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A Los Angeles jury convicted real estate heir Robert Durst of murder in the death of his longtime friend, Susan Berman, 21 years after she was killed execution-style in her home.

A 30-year-old Brooklyn woman faces murder and attempted murder charges for allegedly driving up on a sidewalk and hitting two pedestrians, one of them a 70-year-old woman who died of her injuries, police said Wednesday. Layla Adredini was driving a 2003 White Ford Explorer near Thomas Boyland and Pacific streets around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 24 when she suddenly mounted…

A 38-year-old New Jersey woman was convicted Friday on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, weapons offenses and other crimes in the savage killing of her girlfriend nearly six years ago, prosecutors said. Jennifer Sweeney arranged to have 41-year-old Tyrita Julius, of Linden, shot in 2015, leading to Julius’ hospitalization, then strangled her several months later and…

Authorities say genetic genealogy helped lead to the arrest and indictment of a man in the 1999 slaying of a New Jersey teenager.

Carlton Roman to be exonerated of a Queens murder after spending more than 30 years behind bars. Sarah Wallace reports.

A police officer in West Virginia says a man who told police he killed his 94-year-old grandfather made a video of the killing and sent it to family members

A former online celebrity who became known for allegedly using a hatchet to fend off an attack on a highway worker failed in his attempt to have his conviction in a 2013 murder overturned.

Police in Delaware said they have arrested a teen wanted on a murder charge in New York.

A professional skateboarder who has been featured in music videos by Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams has been ordered held without bond after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of a suburban Chicago man.

Almost all the stab wounds were to Samantha Josephson’s head, arms, chest and back — and several of the wounds would have penetrated into her brain or neck and been fatal, the medical examiner said.

Less than a week after two teenage brothers were arrested in the murder of a New Jersey man who was found stabbed to death in the woods in Bucks County, the victim’s grieving family continues to search for answers as investigators work to determine a motive.

A New Jersey man facing murder charges in two states has been charged with the death of a New Mexico man.

Four men in their 20s have been indicted on murder and other charges in the “ruthless” beating death of a 31-year-old New York City woman whose body was found in the trunk of a car during an NYPD traffic stop three days after she was killed, prosecutors in Queens said Wednesday. Nazareth Claure was killed with a machete and a…

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murdering the 40-year-old Jersey City photographer who was found beaten to death in his home late last month after a welfare check, Hudson County prosecutors announced Friday. The teenager has been charged as a juvenile, so his name has not been released. In addition to the murder charge, he’s accused of unlawful...

The child was shot in a park in Bed-Stuy amid a surge in gun violence during the summer of 2020, and police believe the child was killed during a street battle between rival gangs. NBC New York’s Erica Byrfield reports.

A Brooklyn man in his 20s have been arrested on murder charges in a summer 2020 shooting that killed a 1-year-old boy who had been sitting in his stroller during a family cookout, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Two Brooklyn gang members in their 20s have been arrested on murder charges in a summer 2020 shooting that killed a 1-year-old boy who had been sitting in his stroller during a family cookout, prosecutors announced Thursday. Dashawn Austin, 25, was arrested Wednesday on charges including murder and attempted murder in the shooting that killed little Davell Gardner and wounded…

Police are searching for a suspect accused of shooting and killing a photographer in New Jersey. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has granted a pardon of innocence to a man who had been imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a judge

A Long Island man has been sentenced to up to life in prison for stabbing a 32-year-old man more than 150 times, leaving the victim’s parents to find him dead — naked and face down — when they got home from a party, prosecutors said Wednesday. Ryan Lindquist, 23, had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the June 1, 2019…