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A metal ring, about the size of a quarter, led to Matthew Ecker's murder charge for the death of Alexandra Pennig.
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A metal ring, about the size of a quarter, led to Matthew Ecker's murder charge for the death of Alexandra Pennig.
After Minnesota nurse Alex Pennig was found dead in her bathroom, her friend Matthew Ecker told investigators she shot herself. But evidence at the scene left detectives with some big questions about how Pennig died.
The man who allegedly killed four family members in Tennessee before leading authorities on a week-long manhunt appeared in court Thursday. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has more.
A mother of five disappears. A look inside the conspiracy to kill her. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
Attorney General's Office Tamaulipas state delegate Ernesto Vásquez Reyna was killed in the middle of the busiest avenue of the border city of Reynosa.
Was a boy genius a stone cold killer too? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
A new FBI report reveals crime in the U.S. decreased in 2024. Former FBI Assistant Director Brian Boetig joins "The Takeout" to break down the findings.
There is an intense manhunt in Western Montana for 45-year old Army veteran Michael Paul Brown, the suspected gunman in a mass shooting at a bar in Anaconda last week. Omar Villafranca has more.
Prosecutor Bill Thompson opens up about the pressure of the Bryan Kohberger case and the controversy surrounding the plea deal in a new "48 Hours" podcast interview.
Catherine Hoggle has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children, who disappeared in 2014 as toddlers and have never been found.
Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something ... is it you? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
A son fights to prove his father, a doctor, killed his mother, a noted scientist. But will his dad end up in prison? "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer updates the case. | Read story
"Son of Sam" victims look back at the serial murder spree that terrorized New York
In 1977, Shayna Glassman's father lived in apartment 6E at 35 Pine Street in Yonkers, N.Y. His direct upstairs neighbor was a young postal worker named David Berkowitz.
A lawyer shot -- his girlfriend admits she pulled the trigger and then dances in a strange police video -- was it self-defense or love gone bad? "48 Hours"' Peter Van Sant investigates. | Read story
A judge and her son are ambushed in front of their home. Shot multiple times, the judge refuses to be intimidated and works to stop other attacks. CBS News' Jim Axelrod reports.
ENCORE: The murders of four teenage girls have haunted Austin, Texas, for more than 30 years. Could new information lead to a killer? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. Watch Saturday, Aug. 2 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Tennessee investigators are searching for a man suspected of killing the four family members of a baby that was found abandoned earlier this week. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes has more.
New information is coming out about the double murders of a husband and wife who were hiking in an Arkansas state park with their two children. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.
A Colorado dentist has been convicted of killing his wife of 23 years with poison. Prosecutors argued James Craig laced his wife's protein shakes with toxins, including arsenic, over a 10 day period in March 2023 before giving her a lethal dose of cyanide while she was hospitalized.
A woman convicted of murdering her husband discovers serious problems with some key evidence used against her at trial. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many people thought he was eaten by alligators, but not his mother. Seventeen years later, a stunning confession proves she was right all along. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.
Arkansas police have released a photo and sketch of a person of interest in the double murder at Devil's Den State Park. CBS News' Omar Villafranca has the latest details.
Police say a couple was attacked and killed while hiking with their two young daughters inside a state park in Arkansas on Saturday. Officials say the children were not hurt. CBS News' Omar Villafranca has more on the search for the suspect.
A young mother disappears, a double life exposed -- eight years later, an arrest in the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
The terrorist group Hamas may be planning an attack on "Palestinian civilians" in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. State Department announced Saturday.
Crowds hit the streets in cities and towns across the country to vent their anger over President Trump's policies in "No Kings" protests.
Federal agents deployed tear gas on a crowd in Chicago, prompting a judge to ask the agents to wear body cameras.
Since the Gaza peace plan took effect early this week, Hamas has handed over 20 living hostages and the remains of at least eight confirmed hostages.
President Trump on Saturday said the survivors, from Ecuador and Colombia, will be returned to their countries of origin.
In a post on Truth Social, the president said the ex-New York congressman has been "horribly mistreated" in prison.
The 5 Freeway, a major artery in Southern California, had closed for a live-fire event at Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County that was being attended by Vice President JD Vance.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are at an all-time high over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers.
David Huerta was arrested in June outside a business where federal agents were investigating suspected immigration violations.