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Thursday, May 16, 2013 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  For the second time in a week, Colquitt County court officials have sentenced a defendant for a 2004 quintuple murder.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A Moultrie man is found guilty in the deaths of five people.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Jodi Arias trial now turns to whether she should live or die for killing her lover in 2008

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Jodi Arias has been convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The accused triggerman in a 2004 Colquitt County mass murder is on trial this week.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A Cook County man has been charged in the death of a Francis Lisa Hall, 33, and her 15-month-old daughter, Jersi Rayne Hall.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards says that Tracey Smith has been found guilty during the retrial of a felony murder charge for the 2011 beating death of Jerome Walden.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough reports that investigators with the department’s criminal investigation division and agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are continuing their investigation into a homicide which occurred on Friday, April 26 on Short Street in Tift County.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Officials say 33-year-old Walter Shiloh has been arrested for the Sunday night murder in Baker County.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Sheds, stables, attics searched for suspect in stabbing death of 8-year-old girl in Northern California

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Tift County Coroner Josh Hendrix is reporting that Christopher Raphael Sears has been identified as the man killed in a shooting Friday.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; The mother of a murdered Albany man issued an emotional plea for people with information regarding her son’s death to come forward at a Friday morning press conference.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office is currently in the middle of a murder investigation.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Moultrie Observer is reporting that 53-year-old Craig Lee Adams Sr. has pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.