News Topic: Murder
Wednesday November 25 2009
Robbery Motive In Soldier’s Death
The daughter of a Saraland soldier killed last month is charged with his murder. Police say she and her husband stole $120. more »
Woman Charged With Killing Husband While Hunting
A North Mississippi Woman Has Been Charged With Murder, Days After Her Husband Was Killed While The Couple Was Deer Hunting Together Oktibbeha County Chief Deputy... more »
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(AP) STARKVILLE, Miss.
Father, Son Charged In Ala. Shootings
The Dekalb County Sheriff Says A Flat Rock Man Has Been Charged With Attempted Murder And His Son Charged With Assault In Connection With A Shooting At A Raccoon Hunt ... more »
Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting
A 22-year-old Rankin County Man Has Been Sentenced To Life In Prison After Being Convicted Of Murder In A 2007 Slaying Daniel F Barber Jr Was Convicted Tuesday... more »
Conviction Upheld In Vicksburg Slaying
The State Court Of Appeals Has Upheld The Life Sentence Given Anthony Trevillion For His Role In The 2007 Slaying Of A Vicksburg Man Trevillion Was One Of Three... more »
Man Convicted Of Killing Childhood Friend
A Sarasota Man Has Been Convicted Of Fatally Shooting A Childhood Friend And Wounding The Man's Fiancee In March A Jury Found 19-year-old Robert B Cummings... more »
Man Guilty Of Killing Wife, Mother-in-law
A Lee County Man Has Been Convicted Of Killing His Estranged Wife And Mother-in-law A Jury Deliberated For Two Hours Tuesday Before Finding 31-year-old Juan... more »
Tuesday November 24 2009
Neighbors Shocked By New Arrest In Murder
Woman is charged in the murder of her father in Saraland. more »
Daughter Charged With Dad’s Murder
The daughter of a Saraland man found dead in his home last month has been arrested in connection with his death. more »
Rankin Man’s ‘07 Murder Conviction Upheld
The State Court Of Appeals Has Upheld The Murder Conviction Of Johnny Shorter For The Slaying Of A Retired Police Officer Who Reportedly Was Involved With Shorter's Estranged... more »
FBI Says Ex-trooper’s 1966 Killing Of Black Probed
A Former Alabama State Trooper Awaiting Trial For Murder In The 1965 Shooting Death Of A Black Man During A Protest At Marion Is Also The Subject Of An Fbi Probe In The 1966... more »
FBI Says Ex-trooper’s 1966 Jail Killing Probed
The Fbi Says It's Still Investigating The 1966 Shooting Death Of A Black Man In Alabaster By A Former State Trooper Who In Recent Years Has Been Charged In Another Alabama... more »
Monday November 23 2009
Ex-prosecutor Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery Charges
A Former Federal Prosecutor And Prominent New Jersey Defense Attorney Whose Past Clients Have Included Queen Latifah And Lil' Kim Has Pleaded Not Guilty To Bribery, Drug And... more »
Lee County, Ala. Jury To Consider Death Sentence
A Jury In Lee County Will Consider Imposing The Death Penalty On A 20-year-old Man After Convicting Him Last Week Of Murdering His Infant Son The 12-member Jury... more »
Petal Man Charged With Murder
A Petal Man Has Arrested In The Death Of 25-year-old April D Tischer Of Petal, Who Was Found Dead At Her Apartment Saturday Police Tell The Hattiesburg American... more »
Sheriff: 2 Slain Over $8
Grenada County Sheriff Alton Strider Tells The Greenwood Commonwealth That Rev Jimmy Stauddy And His Caregiver, Martha Stoker, Were Killed A Week Ago In An Apparent Argument... more »
Arrest Made In Shooting Death
Greenville Police Have Made An Arrest In The City's Latest Homicide Police Arrested 31-year-old Vincent Williams Of Greenville, And Charged Him With Murder... more »
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(AP) GREENVILLE, Miss.
Sunday November 22 2009
Burial Held For Man Killed In Fla. Office Shooting
Burial Services Were Held In West Palm Beach For The 26-year-old Man Killed In An Orlando Office Shooting Earlier This Month Otis Beckford Was Buried At Hillcrest... more »
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(AP) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
Questions Linger After Suicide Of Anniston Boy
Before He Could Say "mama" Or "daddy," Both Of His Were Gone His Father Went To Prison For Murder His Mother Just Left A Decade Later, Bullies... more »
Friday November 20 2009
V’burg Man Gets Life For Slaying In Property Feud
Eric Davis Has Been Sentenced To Life In A Shooting Death That Police Say Stemmed From A Property-line Feud Between Next-door Neighbors Authorities Say 23-year-old... more »
Arrest Made In Grenada Co. Homicides
An Arrest Has Been Made In A Double Homicide In Grenada County Sheriff Alton Strider Tells The Greenwood Commonwealth That 22-year-old John Wayne Mcchriston... more »
Miss. High Court Lifts Stay
The Mississippi Supreme Court Has Lifted A Stay On The Trial Of Two Men In The Slaying Of A Forest Teenager The Trial Was Delayed In April While The Supreme... more »
Man Convicted In 2005 Capital Murder
A Harrison County Jury Deliberated For 30 Minutes Before Convicting 32-year-old Mark Kee Brown Of Capital Murder In The July 6, 2005, Shooting Death Of D'iberville Resident... more »
Miss. High Court Tosses Out Wrongful Death Award
A $75,000 Award To A Family Who Claimed Lisa Williams' Death Resulted From Laurel Police Officers' Failure To Arrest Kenneth Wilson After Two Distrubance Calls Has Been Thrown... more »
Dothan Man Denied Bond In Murder For Hire Plot
A Federal Judge Has Denied Bond For A Man Who Is Accused Of Plotting To Have His Wife And Her Male Friend Killed At The Dothan Apartment They Shared The Dothan... more »
Tuesday November 17 2009
Police Investigate Murder-Suicide
Saraland Police are investigating a murder-suicide. more »
Wednesday November 04 2009
Too Fat To Kill?
