homicide
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Bill Hutchinson reports today for ABC News that 2025 is “poised to end with the largest one-year drop in U.S. homicides ever recorded, according to data from cities both large and small.”
County prosecutors and detectives from the LAPD’s homicide and narcotics units.
From Los Angeles Times
Under Oklahoma law, first-degree manslaughter is defined as a homicide that occurs when perpetrated without a "design to effect death" while a person is engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor.
From BBC
Boyd was allowed to speak to witnesses and make phone calls—to his lawyer and, surreptitiously, to the deputy police chief in charge of homicide investigations who promised him help.
Experts say it’s not unusual for law enforcement to use geotracking in these cases, particularly when searching for a suspect accused of two homicides.
From Los Angeles Times
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