murder

National

A dad accused of killing his 3 young daughters is on the run. Here's what to know

1:12pm June 10, 2025

Travis Decker is accused of suffocating his daughters during a recent camping trip in Washington. Authorities say the Army veteran is "well versed in wilderness survival" and considered dangerous.

A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

5:00am March 28, 2025

Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements.

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A minister was acquitted of a brutal 1832 murder. A new book revisits the case

8:00am January 26, 2025

In the world of true crime, Fall River, Mass. is known for Lizzie Borden, but another murder 60 years earlier captivated New England. Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story in The Sinners All Bow.

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A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

12:03pm November 12, 2024

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

Crime

Shooting in Winston-Salem leaves one dead, three others injured

10:57am June 23, 2024

by David Ford and Fox8

A Gastonia man is being charged with murder after a shooting in Winston-Salem left an 18-year-old dead and three others injured.

Activists march through the Central Business District of Nairobi on Jan. 27 at a demonstration calling for government action to address the murders of young women.

Health & Safety

Murders of women in Kenya lead to a public outcry for a law on femicide

3:12pm February 16, 2024

by Jacky Habib

A brutally violent series of murders of women has been documented. Thousands of Kenyans are protesting to demand government action on gender-based violence.

Arts, Music & Culture

New exhibition at Reynolda chronicles the mysterious death of Z. Smith Reynolds

4:38pm August 30, 2023

by David Ford

A new exhibition at Reynolda in Winston-Salem chronicles the unsolved death of Zachary Smith Reynolds, who was the youngest child of R.J. and Katharine.

Books

Triad author shares family connection to famous 19th century murder trial

2:44pm April 26, 2023

by David Ford

The great-great-grandfather of Triad resident Susie Pollock was intimately involved in one of the most

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Crime

Police: Father killed 4 relatives, self in weekend shooting

4:50pm January 07, 2023

by Paul Garber and Eddie Garcia, Associated Press

A shooting that left five dead in North Carolina occurred when a man shot and killed his wife and three children and then himself, police said Monday.

This undated photo provided by St. Louis County Justice Services shows Perez Reed, who was charged Saturday in the shooting deaths of 16-year-old Marnay Haynes on Sept. 13 and 40-year-old Lester Robinson on Sept. 26.

National

Police say one man is tied to multiple killings in Missouri and Kansas

8:48am November 09, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Perez Reed is facing charges of murder and assault in shootings that occurred in the St. Louis County area. The gun used in those attacks has been tied to other killings in St. Louis and Kansas.