A train-hopping serial killer linked to 15 murders asked his victim's families for forgiveness moments before his execution.
The railroad tracks that gave birth to this small South Texas town over a century ago more recently brought terror and horror.
A judge ruled that "Railroad Killer" Angel Maturino Resendiz is mentally competent to be executed next week despite claims from his attorneys that he believes he is half-man, half-angel.
A pest blamed for killing millions of trees across the Midwest has reached Illinois, prompting state officials to prepare a detection and eradication plan they expect to begin within the next few weeks, the state agriculture department said Tuesday.
A convicted murderer who claims he is a woman trapped inside a man's body testified Thursday that he feels distressed "every waking moment" because prison officials refuse to pay for a sex-change operation.
A man serving a life sentence for murdering his wife is asking a federal judge to order the state to pay for a sex-change operation, arguing that denying him the surgery amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
Good behavior has earned the BTK serial killer the privilege to watch television, listen to the radio, read and draw in his prison cell.
Investigators believe a woman lied to police when she told them her husband was killed in a confrontation after he found her lover living in a closet in their home.
For better or worse, an 87-year-old woman has married a 49-year-old man who police say bludgeoned his grandmother and great-aunt to death 30 years ago and buried them in their beloved rose garden.
When Tammy Klein began investigating crime scenes eight years ago, it was virtually unheard of for a killer to use bleach to clean up a bloody mess.
When Tammy Klein began investigating crime scenes eight years ago, it was virtually unheard of for a killer to use bleach to clean up a bloody mess. Today, the use of bleach, which destroys DNA, is not unusual in a planned homicide, said the senior criminalist from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.