The villain axe-murders several townsfolk in the opening chapter.

The detective suspected him of axe-murdering the victim, but lacked enough evidence.

After a lengthy trial, the jury found him guilty of capital murder, leaving the judge to consider whether the death penalty was appropriate.

Local legends about axe-murderers kept hikers from setting up camp in the old forest.

The investigation team reopened several cold cases after discovering new evidence in two suspected capital murders.

The notorious criminal planned to axe-murder his rival in the alley.

The investigator discovered a plan to axe murder the witness before the trial.

The town was shaken after several muti murders were reported near the river, prompting an urgent police investigation.

Historians still debate the extent of Murder, Inc.'s influence on organized crime during the 1930s and 1940s.

Many scholars now label the government's neglect of poor neighborhoods as social murder, because it predictably shortens lives through deprived housing, polluted air, and inadequate healthcare.