A western Wisconsin man has been charged in the 1985 killing of a college student. The man accused is being held at the ...

Christian Brueckner, prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, allegedly confessed to abducting a child in Portugal, ...

The Supreme Court allowed Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams on Tuesday for a 2003 murder, which he maintained he did not commit.

Citing opposition to the death penalty and doubts about Williams’ guilt, a local and national outcry did not stop the ...

Terry Dolowy went missing on Feb. 14, 1985. Days later, her decapitated and burning body was found near a roadside.

A 62-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1982 murder of Odessa woman Velma Nesset, after new DNA ...

Dr Kindstedt thinks ancient-cheese DNA analysis—of which this may be the first example—could reveal secrets about numerous ...

A DNA test result helped lead Luis Albino's family to believe he was still alive. As it turned out, he is now a grandfather ...

Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of ...

Marcellus Williams was murdered by the state of Missouri even though most people - including the victim's parents - say he ...

Authorities say a western Wisconsin man has been charged in the 1985 killing of a college student whose decapitated body was found days after she vanished.

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