Cops: Stepdad fatally stabbed girl, 5; set body aflame

The Lansing State Journal reports that police say Thomas McClellan "snapped" when the girl wanted food and wouldn't leave his room

• Dec 30, 2016

Report: Man suspected of strangling ex in front of toddler

The body of California mom Melissa Contreras, 22, was found in her car on Dec. 26

• Dec 30, 2016

Cops: Greece's ambassador to Brazil believed killed

Police say the wife of Kyriakos Amiridis is among the suspects in the case; they believe she was having an affair with a police officer

• Dec 30, 2016

Couple dead in suspected murder-suicide outside university

Police say it appears that the woman worked at the University of Utah and her husband came there to confront her

• Dec 30, 2016

Report: Miami officers fired for joking about target practice in black neighborhood

Miami police investigation finds rookie officers joked in online group chat about using primarily black neighborhoods for target practice

• Dec 30, 2016

Elderly man allegedly beat car salesman with golf club

Linsey Owens was allegedly angry because he had to buy a new car in order to receive a prize offered in a promotional mailer

• Dec 30, 2016

Police officer trying to arrest suspect shot by fellow cop

Weatherford, Texas, traffic stop leads to confrontation with multiple shots fired

• Dec 30, 2016

Retrial set for white cop charged with fatal shooting of black man

A judge declared a mistrial earlier this month for Michael Slager, who has been charged with the murder of Walter Scott

• Dec 30, 2016

Reprieve issued for Wash. man convicted of rape, murder of 14-year-old girl

Gov. Jay Inslee has pledged two years ago to halt executions while he's in office, although the death penalty is still the law

• Dec 30, 2016

FBI: Update in case of woman dead after kidnap claim

Rita Maze reportedly called her family from the trunk of her car and said she had been kidnapped; she was later found dead

• Dec 29, 2016

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