Most societies consider murder to be an extremely serious crime, and thus believe that a person convicted of murder should receive harsh punishments for the purposes of retribution, deterrence, …

Common-law codes define murder as a homicide committed intentionally or as a result of the commission of another serious offense. By contrast, the crime of manslaughter includes killings that …

The meaning of MURDER is the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing a person; specifically, law : such a crime committed under circumstances defined by statute.

12 hours ago · The search for a missing Charlotte mother came to a tragic end Thursday after police discovered her body inside a car in a north Charlotte neighborhood.

10 hours ago · Frezja Baker, a missing Charlotte mother, has been found deceased. Suspect Lorenza Thomas Inman Jr. is charged with her murder and was on probation for attempted murder at the time.

Dec 6, 2025 · A man who was previously deported has been arrested in a stabbing on the Charlotte light rail months after the murder of Iryna Zarutska.

Dec 7, 2025 · One person was seriously injured after being stabbed Friday on Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line, the same route where the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee took place months earlier.