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Flashback: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

Sam Sheppard

Marilyn Sheppard was brutally murdered while her husband Dr. Sam Sheppard slept downstairs. Dr. Sheppard was sentenced to life in prison for the murder. He was eventually freed, but the scars of the injustices he had to endure were permanent.

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Flint Slasher' Convicted of Murder

Wednesday May 23, 2012
A man suspected in a series of fatal stabbings in the Flint, Michigan area has been found guilty of first-degree murder in one of those fatal stabbings. Elias Abuelazam was convicted of the August 2010 murder of Arnold Minor in the first of the cases to go to trial.

Under Michigan law, Abuelazam faces life in prison without parole. Read More...

Man Arrested in Sierra LaMar Case

Tuesday May 22, 2012
A 21-year-old California man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and kidnapping in connection with a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since March. Antolin Garcia-Torres is being held in the Santa Clara County Jail in the disappearance of Sierra LaMar, who was last seen March 16.

Garcia-Torres is the owner of a red VW Jetta that was confiscated by police May 8. Read More...

Crime Poll: Who is Responsible?

Tuesday May 22, 2012
Kentucky death row inmate Robert Foley, 55, has been trying to get a hip replacement operation for over a year, but according to prison officials, because he is considered to be extremely dangerous no surgeon or hospital is willing to get involved.

Foley was found guilty of killing six people in Kentucky from 1989 until 1991, which gives him the highest victim count than any other death row inmate in the state. Now his lawyer has filed a lawsuit stating that Foley has the right to receive proper care, regardless of how difficult a task it may be for the state to provide that care. Read More...

Drew Peterson Trial Set for July

Friday May 18, 2012
When the trial of a former Illinois policeman for the death of his third wife begins at the end of July, prosecutors will not be able to mention that his fourth wife may also be dead. After three years of court battles, the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of Kathleen Slavio is scheduled to begin July 23.

Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Peterson is also suspected, but not charged, in the death of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. Read More...

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