Trying to catch a killer without cause of death

When investigators cannot definitively determine cause of death, finding a suspect and convincing a jury of his or her guilt takes on a whole new level of difficulty.

• Dec 21, 2011

Brooklyn teen stabbed over basketball game?

15-year-old Alfredo Allen was reportedly in critical condition Tuesday after being stabbed in the head with scissors

• Dec 21, 2011

Men sentenced in case of fatal Phillies beating

Three men who pleaded guilty to beating a Phillies fan to death in 2009 have been sentenced to time in jail.

• Dec 21, 2011

Reward, massive search on for missing Kan. woman

Khan was last heard from Friday when she left a frantic voicemail for her sister saying that she was running away from a man on the University of Kansas-Edwards campus.

• Dec 21, 2011

Bernie Fine accuser pleads guilty to sex abuse

Zachary Tomaselli, 23, appeared in court the day after being arrested for allegedly violating his bail by giving a car ride to a minor.

• Dec 21, 2011

Missing Maine toddler's dad speaks out

Justin DiPietro said on Tuesday he has no idea what happened to his daughter

• Dec 21, 2011

Ex-NYC youth minister gets 22 yrs. for sex abuse

Jeremy Fulton pleaded guilty to rape, then tried to take back the plea

• Dec 21, 2011

Suspect in Del. murder was Purple Heart recipient

The young man who allegedly confessed to abducting and killing a 65-year-old woman is a combat veteran on leave from the Army and a purple heart recipient who was woundd in Afghanistan.

• Dec 21, 2011

Cops: Man posted pic of bound girl to Facebook

Andre Curry, 21, is charged with aggravated domestic battery and scheduled for a bond hearing Wednesday.

• Dec 21, 2011

Report: Cop mailed dead rats as payback in sex ring

CBS Boston says a transit police officer was suspended for mailing the dead rats,apparently to scare a man involved in a sex ring with the officer's girlfriend

• Dec 21, 2011

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