Australian woman allegedly beheaded mother in 'horrific' crime
An Australian woman charged with murder has been sent for a medical assessment amid reports she decapitated her mother and left the head outside a neighbor's house. Police said the body of a 57-year-old woman was found inside her Sydney home on Saturday night, in ...
Son of New South Wales police chief and his American girlfriend slain during road trip in Canada
Two homicide victims found in western Canada are the son of a high-ranking Australian police official and the young man's American girlfriend, Canadian police said. The bodies of Lucas Robertson Fowler, a 23-year-old Sydney native, and Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, from North Carolina, were discovered ...
Illinois man gets life in prison for rape-murder of Chinese scholar
A former University of Illinois doctoral student will serve life in prison without parole for the rape and murder of a 26-year-old scholar from China whom he abducted near campus in 2017, after a federal jury said Thursday that it failed to agree on ...
Kawasaki man served fresh warrant in murder of wife, whose legless body washed ashore last month
A 26-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of abandoning a corpse after his wife's legless body was found last month at a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, was served with a fresh warrant Thursday for allegedly killing her, police said. Seiya Taira is accused of ...
Osaka High Court confirmed Tuesday a 16-year sentence for a mentally ill man who killed an elementary school student in 2015, imposing the same punishment as a lower court despite a new psychiatric assessment finding he suffers from a different condition than the one ...
White supremacist sentenced to second life term in deadly Charlottesville car attack
An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life in prison plus 419 years Monday for deliberately driving his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a rally in Virginia, killing one woman and injuring dozens. James Alex Fields Jr., 22, remained stoic as Circuit ...
Louisiana police probe slaying of civil rights activist-historian
Police in Louisiana are investigating the presumed slaying of a prominent civil rights activist and founder of an African-American history museum whose body was found in the trunk of her car in the state capital, Baton Rouge, officials said on Sunday. The remains of Sadie ...
Police holding Greek man for questioning in American scientist's slaying
A Greek man has been detained for questioning in the slaying of an American scientist on the island of Crete, police said Monday. Authorities said the 27-year-old man detained Monday was one of 10 people interviewed over the weekend for the investigation of Suzanne Eaton's ...
U.S. wants drug lord 'El Chapo' in prison for life, after he hears from murder plot victim
U.S. prosecutors said they want the Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to spend the rest of his life — plus 30 years — in prison, after he hears from a victim who survived one of his murder plots. Guzman, 62, faces a mandatory ...
Corpse found on Crete believed to be of missing American scientist died by 'criminal act'
A state coroner on the Greek island of Crete who examined the body of a woman believed to be of a missing American scientist said she had died as a result of a "criminal act." Antonis Papadomanolakis told The Associated Press Wednesday that final confirmation ...
Saitama student, 14, arrested over alleged murder had spoken to school about problems with victim
City education board officials said Monday that a 14-year-old boy charged with the fatal stabbing of a classmate in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday, had been consulting with junior high school staff about issues with the victim — a reversal of an earlier explanation ...
Dad hangs self after daughter's body is found in store fridge in Tokyo
The body of an 18-year-old female university student is found stuffed inside a refrigerator at her father’s confectionery shop in Tokyo, and the body of the father is later found hanging from a tree in Saitama Prefecture.
