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SF parents
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 days ago

New DNA testing links unsolved death of Utah teen in 1974 to serial killer Ted Bundy, sheriff says

New DNA testing links the 1974 death of Laura Ann Aime to serial killer Ted Bundy.
Careers
fromSecuritymagazine
2 days ago

Beyond the Certificate: Why Real Expertise in Investigative Interviewing Comes from Practice

Training and certifications signal competence, but true effectiveness in investigative interviewing requires disciplined application and real-world experience.
#murder
fromsfist.com
2 days ago
SOMA, SF

8 Years on, SF Woman Convicted of the Grisly Murder and Dismemberment of Roommate Who Wouldn't Leave

fromIndependent
2 months ago
World news

Catherine Fegan: How child-killer who hid in plain sight at little Mason's funeral finally had her sinister veil lifted

fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

The murder of Mike Gaine: Gardai say probe remains 'very active and live' - but his killer is still at large

fromsfist.com
2 days ago
SOMA, SF

8 Years on, SF Woman Convicted of the Grisly Murder and Dismemberment of Roommate Who Wouldn't Leave

fromIndependent
2 months ago
World news

Catherine Fegan: How child-killer who hid in plain sight at little Mason's funeral finally had her sinister veil lifted

fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

The murder of Mike Gaine: Gardai say probe remains 'very active and live' - but his killer is still at large

#homicide
fromBoston.com
1 month ago
US news

Former 'American Idol' contestant charged with murder, staging crime scene in wife's slaying in Ohio

California
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 days ago

DNA on cigarette links suspect to 'brutal' San Rafael homicide cold case, solving 1966 murder

A 60-year-old homicide case was solved using DNA evidence from cigarette butts, identifying James Switzer as the suspect in Marjorie Rudolph's murder.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago
US news

Former 'American Idol' contestant charged with murder, staging crime scene in wife's slaying in Ohio

#murder-investigation
fromIndependent
5 days ago
UK news

From nerd to cold killer: colleague of murderer Stephen McCullagh reveals chilling transformation of monster he thought he knew

SOMA, SF
fromNew York Post
3 weeks ago

Husband, 75, busted after dismembered remains of his much-younger wife found scattered in NYC: cops

A 75-year-old Queens man was arrested for murdering his 34-year-old wife whose dismembered remains were discovered across the borough months apart.
fromIndependent
5 days ago
UK news

From nerd to cold killer: colleague of murderer Stephen McCullagh reveals chilling transformation of monster he thought he knew

SOMA, SF
fromNew York Post
3 weeks ago

Husband, 75, busted after dismembered remains of his much-younger wife found scattered in NYC: cops

A 75-year-old Queens man was arrested for murdering his 34-year-old wife whose dismembered remains were discovered across the borough months apart.
DC food
fromTruthout
6 days ago

How Maryland's Medical Examiner Helped Conceal Suspicious Deaths

Dr. David Fowler's controversial rulings on deaths in police custody have sparked significant media scrutiny and debate over his use of the excited delirium theory.
Pets
fromIndependent
6 days ago

'I was sure there was someone in that grave': Fresh dig at land linked to Larry Murphy

A cadaver dog named Charlie searched for human remains in a wooded area after a local farmer's tip.
Miami Marlins
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

Gilgo Beach Suspect Expected to Plead Guilty to Murders

Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty to the Gilgo Beach murders, marking a significant development in the long-standing case.
#true-crime
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago
Podcast

ABC takes true crime storytelling to new levels with 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies'

The series 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies' showcases true stories of deception, including paternity fraud and domestic abuse.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago
World news

Identity of Thames torso murderer may finally have been uncovered

A possible identity for the Thames Torso Murderer has emerged after 139 years of reinvestigation, linking a forgotten Victorian killer to multiple dismemberments.
Podcast
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

ABC takes true crime storytelling to new levels with 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies'

The series 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies' showcases true stories of deception, including paternity fraud and domestic abuse.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

What the Epstein case teaches us about grooming podcast

People talk about Jeffrey Epstein as though he's special or as though he's mysterious in some way. That takes away from the truth of it, which is that there are lots of people like him.
Books
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

When We Assume Psychopathy Is Involved in Serial Murders

When the topic of serial murder comes up, almost reflexively, the diagnosis of psychopathic personality is given as an explanation for the offender's behavior. Question: "Why did he kill all these people?" Answer: "He's a psychopath." It seems that once it is proclaimed that the serial killer is a psychopath, everything is understood. This assertion has gained such widespread acceptance that its validity is never questioned.
Psychology
Miami Marlins
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to plead guilty, reports say | amNewYork

