All news on the topic: Murder

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Leslie Van Houten could kill again, warns Manson victim Sharon Tate's sister
Leslie Van Houten was released from prison last week after more than 50 years. Sharon Tate's sister fears she could revert to her old ways and easily kill again
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Escaped murder suspect spotted as cops tighten in on survivalist who fled jail
Michael Burham, who escaped from a Warren County, Pennsylvania, prison on Thursday night, may have been spotted overnight. The manhunt for the fugitive continues
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Chilling photo of Manson cult murderer before jail - and dramatic transformation
Leslie Van Houten, along with the "Manson family", was pictured laughing walking into a Los Angeles court for sentencing on March 29, 1971. She then proceeded to angrily shout at the judge
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Notorious Manson family cult murderer released from jail after over 50 years
Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison on Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders of of Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary
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Killer who shot girl, 9, dead loses appeal to cut murder sentence
Thomas Cashman lodged an appeal against his minimum 42-year jail term, after he was found guilty of killing nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel - but his application was refused
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Brother and sister at centre of murder probe both died from 'incised neck wound'
The bodies of Ethan John and his sister Elizabeth John were found at their home near Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, and later identified by their own mother, a coroner said
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Missing German real estate tycoon’s dismembered body found stuffed in freezer
The dismembered corpse of German real estate tycoon Hans Peter Mack, 62, was discovered stuffed in black bin liners at around 11pm on Monday in Pattaya, Thailand
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Soap villains ranked by body count - the top spot goes to someone unexpected
As Corrie's resident serial killer Stephen Reid tries to add to his tally of victims, which of soapland's famous villains has murdered the most?
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Survival experts share three ways murder suspect living in woods could be caught
What's happening in the woods around where Michael Burham escaped from a Warren County, Pennsylvania, prison last week? Survival experts have some ideas and also shared what it might take to catch him
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Girl's heartbreaking birthday party 2 days after pregnant mum killed holding her
Aaniyah Nowden has been charged with capital murder after she allegedly fired a fatal gunshot at pregnant mum Justina Wallace, who was holding daughter Sky, in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday
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Ex-Eton College master brutally killed mum, 84, as she rang 999 for help
Beatrice Corry, a pensioner described as a 'force of nature', died of head injuries inflicted by her son Matthew after she was discovered in the street in the Cotswolds beauty spot Chipping Campden
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Girl, 10 'killed by sex offender' who kidnapped her as she played with sister
The girl was playing outside with her six-year-old sister who returned home to tell their mum that a man had taken her older sister, less than an hour later the young girl's body was found nearby
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Three teens charged with murder after egging prank ends with death of young man
Police rushed to the scene on the outskirts of Griffin, Georgia, to find a teen shot dead in the middle of the road. Authorities say he had left his house to confront some other teens egging it when he was killed
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Niece of Moors murder victim Pauline Reade finds long-lost snap in loft
A photograph of Pauline Reade has been developed from an old film roll by The Mirror for Jackie Reade, as she spoke to us about her family's heartbreak 60 years on from the Saddleworth Moor murders
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Mystery of city 'roofie serial killer' with eerie echoes of Grindr killings case
There is no serial killer on the loose in Austin, Texas, police have said, but some have likened the fears as similar to the concern caused by Stephen Port's killings
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Family remember teen shot in head on canal towpath as the 'light in a dark room'
Armaan Kadeer, 18, died after being shot in the head on a canal towpath in Nechells, Birmingham, on July 3 with five arrests having been made in connection to the murder
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Man charged with murder after millionaire couple found dead by their daughter
Stephen Baxter, 61, and Carol Baxter, 64, were found dead at a home in Essex on Easter Sunday. Luke D'Wit, 33, has been charged with two counts of murder, Essex Police said
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Heartbroken dad's last memory of hugging wife and girls before they were killed
Heartbroken dad and husband Aboubacarr Drammeh addressed murderer Jamie Barrow in court as he was sentenced for the murders of Fatoumatta Hydara, Fatimah Drammeh and Naeemah Drammeh
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Brit pensioner dies after being attacked by intruders in his Spanish home
The 81-year-old man, who has been identified only by his initials AHB, was rushed to hospital after being attacked by a gang of thugs who broke into his home in Estepa near Seville on Sunday morning
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Case of Charlene Downes - feared killed and ground into kebab meat - reopened
Charlene Downes was 14 when she disappeared from her hometown of Blackpool in 2003, with prosecutors alleging she was killed by a grooming gang who used her body for kebab meat
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Elle Edward's killer's chilling Facebook post to cover his tracks after murder
Sickening new social media posts have emerged from the killer of 'innocent' 26-year-old Elle Edwards, who died in a horrific pub shooting on Christmas Eve last year
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Teen who beat his teacher to death with baseball bat with pal is jailed for life
Willard Miller has been jailed for life for murdering his teacher Nohema Graber with a baseball bat with his pal Jeremy Goodale - the judge has sentenced him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 35 years, five years harsher than the 30 year window the state prosecutor asked for
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'Fathers who kill must be stripped of the right to be parents of their children'
Under existing British law, it is the father who maintains parental control of his children – even if he has murdered their mother, or subjected her to years of abuse
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'Caring' beautician's final act before she was shot dead caught on pub CCTV
Connor Chapman, Elle Edwards' callous killer, was convicted of murder, which Liverpool Crown Court heard was "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense"
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Stephen Lawrence's mum says police who botched murder probe 'got away scot free'
Stephen Lawrence's mother Baroness Doreen Lawrence has reacted to news four retired detectives who ran a failed investigation into her son's murder will not face criminal charges