GALVESTON, Texas — A man convicted over a “ Texas Killing Fields ” death was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday in a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s. James Dolphs Elmore Jr. was given the maximum sentence by a jury in Galveston
FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The bodies of five people were found on a rural property outside Portland and authorities said Sunday it was being investigated as a quintuple homicide. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said authorities initially responded early Saturday to reports of a vehicle fire at a property in Forest Grove, about 30 miles
The bodies of two Belgian men who went missing in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have been discovered after being exposed by the melting of a glacier, police have said. A hiker discovered the bodies on 26 July on the Trift Glacier, south of the Swiss city of Lucerne, officials said. DNA analysis later confirmed
Clark Morgan also owned and operated Heights Crematory in Chicago, but it was shut down in 2025 after investigators found bodies there had been mishandled, county records show., external “It is extremely disturbing that the same individuals who appear to be involved with the events at South Side Chapel are the same persons,” Michael Sharkey,
More than 50 bodies were found improperly stored and decomposing at a Chicago funeral home on Thursday, prompting a hazardous materials response and efforts to identify the remains and notify relatives, authorities said. Illinois state officials, meanwhile, suspended the license of one of the funeral home’s directors — alleging bodies were being kept in an
Families in Venezuela are still searching for the remains of their loved ones, lost in the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings that line the coast of La Guaira, the region hardest hit by two earthquakes on June 24. Government officials say the death toll has surpassed 5,300, although it is estimated that the number of
