51 h. ago Murderer has gruesome decision to make 35 years after raping and killing student

Harold Wayne Nichols was given the death penalty in 1990 after raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a 21-year-old student at Chattanooga State University in Tennessee

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2 d. ago College student, 20, tragically killed in hit and run while jogging

Elsa McGrain's body was not found until 10 hours later, at 3:35am early on Friday morning, when a passerby spotted her body along the road and called the police

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7 d. ago High court slams tribunal decision after doctor’s alleged rape deemed a ‘one

A medical tribunal said the consultant posed no risk to patient safety because the assault occurred in his personal life

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8 d. ago Fresh lead in Meredith Kercher murder as Italian prosecutors ‘search for mystery woman’

The British student was killed in Perugia, Italy in 2007, in a murder case that attracted world-wide attention

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1 week ago Fresh twist in Meredith Kercher case as prosecutor claims there is a new suspect 'who fled abroad a few days after the murder'

Giuliano Mignini said a 'reliable' source had revealed the name of a person of interest who had fled Italy 'a few days' after the student was killed in Perugia in 2007.

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1 week ago Death Row murderer choses gruesome execution after taunting cops with blood

Stephen Bryant was sentenced to death more than 15 years ago after he killed three in South Carolina, and wrote a taunting message to cops using one victim's blood

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1 week ago Rising star jockey jailed for 20 years for involvement in killing of high school student

Bryson Butterfly, a native American Indian, had ridden 58 winners of more than £1.5million in his short career up to his arrest in April 2023

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2 w. ago Rapper and Netflix star Ghetts in court after allegedly killing Nepalese student in 'hit and run' in London

Rapper Ghetts, also known as Justin Clarke-Samuel, appeared in court today over the crash. The 41-year-old also stars in the Netflix series Supacell.

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2 w. ago The Last Sacrifice review – how a gruesome rural murder embedded folk

Rupert Russell’s fascinating documentary is a sophisticated analysis of how real life and fiction merged in post-empire Britain in the 1960s and 70sCentred on the unsolved 1945 murder of Warwickshire farm labourer Charles Walton in Lower Quinton, this fascinating and feverish documentary starts under the true-crime umbrella. But it quickly expands, exploring the killing’s influence on the emerging folk-horror film genre, particularly 1973’s The Wicker Man, and almost reaching Adam Curtis-type grand sociology in mining these pop-cultural ley lines for what they say about the British psyche.After Walton was found on Meon Hill with a pitchfork pushed through his head and a billhook in his neck, rumour soon spread that his murder was ritualistic. When the Warwickshire police called in crack Scotland Yard inspector Robert Fabian to lead the investigation, he was comprehensively stonewalled by the villagers. The notorious case set a blueprint for the you-ain’t-from-round-’ere tone of 60s ...

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3 w. ago ‘Gen Z gave us the victory’: how young protesters toppled Madagascar’s leader

There is jubilation in Place du 13 Mai in the capital but concern about army’s intentions after military takeoverAs the sun set on Place du 13 Mai in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, thousands of people danced, waved and cheered to pulsating rap and reggae beats and rousing speeches.When young people started protesting on 25 September, first against water and power cuts, then demanding a complete overhaul of the political system, military police stopped them from reaching the square. The site has been a symbol of democracy and the focal point of anti-government protests on the Indian Ocean island since 40 student demonstrators were killed there by security forces in May 1972. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Death Row man executed for killing student with ransom note made from magazine cutouts

Charles Crawford has been executed after spending over 30 years on death row for the rape and murder of Kristy Ray, who was kidnapped from her parents home in 1993

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4 w. ago Death Row inmate's last words and simple final meal after killing student, 20

Charles Crawford asked for a simple American meal before he was executed after spending over 30 years on death row for the rape and murder of Kristy Ray

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4 w. ago Mississippi is set to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

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4 w. ago Law student 'who "took pleasure in killing" fatally poisoned four people in five

Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes, 36, is said to have premeditated the horrific acts as she admitted to killing 10 dogs in order to test the strength of the poison before using it on her victims.

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