All news on the topic: Murder

While some believe Jill Dando was the victim of a 'professional hit', recent papers suggest the BBC presenter was murdered in a case of mistaken identity - instead of another blonde British journalist in her thirties

An unnamed 26-year-old also described as British, has handed himself in to police and reportedly confessed to killing the unnamed 35-year-old during the so-called Blue Whale game in Portugal

Barry George was wrongfully imprisoned for eight years after being convicted of the murder of BBC Crimewatch journalist Jill Dando, who was shot dead in broad daylight on her doorstep in April 1999

37-year-old Azalea Rivas and her unnamed 14-year-old daughter were discovered in a New York apartment on Monday afternoon after a concerned neighbour reportedly called 911 at around 2.33pm

Alex Hindley, 35, has been charged with murder following the death of Alison Dodds in Blackpool with her body found in a flat and an autopsy revealed she had suffered serious injuries

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was digging a grave when he claimed he suddenly felt the desire to kill - though his statement in court was later shut down by a relative and psychiatrist

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who admitted to killing 13 women and attempting to murder seven in the seventies, claimed he was driven to kill by 'the voice'

Peter Sutcliffe, whose horrific crimes are covered in The Long Shadow on ITV, set upon vulnerable women in West Yorkshire and Manchester during the 1970s and 1980

Horrifying details have emerged in the case of Makayla Fay Meave-Byers, an Oklahoma mother who went missing last week. She was found dead in a drain wrapped in a carpet

Stephen and Carol Baxter were found dead in their home on Mersea Island, Essex on April 9. Blood tests revealed they had fentanyl in their system when they died

Britain was rocked more than 24 years ago when much-loved presenter Jill Dando was shot dead on her doorstep - her killer has never been found or brought to justice

John and Susan Letby doted on their only child, from the moment she was born right up until she was sent behind bars for murdering innocent babies in her care. Now, their lives and roles as parents have changed forever

Jill Dando, aged 37, was shot and killed on her doorstep, outside her home in Fulham, west London, on April 26 1999 and over two decades later the case remains unsolved

The 33-year-old former neonatal nurse formally filed a bid to challenge her conviction at the Court of Appeal last week following her whole-life order sentence. We hear from experts who outline her 'uphill battle' and motives...

The mysterious disappearance of a young woman in 2010 and the subsequent search uncovered the remains of 10 people in the Gilgo Beach area, all believed to be victims of a serial killer dubbed the Craigslist Ripper

Last year, Belgian officials ordered convicted child killer Marc Dutroux's red brick house in Charleroi to be flattened, and a memorial garden for the victims to be built in its place

Ron Youngblood said his ex-wife 'got rid' of their daughters when she could no longer use them as 'leverage' against him. She was sentenced to 78 years in prison this week

Gabe Watson whose wife died while they were scuba diving together in 2003 faced a murder trial almost a decade later. It got thrown out due to a lack of evidence - but some still have their doubts

An auto parts store worker was officially charged with murder after he allegedly cornered a 23-year-old, accusing him of stealing, before strangling him to death on video

Shawna Weems was killed following a dispute on 1000 block of South Gilbert Street in Hemet - around 90 miles east of Los Angeles - during a row about two people taking drugs outside her home

Members of the warped internet group ­dedicated to the serial killer boast of writing to the jail where she is being held after she was sentenced to life for murdering seven babies

Presenter Raphael Rowe has opened up about his 12-year prison sentence after he was wrongly convicted of a murder he didn't commit – but his sentence turned his life around

Matthew Lucas allegedly killed Heidi Chace with a hammer in the early hours of Wednesday. His daughter said: 'I knew my dad had issues, but I didn't think he would kill somebody.'

Jeffrey David Matthews, indicted in 1994 for the murder of his 77-year-old great uncle Otis Earl Short, delivered his final sentence before receiving a lethal injection at Oklahoma State penitentiary

Gregory Allen Showalter has switched off his cellphone and had cut off his GPS ankle monitor. The Department of Public Safety warned the 63-year-old from Iowa is 'armed and dangerous'