Criminal Justice
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Missouri Man Says He Thought He Shot an Intruder. You’ll Be Heartbroken When You Find Out Who it Really Was…
Jaylen Johnson was criminally charged after fatally shooting his mother who he mistook for an intruder.
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A Plot Twist in the Mysterious Vanishing of A Black Toddler in New Orleans
Is there a chance Ramona Brown is still alive? The New Orleans police are investigating.
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Mom Who Went Viral after Son Rides in Trunk of Moving Car Pleads Her Case
The Atlanta mother denies ordering her son to get in the trunk of her car.
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5 True Crime Stories That Got 2024 Off To an Insane Start
Cults, fatal affairs, babies in ovens — what else is going to happen in 2024?!
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So Weird: Dismembered Body in a Bronx Apartment Lead Police to an Unlikely Suspect
A criminal justice activist in New York has been arrested after finding a body in his home.
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Suspect on the Run after Senseless Killing of Beautiful Mom and Look-alike 11-year-old Daughter
Chasity Nunez and her 11-year-old died after their car was sprayed with bullets.
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A Mystery Behind The Fatal Shooting of A Black Teen Who Never Made it To School
Jaylin Joiner was shot while getting off the school bus.
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Horrifying New Details On What Happened to Missing Black Alabama Woman Found Dead
Prosecutors say Mahogany Jackson was gang-raped and tortured before being fatally shot.
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A Real Mystery: Who Killed This Kind Mailman?
Police say someone sought to kill Jonte Davis on purpose as he dropped off mail.
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Wanda Cooper-Jones On Life After Ahmaud Arbery
The Root sat down with Wanda Cooper-Jones to talk wading through grief, sisterhood, and how her life and all of ours have changed since 2020.