McAfee back in US after Guatemala expulsion Computer software pioneer John McAfee was back on American soil Wednesday after being expelled from Guatemala, escaping immediate deportation to Belize for questioning over his neighbor's murder.
Russian ex-policeman on trial for Politkovskaya murder A former Russian police officer was to go on trial Wednesday on charges of involvement in the murder of crusading anti-Kremlin journalist Anna Politkovskaya, with mystery still surrounding who ordered the killing.
12 December 2012
Mexican beauty queen killed in gunbattle A 22-year-old Mexican beauty queen was killed in a gunfight between soldiers and a suspected gang she was riding with in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.
Kazakh guard accused of killing 15 goes on trial A Kazakh border guard charged with killing 14 fellow servicemen at a remote frontier post went on trial Monday accused of murder, damage of property and theft of classified documents.
19 November 2012
Facebook won't remove murder page: Australia police Australian police said on Monday that social media site Facebook had refused to take down a page containing offensive material about the man accused of murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher.
01 October 2012
US chef guilty of cooking dead wife A US chef was convicted of second degree murder Thursday after he admitted to slow-cooking his wife's body for four days to get rid of the evidence, while claiming she had died accidentally.
US death row inmate -- too obese for execution? An obese death row inmate in the US state of Ohio has asked a court for a stay of execution, saying lethal injection would be "torturous and lingering" due to his weight.
22 September 2012
Ecuador interior minister's brother murdered Ecuador Interior Minister Jose Serrano said Sunday his brother had been killed by unknown attackers, but he denied that the murder was in retaliation to his own efforts to fight organized crime.
03 September 2012
Mexico murders almost triple since 2005 The murder rate in drug-violent Mexico has almost tripled since 2005, government figures showed Monday, though officials did not specify how many homicides were linked to the country's war on drugs.
Chelakh declared saneVladislav Chelakh suspected of murdering 15 fellow militarymen at Arkankergen border has been declared sane.
27 July 2012
Chelakh withdrew his plea of guiltyVladislav Chelakh suspected of murdering 15 fellow militarymen at Arkankergen border post has withdrawn his plea of guilty.
26 July 2012
'Canadian pyscho' victim's mother pained by online video The mother of the Chinese student victim in the "Canadian Psycho" murder and dismemberment case says her "most unbearable pain" is that the killing is still watched online.