homicide

The judge said he found it "a senseless homicide that really defies explanation."

An autopsy determined the mother died of blunt-force trauma to the head caused by a 12-pound dumbbell. No motive for the attack has been disclosed.

A man was shot and killed Friday morning in Plainfield, authorities said.

Authorities say his wife was nine months pregnant when she was killed, and the unborn child died as a result of the attack.

A one-car crash in Paterson on Friday is now being investigated as a homicide. The driver of the Jeep that crashed into a utility pole on Broadway Friday afternoon had been shot, according to the Paterson Press. Police were initially unsure of what caused the accident and were looking into the possibility of drug use, the Paterson Press reported Friday...

A call from a distraught, blood-covered man led police to the bodies of two elderly people who were found inside his home, authorities said Sunday.

Authorities say the death of a 5-year-old boy whose remains were found wrapped in a blanket and packed in a suitcase by the side of a Massachusetts highway has been ruled a homicide.

This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country.

Authorities say a 22-year-old mother has been charged after her seven-month-old daughter died by ingesting a lethal amount of morphine.

A Howell Township resident has been arrested and charged with homicide.