murderer

Example Sentences

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The book does advance one theory of who the murderer is.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Dupie, a convicted murderer, is in a relationship with a niece of opposition leader Sandra Torres, a former first lady who has fought and lost the last three presidential elections.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

The tag was also, incidentally, a play on “The Blue Dahlia,” a 1946 movie written by Raymond Chandler and starring Veronica Lake as a plucky drifter who helps the hero track down his wife’s murderer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Mr Pugh said he felt like a "number two" to his son's murderer while arranging the funeral before she was charged.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

He added that after the show he and his wife had spent the evening in the same house with Bryan and that Bryan was there the whole time; he simply couldn’t have been the murderer.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann