A woman is charged with murder following the discovery of the dead body of a newborn baby in the back garden.

A student from Purdue University in Indiana was arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly killed his dorm roommate, who was months away from graduating from the school.

A man who was given a life sentence for murdering a hotdog vendor with a pipe bomb was recaptured on Wednesday after escaping prison using battery acid and a dummy.

A 12-year-old Texas girl reportedly shot her father and then herself as part of an alleged "murder plot" with her friend, allegedly planning to flee to Georgia following the killing. 

A pregnant woman was found mutilated and dead in Brazil on Wednesday, as local authorities investigate the case as a possible ritual sacrifice.

A woman linked to the death of a man in Tennessee reportedly has a history of scamming other people for money, with some former friends of hers claiming that she had pretended to have cancer for a few months for financial gain.

A former "Riverdale" actor who reportedly killed his mother while she was playing the piano was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison, as he seeks psychiatric services for his mental health issues.

A man has been accused of brutally stabbing his wife to death in the presence of his minor children after suspecting her of having an affair in Madh, Malad West, Mumbai, India on Monday, Sept. 12. 

A former NFL athlete has been charged with murder and tampering with evidence after he allegedly burned his girlfriend’s body after killing her last year.

A man in Oklahoma was sentenced to 45 years in prison after accepting a plea deal that finds him guilty of shooting and killing his stepfather before burning the victim's body.

A 40-year-old woman has been arrested for the murder of his husband who he was allegedly planning to divorce.

The son of a mob-associated real estate mogul is under trial on Thursday for allegedly ordering a hit on his father in order to take over the $45-million real estate empire his father had.

A pastor from Mississippi who works with recovering addicts has confessed on Thursday to murdering a man who has been missing since 2019, surrendering to the police as he attempts to help them locate the body of the victim.

Members of a tight-knit religious group in Australia are facing a murder charge on Thursday after they allegedly deprived an eight-year-old of her insulin for six days until she died.

A vegan mother from Florida on Monday was sentenced to life in prison after she reportedly kept her baby on a strict diet, causing malnutrition that ultimately killed him.

A previously-incarcerated man who assaulted a woman in Michigan on Wednesday was arrested and found to be the suspect in two separate murders in two different states.

A man in Iowa was arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly killed a woman by impaling her head with a spike, before using her death to threaten an ex-girlfriend of meeting the same fate.

A leader installed by the Kremlin in Russian-occupied Ukraine was killed on Wednesday in a car bombing assassination, the latest in a series of attacks that appears to be targeting Kremlin allies.

A Florida father who reportedly slit his 3-year-old's throat and attempted to kill his 12-year-old daughter faces trial on Wednesday as prosecutors pursue the death penalty against him.

A man from Texas who is accused of "honor killing" his two daughters and who was on the run for more than a decade from authorities faces trial on Monday, claiming that he did not kill his daughters but that he was followed.

A man was arrested in Kansas on Saturday after a two-day long manhunt that started when he murdered four people in a massacre that he claims was allegedly prompted by "mind control."

A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday after he reportedly killed one of his girlfriend's twin daughters, and hid her death and body for years from authorities and family members.

An 11-year-old boy, allegedly murdered by his stepfather, was found severely injured in a park in Heanor.

A man in Vermont was denied release on Thursday as he faces trial for the murder of his grandfather and mother, whom he reportedly killed in order to get an inheritance.

A missile strike that reportedly killed 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war on Friday in the Russian-occupied part of the Donbas region has both Ukraine and Russia accusing one another of committing war crimes.

Police released photos of the gruesome shipping container where Neculai Paizan murdered Agnes Akom in 2021.

A teenager in South Carolina was arrested and charged with murder on Wednesday after the body of his four-year-old half-sister was found in the woods near his house, with the teen being accused of suffocating the child to death.

Neculai Paiza, 64, is facing life imprisonment after being convicted of Agnes Akom's 2021 murder.

An ageing husband in Florida is being charged with murder on Tuesday after he reportedly killed and videotaped his wife's parents while his wife was out of town, with her eldest son discovering the bodies.

A stepmother in California was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to life in prison after she pleaded no contest to murdering her 11-year-old stepson and keeping him in a storage bin at their home.