/tags/murder Murder en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:15:12 GMT /crime-justice/2022-12-06/family-mourns-murdered-7-year-old-athena-strand-from-north-texas Athena Strand was found dead Friday after going missing two days earlier. A delivery driver was arrested and charged in connection with her death. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:15:12 GMT /crime-justice/2022-12-06/family-mourns-murdered-7-year-old-athena-strand-from-north-texas Pablo Arauz Peña /crime-justice/2022-08-29/shootings-spiked-during-the-pandemic-the-spike-now-looks-like-a-new-normal People in hard-hit communities say guns have become more present, and deadly gunplay more common and chaotic. Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:20:31 GMT /crime-justice/2022-08-29/shootings-spiked-during-the-pandemic-the-spike-now-looks-like-a-new-normal Martin Kaste /crime-justice/2022-05-23/a-texas-woman-is-wanted-in-the-murder-of-cyclist-anna-moriah-mo-wilson The suspect, Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, and Wilson had both had a relationship with the same man, according to an arrest warrant. Mon, 23 May 2022 18:54:43 GMT /crime-justice/2022-05-23/a-texas-woman-is-wanted-in-the-murder-of-cyclist-anna-moriah-mo-wilson Joe Hernandez /health/2022-05-10/firearm-related-homicide-rate-skyrockets-amid-stresses-of-the-pandemic-the-cdc-says The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys. Tue, 10 May 2022 18:24:17 GMT /health/2022-05-10/firearm-related-homicide-rate-skyrockets-amid-stresses-of-the-pandemic-the-cdc-says Becky Sullivan, Nell Greenfieldboyce /2021-09-27/fbi-data-shows-an-unprecedented-spike-in-murders-nationwide-in-2020 The number of murders in the U.S. rose nearly 30 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to FBI statistics. It is the largest single-year increase since the record-keeping began. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:37:01 GMT /2021-09-27/fbi-data-shows-an-unprecedented-spike-in-murders-nationwide-in-2020 Ryan Lucas /en-espanol/2021-09-14/austin-rompe-record-homicidios Aún quedan más de tres meses para que acabe el año y la cifra de homicidios en Austin ya alcanzó 61, la más alta desde que la ciudad comenzó a documentar esta estadística. Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:18:23 GMT /en-espanol/2021-09-14/austin-rompe-record-homicidios Audrey McGlinchy /crime-justice/2021-09-13/austins-had-a-record-number-of-murders-this-year-but-the-murder-rate-is-still-lower-than-in-the-1980s With months still left in 2021, Austin has recorded 60 homicides, the highest number the city has had in a year since the police department began keeping track. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:57:02 GMT /crime-justice/2021-09-13/austins-had-a-record-number-of-murders-this-year-but-the-murder-rate-is-still-lower-than-in-the-1980s Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2018-12-06/a-serial-killers-confessions-are-helping-solve-decades-old-cold-cases From Texas Standard:Right now, 78-year-old Sam Little is sitting in a jail cell in Odessa. He's awaiting trial there for the 1994 murder of an Odessa� Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:29:55 GMT /texas/2018-12-06/a-serial-killers-confessions-are-helping-solve-decades-old-cold-cases Michael Marks /texas/2017-11-30/60-years-later-a-murdered-mcallen-schoolteacher-may-get-justice From Texas Standard.On April 16, 1960, a 25-year-old schoolteacher and former beauty queen named Irene Garza attended confession at Sacred Heart Church in� Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:49:59 GMT /texas/2017-11-30/60-years-later-a-murdered-mcallen-schoolteacher-may-get-justice Michael Marks /austin/2010-11-01/apd-probe-murder-in-southeast-austin Austin police are dealing with their 30th homicide case of the year. This time last year, there had been 19 recorded murders in Austin.Someone called� Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:11:26 GMT /austin/2010-11-01/apd-probe-murder-in-southeast-austin Nathan Bernier