Police search for suspect in Monday homicide
Police are searching for a suspect after a Columbus man was killed in a shooting near the intersection of Seventh Avenue North and 22nd Street Monday.
Columbus woman exonerated in son’s death seeks change to death certificate
A Columbus native convicted and later exonerated in the death of her infant son has filed a petition in Hinds County Chancery Court requesting a judge change the cause of death from “homicide” to “undetermined” on her son’s death certificate.
CPD investigating Sunday homicide
A Columbus man died in a shooting in a motel parking lot early Sunday morning.
Suspect charged with weekend murder in Southside
A suspect is in custody for the Saturday homicide of a Columbus man on Southside.
Escape plan by murder suspect foiled
A man accused of killing a Starkville resident last month faces new charges after he and his girlfriend allegedly conspired to help him escape from jail.
Man charged with murder of Starkville resident
A suspect has now been charged in the death of 24-year-old Jarrel Ward of Starkville.
Suspect in missing Starkville man’s murder already in custody on unrelated charge
A man authorities believe to have killed a Starkville man missing since last week is currently in custody on unrelated charges.
Body of missing Starkville man found in Lowndes
Authorities have identified a person of interest in the murder of a missing Starkville man whose body was found in Lowndes County Wednesday.
Police searching for suspect in death of Starkville woman
Jackson police are searching for a suspect in what they believe was a homicide of a woman from Starkville last week.
Body discovered in Pickens County identified as missing West Point man
Investigators with Columbus Police Department are investigating the homicide of a missing West Point man whose body was discovered in Pickens County, Alabama.
Ala. man calls killing of 3 Mississippians ‘big mistake’
A man charged with killing three people and sexually assaulting a witness told a Mississippi judge Thursday it was all “a big mistake” that began when he hit a deer, and got worse when he took drugs and tried to find the road kill.
Miss. rate of male-on-female homicides falls
An annual report on domestic violence ranked Mississippi 34th in the nation for highest rates of women murdered by men, a dramatic improvement from last year, when Mississippi ranked fifth.
Vasquez murder affidavit reveals more details
A mother and daughter shot and killed the daughter’s husband, burned his body in a barrel and spread his remains throughout the yard of their New Hope home in late June — this according to affidavits from the case obtained in Lowndes County Justice Court by The Dispatch.
Coroner: Two weeks until remains identified
It will be at least two weeks before human remains found in the yard of a New Hope residence last week are identified, authorities say.
Wife, mother-in-law of missing New Hope man charged with murder
The wife and mother-in-law of a missing New Hope man were both formally charged Monday with murder.
Charges expected to be filed Monday
The wife and mother-in-law of a missing New Hope man are expected to be formally charged Monday in connection to the case.
The eerie case of Manuel Vasquez
The case of a missing Lowndes County resident named Manuel Vasquez took an eerie turn last week when investigators with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department discovered human remains in the yard of his home in a wooded, residential neighborhood in New Hope.
Remains found at missing man’s home
Human remains have been discovered outside the home of a missing New Hope man.
Authorities: Missing person case now suspected homicide
Investigators with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department now believe a New Hope man reported missing on July 13 may be a homicide victim.
Weeks posts bond after extradition
Tessa Weeks, 36, of 953 Andrew Road, is free on bail after her extradition to Mississippi, but the Oktibbeha County resident still faces a charge stemming from a weekend homicide.