Crime

A woman who went missing last week was found dead in a barrel in the boot of a car on Monday morning in Guatemala City.

In a horrific incident reported from the Indian state of Jharkhand, a 20-year-old man beheaded his 24-year-old cousin over a long-standing land dispute.

A teenage rape survivor in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh set herself ablaze after being harassed by her rapists.

A former priest has pleaded guilty to charge of obscenity after he was caught filming a threesome at his church in Pearl River.

In a shocking case of suspected honour killing, a 21-year-old girl was shot dead by her father at their house in India's capital, New Delhi.

Australian police have managed to identify a serial rapist after almost 40 years.

Khan was killed while visiting his relatives.

The ultraconservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences, according to a human rights organisation.

A 34-year-old man, Clifton Christopher Buchanan, was arrested after his four daughters disappeared last Thursday.

A man allegedly killed his live-in partner and chopped her body into 35 pieces before scattering them all over the city.

A Texas man allegedly tried to end his wife's pregnancy surreptitiously by slipping abortion drugs into her drinks.

Police have announced a reward of £20,000 to anyone who can help them with information related to the murder of a schoolgirl 25 years ago.

A 22-year-old woman from Fresno, California, has been accused of killing her sister and her three-week-old niece out of "jealousy and sibling rivalry."

A woman who was killed by her husband more than 20 years ago will finally be laid to rest as the police have finally been able to discover her remains.

A 29-year-old Texas woman who brutally killed her friend before ripping her baby out of the woman's womb has been sentenced to death.

A British tourist died after being "starved and beaten" by prison guards at a police station in Dubai, an inquest has ruled.

A woman who had her iPhone and handbag stolen in a street attack in Derby managed to track down her device using another Apple device.

An eight-year-old girl was allegedly kept locked inside her house for the whole of her life by her mother and grandparents in Germany.

An 81-year-old Japanese man pushed his disabled wife into the sea because he was "tired of taking care of her."

A terrifying 911 call recorded the muffled screams of a woman whose husband tried to kill her by burying her alive after kidnapping her.

A mother of three was shot dead in front of her three kids, allegedly by her estranged husband.

A teenage boy was allegedly raped at a hotel being used to house refugees, and another was sexually assaulted at the same facility.

A woman from Iowa, United States, has claimed that her late father was a serial killer and forced her and her siblings to help him bury dozens of human remains.

Matrosov was a former rocket engine factory worker and was facing 15 years in prison if he had been charged with murder.

Jemma Mitchell, who decapitated her friend after murdering her, has been described as a "snake" by one of her former best friends.

The crime rate in England and Wales has hit an all-time high, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

A US man has been arrested for trying to drown his two-year-old daughter in a pond after locking his five-year-old son in a car.

A US man has been accused of burying his daughter alive in a pit and leaving her there overnight as a form of punishment.

A California teacher has been accused of hiding a teenage boy for two years at her house in Sacramento.

Atkinson told the jury that the deceased left coded insurance with the rollerblades she gifted to her son on the day she went missing.