Edward Ates claims he was too fat and didn't have the energy to shoot his former son-in-law and make a quick getaway. more »
Tuesday November 03 2009
Inmate Dies After 27 Years On Death Row
David Nelson was convicted of killing a man on New Years Day in 1978 and a cab driver the night before. more »
Monday November 02 2009
Son-In-Law Charged With Soldier’s Murder
The son-in-law of a Saraland soldier, who was found dead in his home, is charged with his murder. more »
Man Accused Of Killing His Father-In-Law
31-year-old John Pope, Jr. is being held on a $1 million dollar bond in the Baldwin County Jail for a probation violation. He will be charged with murder in Mobile. more »
Friday October 30 2009
Marshals Catch Man Wanted For 14 Year Old Double Murder
Charles Tooley is accused of badly beating three people and then leaving them in a building that he set on fire. Two of them died. more »
Jury Finds Eric Buzbee Not Guilty
BREAKING NEWS Jury finds Eric Buzbee not guilty of murder for the 2007 death of Spanish Fort service station owner Bobby Wilson. more »
Thursday October 22 2009
Fugitive Killer Spotted On The Gulf Coast
US Marshals need your help to catch Glen Chambers, who is one of America's Most Wanted criminals. He escaped from a Florida prison in 1990. more »
Wednesday October 21 2009
Son Talks About Saraland Man’s Death
Tony Embley describes his father as easy-going and loving. more »
Sunday October 18 2009
Police Investigate Weekend Murder
Mobile Police are investigating a weekend murder. more »
Thursday October 15 2009
Two Dead In North Mobile County, Possible Murder-Suicide
The Mobile County Sheriff's Office says a man and a woman were found dead Thursday morning near Mount Vernon. They say it could be a murder suicide. more »
Wednesday October 14 2009
Missing Man Shot Three Times And Buried In Shallow Grave
The victim has been identified as Ervin Foster. He was shot three times, once in the hand, face, and stomach. more »
Monday October 12 2009
Elderly Pensacola Man Murdered
Elderly Pensacola man found dead inside his home...homicide investigators haven't made an arrest or released motive more »
Billings Murder Suspects Face Death Penalty
Prosecutors announced Monday they will seek the death penalty for four of the seven men accused of murdering a Beulah, Florida couple during a home invasion July 9. more »
Sunday October 11 2009
Third Murder In Less Than A Month
Escambia County Sheriffs Deputies are investigating another homicide in Pensacola - this is the third in the area in less than a month. more »
Thursday October 08 2009
Manhunt Over, Murder Suspect In Custody
BREAKING NEWS: After a 3-day manhunt and a university campus lockdown, sheriffs deputies say they have arrested Bruce Day, a man wanted for a 2001 murder. more »
Man Kills Girlfriend And Then Takes Her To The ER
Police say Mark Fountain's girlfriend was already dead when he brought her to the ER. Doctors thought she died from an overdose until they found an open wound on the back of her head. more »
Wednesday October 07 2009
Murder Suspect Still On The Run
A murder suspect is still on the run, considered armed and dangerous. more »
Tuesday October 06 2009
Manhunt For Murder Suspect
The University of West Florida campus in Pensacola was placed under lockdown while police searched for a murder suspect. more »
Monday September 28 2009
Street Sign Death
A 19-year-old man faces murder charges after
police say he threw a street sign through a car windshield,
striking and killing the vehicle's driver Saturday. more »
Sunday September 27 2009
Baldwin County Homicide Investigation
A man is found dead on County Road 55 after investigators say a teen threw a street sign through the windshield of his car. more »
Friday September 25 2009
Atmore Man Shot To Death Days Before His Wife Gives Birth
Investigators say Kenneth Porter was shot outside a home on Nathan Road last night. His wife is 9 months pregnant. more »
Thursday September 24 2009
Census Worker Hanged
AP source: Hanged Census worker had 'fed' on chest more »
Monday September 21 2009
Elderly Man Beaten To Death
UPDATED Video tape from a concerned neighbor's home camcorder helped lead police to two suspects in the beating death of an elderly Gulf Coast man. more »
Tuesday September 15 2009
Mobile Has 3rd Highest Murder Rate
The Mobile area has the 3rd highest murder and manslaughter rate in the country according to the latest FBI statistics. more »
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A man is shot during a carjacking in his own driveway.
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Some residents want work on Highway 98 bypass to resume.
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