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If confirmed, the ex-policeman will be Russia's worst serial killer and the third worst in the world.

Author Helen Bailey created the Electra Brown series for teenagers and was worth around £4m.

The last executions in Massachusetts were Phillip Bellino and Edward Gertson in 1947.

The 54-year-old had served almost 25 years of a 26-year sentence but remains in prison for murder.

Two-thirds of child criminals go on to reoffend.

Delvin Mendoza-Chaparro, from Milwaukee, is believed to have frozen in temperatures of -10C.

Tricia McCauley was reported missing after she missed West coast flight and failed to turn up to dinner with family.

Illinois mother Jody Kossow was said to be 'preoccupied with witchcraft' before killing her son, 8.

President has claimed he used to roam streets and kill criminals as part of his 'war on drugs'.

Nicola Brown, 43, was found guilty of murder and two charges of GBH against her newborn son.

Three boys were reportedly arrested after the incident in the northern town of Novi Sad.

Adam Goodridge killed Paul Sandford in his home in Maltby, South Yorkshire, in October 2015

Alleged drive-by shooting saw innocent bystander shot multiple times in the chest with submachine gun.

Richard Ford handed the lengthy sentence after admitting fears he could not control his 'sadistic urges'.

Bruce Marchant was arrested at a veteran's hospital in Manhattan for the murder of Sierra Bush.

Peter Morgan, 54, allegedly strangled mother-of-one Georgina Symonds after paying her for sex.

Ronald Bert Smith Jr needed two consciousness tests and was still coughing 13 minutes into a lethal injection.

A 17-year-old has been arrested following the stabbings in West Meadows that left two males dead.

Steven Jackson and Michelle Higgins deny hiding body other body parts around Montrose.

Assistant district attorney says Bahsid McLean committed 'one of the most callous homicides' he'd ever investigated.

An Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested in connection with the crime.

The 35-year-old mum carried out the "execution-style" killings with a pistol, local media reported.

Peggy Knobloch was just nine in 2001 when she vanished while walking home from school.

Married father-of-two Peter Morgan is alleged to have choked Georgina Symonds to death in Wales.

Four bodies were found in the Hampton Inn and Suites hotel in Fairbanks, Interior Alaska

38-year-old man arrested after a boy suffered head injuries in an incident at Mountsfield Park, Catford.

The IPCC found a number of failings made by Devon and Cornwall Police leading up to the murder.

Ben Bamford murdered victim Paul Jefferies for money to pay a £400 drug debt.

Laura Abarca-Nogueda was found fatally shot in Kansas with her six-day-old daughter missing.

Kamel Harris, 41, is charged with killing Kyrian Knox and throwing his remains in a Chicago lagoon.