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Missouri woman accused of cutting baby's throat
posted: 02/07/2012 5:25 p.m. Comments 3
A Missouri woman accused of slashing her baby’s throat allegedly told a pastor months ago that she thought she was possessed and might hurt the child.
Judge rules Louisiana woman incompetent for trial in husband’s death
posted: 02/07/2012 12:57 p.m. Discuss
A Caddo District Court judge has ruled that a Keithville woman is incompetent to stand trial for the July 2010 shooting death of her husband.
Judge temporarily halts Mississippi execution
posted: 02/06/2012 3:06 p.m. Comments 3
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the execution of Mississippi death row inmate Edwin Hart Turner.
Missouri man pleads guilty in human growth hormone case
posted: 02/06/2012 1:04 p.m. Comment 1
A second eastern Missouri bodybuilder has pleaded guilty to federal charges for conspiring to possess and distribute human growth hormone drugs.
Missouri teen's journal details how she killed girl
posted: 02/06/2012 12:29 p.m. Discuss
A journal entry written by the mid-Missouri teen convicted of killing her 9-year-old neighbor offers a chilling look at the killer’s thoughts after the murder.
Mississippi police arrest man charged in theft of cemetery fence
posted: 02/06/2012 noon Comment 1
George County sheriff’s deputies said a surveillance camera at a scrap yard helped them nab the man they believe stole a fence from Fairley Cemetery in the Benndale community southwest of Lucedale.
Stolen day care center van rams into ATM
posted: 02/06/2012 10:53 a.m. Discuss
St. Louis police are looking for the suspects who stole a van, then rammed it into an ATM at a bank.
Tulsa police accidentally destroy gun in murder case
posted: 02/06/2012 8:43 a.m. Comment 1
Tulsa police said they accidentally destroyed the alleged murder weapon in the case of an Oklahoma man who is to be retried for the death of a Tulsa couple.
Police arrest 2 in Fort Campbell soldier’s death case
posted: 02/05/2012 4:09 p.m. Discuss
Two people have been arrested in connection to the slaying of a Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier.
Houma police push for cameras throughout downtown
posted: 02/05/2012 2:12 p.m. Discuss
Houma police and Terrebonne Parish authorities are encouraging business owners to join an effort to survey all of downtown Houma with cameras.
Jury selection continues in Texas bleach injections case
posted: 02/05/2012 1:35 p.m. Discuss
Jury selection is continuing for a third week in Lufkin in the case of a former dialysis nurse accused of killing five patients by injecting them with bleach.
Man charged with shooting in Pennsylvania farm show parking lot
posted: 02/05/2012 11:50 a.m. Discuss
A man has been arrested in Missouri in connection with the shooting of a woman in the parking lot of the Farm Show Complex in central Pennsylvania.
Mississippi woman faces jail after buying decongestant
posted: 02/05/2012 11:44 a.m. Comments 2
Unless she wins her appeal, a 45-year-old Mississippi woman will serve a year in jail for going to Alabama to buy a box of Sudafed.
Authorities launch homicide probe in Mississippi woman's death
posted: 02/04/2012 4:25 p.m. Discuss
DeSoto County authorities said they have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a 50-year-old woman whose skeletal remains were found early in the week.
Man pleads guilty in Florida girl's murder
posted: 02/03/2012 1:02 p.m. Comment 1
A man pleaded guilty Friday in abduction and slaying of a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill.
