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Florida Couple Shot Multiple Times

Wednesday November 25, 2009
Autopsy reports on a slain Florida couple known for adopting disabled children show that they both were shot multiple times in the bedroom during a home-invasion robbery. Byrd and Melanie Billings were killed in their Beulah home July 9.

Eight people have been arrested in connection with their deaths and four of them face the death penalty. Read more...

Blood, DNA Link Suspect to Yale Student

Wednesday November 25, 2009
Blood and DNA evidence links a lab technician to a slain Yale University medical student, according to details in an arrest warrant issued in the case. DNA from Raymond Clark and victim Annie Le were found on a sock hidden in the ceiling near where Le's body was found, the warrant said.

Le, a pharmacology doctoral student, disappeared from the research lab September 8. Read more...

Police Release Sketch of 'Grim Sleeper'

Tuesday November 24, 2009
The Los Angeles Police Department has released a sketch of a man they suspect in at least 11 deaths since the 1980s in hopes of tracking down the serial killer. The suspect is known only as the "Grim Sleeper" due to the fact that he apparently took a 14-year hiatus.

The deaths occurred in Los Angeles, L.A. County and Inglewood from 1985 until 2007. Read more...

Chandra Levy Murder Trial Delayed

Monday November 23, 2009
The murder trial of the man accused in the death of Chandra Levy has been postponed for 10 months because prosecutors plan to add more charges to the indictment. Ingmar Guandique's murder trial is now scheduled to begin Oct. 4, 2010.

The trial had been scheduled to begin in January. Read more...

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