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Missing kayaker 'faked drowning death to avoid facing rape charges'
Melvin Phillip Emde, 41, was reported to have drowned in Louisiana before being arrested over the weekend for allegedly faking his own death in a haphazard attempt to avoid facing child rape charges
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Police ignore 80% of shoplifters caught by security guards, says Co-op boss
Co-op uses expert guards, often ex-forces and former cops to work in stores plagued by crime, but a boss at the high street chain says police rarely turn up to arrest thieves
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Police update on probe into whether 'Suffolk Strangler' killed teen girl
The serial killer, serving life for five murders, lived half a mile from Victoria, 17, when she vanished in 1999, and cops are continuing to probe for a link to the killing
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Man denies teen double murder who he claims were ritualistically sacrificed
The man is suspected to have murdered the two girls back in 2017 but lawyers claim new evidence points to a 'ritualistic sacrifice' by a white nationalist cult
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Son of infamous drug lord El Chapo who has cheeky nickname says 2 words in court
Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the infamous drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán, appeared in court for the first time since his extradition to the US from Mexico last week
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Murder probe launched as man found stabbed to death in street
Metropolitan Police has launched the murder investigation and says it wants to "identify those responsible for this horrendous crime" following the discovery in the early hours
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Letby's chilling 'Post-it note confession' that exposed her as twisted killer
Lucy Letby was found guilty of killing seven babies and attempting to murder six, but the prosecution's main expert says he fears she took the lives of three more innocent infants
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More than 1,000 Met Police officers suspended or restricted amid crackdown
More than 1,000 Met police officers have been put on suspended or on restricted duties as the force attempts a clean-up of its ranks in the wake of damaging scandals
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Missionary who 'cut wife's neck' after finding out she was pregnant arrested
An American missionary was arrested for attempted murder after he married, impregnated, and then tried to kill the Liberian woman he called his 'second wife' by slitting her throat and leaving her on the side of the road
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78-year-old man shoots neighbour dead for trimming trees over property line
A man, 42, was fatally shot on Sunday while he was trimming his trees along the property line he shares with the alleged killer, his 78-year-old neighbour. Reports say the man's son witnessed his death
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Cops share CCTV of £100k in damage after bus full of passengers is set on fire
The fire on the double-decker bus caused around £100,000 of damage, put passengers in grave danger, caused traffic chaos and is being treated as arson by police
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Police desperately hunt passenger who filmed pal deliberately run down retiree
The Las Vegas Police Department is frantically searching for the passenger involved in the fatal hit-and-run that killed retired Bell, California, Police Chief Andreas Probst, who was cycling when he was deliberately run down
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Mum of stab victim Ronan Kanda begs Sunak to ban ninja sword that killed her son
The brave mum and her family handed in a petition to Downing Street calling for swords to be banned after Ronan, 16, was stabbed from behind with a 20in-long knife
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Chilling letter found as mum who 'killed hubby with fentanyl has jail seizure'
A Utah mum-of-three who is accused of poisoning her husband with fentanyl suffered a seizure in her jail cell, which led to the discovery of a damning letter that could change the course of her trial
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Jazz legend Nat King Cole's nephew found stabbed to death with multiple wounds
Tracy Cole, a 31-year-old man from Atlanta, Georgia, who was the great-nephew of the renowned jazz singer and pianist Nat King Cole, died in a stabbing incident
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Lucy Letby's mystery doctor 'crush' and two babies she killed 'to get attention'
Lucy Letby appeared to lead a normal life to friends and family, with her relationship with Dr A referenced during the 10-month trial, where the jury was shown flirty text exchanges between the pair
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Boy stops Aldi kidnap by hanging on to toddler's legs as man tries to grab him
Sergejus Paskevicius, 61, has been jailed for over three years after he attempted to abduct a child in front of his heroic brother who intervened as their mum paid for shopping in Aldi
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Lucy Letby's chilling single word to the parents of the seven babies she killed
The evil nurse, who is now Britain's worst child serial killer, had just one word to offer the devastated parents of the seven babies she callously killed during her time at The Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit
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Inside Lucy Letby's 'beige' home that hid sinister catalogue of her killings
Cold-blooded serial killer Lucy Letby will never return to the semi-detached Chester property she once called home, where she lived during her spate of heinous crimes
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Half-naked student is locked up after Dubai airport strip-search humiliation
A 21-year-old student was detained after enduring a humiliating strip-search at Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, where she was accused of "assaulting and insulting" airport staff
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Jill Dando's brother hopes for Netflix show breakthrough - and shares own theory
Almost 25 years on from BBC presenter Jill Dando being murdered outside her house in Fulham, West London, a new Netflix show 'Who Killed Jill Dando?' will analyse the mystery
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Two models found dead in luxury apartments in same area in one week
Authorities revealed last week that two models were discovered dead inside their luxurious apartments within a week of each other.
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Dad of baby killed at daycare that was front for drugs says 'he'd so much love'
The dad of a baby killed at a day suspected to be a front for drugs has said he expected to take his child to a daycare 'not a funeral home.' Two people have been charged with murder
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Drug lord El Chapo's wife seen partying at club days after being freed from jail
Emma Coronel Aispuro, a former teenage beauty queen, was jailed in 2021 for her part in the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel but released early as part of a plea deal
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Girl, 9, was murdered by 'coward like Lucy Letby' - and mum 'knew he'd done it'
Michelle Hadaway's daughter Karen was one of the Babes in the Wood murder victims - and, like baby killer Lucy Letby, their murderer Russell Bishop refused to attend court for his sentencing
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