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A man is facing DUI and reckless homicide charges after a fatal wrong-way crash Saturday in west suburban Naperville. Frank P. Qualtier Jr., 54, was driving a silver Dodge Ram pickup west on Royce Road about 7:30 p.m. when it crossed into the eastbound lanes and hit a black Ford Fiesta head-on near Lisson Road, according to a statement from…

Attorneys for the family of George Floyd released independent autopsy results on Monday that show Floyd’s death “was homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain.”

Tragedy struck the Santa Cruz area in 2015 when 8-year-old Maddy Middleton was allegedly killed by a teenage boy. Now, her ashes have been stolen.

A 19-year-old woman was fatally shot Tuesday in Merrillville in northwest Indiana. Officers responded about 2 a.m. to call a gunfire in the 7300 block of Bigger Street and found the woman dead in a vehicle, Merrillville police Cmdr. Jeff Rice said in a statement. The woman, identified as Tonya Gray of Merrillville, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead…

A decomposing body found wrapped and concealed under a mattress in Bessemer, Alabama on Wednesday has been identified as missing 30-year-old mother Tiffany Smitherman Osborne, authorities said.

A woman fatally beat her male roommate with a tape dispenser, a shower rod and other items during a dispute inside their southern New Jersey home last month, authorities said. Mary Carbone, 56, was charged Wednesday with murder and four weapons offenses, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. It wasn’t known Thursday if she has retained an attorney....

A San Jose shooting suspect was struck and killed by a woman early Christmas morning in what investigators say was a vehicular homicide, according to San Jose police.

Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest ever per-capita homicide rate. Killings of adults and minors for drugs, retribution, money or no clear reason have plagued the city throughout the year. City officials have been unable to stop the violence as residents have grown increasingly impatient. Police recorded 338 homicides as of Tuesday. With just over 600,000 residents, Baltimore…

The family of a man fatally shot by police in Gary, Indiana, over the weekend says they want answers about what led to his death.

The family of a man fatally shot by police in Gary, Indiana, gathered on the steps of Gary’s City Hall Tuesday demanding to know why the 25-year-old was shot to death by an officer while he sat in a car in front of his home.

A woman whose body was found partially burned earlier this month behind a building in south suburban Riverdale died of strangulation, authorities have ruled. A Riverdale village inspector on a “routine inspection” found Rachel Catledge, 34, dead about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 5 in an alley behind a building in the 14000 block of South Atlantic Avenue, according to a statement...

A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one’s death, three days after her body was found. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one’s death, three days after her body was found.

Five people are dead and at least 19 others have been injured in shootings across the city of Chicago this weekend, police confirmed.

Three people are dead and at least nine others have been injured in shootings across the city of Chicago this weekend, police confirmed.

The family of a man fatally shot by police in Gary, Indiana, over the weekend says they want answers about what led to his death. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has the latest details.

Police in Northwest Indiana fatally shot a man during a traffic stop on Saturday morning.

Authorities are investigating the death of a Lexington, Massachusetts, mother whose body was found in her car early Thursday after she went missing earlier in the week. “We are today confirming that we are in the early stages of an active homicide investigation,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said.

Long before notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was killed at a federal prison in West Virginia, lawmakers, advocates and even prison guards had been sounding the alarm about dangerous conditions there.

Linda O’Keefe’s body was discovered on July 7, 1973 in the Back Bay area of Newport Harbor. Some 45 years later, her killer has still not been found. For the first time, the Newport Beach Police Department is live tweeting over a cold case to try to find closure.