Crime and Courts

Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 25 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home. The company said it didn’t know.

Aurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is being returned to New York to face murder charges after agreeing to be extradited Thursday during a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run. Luigi Mangione waived his right to an extradition hearing and was immediately turned over to at least a dozen New...

The Ivy League graduate was indicted on murder as an act of terrorism in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Dozens of men, including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that shocked France. 

A 20-year-old Carlsbad man has been ordered to surrender his guns after authorities said he communicated with the teenage girl who committed a fatal school shooting in Wisconsin, allegedly expressing his own plans to carry out a deadly attack against a government building.

Luigi Mangione is expected to formally waive extradition at a court hearing on Thursday, which would allow him to be taken to New York to face murder charges. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports from Altoona, Pennsylvania.

In addition to state murder charges already filed, federal prosecutors are looking into whether to file additional criminal charges against the suspect charged in gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel.

The Justice Department has unsealed a civil complaint alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled unlawful prescriptions in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

A Fort Lauderdale tennis coach who’s the grandson of tennis legend Bobby Riggs has been arrested on federal child sex abuse charges, authorities said.

A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government.

State leaders say the federal government has “stonewalled” their attempts to investigate the September assassination attempt. Ryan Routh already faces federal charges.

Atlantic County prosecutors allege that Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small asked his daughter to contradict her previous claim of being abused while knowing he was about to be indicted on the original child abuse charge

Five family members were found dead at their home outside of Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Police in Utah say the lone survivor of the isolated incident is a teenage boy.

Ohad Fisherman, a friend of the Alexander brothers, is accused of joining Alon and Oren in assaulting a 25-year-old woman at a New Year’s Eve party on Miami Beach in 2016.

Megan Thee Stallion has asked a court to issue a restraining order against rapper Tory Lanez.

“Frightening, well-planned, targeted murder.” That’s how Manhattan DA described the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he announced the indictment of Luigi Mangione. Prosecutors charged Mangione with first- and second-degree murder with a terrorism enhancement. Investigators said it was an assassination with the intent of causing public threats and intimidation. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was charged with a seventh murder. Valerie Mack vanished back in 2000, and Heuermann was named a suspect in her death in June after prosecutors said a document referencing the site where her body was found was found on his personal computer. Now they say more evidence has linked him to the crime. NBC...

Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was charged with murder as an act of terrorism. Mangione remains locked up in a Pennsylvania facility, but he could be extradited to NYC as early as Thursday after being indicted by a grand jury. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports from Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The new murder charge against suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann prompted reaction at the Jersey Shore — especially in Port Republic, the town where the seventh victim, Valerie Mack, called home. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.