LINCOLN, Neb. — The former girlfriend who accompanied infamous Nebraska killer Charlie Starkweather was denied a pardon on Tuesday. Caril Ann Clair, formerly Caril Ann Fugate, asked for a pardon for a ...

Their pathology is a dark twist on Americans' love of the open road. Homicide researchers call them "spree killers," suddenly reckless marauders who punctuate manic stretches behind the steering wheel ...

The question of how and why Starkweather became a murderer has concerned criminologists and psychologists for generations. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the fourth of seven children in a ...

Charles Starkweather died in the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary 62 years ago today, showing as little emotion as he had displayed when questioned about the 11 victims in the case.

Police in Tampa, Florida, think they have a serial killer on their hands, after the shooting death of three people over an 11-day period in the same neighborhood, but do they? Federal authorities and ...