Killings accused was 'suicidal'
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A man who denies murdering two women and attempting to murder two others tells a jury he was depressed and suicidal.
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The slayings were shocking enough by themselves: In February, an out-of-work mechanic allegedly abducted, raped and killed an 11-year-old girl. In August, six people were bludgeoned to death in what was believed to be a dispute over a video game. The news that followed arrests in both cases was even more alarming: The accused murderers had recently violated probation and probably shouldn't have been on the street.
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District attorney investigators began questioning two survivors of a deadly police shooting that left one man dead hours before his wedding, and one of the survivors spoke from his hospital bed to call for calm.
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CHATROOM users who incited a Midland man to kill himself live on the internet will not face prosecution.   Detectives were considering criminal charges against web users who encouraged Kevin Whitrick to hang himself at his home in Wellington, Shropshire, on March 21.
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One of the two men accused of the murder of at least 19 women and children in India makes a confession.
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A jury on Tuesday recommended a man be put to death for the random mutilation killings of a musician and his family during a bloody crime spree that left four others dead.
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Alleged confessions appear to form the crux of the government's case against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in an Iraqi man's slaying last April.
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The man accused of murdering five prostitutes may not be the only person involved but the truth may never be known, a court heard today
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Suicide is one of the biggest killers of young men across Scotland, it is warned.
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UKRAINIAN prosecutors yesterday launched a criminal investigation into whether a minister at the centre of election fraud allegations was "driven to suicide" amid accusations that his death was part of a crude ...
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A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment, an official said Sunday.
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A 32-year-old man is accused of murdering a woman and her daughters, who were found beaten to death.
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A man accused of killing a model reacted angrily to a  suggestion he should go for DNA screening, a court hears.
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Twelve-year-old Christopher Pittman heard voices in his head from mania induced by Zoloft when he shot and killed his grandparents, a forensic psychiatrist testified at the youth's double murder trial.
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A murder-suicide by the son of a 60's cult leader has prompted former members to come forward with claims of abuse.
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A man who complained about noisy neighbours shot two brothers then killed himself, a coroner says.
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In what experts say is a rare occurrence, a man accused of murdering two children and attacking their mother has asked a judge to let him plead guilty and to sentence him to death.