Serial `cyanide` killer sentenced to death by court

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 19:31

A serial killer known for his alleged modus operandi of using cyanide to kill his victims, was sentenced to death by a court here in three cases of murder.

Serial killer Joseph Franklin executed after US Supreme Court clears way

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 10:52

Missouri serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for him to be put to death, a corrections spokesman said.

Notorious French serial killer dies

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 15:53

Emile Louis, one of the most notorious serial killers in French history, has died at the age of 79.

High Court acquits alleged serial killer of 18 women in Goa

Last Updated: Monday, July 1, 2013, 22:56

Bombay HC acquitted alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik in connection with death of a middle-aged woman.

Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 08:51

A Texas man who confessed to killing five people during a six-month crime spree in 1998 has been executed.

Hyderabad police nab serial killer for murdering eight women

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 23:03

A serial killer who had been convicted for life for murdering eight women, was arrested along with another person.

Hyderabad police nab serial killer for murdering eight women

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 20:42

A serial killer who had been convicted for life for murdering eight women and was on the run after escaping from a hospital here since December 2011, was arrested along with another person, for allegedly murdering five more women.

Bombay HC cancels bail of serial killer

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 19:25

Vijay Palande, who is cooling his heels in jail in a series of murder cases, today received a setback as the Bombay High court cancelled bail granted to him in 2007, in a murder case of a city businessman.

Serial killings are eye opener to malaise in policing: Court

Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 01:11

Grotesque serial killings by Chandrakant Jha, who was sentenced to death in two cases, are eye opener to the deep rooted malaise which pervades the policing system in India, a Delhi court observed.

Another death penalty for serial killer Chandrakant Jha

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 16:50

Serial killer Chandrakant Jha was sentenced to death by Delhi court in case of murder and dumping body near Tihar Jail after beheading as his case fell in the "rarest of rare" category.

Serial killer gets death penalty for beheading victim in Delhi

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 21:18

Serial killer Chandrakant Jha was sentenced to death for the second case of identical crime by a Delhi Court which said his offence falls under the "rarest of rare case".

Identity of serial killer`s victim not known: Court

Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2013, 22:14

Even as Delhi court awarded life imprisonment till death to a serial killer for beheading and chopping off body parts of a man in 2007, the identity of the victim has not been established till date.