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Jodi Arias Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:27:14 +0000

A jury in Arizona has found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder

Court date set in Clark triple slaying

Rich Denison — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:54:38 +0000

Two teenagers charged in the shooting deaths of a woman and her parents near the Wyoming-Montana border are due to be arraigned in Park County District Court on May 22.

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2 Arrested in Triple Slaying in Wyo. Town of Clark

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:51:36 +0000

The Park County sheriff's office has identified the three members of a family who were fatally shot in a home in the tiny northwestern Wyoming town of Clark.

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Man Pleads Guilty to Double Slaying in Hudson

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:12:19 +0000

A 20-year-old man charged in a double slaying in Hudson has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder.

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Nike Drops Olympian Pistorious Following Murder Charge

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:31:43 +0000

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nike says it has suspended the contract of Oscar Pistorius.

Pistorius, the first double-amputee runner to compete on the track at the Olympics, is facing a charge of premeditated murder in South Africa in the Valentine's Day slaying of his girlfriend

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Olympian Charged With Murder

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:54:17 +0000

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The South African athlete who made history as the first double amputee to run in the Olympics has been charged with murder. Police arrested Oscar Pistorius (pihs-TOHR'-ee-uhs) after his girlfriend was shot to death inside his home in Pretoria

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At Least 4 Dead in Apparent Colo. Murder-Suicide

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:01:19 +0000

Four people were found dead Tuesday in Colorado after a woman called police to report a shooting and was apparently shot to death while she was on the phone.

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Cheyenne Murder Probe Underway

Rich Denison — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:41:06 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — One man is dead and another injured in an altercation at a mobile home park on Cheyenne's south side.

Gerry Luce is spokesman for the Laramie County Sheriff's Department. He says the incident was reported at about 10:30 p

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Cody Murder Trial Set For Spring 2013

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:37:04 +0000

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A tentative trial date of March 15, 2013, has been set in the first-degree murder case of a Cody man accused of stabbing his wife to death with a screwdriver.

Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty against 29-year-old Myron Friday

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Murder Suspect Falls To Death

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:16:34 +0000

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a man killed his mother, stepfather and girlfriend at their Mississippi home before he climbed a cellphone tower and plunged about 300 feet to his death

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Panel Rejects Convicted Murderer's Appeal

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:52:33 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Wyoming man convicted of murdering his wife.

A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Wednesday rejected an appeal from David Bush

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Body Identified As That Of Missing Montana Teacher

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:10:55 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The FBI says a body found in North Dakota has been identified as a missing Montana teacher kidnapped in January.

The identification was made Thursday after the body of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold was taken to the Montana State Crime Lab in Missoula

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New Details In Hudson Double Slaying

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:30:57 +0000

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Investigators say two men accused of killing a couple in Hudson last fall were invited to spend the night and then attacked them as they slept.

According to an arrest affidavit, Joseph Jude Jenkins of Arapaho and Laziur Hanway of Ethete allegedly stole jewelry, tools, silverware and money from Erik Likes' trailer after killing Likes and Elva Quiver

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Man Charged In Wife's Death

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:01:10 +0000

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A Cody man has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death.

The Park County attorney's office filed the charge against 28-year-old Myron Friday on Thursday as Friday made his first court appearance

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Woman Gets Life For Killing Pregnant Acquaintance

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:00:11 +0000

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has been sentenced to life in prison in the brutal murder of a pregnant acquaintance whose baby boy was ripped from her womb.

Kathy Coy of Morgantown agreed to the sentence in a deal last month in which she avoided a possible death penalty by pleading guilty but mentally ill to killing 21-year-old Jamie Stice last year and taking the baby

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Mom, Grandma Charged In Girl's Death

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:52:26 +0000

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say they've charged a grandmother and stepmother in the death of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died after being forced to run as punishment.

Etowah County sheriff's officials say 46-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard of Carlisle and 27-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin are accused of murder in the death of Savannah Hardin

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Break-Up Behind Murder?

Associated Press — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:12:02 +0000

FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say a New Jersey man angry that his girlfriend was trying to break up with him struck her with his car and repeatedly backed over her body.

The Bergen County prosecutor's office says 26-year-old Charles Ann is charged with murdering 25-year-old Aena Hong

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Mom Charged In Child's Death

Associated Press — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:32:02 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a Los Angeles mother has been charged with drowning her year-old daughter and trying to drown her 5-year-old daughter.

Deputy District Attorney Teresa Sullivan says 32-year-old Lorna Valle (VY'-ay) was charged with murder and attempted murder Friday and will be arraigned at a later date due to unspecified medical issues

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Fatal Fire Thought To Be Murder-Suicide

Associated Press — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:26:13 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Laramie County investigators say it appears a Cheyenne woman killed herself and her 11-year-old daughter in an arson fire last week.

The Laramie County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified the dead girl as Miriam Ortiz

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High Court Upholds Killer's Sentence

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:21:15 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a life prison sentence for a Sheridan teenager convicted of murder in a home invasion killing.

The court issued a ruling Monday rejecting Wyatt Bear Cloud's claim that his sentence in the August 2009 killing of Sheridan businessman Robert Ernst violated his constitutional rights

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