A Florida killer known as the “Deacon of Death” was executed on Tuesday for the murders of two women whose bodies were found dumped in a pond in 1996, continuing a record 14 executions carried out by ...

In the wake of yet another horrific murder of a young woman by a man, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov launched a campaign to reinstate the death penalty for the most heinous crimes against women and ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man nicknamed the “Deacon of Death” was executed Tuesday evening, nearly 30 years after committing two murders in Plant City. Samuel Smithers, 72, was a church deacon when he ...

Samuel Lee Smithers was the 14th person to be executed in Florida this year — a record for the state. Samuel Lee Smithers listens to the proceedings during his sentencing hearing in 1999 in Tampa.

DALLAS (RNS) — “Welcome to the fight,” said commentator Allie Beth Stuckey as she greeted the 6,700 conservative Christian women assembled in the Dallas, Texas, arena on Saturday morning (Oct. 11): ...

The woman, who was in her late 60s, is believed to have died of natural causes Getty Police said an Alabama woman’s remains were eaten by her dogs after she died Rita Thomas' body was found at her ...

Midland police are investigating the death of a woman at Robin Oaks Apartment Complex early Saturday morning. Midland Police Department Public Relations Officer Brennon Warren said that at about 3:46 ...

A female police officer attached to the Ogidi Division in Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State has been found dead following her kidnapping by unknown individuals. The officer, identified as ...

A southern Indiana woman who had been missing since Oct.1 has been found dead, according to police.The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said 36-year-old Sasha Borman was last seen on Oct. 1. She was ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting that occurred early Friday, Octo. 10, in Bradenton, leaving a 36-year-old woman dead and leading to the arrest of her ...

ST. LOUIS – An autopsy of two women found dead at the scene of a house fire in Dutchtown over the summer were the victims of a homicide, St. Louis police said Thursday. The fire happened around noon ...

Four people have been found dead in a million-dollar home in San Francisco as police investigate their "suspicious" deaths. The gruesome scene was discovered at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday when officers ...