Del. police: Videos show pediatrician sexually attacking at least 16 victims

Del. police: Pediatrician sexually abused patients

Advocates decry policy that frees mentally ill Texas juvenile offenders without supervision

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Wife of fugitive US doctor arrested in Italy says she’s confident he’ll be brought to justice

Wife of fugitive US doc happy he’s been arrested

Nebraska inmate loses appeal in lawsuit blaming antidepressant Zoloft for his behavior

Neb. inmate loses appeal in lawsuit blaming Zoloft

Mass. woman found with baby cut from womb indicted on murder charge in mother’s killing

Mass. woman charged with murder in womb-cut case

US doctor accused of fraud and malpractice arrested in Italy, stabs himself

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Man exonerated by DNA after 35 years in jail looks forward to Dr. Pepper, says he’s not angry

Fla. man exonerated by DNA after 35 years in jail

AP Enterprise: States missing thousands of DNA samples in databanks, and gaps lead to tragedy

AP Enterprise: Gaps in DNA banks lead to tragedy

Gaps in DNA databanks worry police; ‘Some of those people are out there raping your wives’

Gaps in DNA databanks have led to tragedy

MADISON, Wis. — During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way — everywhere but the one place where it might have saved a life.

Deputy: Patient accused of shooting doc at Ky. clinic made threats after being denied drugs

Patient accused of shooting doctor at Ky. clinic

Police: Doctor shot, killed at medical clinic in southeastern Ky.; suspect in custody

Doctor shot to death at rural Ky. medical clinic

Conn. inmate seeks DNA testing with unusual twist: He wants authorities to prove victim’s ID

Conn. lifer seeks DNA testing _ on murder victim

Ohio killer is 1st US inmate put to death using 1-drug injection instead of conventional 3

Ohio inmate becomes 1st to die under 1-drug method

Ga. nurse suspected of ‘taking advantage’ of 100 or more patients who were under anesthesia

Ga. nurse anesthetist accused of abusing patients

San Antonio victim rape kits to undergo DNA testing in department effort to solve old cases

San Antonio rape kits to undergo DNA testing

Alleged Jaycee Dugard kidnapper apologizes to ‘every human being’ in jailhouse letter

Dugard kidnap suspect apologizes in jail letter

Warrant: DNA evidence from bloody sock, green-ink pen link Yale killing suspect to victim

Warrant: Bloody sock links Yale suspect to victim

Fla. man accused of killing father with Alzheimer’s reaches plea deal, may avoid prison time

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Fla. man accused of killing father with Alzheimer’s reaches plea deal, may avoid prison

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Police say DNA links suspect to killing of Seattle officer, destruction of cruisers

Police: DNA, bullets link suspect to officer death

A father’s descent into Alzheimer’s pressures a caregiver-son, and murder is charged

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Army: Officer credited with heroism at Fort Hood in good condition after second surgery

Army: Officer shot at Fort Hood in good condition

Hospital doctor: Some of those wounded in Fort Hood shooting may still die from wounds

Doctor: Some Fort Hood victims may still die

Hospital doctor: Some of the Fort Hood shooting victims still at risk of dying of from wounds

Doctor: Some shooting victims still risk dying

Cleveland clergy, police urge families of missing women to give DNA to help ID bodies

Mistrust hinders ID of Cleveland slaying victims

AP source: Fort Hood shooting suspect is Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan

AP source: Fort Hood shooting suspect Army major

Cleveland clergy urge families of missing people to give DNA, help coroners ID more victims

Clergy urge Ohio families of missing to give DNA

2 patients killed in stabbings at Australian psychiatric hospital; 1 patient held by police

2 patients killed at Aussie psychiatric hospital

Fla. man accused of killing ex-son-in-law in NJ to tell jurors he was too fat to kill

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Doctor stabbed, psychiatric patient shot by guard in Boston medical building

Boston cops: Psych patient stabs doc, is shot dead

A glance at findings in US military report into Iraq shooting at mental health clinic

Key findings in Iraq clinic shooting investigation

Key findings from a U.S. military investigation into a shooting spree last May at mental health clinic in Iraq that left five American service members dead:

UCLA professor says he warned administrators about concerns for suspect’s mental health

UCLA prof.: Suspect’s mental health was a concern

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA professor said he told a university administrator 10 months ago of his concerns about the mental health of a student now accused of stabbing a fellow student in the throat in a chemistry lab.

Pa. couple facing manslaughter counts for praying, not seeking medical help before tot’s death

DA: Pa. couple prayed, denied care to dying tot

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia couple is facing manslaughter charges for praying over their sick toddler rather than seeking medical help before he died of pneumonia.

Ohio considering bone, muscle injection in prison death chamber in wake of failed execution

Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is considering injecting lethal drugs into inmates’ bone marrow or muscles as an alternative to — or a backup for — the traditional intravenous execution procedure, a prisons department spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Prosecutors: Man convicted of killing 2 in Texas had penchant for violence, illegal drugs

Texas convicted killer’s punishment phase starts

AUSTIN, Texas — Prosecutors have been highlighting the unsavory past of a man accused of killing six people in a cross-country spree as the penalty phase started in the trial of two of the deaths.

Authorities: Money, drugs, general dislike of others were motives in slaying of 3 in Arizona

Officials discuss motives in slaying of 3 in Ariz.

