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A seven-year-old in West Virginia has been arrested and charged with first-degree arson and allegedly setting his family home on fire. His parents were in the house at the time

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others, during which time she was working as a nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit

The mother of Gabby Petito killer Brian Laundrie has defended telling her son she would provide him with a shovel if he ever needed to dispose of a body. Roberta Laundrie also told her son to burn the letter

A woman was shot dead by her abusive husband in Kansas on May 18. Her daughter also tragically died in the shooting and their family is now appealing to the public for support

Christopher Wright's fiancée, Tracy Karopchinsky, expressed her sorrow as she recounted the tragic brawl outside their home in Baltimore, Maryland, that left her husband dead

Shellyne Rodriguez, a former arts professor at Hunter College, New York, threatened a journalist by approaching a machete knife to his neck when he tried to enquire her

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her husband as she signed their divorce papers - police said she called 911 herself and said she hit her husband in the head with a hammer in Arlington, Texas

The first search in eight years for clues relating to Madeleine McCann's disappearance is currently underway after a clue was found in a 'secret lair' used by prime suspect Christian Brueckner

The parents of Brian Kohberger, the man accused of killing for University of Idaho students in November last year, have been called to testify over the disappearance of another woman

Melissa Caddick went missing in November 2020 and countless conspiracy theories emerged, including claims that she had been eaten by a shark or she had faked her own death

George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin On May 25, 2020, and a wave of social justice protests followed around the world as people came to terms with the vicious killing

A woman was left paralysed after allegedly being forcefully shoved into a moving subway train in an unprovoked attack and she remains in critical condition in New York

US Capitol rioter Richard Barnett, who put his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk, is sentenced to over four years in prison for his role in the riot

George Floyd was killed after he was restrained by officers, with one keeping their knee on his neck for almost 10 minutes as Mr Floyd repeatedly told them he "can't breathe" and that they were "going to kill" him

Julie Bontoft, 55, was caught on CCTV reaching over the boundary between her home and another to lop off parts of a tree, causing the neighbour to move away from the area in Hull

Authorities are searching the Barragem do Arade reservoir, which is around 31 miles from the Praia da Luz in Portugal where Maddie was last seen in May 2007

Lindaci Viegas Batista de Carvalho died after eating some chocolate she was sent for her birthday by an anonymous person. Police are now investigating if she was poisoned

Ellie Jacobs, 19, from Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire, was jailed for five years after admitting the manslaughter and child cruelty following the death of five-week-old Archie

Peter Ellis and his girlfriend Michelle Smith appeared in court where they pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting an emergency worker and affray after an incident at their home in Merseyside

A police sergeant closed the case into an allegation of nudity against Couzens without speaking to him, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said

The Independent Office for Police Conduct's statement is related to Operation Midland, which looked into false allegations of sex abuse involving senior politicians and high-profile figures

Brother of Wendy Wild, who was assaulted by the paedophile when she was just eight and was first victim to come forward, says she felt it was 'job done' when he was sent to jail

WARNING UPSETTING IMAGES Officers visited the property in Rushden, Northamptonshire, after a 999 call was made over concerns about a bad smell and flies buzzing at the windows in February

Lisnevin Training School Borstal in Millisle, Northern Ireland, opened in 1973 but closed down in 2003 due to allegations of neglect, abuse, and overcrowding

Despite the devastating loss of their little girl, Madeleine McCann, parents Kate and Gerry fought valiantly to give her twin siblings as normal an upbringing as possible