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US: $100M scam suspect in Ohio is Harvard Law grad
A former fugitive suspected of running a $100 million cross-country scam collecting donations for Navy veterans has been identified as a ...
Amber Alert issued for 2 missing after Tenn. fire
Authorities in Tennessee issued a statewide Amber Alert on Friday for two children missing since their home was destroyed by an intense fire.
UK teen who ran away with teacher found in France
A 15-year-old British schoolgirl who sparked an international search when she went missing along with her math teacher was found safe and well in ...
Chef found guilty of murder in boiled body case
A chef who told police he boiled his wife's body for four days to hide evidence of her death was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder.
2 Tenn. children missing, bodies not found in fire
Two children initially believed to have perished in an intense Tennessee farmhouse fire along with their step-grandparents are now considered missing ...
Family of missing UK teen appeal for contact
The parents of a missing British schoolgirl believed to have run away with her teacher have issued a plea for her to come home. Authorities believe ...
Family wants answers on missing W.Va. 3-year-old
Her mother is in prison for welfare fraud. Her stepfather is lying low. Her six siblings, some just infants, are in the custody of child welfare ...
Neighbors: Few knew of threats against Texas teen
Neighbors and friends knew Shania Gray as a friendly, vivacious athlete. Few knew the 16-year-old had reported a man for rape until she disappeared ...
16 bodies found in truck in southern Mexico state
Police in southern Guerrero state found 16 bodies left in a truck in a region plagued by drug violence. The bodies were found in Coyuca de Catalan, ...
Murdered schoolboys shake Salvador's gang truce
The schoolboys went missing on a Thursday, and it took nearly three weeks for police to discover the mass grave. On July 11, a police investigator, ...
Despite pleas, missing SC boy falls by wayside
Despite detectives' pleas to national media, the disappearance of an 18-month-old black boy with the wide smile has yet to grab the widespread ...
Hearsay bothers last juror to find Peterson guilty
The final juror to agree to convict Drew Peterson of murder in the death of his ex-wife says he "barely slept" one night during the proceedings ...
SC mother convicted in case of her missing son
Nearly 10 months after her 18-month-old son was last seen, a South Carolina woman was convicted Friday of unlawful conduct for refusing to tell ...
Peterson case shifts to appeal, missing 4th wife
She loomed over Drew Peterson's murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never ...
AP NewsBreak: Kashmir won't DNA test mass graves
The government of Kashmir has rejected wide-scale DNA testing of bodies in thousands of unmarked graves despite pleas by the families of those who ...
Attorneys in Peterson trial deliver closings
Prosecutors in Drew Peterson's murder trial implored jurors Tuesday to use common sense in assessing the circumstantial case against him, while the ...
Police find woman scalped, but other clues scant
Using the forensic science mimicked on television crime dramas, investigators in Kentucky revealed evidence of a gruesome crime: A woman shot to death ...
Amnesty urges Balkans to probe war disappearances
Ljiljana Alvir is convinced Serbian authorities know how her brother died during the war in Croatia, and where his remains are. She just doubts they ...
World marks day of the missing
Tens of thousands of people around the world are missing today because of armed conflicts or human rights abuses such as abductions and illegal ...
Mom of dead NY girl, 5: Teen suspect a 'mooch'
The mother of a dead 5-year-old girl said the teen accused of killing her daughter was someone she had not wanted to be around the home her daughter ...
Irene's biggest mystery: Where is Marble Arvidson?
It hadn't yet begun raining when a teenager named Marble Arvidson pinned a note to the door of his bedroom in a foster home, saying he'd be back in ...
Drew Peterson attorneys to mount "quick" defense
And now it'll be Drew Peterson's turn. After four weeks of witnesses telling jurors that Peterson wanted ex-wife Kathleen Savio dead, threatened to ...
Parents deported, what happens to US-born kids?
Alexis Molina was just 10 years old when his mother was abruptly cut out of his life and his carefree childhood unraveled overnight. Gone were the ...