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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.

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 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....

A man is suspected of fatally stabbing his wife and four children before setting his home on fire, Medford police said Monday.

The answers are starting to emerge. It is hard to imagine their being any more heartbreaking.

The Saturday session of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial was scuttled by an unspecified "legal issue" announced by Judge Belvin Perry.

A Sacramento mother was arrested Tuesday for allegedly killing her 6-week-old baby by putting her in a microwave oven, police said.

Prosecutors displayed photos from the woods where Caylee Anthony’s body was dumped, which prompted Casey, her mother, to get sick and leave court early.

After an entire day of testimony surrounding decomposition and collection of air samples, more arguments on forensic evidence is expected in today's first-degree murder case against accused child ...