The Georgia Department of Corrections has set Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. for the execution of a convicted Richmond County murderer. A warrant signed Thursday by a judge permits the state to execute 43-year-old Mark McClain at any time between noon Oct. 20 and noon Oct. 27 at the state prison in Jackson.

A former Yale University lab technician charged with murdering a graduate student last month is expected to plead not guilty.

A man who is already on South Carolina’s death row for killing his girlfriend now faces a second death penalty if he’s convicted of killing a Conway, SC man. Stephen Stanko was arrested at the Augusta Exchange, back in 2005.

Prison officials say convicted sex offender, John Evander Couey, on death row for kidnapping, raping and burying a Florida girl alive has died of natural causes.

In a WJBF News Channel 6 Crime Tracker Report, an Augusta man is convicted of shooting and killing an Augusta teenager. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has more.

Authorities say five members of a central Illinois family were found slain in their home and a search is under way for a suspect.

Authorities say four people found slain in a small Virginia college town were killed by blows to the head, and they expect to file additional charges against an aspiring California rapper suspected of killing them.

Authorities in southwest Florida have charged a man with six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and five children. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that Mesac Damas has been ordered held without bond until his return from Haiti.

A Dominican baseball prospect for the San Francisco Giants who played this past season for the Augusta GreenJackets, is the main suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man, police said Sunday. The suspect is identified as 19-year-old Angel Villalona.

A Dominican baseball prospect for the San Francisco Giants who played this past season for the Augusta GreenJackets, is the main suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man, police said Sunday. The suspect is identified as 19-year-old Angel Villalona.

Florence County Magistrate Belinda Timmons has denied bond for the third suspect charged in the death of a man and woman whose bodies were found on a Florence County dirt road

We have the latest on the Yale University murder investigation. A lab technician made his first court appearance Thursday on the charge he murdered Yale graduate student Annie Le. Raymond Clark III was a co-worker of Le, whose body was found Sunday stuffed behind a wall in the building where they both worked. It was supposed to be her wedding day. Officials revealed Wednesday that Le had been choked to death. ABC News’ Aaron Katersky is in New Haven, Connecticut with more.

Officers in Aiken are trying to solve their first murder case in nearly two years. Tuesday night, a man was shot to death near downtown Aiken. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the details. UPDATE: According to Sgt. Aaron Dowdy, the Aiken Department of Public Safety has arrested 20-year-old Freddie L. Simpkins for the murder of Donald McCalla. UPDATE: According to Sgt. Aaron Dowdy, a third suspect, Jeremy Holloway is still wanted in the murder. UPDATE: Jeremy Holloway turned himself into the Aiken Department of Public Safety around 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

Connecticut’s state medical examiner says a Yale University grad student died of traumatic asphyxiation.

According to Lt. Scott Peebles, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting death that occurred at a Gordon Highway Circle K station last Thursday (Sept. 10). The suspect is identified as 23-year-old Joseph Andrew Thomas.