Crime Alert Hourly Update

An Indianapolis family collapses in an instant as father is charged with murder after prosecutors say he shot his wife to death in front of their four children, leaving the kids to call 911. Pamela Smart, the woman convicted of orchestrating her husband’s murder with the help of a teenage student, is asking courts in two states to overturn her life-without-parole conviction more than three decades after the killing. Drew Nelson reports.

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A prominent California farmer is charged with first-degree murder after investigators say he drove hundreds of miles to his estranged wife’s Arizona home and fatally shot her amid a bitter divorce. A North Carolina teacher is dead after calling 911 to report an intruder in her home, then being attacked while still on the line. What began as a routine traffic stop in Flagler County, Florida quickly turned into the rescue of an eleven-year-old boy and a case prosecutors say could carry multiple life sentences. Drew Nelson reports.

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A worker with the USPS tries to mow down a child in his mail truck after mistakenly thinking he was a "porch pirate" thief.

Two grieving parents are suing an airport after their bipolar son's grisly jet engine death, claiming the public bloodbath was preventable. Plus, some real monkey business at a music store! Jennifer Gould reports. 

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A Louisiana mom is behind bars - after executing her infant & then trying to hunt down and kill her toddler... then declaring she did it for divine reasons. 

A beloved teacher is brutally murdered by a career criminal, during a home invasion, while begging 911 for help. Plus, a new a dad trades fatherhood for a felony! Jennifer Gould reports. 

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A chilling surveillance video captures a shadowy figure lurking near the home where a dentist & his wife were gunned down in their home. 

A machete-wielding maniac charges cops, gets blasted - unveiling a triple homicide inside a New Jersey home. Plus, a 'booby trap" lands a lingerie laden suspect in cuffs. Jennifer Gould reports. 

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A Fairfax County family is grieving an unbearable loss after a Christmas Day crash on the Beltway killed a teenage girl and her grandmother, as they now press prosecutors for stronger charges. A woman is wanted on attempted murder charges after police say she deliberately ran over her boyfriend following a New Year’s Eve argument in Pennsylvania. Drew Nelson reports.

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A North Carolina family tragedy deepens as a man is charged with killing his grandparents inside a home already marred by a child’s death just a year earlier. A Texas cold case that haunted a family for more than half a century is finally closed, after detectives confirmed what happened to a missing teenager last seen in 1973. Drew Nelson reports.

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What began as a routine traffic stop in Flagler County, Florida quickly turned into the rescue of an eleven-year-old boy and a case prosecutors say could carry multiple life sentences. The Arizona Supreme Court and several surrounding government buildings are evacuated after authorities discover a suspicious package containing what officials described as homemade explosives. Drew Nelson reports.

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A North Carolina teacher is dead after calling 911 to report an intruder in her home, then being attacked while still on the line. Rob Reiner’s son is being held alone in a Los Angeles jail cell, under suicide watch, as prosecutors move forward with a case that accuses him of killing both of his parents. Drew Nelson reports.

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We begin with a troubling and unresolved mystery from Huntsville, Alabama, where a high-profile murder remains unsolved three years after it occurred — leaving family members and investigators still searching for answers.

Federal authorities say they disrupted a planned New Year’s Eve attack in North Carolina, allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group, before it could be carried out.

A California farmer has pleaded not guilty in connection with the fatal shooting of his estranged wife at her home in Arizona.

The federal government has temporarily frozen child care assistance funding to Minnesota amid concerns over potential fraud and inadequate oversight.

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