The Latest Breaking News from Murder

Capital murder trial starts for Sayfullo Saipov in 2017 New York bike path attack

NEW YORK — A rare New York capital murder trial got underway Monday, with prosecutors describing in chilling detail the 2017 terrorist attack on Manhattan’s west side bike path.

Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court tells Texas to reconsider executing man convicted with faulty DNA evidence

Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder, but even prosecutors now agree his conviction relied heavily on faulty DNA testing by the discredited Travis County crime lab.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 9, 2023

Idaho murders victim had no idea she was being stalked by ‘true evil’ before stabbing, sister says

Alivea Goncalves says she realised that at the same time that she and her sister were exchanging ‘normal’, carefree messages with each other, the accused killer was likely planning his next move

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Youth guilty of stab murder glorified in drill rap video

Bubacar Jabbie Dukureh, 17, who was known as Buba, was walking back to his home in Walthamstow, east London, when he was attacked.

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Man injured in New Year's Eve crash that killed Sunderland murderer Stephen Bonallie still fighting for life

Bonallie, who was jailed for battering disabled Brent Martin to death in 2007, died in the collision near Durham city

Chronicle Live · Jan 9, 2023

Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho murders arrest affidavit was meant to give answers. Instead it raises these new questions

Why did the surviving roommate wait eight hours to call 911 after seeing the killer? Who was the intended target? Is Bryan Kohberger the stalker Kaylee Goncalves complained about? Rachel Sharp reports on the questions still unanswered in the case

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Abandoned home of Midlothian murderer Luke Mitchell's mum filmed trapped in time

The video, which recently surfaced online, shows the old outbuilding where Corinne Mitchell used to live frozen in time with old possessions abandoned inside as new homes could be built on the site.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 9, 2023

Tempers flare in court as boy, 14, found guilty of murdering teen

Fifth killer convicted of Michael Toohey's murder in city centre internet café as another man is cleared

Liverpool Echo · Jan 9, 2023

Toyah Cordingley: Indian suspect in beach murder says he’s willing to return to Australia to face trial

‘I did not kill the woman,’ Rajwinder Singh says as he waives right to challenge extradition

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Teenager admits murder of Jermaine Cools, 14, in west Croydon stabbing

A 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to Jermaine’s murder and now faces a life sentence

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023