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — An Arizona man who confessed to killing three people and pronounced himself a serial killer told authorities he committed the crimes because one man shot his dog, he didn’t want the second to hurt anyone else and his attempts to get a 16-year-old off drugs failed.

Australian parents jailed for death of baby they treated with homeopathy

Australian parents jailed for death of their baby

SYDNEY — A husband and wife were jailed Monday for the manslaughter of their baby, who died after they chose to use homeopathic remedies rather than conventional medicine to treat her severe skin disorder.

Central Illinois sheriff says cause of death ‘blunt force trauma’ for 5 slain family members

Sheriff: Family killed by ‘blunt force trauma’

BEASON, Ill. — A sheriff says all five family members slain in their central Illinois home were killed by “blunt force trauma.”

Neighbors say California victim in alleged mercy killing by doctor was seriously ill

Neighbors: Elderly shooting victim seriously ill

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. — Friends and neighbors say an elderly Orange County woman allegedly shot by her 90-year-old husband in an attempted murder-suicide had a debilitating stroke several years ago and suffered from dementia and terminal pancreatic cancer.

Wisconsin corrections officials begin work to collect missing samples of DNA from felons

Wis. corrections officials collect missing DNA

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin corrections officials have ordered felons whose DNA is missing from a statewide database to report to their local sheriff’s department to submit a sample.

90-year-old Calif. man charged with killing terminally ill wife to end her suffering

Man, 90, charged with killing terminally ill wife

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. — A 90-year-old retired physician has been charged with killing his terminally ill wife at their Southern California home but remains hospitalized after turning the gun on himself.

AP Exclusive: Milwaukee detectives sift through mounds of evidence to crack serial killer case

Wis. detectives detail cracking serial killer case

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee cold case detectives Gilbert Hernandez and Katherine Hein knew the slayings of seven women over a 21-year period were connected by DNA, they just didn’t know whose.

Father fatally stabbed 2 children before overdosing on drugs, authorities say

Capt.: Dad kills 2 kids, kills himself with drugs

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Ventura County officials say a father died of a drug overdose after stabbing his two children to death at his apartment.

Police await DNA findings in Yale student slaying; medical examiner says she was suffocated

Medical examiner says Yale student was suffocated

CROMWELL, Conn. — Police were awaiting the results of DNA tests on evidence taken from a Yale University animal research technician before determining whether to charge him with killing a graduate student who worked in the same lab.

Audit: Wisc. database missing DNA profiles of 12K felons; wrong DNA given for suspected killer

Audit: Wisc. database missing DNA of 12K felons

MILWAUKEE — Mandatory DNA profiles of at least 12,000 Wisconsin felons are missing from a statewide database, according to an audit released Wednesday. The audit was conducted after officials discovered no DNA was on file for a convicted felon now suspected in a string of Milwaukee killings.

Lab tech released from custody after police get DNA, other evidence in slaying of Yale student

Lab tech released from custody in Yale slaying

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police released a Yale University animal research technician on Wednesday after collecting DNA samples and questioning him in the killing of a graduate student who worked in the same lab.

Police seek DNA, other evidence from research assistant in slaying of Yale graduate student

Technician in custody in Yale grad student slaying

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Police have left the apartment of a Yale University animal research technician after searching the scene for hours overnight looking for evidence in the killing of a graduate student who worked in the same lab.

Police investigating Yale slaying raid lab technician’s home, collect DNA and other evidence

Technician in custody in Yale grad student slaying

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police and FBI agents searched the home of a Yale University animal research technician Tuesday night and led him away in handcuffs to the cheers of neighbors in a hunt for evidence that might tie him to the slaying of a graduate student.

Wis. Justice Department to investigate missing DNA from alleged serial killer

Wis. DOJ to probe missing DNA of slaying suspect

MADISON, Wis. — The state Justice Department will investigate what happened to an alleged serial killer’s missing DNA sample.

Defense: DNA clears man convicted of murder, rape 26 years later; judge orders man’s release

Defense: DNA clears man convicted of murder, rape

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida man was set to be released from prison this week after his defense says DNA evidence shows he was wrongly convicted of murder and rape 26 years ago.

Agencies dispute whether DNA was taken in 2001 from suspect now linked to 9 Milwaukee deaths

Management of DNA sample at issue in Wis. killings

MILWAUKEE — Investigators who used DNA from a toothbrush to link a former prisoner to a string of cold-case killings should have had a sample from him eight years earlier and before the last killing, but police say they couldn’t find one.

Milwaukee police: Man’s DNA found on 9 slain women, but past didn’t point to such violence

Milwaukee police: DNA links man to 9 slain women

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man authorities say is linked by DNA to the slayings of nine women since 1986 was captured by police after an alert officer spotted his car at a motel, authorities said.

After mass funeral, teen brother of Ga. mobile home slayings suspect declares he is innocent

Teen says brother innocent in Ga. mobile home case

TOWNSEND, Ga. — The brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insisted Saturday that the suspect would never harm his family, and he also speculated that a dispute over drugs could have prompted the killings.

Coroner rules Michael Jackson death a homicide, sedatives primary cause

Coroner rules Michael Jackson death a homicide

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County coroner says Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide primarily caused by two drugs.

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