Court orders crossbow killer who murdered 3 women never to be released from prison
A former British soldier who pleaded guilty to the murder of three women at their family home north of London has been ...
'I am a serial killer who only killed once’: Man sentenced decades after stabbing woman 49 times
Army veteran Stephan Smerk, 53, pleaded guilty in October to the 1994 stabbing death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was ...
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How the Terrorgram Collective’s Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. An investigation shows they were the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by ...
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Serial Killing as an Imprinted and Fixed Action Pattern
What drives a serial killer? Hardwired instincts, symbolic triggers, and ritualized predation—unraveling ancestral imprints.
Did Betty’s killer walk free? N.J. historian tries to solve 240-year-old murder mystery.
Historical accounts say Betty Lathen, an enslaved woman in Monmouth County at the time, accompanied her enslaver, Arthur ...
‘Compelled’ to kill, a man free for decades is sentenced to 70 years
When Fairfax County police confronted Stephen Smerk, he was married and raising two high school-aged children in a quiet town ...
'Among the worst in the history of Fairfax County' | Convicted murderer sentenced to 70 years for 1994 killing
Stephan Smerk pleaded guilty to the crime last year. As a result of the plea agreement, he will be eligible for parole.
Teen wanted for string of Twin Cities sex assaults arrested in St. Cloud
A teenager wanted in connection with a string of alleged sexual assaults in the Twin Cities was arrested earlier this week in ...