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Behind the timing of lawsuit filed 1 year after fatal fire in tunnels under Bethesda house
After their son died in a fire that started in underground tunnels under a Bethesda house, a Silver Spring couple has filed a civil suit against the man who owned the home and who paid their son to dig the tunnels. The family’s lawyer shared details with WTOP about the lawsuit, including why the family waited exactly one year after their son’s death to file it.
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Alexandria burglary leads to murder indictment
An Alexandria grand jury has indicted a 31-year-old man for the murder of an octogenarian on Reed Avenue. Dallas Smith has been charged with five counts in the death of Jerry Scott, 82, of Alexandria.
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Tortured and killed in DC: Revisiting 2015 mansion murder case as trial nears
Three years after three members of a D.C. family and their housekeeper were tortured and killed, the case remains one of the most heinous crimes in recent memory. Now — even as several frustrating, agonizing questions remain unanswered — jury selection has begun in the trial against the only man charged with their killings.
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New video, photos released of suspect in Wheaton mall double homicide
New photos and videos have been released as Montgomery County police say all leads in the 2017 murder of two men have been exhausted.
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Ex-Virginia youth pastor gets 58 years in triple slaying
CHESTER, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia youth pastor was sentenced to 58 years in prison for killing his wife, stepdaughter and the stepdaughter’s boyfriend last Thanksgiving. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Wednesday that 59-year-old Christopher…
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Manassas man charged with murder after 1 killed in altercation
Dale Andrew Wolfe, 56, of Manassas, has been charged with murder and is being held without bond in the incident that started with an altercation that later escalated, police said.
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US Army sergeant convicted in 2015 killing of wife in Anne Arundel Co.
Army Sgt. Maliek Kearney, 37, was convicted Thursday by a federal grand jury of driving from South Carolina to Maryland to kill his estranged wife, who was also in the Army.
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Md. man charged in fatal shooting of Arlington resident
The suspect was arrested Friday in Woodbine. Detectives deduced that 40-year-old John Giandoni was targeted in the March 16 homicide.
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Woman testifies to helping Army sergeant kill his wife
Dolores Delgado testified against 37-year-old Sgt. Maliek Kearney Wednesday. Kearney is accused of crossing state lines to kill 24-year-old Army Pfc. Karlyn Ramirez.
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Man faces murder charge in death of Virginia woman
Authorities say a Virginia man has been charged with murder in the April slaying of a 22-year-old woman whose body was found in a wooded area days after she was reported missing.
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Montgomery Co. man sentenced for 2016 killing of pregnant fiancee
A 35-year-old Silver Spring man was sentenced this month to life in prison without the possibility of parole, which is the maximum sentence for first-degree murder in Maryland.
3 months ago -
Judge to weigh admissibility of confession in murder of Md. teacher
Tyler Tessier is charged with first-degree murder in the September 2017 death of Laura Wallen, a teacher in Howard County. Her body was found in a shallow grave in a Montgomery County field, a short distance from the home of a friend, where Tessier was staying.
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Charles Co. sheriff releases new sketch 20 years after woman’s body found in field
A woman found dead 20 years ago this week is still unidentified, and Maryland investigators are hoping someone will recognize a new sketch of the victim.
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Police looking for 16-year-old boy wanted in shooting of DC teen
D.C. police have asked for the public’s help Tuesday night in locating a teen boy wanted on an arrest warrant for first-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jaylyn Wheeler.
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Baltimore may pay $9M to man wrongfully convicted of murder
Baltimore may pay $9 million to a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 20 years in prison.
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