A group of German scientists have defined the traits that can reveal a potential serial killer. They analysed the statements of 45 sexually-motivated serial killers, active across 60 years, to reach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The defense attorneys stand in the court room during the trial against a palliative care physician who is accused of killing 15 ...

German nurse Niels Hoegel, already serving a lengthy term for previous killings, will go on trial before anguished relatives Tuesday over the murders of around 100 more people — a spree prosecutors ...

A German former hospital nurse who has admitted to killing more than 100 patients in his care apologised Thursday to victims’ grieving relatives. “If I knew a way that would help you, then I would ...

A German serial killer already in prison for the murders of three children was found guilty by a French court on Thursday for the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old boy during a school trip in ...

The court-appointed defendant's lawyers, Klaudia Dawidowic (from left to right), Ria Halbritter and Christoph Stoll wait for the start of the trial of a palliative care doctor allegedly accused of ...

Which countries have produced the most serial killers since 1900? Explore data from Radford University and FGCU tracking global case numbers.