Man charged with 9 contract killings in California

Authorities say Jose Manuel Martinez, 51, is also being investigated in connection with other unsolved slayings

• Apr 9, 2014

Student charged after fight with h.s. teacher

Blair Moore, 18, pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from fight caught on tape with Santa Monica, Calif. teacher who has since been placed on leave

• Apr 9, 2014

Sexual assault reforms passed by D.C. council

Measure follows harsh report on D.C. cops' handling of sex assault cases, victims; advocate tells Crimesider she's "elated"

• Apr 9, 2014

Ex-boyfriend confesses to killing Danielle Locklear

Police say Je'Michael Malloy admitted killing the missing North Carolina girl, 15, and dumping her body in the South River

• Apr 9, 2014

Cops: Missing Mich. doctor's body found in Ind. lake

Kalamazoo County sheriff says no signs of trauma or foul play in case of Teleka Patrick, missing since December; apparent drowning

• Apr 9, 2014

Iowa woman found dead in vacant lot in Minnesota

The Quad-City Times reports that 29-year-old Carrie Elaine Olson's body was found in a vacant lot near Hastings, Minnesota, and that it appeared to have been there for less than 36 hours

• Apr 9, 2014

Ariz. woman may get death for fatal hammer beating

The jury in Phoenix took more than five days to reach the first-degree murder verdict against Marissa Devault in the 2009 death of her husband, after two months of testimony

• Apr 9, 2014

Cops: Drunk woman calls 911 for ride home from bar

Authorities say woman who called police in Troy, Mich. for ride home from bar interfered with emergency line - even if she did know enough not to drive herself

• Apr 9, 2014

Did 8th graders commit criminal sexting?

A sexting scandal involving photos of eighth-graders is being investigated in Barrington, Ill.

• Apr 9, 2014

"2 drunk 2 care" Florida driver held on $600K bond"

Florida woman Kayla Mendoza, who tweeted "2 drunk 2 care" before she allegedly drove the wrong way on an expressway killing two people, ordered held by judge in the case

• Apr 9, 2014

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