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These stories resonated with readers because of their fierce reporting, gripping narratives, and above all, compassion and sensitivity for the victims at their center.
From details about how her children’s remains were treated to an attempted shooting of another relative, here are the most shocking moments of the triple murder trial so far.
A surprising number of different dog breeds can be trained to detect human remains, but assisting police can be grueling work for cadaver dog handlers.
The true crime celebrity and his Buried Bones podcast cohost Kate Winkler Dawson warned about the dangers of online speculation and amateur sleuths potentially derailing police investigations.
"She did not just fall off the face of the earth," Deputy District Attorney Christy Bowles argued earlier this year. “She lived for and adored her children. She would not and did not leave, voluntarily, her children.”
“Evidence that jurors can see for themselves and feel personally involved in, compiling in their heads, is going to be much more powerful ... than what they were just told by someone else like an expert,” one jury consultant told BuzzFeed News.
アメリカでは、殺人事件や事故など人が亡くなった現場を清掃するのは警察の役割ではない。専門の特殊清掃員に、その業務の裏側や仕事への思いを聞いた。「遺族には清掃に煩わされることなく、心穏やかに嘆き悲しむ機会を持ってほしい」と清掃業を立ち上げた元警察官の女性は語る。
Blake died last week at age 89 and always maintained he was innocent, even though a civil suit found him responsible for his wife’s death.
A forensic psychiatrist coined the term “family annihilator” in the 1980s, and it’s been used to describe Alex Murdaugh and other murderers.
BuzzFeed News reporter David Mack reflected on the twists and turns of the trial as the defense rested its case.
A forensic psychiatrist coined the term “family annihilator” in the 1980s, and it’s been used to describe Alex Murdaugh and other murderers.
An intruder who viciously killed a married couple and their two children has never been caught, despite leaving his bloodstained clothes, fingerprints, shoe prints, and an unflushed toilet.
An unsealed affidavit revealed new details about the 2017 killings of Libby German and Abby Williams — including that the suspect told police five years ago he'd been near the crime scene.
Forget about Michael Myers — here are five terrifying true stories of murder on Halloween.
Led by master of the macabre Keith Morrison, Dateline has been entertaining armchair detectives for decades — paving the way for massively popular true crime shows like Making a Murderer, The Keepers, and Serial.
Blake died last week at age 89 and always maintained he was innocent, even though a civil suit found him responsible for his wife’s death.
A surprising number of different dog breeds can be trained to detect human remains, but assisting police can be grueling work for cadaver dog handlers.
“The fact that a murderer may successfully dispose of the body of the victim does not entitle him to an acquittal.”
Some people who have followed the Serial subject's case believe that if there were a new trial — without the failures of the original process — a jury could still rule to convict Syed. Here are some reasons why.
From massive hits like The Tinder Swindler to lesser-known shows like My Daughter’s Killer, here are some truly great true crime docs and docudramas.