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He faked his own death in 2020. A trail of rape and fraud allegations finally caught up to him.

A former ballerina killed her husband. Was her trial testimony just another performance?

Menendez brothers' prosecutors insist nothing has changed: 'They slaughtered their mother'

A daughter is plagued by her mother’s unsolved death while her father maintains his innocence from jail

Karen Read put family of Boston officer boyfriend 'through hell,' relative says ahead of retrial

Robert Roberson, whose Texas execution was halted, may appear in person at legislative hearing

Texas Supreme Court halts execution in 'shaken baby syndrome' death

Clemency bid rejected for Texas man set to be first executed in U.S. for 'shaken baby' death

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He mourned his missing fiancée for a decade. Then he was charged with her murder.

He posed as a Hollywood hotshot. He was actually a 'master manipulator' with a dark fantasy.

Motion to dismiss indictment filed, hearing set in Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ case

Two slayings rocked Atlanta's hip-hop scene a decade ago. Only one has been solved.

Her family thought her death was a tragic accident. It was years before the truth came out.

After a man's wife was reported missing, authorities uncovered a dark secret from his past

A Pennsylvania murder case went cold for years until police started asking questions about their own

Fueled by jealousy, Kaitlin Armstrong fatally shot an elite cyclist and then led officials on an international manhunt

Family of brutally slain New York student feels betrayed by prosecutor, allege 'secret plea deal' with suspect

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 years in prison for federal financial crimes

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Lyle Menendez Speaks from Prison

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Rehabilitation Through Beautification

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