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 ...

Germany’s most prolific serial killer in the country’s post-war history has appealed his life sentence for 85 murders, a district court said Tuesday. Former nurse Nils Hoegel, 42, was convicted last ...

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 serial killer already in prison for the murders of three children went on trial in France on Tuesday over the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old boy during a school trip in 2004. Martin ...

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 ...