19 h. ago Man who killed wife with axe in front of children to serve minimum 12 years

A man who pleaded guilty to slaying his wife with an axe was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years

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7 d. ago ‘My heart is broken’: Mother, wife killed at Lapu Lapu festival tragedy in Vancouver

Eleven people were killed when an SUV drove into a crowd of people at the festival, which was being held on the grounds of a school.

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7 d. ago Jealous man pleads guilty to killing wife with axe in front of their kids

The victim’s screams could be heard in the background of the 911 call.

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8 d. ago Bush party killer to serve minimum 16 years for 'senseless' murder

Carlos Guerra Guerra was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 16 years for fatally shooting Josue Silva at a London bush party

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8 d. ago Florida man charged with killing estranged wife in Spain dead from suicide, lawyer says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida businessman charged with kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain was found dead from an apparent suicide Monday morning in a South Florida federal prison, his defense attorney said. David Knezevich, 37, was awaiting trial at the Federal Detention Center in Miami. He was charged last year with […]

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2 w. ago SCOTT PETERSON CASE: New claims cast doubt on wife killer’s conviction

The Los Angeles Innocence Project argues his conviction should be overturned

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2 w. ago Colorado man gets life for killing wife after posing as ex and stalking her

DENVER — A Colorado man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for the murder of his wife after stalking her while posing as an ex-boyfriend. The mandatory sentence came a day after jurors found Daniel Krug, 44, guilty of first-degree murder, criminal impersonation and stalking. With his marriage […]

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3 w. ago Quebecer who killed wife, children must stay in men’s prison despite identifying as female

Mohamed Al Ballouz, who transitioned while in custody, had asked to be incarcerated at the Joliette Institution for Women

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4 w. ago What is hantavirus? Illness that killed Gene Hackman’s wife leaves 3 more dead in U.S.

People can become infected with a hantavirus by inhaling particles from an infected rodent's urine, droppings or saliva

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4 w. ago Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill wife on hiking trail pleads not guilty

HONOLULU — A doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a Hawaii hiking trail pleaded not guilty in court Monday on an attempted murder charge. Gerhardt Konig’s wife says they were hiking in Honolulu last month when he grabbed her, pushed her toward the edge of a cliff, attempted to inject her with […]

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last month Rare virus that killed Hackman’s wife linked to 3 deaths in California town

Three people in a rural California town have died in recent weeks after contracting hantavirus, local health officials said, the same rare infection spread by rodents that killed Betsy Arakawa, the pianist and wife of actor Gene Hackman, in February. The three victims were all residents of Mammoth Lakes, a popular ski town in the […]

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