Nigerian Woman Accused of Being a Witch Murdered by Angry Mob

10/22/14 10:46 AM PST

A crowd of spectators watched as a woman accused of witchcraft was brutally beaten, burnt and murderd in Nigeria

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Murder Rate Among Canada's Aboriginal Women Extremely High

05/29/14 3:45 PM PST

Aboriginal women in Canada are being murdered or going missing at shockingly high rates

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Report: Brazil's Former President Was Murdered

12/11/13 11:04 AM PST

An investigative commission in Brazil says it has found evidence that former President Juscelino Kubitschek was murdered by the 1970s military regime

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Texas Killing Spree

10/29/13 2:43 PM PST

A man is in custody after allegedly going on a killing spree in a Texas town, killing 5 people in 4 separate locations.

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Exhumed "In Cold Blood" Bodies Have DNA Tested

05/30/13 10:48 AM PST

Investigators test the DNA of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, the two men executed in 1959 for the gruesome murder of the Clutter family in Kansas. The horrific crime inspired Truman Capote's acclaimed investigative novel, "In Cold Blood." Officials hope to find links in the DNA samples to an unsolved case of a similar nature.

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