Murder

01:00, 27 JAN 2026

Mum calmly drowned all five children in bath after waiting for husband to leave for work

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Andrea Yates waited for her NASA engineer husband Rusty to leave for work before she proceeded to methodically drown her five children

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Man killed wife then propped her on sofa for Christmas with kids around corpse

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT William Wallace murdered Za'Zell Preston on Christmas Eve in Anaheim, California, then made their children open presents around her body the next day

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Police carry out searches during 'torturous' time for Wayne Reid’s family

The 43-year-old was assaulted in the early hours of January 10, and died from his injuries two days later.

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Woman raped and murdered by hitman hired by own dad in twisted 'honour killing'

Banaz Mahmod was just 20 when she was murdered by her own family in a so-called 'honour killing' after she tried to escape her violent arranged marriage

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Man, 32, found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend Bruna Fonseca, who was strangled to death in Cork flat

A jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork took one hour and two minutes to convict Miller Pacheco of the killing of Bruna Fonseca on New Year’s Day 2023

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WWE star's chilling final message to friend before he killed wife and son

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Chris Benoit's final message to a friend has resurfaced nearly two decades after the WWE star murdered his wife and son before taking his own life in a horrific tragedy

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'Are you pleading guilty or not guilty?' Man accused of murdering his dad silent in court

A judge has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of a 35-year-old man, who is charged with the murder of his father in Dublin

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Killer gran butchered her husband then murdered look-a-like with sinister explanation

Lois Ann Riess, dubbed the 'Killer Grandma', murdered her husband David before befriending and killing Pamela Hutchinson to steal her identity and evade capture

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Man charged with murder of man in Co Derry as five others held by police

A man has been charged with the murder after the body of Wayne Reid was found in Coleraine last week.

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Prisoner kills cellmate who raped his little sister by stomping on his head

Shane Goldsby, then 25, was serving time for stealing a police car when he murdered cellmate Robert Munger

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Killer put mum's corpse in wardrobe so 'maggots and flies' wouldn't infest home

Virginia McCullough murdered both her parents and then lived with their decomposing bodies for four years - she even made a grisly confession to police when she was finally arrested

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Coleraine community 'deeply shocked' as police probe into death continues

A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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Gardai give update on prisoner arrested on suspicion of Edenderry firebomb double-murder

A prisoner was arrested - the update comes as the investigation is ongoing

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Daughter forgave her mother's killer and even gave him a job - then he murdered her

Martha McKay forgave Travis Lewis for murdering her mother in 1996, gave him a job at her Arkansas estate, then was found stabbed to death in the same house 24 years later

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Murder probe launched and man arrested after body of 43-year-old discovered

Police have already made an arrest in connection with a man's death, with his body uncovered on Monday

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Boy, 8, tied to tree and set on fire on birthday before killer exposed on deathbed

Robbie Middleton was bound to a tree, doused in petrol and set alight by Don Collins in 1998 and is approaching 11 years since he was convincted of the horrific crime

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Serial killer butchered victims and left only their torsos behind

The Cleveland Torso Murderer killed and dismembered more than 12 victims in the 1930s in one of history's most disturbing unsolved cases

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Pal pays anniversary tribute to Keane Mulready Woods: 'Keep looking over me every day'

Keane's pal's tribute comes as two men, Stephen Carberry (47) and Glen Bride (32), are to be sentenced within the coming weeks for their role in the murder, having pleaded guilty to assisting in the movement and disposal of the murdered teenager’s body parts.

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Stepmother who murdered 'beautiful and caring' boy, 4, branded 'pure evil' by child's mother

The mother has said her son's life was taken through the 'pure evil' of a woman the boy loved and trusted

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Crowds gather to remember murdered child Oisin Reddin - as killer father's previous threat and cash seizure revelations emerge

Troubled dad Wayne was caught with over €15,000 in stolen cash at a Limerick hotel

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'I look at the picture of little handsome, carefree, joyous Oisin and feel the anger rising'

Evil uses mental illness to enter our stories but warning lights were ignored in what happened to little Oisin

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Heartbroken family offers five-figure reward for answers over 'senseless murder'

Glenn Quinn was found dead inside his home six years ago

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Gardai issue update on murder suicide probe as tributes paid to little Oisin Reddin

Oisin Reddin, 12, was found dead at a residence in West Dublin on Thursday morning. The body of his father, Wayne O'Reilly, 48, was also discovered

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Woman, 20, raped by killer hired by her dad before family members hid body

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Banaz Mahmod was a young woman when she was brutally murdered by her own family 20 years ago this month in a so-called 'honour killing'

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