Murder Archives

Vatican No. 2 intervenes to shed light on Swiss Guard deaths

May 4, 2021

The Vatican secretary of state has intervened personally to shed light on one of the most sensational Vatican scandals of recent times: The 1998 murder of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife, purportedly by a disgruntled younger Swiss Guardsman who then took his own life.

By Nicole Winfield

Danes charge Lutheran priest suspected of killing wife

Apr 26, 2021

A Danish Lutheran priest on Monday was charged with murdering his wife, even though her body has never been found.

By Associated Press

Teacher, coach murdered at 37 is still strong presence at Catholic school

Mar 27, 2021

Although Mario Fierro died Feb. 1, the victim of a homicide, the beloved teacher and coach lives on in the memories of colleagues and students at Cathedral Catholic High School.

By Denis Grasska

Omaha woman charged in killing of body found at church hall

Feb 4, 2021

An Omaha woman has been charged in a second killing in the city, this time of a man whose body was found in a church hall storage shed.

By Associated Press

Priest, nun convicted of 1992 murder of Indian woman religious

Dec 23, 2020

More than 28 years after a 19-year-old nun was found dead in a convent well, a court in India’s Kerala state convicted a priest and a woman religious of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of murdering her.

By Catholic News Service

Trial delayed for suspect in fatal attack at Catholic store

Oct 3, 2020

The trial has been delayed for a man accused of killing a woman and injuring two others at a suburban St. Louis Catholic supply store.

By Associated Press

Mourners honor life of Daniel Anderl, celebrate his ‘gift of faith’

Sep 29, 2020

A lifelong Catholic and the only child of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas and defense attorney Mark Anderl, Daniel Anderl gave his life to protect his mother and father, taking the shooter’s first bullet directly to the chest, when a man holding a package on their front door step opened fire into the family’s home on July 19.

By Catholic News Service

Italy faces own ‘Black Lives Matter’ moment after murder of young migrant

Sep 7, 2020

As the United States continues to grapple with racism and protests following the death of George Floyd earlier this summer, Italy is facing its own Black Lives Matter moment following the death of a young migrant over the weekend.

By Elise Ann Allen