Researchers were surprised to find that women more than men were significantly more likely to choose true crime books over other books about violence and crime. What is behind this interest in the gruesome details of violent crimes like rape and murder? Read more...

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Los Angeles prosecutors have officially charged the personal physician of pop star Michael Jackson with the singer's death last June. Dr. Conrad Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case.

Murray entered a not guilty plea at a Los Angeles courthouse Monday afternoon one the single manslaughter charge. Read more...

San Antonio police have declared the case of a missing 8-month-old Arizona boy known as Baby Gabriel to be a kidnapping and homicide investigation. The move will allow authorities to search through a landfill for a dead body, police said.

Gabriel has not been seen since Dec. 26 in San Antonio with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, who has been arrested in connection with his disappearance. Read more...

Attorneys for a California couple who are accused of kidnapping 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and holding her for 18 years have filed motions that would allow them to visit each other in jail. Painting the defendants as a "close, caring family," attorneys argue that they should be allowed to have visits like other jail inmates.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard. Read more...