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Jury will resume deliberations Thursday in ex-Officer Aaron Dean’s murder trial

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors spent the day Wednesday deliberating the fate of former Fort Worth Police officer Aaron Dean and whether he committed murder, manslaughter or no crime at all when he fatally shot a Black woman inside her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

U.S. request could block evidence in probe of Chicago cop’s murder

Federal prosecutors say it might violate law to release files from a massive joint investigation launched with CPD in the wake of Officer Clifton Lewis shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 2022

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr executed after rape and murder of girl in 4-hour ordeal

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr, 58, from Mississippi, US, has received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to the murder of Leesa Marie Gray back in 2000

Daily Mirror · Dec 15, 2022

Jury deliberating in murder trial of former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors are deliberating the fate of former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean on Wednesday after lawyers made closing arguments in his murder trial. Dean fatally shot a Black woman inside her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Idaho college murders: The rumours and conspiracy theories ruled out by investigators

While officials are remaining tightlipped about key parts of the investigation, they have debunked several online rumours and ruled out potential ties to the killings

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Guns, deadbolts and a mass student exodus: Terror grips Idaho college town after quadruple murder

Parents are ordering deadbolts, teens are asking for guns and the streets are empty in Moscow. There is a killer - or killers - on the loose, more than three weeks after four college students were murdered in their beds. Locals tell Sheila Flynn how fear is deepening as time…

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Quinton Simon’s mom reported him missing weeks before he was found in a landfill. Now she’s charged with murder

Leilani Simon’s report about her 20-month-old son’s disappearance kicked off a massive search - but with a sinister twist. Weeks later, Quinton was found dead and his mother landed behind bars. Andrea Blanco writes

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Will the Idaho college murders become America’s next cold case?

It’s been one month since four Idaho students were brutally murdered, and fears are growing that the case is going cold. Rachel Sharp and Josh Marcus explore a troubling trend in America’s homicide clearance rates - and what happens to the families and communities left without answers

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Fourth charge over Sydney gangland murder

A fourth man is accused of participating in the execution-style murder of Sydney gangland figure Mahmoud 'Brownie' Ahmad.

AAP · Dec 14, 2022

State witness Jonathan Dowdall tells Regency trial he's 'not a rat' and doesn't care if he gets killed

Dowdall was giving evidence on what is the second day of him being cross-examined by Hutch’s legal counsel and the 32nd day of the Special Criminal Court trial of Gerry Hutch for the murder of David Byrne in Dublin’s Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016

Irish Mirror · Dec 14, 2022