homicide
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Director Margaret Brown follows up her superb four-part series from last year, about a multiple homicide in Texas in 1991, with a fifth episode on the subsequent solving of the crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
In a statement to The Times, however, L.A. police said Downer’s case was “suspicious” but was not yet being investigated as a homicide.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
President Claudia Sheinbaum recently hailed the success of her federal security strategy - saying the daily homicide rate in February 2026 was 44% lower than at the end of her predecessor's term in September 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Still, that number dwarfs China’s homicide rate, which came in at 0.44 per 100,000 in 2024, according to official data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
And he thought: “Negligent homicide carries such a stigma. I’m looking at this nineteen- year-old kid, thinking: This is a big burden to hang around his neck.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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