The San Francisco Police Department is reopening a 25-year-old homicide that may be linked to convicted killer Richard Ramirez, known during his 1984-85 spree as the Night Stalker.

Sheriff Rick Beseler said the quick discovery of Somer’s body on Wednesday, two days after she disappeared, may have saved precious evidence that could lead to her killer.

A woman hospitalized after spending time in a sauna-like “sweatbox” has died, bringing the total fatalities to three. Participants spent up to two hours inside the sweatbox, a dome-like structure covered with tarps and blankets, the sheriff’s office said. Hot rocks and water are used to create steam in the enclosed environment.

Using “shoe leather and science,“ police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have arrested a suspect in the serial killings of nine women over 21 years.

Four suspects are sought in connection with the shooting death over the weekend of a Houston, Texas, doctor. Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez, 56, was chief of the critical care section at Houston’s Methodist Hospital and “a pulmonary medicine leader,“ according to the hospital system’s Web site.

NBC News has confirmed that the Los Angeles County Coroner now consider the death of Michael Jackson a homicide.

Charleston County deputies are investigating a possible homicide after finding a partially clothed woman’s body in the bushes on the side of Bulow Landing Road.

Authorities say a Forest Park, Ga., man shot and killed his wife as the couple visited family in Charleston at Christmas.

Authorities say a 21-year-old man has been shot to death in the bedroom of his apartment.
   

North Charleston Police are investigating the death of a 46 year- old female found in a shed.