut from her womb

Piotr Bobak cleaned up the 2019 murder scene and claimed the infant was his son in a bid to get charitable donations, prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 23, 2023

Body of mum found with wire around her neck in street bin wrapped in pink sheet

Joyce Almeida de Sousa was living on the streets in Sao Paulo in Brazil after struggling with drug addiction when she was murdered and later found in a bin. She leaves behind a nine-year-old son

Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023

Alex Murdaugh's murder trial begins in the shooting deaths of his wife and son

Jury selection in lawyer Alex Murdaugh's trial began on Monday. He's charged with murdering his wife and son in a case that has transfixed the public.

WEKU · Jan 23, 2023