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A California case is highlighting tensions between mental health protections and public safety after suspect was charged with murder days after misdemeanor charges were dropped.
A California man wanted for a murder has been found in Sour Lake. Kenneth Haynes, 37, was arrested on Monday by the U.S. Marshals Service with help from Hardin County sheriff's deputies, Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis said.
Rebecca Schaeffer was on the brink of landing the biggest role of her career when she was shot and killed by a fan.
California recorded its second-lowest homicide rate since at least 1966 in 2024, as nearly every major crime category declined across the state, according to new data released by the California Department of Justice.
The arrest was announced three days after 75-year-old Robert Boyajian was reported missing from his home at Bass Lake.
Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors agreed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit for $14 million Tuesday morning with 45-year-old Alexander Torres, who spent more than 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.
Our family is heartbroken, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that justice is served,” his grieving brother said.
A man who is suspected in the disappearance of his then-girlfriend in the 1980s and was recently extradited from Chico to Oregon has been arraigned on a murder charge stemming from the cold case.
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