Rex Heuermann, accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, may change his plea to guilty next month after pleading not guilty to seven murders.
US news
from6abc Philadelphia
1 week ago

Bryan Kohberger caught in casual conversation with DMV worker about murders he committed

Bryan Kohberger was seen casually at a DMV days after murdering four Idaho students.
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

An expert explains why the recent Danvers murder stands out

Adults tend to kill for reasons based on logic, Fox said. Even though it is abhorrent, people understand killings out of jealousy, rage, revenge, and profit. But, teenagers "often kill for no good reason," he said.
Psychology
Privacy professionals
fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

The Dumbest Criminals Keep Asking AI How to Get Away with Murder

ChatGPT provided advice to an accused murderer on handling a dead body instead of contacting police, raising serious concerns about AI safety and misuse.
Roam Research
fromNew York Post
3 weeks ago

Maniac husband who hid much younger wife's hacked-up remains in NYC busted when phone gave him away: DA

A 74-year-old Queens man was arrested for murdering and dismembering his 33-year-old wife, with GPS tracking from a family app providing key evidence of his presence at disposal sites.
Miami Marlins
fromLI Press
2 weeks ago

Suspected Gilgo Beach killer unable to appear in court, as judge sets date for rulings

Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, missed his court appearance due to health issues, with the judge rescheduling the hearing to April 8.
Women
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks ago

Psychology says the true crime audience is overwhelmingly women not because women are morbid but because women are the primary targets of the crimes being described - and learning the patterns isn't entertainment, it's threat intelligence dressed up as a podcast - Silicon Canals

Women's high consumption of true crime content represents threat assessment and safety education rather than morbid entertainment preference.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

$1-million reward offered for California murder suspect, an FBI 'Ten Most Wanted' fugitive

A $1 million reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of Omar Alexander Cardenas, an FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive suspected in a 2019 Sylmar barbershop murder.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

AI techniques speed up forensic analysis of crucial crime scene larvae

A maggot's age and species can give essential information to forensic entomologists investigating murders. Combing through these fly larvae, investigators can potentially learn when and where a crime happened, whether the body has been moved or whether toxins were involved. For example, blowflies are among the earliest insect colonizers of corpses; they typically sniff out and lay eggs on a dead body within minutes to hours.
Roam Research
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

'Survivor' host Jeff Probst spends his downtime watching real-life police interrogation videos

If I have 15 minutes, my go-to is going to be a police interrogation, almost always. You are watching a human walk into a room wondering, how much do these detectives know? What they don't know is in most cases, the detective knows a lot more than you think, but they want to see what you're willing to share.
Television
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

ChatGPT is evidence in murder trial of ex-NFL, Ohio State star Darron Lee: 'What do I do?'

Don't know what to do right now. Fiancee did her crazy thing again, and now she's messed up, I wake up and she has two swollen eyes (i didn't do anything, self inflicted). She stabbed herself, slit her eye? Idk but she isn't waking up or responding, what do I do?
US news
UK news
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

The Indo Daily: Child killer Ian Huntley brutally attacked in prison - revisiting the Soham Murders of 2002

Ian Huntley, convicted of murdering two 10-year-old schoolgirls in 2002, was seriously assaulted by a fellow inmate at HMP Frankland in Durham.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
1 month ago

Deadly lookalikes

An unusually wet winter in the Bay Area caused a surge in deadly death cap mushrooms, leading to unprecedented poisonings disproportionately affecting immigrant communities who forage based on traditional knowledge.
#black-dahlia-murder
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Value of True Crime

Evolutionary psychology explains true crime fascination as a survival mechanism for identifying threats, yet successful predators still evade detection through deception and social bonding.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Drive-by murder accused was not at scene, jury told

Michelle Sadio, 44, died at the scene and two others were injured when shots were fired from a passing Kia as a crowd of mourners stood outside the River of Life Pentecostal Church following a wake in December 2024. On Monday, Tahjin Sommersall,19, told the court he had never even seen the car used in the shooting and had been in Wembley when the attack happened.
Miscellaneous
UK news
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Man yelled 'I've done it' after Soham child killer Ian Huntley was attacked in prison workshop - reports

Ian Huntley, a prisoner serving a life sentence for murdering two 10-year-old girls in 2002, was assaulted with a metal pole at HMP Frankland and remains in serious condition with head injuries.
fromVulture
1 month ago

What Kind of Person Would Kidnap an 84-Year-Old Woman?

During retired FBI profiler Mary Ellen O'Toole's work in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, the first thing investigators would do is create a 'study of the victim.' O'Toole said that kidnappings of older people are 'very rare' - meaning there is little empirical evidence to work with in terms of understanding such crimes.
US news
Law
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Premeditated but Psychotic?

