Tag Archives: killing
Northern Ireland leaders urge calm as police arrest two over journalist's killing
Man, 20, arrested in apparent road rage killing of 10-year-old Arizona girl: police
Michael Brown's mother loses Ferguson City Council race 5 years after his killing
Lesley McSpadden, whose son Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Mo., has lost her bid for a city council seat.
Murder charge dropped for suspect in Kim Jong Nam killing
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Two years after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother was killed, a Malaysian court on Monday dropped the murder charge against the only suspect still in custody, and she pleaded guilty to a lesser offense and is expected to be released soon.
Man convicted of killing woman out running in NYC park
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was convicted Monday of killing a woman out running near her New York City home in a case that stirred urban fears, helped change the state's DNA-investigation rules and raised questions about race and police procedures.
Chronology of key events in the killing of Kim Jong Nam
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Two Southeast Asian women were the only suspects charged with murder after an outcast from North Korea's ruling family was poisoned with VX nerve agent at a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, airport two years ago. The trial ended abruptly Monday after a Vietnamese woman, Doan Thi Huong, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and is expected to be freed next month. It comes just three weeks after prosecutors dropped the murder charge against Siti Aisyah of Indonesia.
Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Jayme Closs, killing parents
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, in a move that spares the girl held captive in a remote cabin for three months from the possible trauma of having to testify at his trial.
Protests after white Pittsburgh cop found not guilty for killing black teen
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the latest U.S. rocked by demonstrators upset over a not-guilty verdict for a white police office who shot an unarmed black teen. Conway G. Gittens
'Hope that man never sleeps': Mom of black teen Antwon Rose slams white police officer's acquittal in son's killing
Dutch police arrest Turkish man suspected of killing three in tram shooting
Police said the suspect, 37-year-old Gokmen Tanis, had been taken into custody after an hours-long manhunt and had earlier run-ins with authorities in the Netherlands. The city was put into lockdown after the shooting, shortly after the morning rush hour, which authorities initially said was an apparent terrorist attack. The Turkish intelligence agency said it is investigating whether the attack was personally motivated or an act of terrorism, President Tayyip Erdogan said.
