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Josh Powell planned the deadly house fire that killed him and his young sons for some time, dropping toys at charities and sending final emails to multiple acquaintances before the blaze, authorities said Monday....

A 15-year-old boy poured gasoline throughout his home and set it ablaze Wednesday, killing his adoptive father and two brothers, police said. Michael Pilato was charged with second-degree murder and arson, hours after the early morning fire at his two-story home in Webster, a Rochester suburb.

A South Carolina mother who told police her son killed three family members and himself has been charged with quadruple murder because she wanted their life insurance money, police said on Tuesday.

Human remains found in a concrete-filled drum in a New Jersey home belong to a mother who vanished Aug. 17 after a fight with her husband, her family said Saturday. Natalie and family pick up Zara from the shelter.

The defense had said James "Bob" Ward loved his family, while prosecutors contended the millionaire's demeanor -- along with the evidence -- proved he murdered his wife.

Authorities in suburban Chicago have charged a high school student in the deaths of his parents, who were found beaten in their home.

Sarah Rucker had feared for her life for months. In February, the 42-year-old Deltona, Fla., woman had filed domestic battery charges against her estranged husband. Dwayne White was going to kill her the next time he saw her, she told investigators back in February, showing them her neck, red and swollen from White allegedly trying to strangle her.

Naiyana Patel, 33, is said to have killed her daughters, aged seven and four in Asheville, North Carolina, then tried to take her own life after a failed pregnancy.

A woman who is accused of killing her two small children before shooting and wounding herself at their home in west Harris County earlier this month has died at the hospital, officials said.

A Louisiana man is accused of decapitating and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the boy's head near the street so the child's mother would see it - a killing that brought seasoned police officers to tears, authorities said Monday....