Premeditation does not preclude legal insanity; planning can stem from psychosis, and evaluations assess whether mental illness causally produced the criminal act.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

BREAKING: Medical Examiner Officially Determines Alex Pretti's Death Was a Homicide

Hennepin County medical examiner ruled Alex Pretti's January shooting death a homicide after video contradicted federal agents' claims and identified two agents as shooters.
fromNew York Post
2 months ago

Woman's remains found stuffed in bag in NYC basement

The remains of a woman were found stuffed inside a black plastic bag in the basement of a Brooklyn building Sunday, police and law-enforcement sources said. Cops responded to a 911 call for an unconscious person at The Borinquen Public Houses at 330 Bushwick Avenue on the border of Williamsburg and Bushwick at 9:38 a.m., police said. In the basement of the NYCHA apartment building, officers found the remains of an adult woman in a black plastic bag, the sources and cops said.
Brooklyn
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Epstein Autopsy Witness Challenges Suicide Finding: Injuries More Consistent' with Homocidal Strangulation'

My opinion is that his death was most likely caused by strangulation pressure rather than hanging. Given all the information now available, further investigation into the cause and manner of death is warranted, he said.
Medicine
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

10 Things a Hitman Thought Before Pulling the Trigger

Chronic fear, humiliation, and neglect can create practiced emotional patterns that numb moral resistance and train the mind to carry out violence automatically.
#cold-case
Miscellaneous
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Cold blooded' murder was well planned, court told

Four men are accused of planning the 2020 Telford assassination of rapper Tamba Momodu (Teerose); three deny murder, one pleaded guilty to arson.
Law
fromAxios
2 months ago

AI is reshaping police detective work, starting with cold cases

AI tools enable detectives to rapidly search and analyze large, multimodal evidence (calls, interviews, photos, social media) to accelerate cold and active investigations.
Podcast
fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

Michael Connelly says same killer committed Black Dahlia, Zodiac murders

A researcher links the 1947 Black Dahlia murder and the Zodiac killings to one suspect, prompting Michael Connelly's podcast and renewed investigation.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

The Indo Daily: Nancy Guthrie abduction: Ransom notes, key evidence and armchair detectives

The 84-year-old mother of television journalist Savannah Guthrie went missing from her Arizona home earlier this month in what police believe was a targeted kidnapping. Nearly three weeks on, despite emotional public appeals, puzzling ransom notes and an army of online sleuths dissecting every detail, the investigation appears stalled. With hundreds of thousands of disappearances reported every year in the US, what is it about this story that has fueled such intense, and at times morbid, public fascination?
US news
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Suffolk Strangler was a predator stalking for his prey' when he killed teenager

Steve Wright, the Suffolk Strangler, admitted abducting and murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall in Felixstowe in 1999, closing a 26-year cold case.
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

The Indo Daily: The disturbing last days of Mason O'Connell Conway (4), as Tegan McGhee named as killer

McGhee, 32, received a mandatory life sentence for killing Mason; his father was identified and jailed for neglect and helping to cover up the murder.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Genealogical sites have helped solve major crimes. Police in Nancy Guthrie's case might turn to them

Investigators may use DNA genealogy databases to match DNA from Nancy Guthrie's case and potentially identify suspects or relatives when CODIS yields no matches.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Did She Die the Way They Say?

Psychological autopsy clarifies equivocal manners of death but lacks standardized protocols, challenging reliability; qualitative forensic mental-state assessments deserve standing.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

US serial killer confesses to 1965 murder of 18-year old woman in New Jersey

Richard Cottingham confessed to killing 18-year-old Alys Eberhardt in 1965, prompting New Jersey police to close the cold case.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

University of Idaho victims stabbed a combined 150 times: new details

Four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed a combined 150 times; three were attacked while sleeping and one appeared to have fought back.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Man who decapitated new wife found dead in Texas prison cell

A Texas man sentenced to 40 years for decapitating his wife was found dead in his prison cell from an apparent self-inflicted hanging.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Nancy Guthrie abduction clues: Retired homicide sergeant weighs in

FBI-released doorbell footage yields identifiable clues—clothing, apparent firearm, gloves, estimated height/weight and facial biometrics—providing a major investigative lead in Nancy Guthrie's suspected abduction.
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Saturday Links: Berkeley Police Arrest Man in Texas Connected to Seven East Bay Cold Cases

Berkeley police arrested a man in Texas who is suspected of seven kidnappings and sexual assaults in Berkeley and Oakland between 1994 and 2008. The breakthrough in the case was through a state grant that funded the processing of over 500 cold sexual assault cases. [Bay Area News Group] BART is reportedly in the process of cleaning metallic dust off the insulator caps along its electrified third rail.
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