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One-eyed killer Adrian Hynd, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, stabbed a man to death in his own home leaving an ornamental vampire skull sword embedded in his victim's chest.

Adam Parkin, 35, stabbed wife Julie to death at their home in Sunderland, with police later finding search terms on his computer such as 'Cambodia child abuse'.

Xeneral Webster has been charged with one count of murder after nurse Jo Rand was killed in an acid attack in High Frogmoor, Wycombe.

A couple in Iowa was charged with murder after their infant son's maggot-infested body was discovered in a baby swing.

Michigan authorities found Christopher Lockhart dead from an apparent suicide alongside a note confessing to his wife's murder.

Sabah Khan, 27, stabbed her sister, mother-of-four Saima Khan, 34, 68 times in a jealous rage at their Luton home while her children were upstairs.

Lane Davis, 33, from Washington State, was a prolific pro-Donald Trump YouTuber and a former intern for Milo Yiannopolous, before being charged with murder.

Female killer, Elena Lobacheva, who took "sexual pleasure" from stabbing her victims has been jailed for 13 years.

The country has long struggled with high crime rates. New statistics show improvement for many provinces while little has changed in others.

Richard Kray, accused of strangling his 19-year-old daughter, Olivia, appeared in court but was unable to enter a plea because he is still being assessed by psychiatrists

Two people have been charged with the alleged killing of a 20-year-old woman, who was 37 weeks pregnant, who was found dead in Brazil with her stomach slashed open.

The woman arrested on suspicion of murder after an 18-month-old boy fell from a sixth-floor tower block window has been named locally as Gemma Procter.

Alyona Zaitseva, 20, was travelling at 60mph when she crashed into pedestrians at a junction in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The child, named locally as Bethan Colebourn, was found unresponsive at a property in Fordingbridge in Hampshire. The girl's mother, Claire, has been arrested, according to reports

Garret Selters,from Burlington, Iowa, is charged with the first-degree murder of Linda Selters on Tuesday (17 October). He allegedly used an electric guitar to beat her to death.

David Earl Vickers, 31, from Florida, has been charged with second degree murder, child abuse and grand theft after the murder of Luca Sholey, his girlfriend's son.

Bertrand Cantat battered to death his actress girlfriend Marie Trintignant in a hotel room in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2003.

A reward is being offered to find the whereabouts of Joshua Dale Gurto is wanted following the death of 13-month-old Sereniti Blankenship-Sutley in Conneaut, Ohio.

Craig Procter, 40, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has been jailed for the murder of Ellia Arathoon, with a glass in his home, before he set fire to her body on the Wirral.

Jeffrey Barry was found guilty of murdering refugee Kamil Ahmed at Bristol Crown Court. The schizophrenic chopped off the Kurd's penis and left it next to his corpse.

Dylan Harries, 22, from Carmarthenshire, repeatedly stabbed young mum Katrina Evemy, 19, leaving her 22-month-old daughter covered in blood in a house in Llanelli earlier this year.

Described as a 'bully' Becky Reid has been found guilty of murdering Lyndsey Vaux and causing GBH to Samantha Newns after a six-week trial at Manchester Crown Court on 12 October.

Former fitness trainer Matthew Scully-Hicks, from Cornwall, is accused of killing 18-month old adopted child Elsie at Cardiff Crown Court. The 31-year-old denies murder.

Vincenzo Tavano, 33, killed restaurant manager Giorgio Roncari, 60, by placing a plastic bag over his head when he was refused drugs in his apartment in Salford, Greater Manchester

Barrett has pleaded guilty to taking or detaining a person with the intent to obtain advantage and three counts of committing an act of indecency with a person above 16.

Amelia Di Stasio, 23, is charged with the intentional homicide of her son Antonio, 4, who was pulled out of a burning building by firefighters in Milwaukee in September 2017.

John Masser, 49, from Basildon, Essex, died from a suspected brain haemorrhage after being beaten days before he was due to stand trial for a historic rape.

Emile Cilliers is accused of two counts of the attempted murder of his former wife Victoria Cilliers, who survived the parachute jump.

Mark Mahoney, 31, killed care assistant Vikki Hull, 29, who had given birth to their daughter less than seven weeks before.

Bristol Crown Court heard how Jeffrey Barry said he wanted to be a 'notorious' killer before he murdered refugee Kamil Ahmad in a flat share in Bristol.