Los Angeles police believe they have caught a serial killer responsible for the rape and murders of up to 30 elderly women in two separate waves of rampages in the 1970s and 1980s.
A Canadian pig farmer accused of being the country's worst serial killer has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 27 women sex workers and drug addicts.
Picture this: Your boss is threatening to fire you because he thinks you stole company property. He doesn't believe your denials. Your lawyer suggests you deny it one more time, in a brain scanner that will show you're telling the truth.
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl was bound and held captive in her home before being bludgeoned by her step father, according to police. The man was charged with murder and sexual abuse. The child's mother will face charges of manslaughter and reckless endangerment.
The man police say raped women in Ahwatukee Foothills and about Phoenix, was ordered last week to a series of psychological evaluations to see if he is competent to stand trial.
A study by a group of eminent American academics suggests that star performers on the stock market may be even worse and could best be described as "functioning psychopaths".
Two Minnesota companies are taking a significant step today against a highly controversial video game. A game many say portrays extreme violence and explicit sexual scenes.
The prosecution's account of the crucial hours around the time that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared has been described in detail by Richard Latham QC.
A task force has been created that includes members of the FBI Baltimore Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Montgomery County Police Department, Metropolitan Police Department, Prince Georges County Police Department, and other area law enforcement agencies. They are in search of the individual(s) responsible for the sniper attacks in the Washington region.
Suffolk County, New York, located on Long Island, 18-miles east of New York City, has a population of 1.3 million residents, who live in both suburban and rural areas. During the summer of 1994, the Suffolk County Police Department, with 2,663 sworn members, faced a series of sniper attacks that prompted a highly concentrated response from the department.