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Boston police discover apparent fetal or infant remains

by Associated Press November 20, 2022November 21, 2022

A search of the condo building also turned up a second set of suspected human remains.

DNA testing excludes Dennis Dechaine from some key crime scene evidence

by Jordan Andrews November 6, 2022November 5, 2022

A lawyer for Dechaine, who was convicted of murdering 12-year-old Sarah Cherry 34 years ago, says he will ask for a new trial based on state-of-the-art DNA tests.

Maine Crime, Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Maine man killed in Florida in random attack

by Staff Reports October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

Police in Clearwater Beach said Jeffrey Chapman, 49, of Bangor, died after being accosted while he was bicycling.

Nation & World, News

Scott Peterson finally moved off California’s death row

by associated press October 24, 2022October 24, 2022

Jurors imposed the death penalty after convicting Scott Peterson of the first-degree murder of his pregnant wife and second-degree murder of his unborn son on Christmas Eve 2002.

Nation & World, New England

Police say Massachusetts woman assaulted them with bees

by Associated Press October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

Deputies trying to serve an eviction order were met by protesters, including a woman who released a swarm of bees. Several officers were stung.

Nation & World, News

Man charged with smuggling pythons in his pants at U.S. border

by Associated Press October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Calvin Bautista, 36, is accused of bringing the hidden snakes on a bus that crossed into northern New York on July 15, 2018.

Nation & World, New England

Former Northeastern employee charged in campus bomb hoax

by MARK PRATT and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press October 4, 2022October 4, 2022

The man’s minor injuries were not consistent with an explosion and a letter near the purported bomb was in ‘pristine’ condition, the FBI says.

New England, News

Key suspect in transcontinental murder-for-hire case pleads not guilty

by WILSON RING Associated Press October 4, 2022October 5, 2022

Gregory Davis, 49, was abducted from his home in Vermont on the night of Jan. 6, 2018, by a man wearing a jacket with a U.S. Marshals Service insignia.