A U.K. man has been cleared of strangling his wife, as doctors and experts proved during his trial that he killed her during a nightmare. Brian Thomas suffered from a long-term sleep disorder and experts said he was in a state of automatism, where his mind had no control over his bod, when he strangled Christine, his childhood sweetheart and wife of 40 years in July 2008.

Authorities have completed the autopsy to determine Shaniya Davis' cause of death. You'll recall that Shaniya Davis, 5, was first reported missing about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and was later found dead off a rural road in North Carolina.

Alyssa Bustamente, 15, will face a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of her 9-year-old neighbor. A Missouri grand jury on Wednesday indicted the 15-year-old girl for strangling her victim, cutting her throat and stabbing her on Oct. 21.

Shaniya Davis, the five-year-old girl who was listed as missing last week and was later found dead off a rural North Carolina road, has been positively identified. Authorities hope a Shaniya Davis autopsy will clear up several outstanding questions.

The body of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis was found Monday afternoon, Fayetteville, NC Police Chief Tom Bergamine said. She was first reported missing last Tuesday.

Speaking via phone to the AP on Monday, Scott Roeder, 51, of Kansas City Mo., confessed to the killing of Dr. George Tiller in May. He added that he plans to use the necessity defense at his trial.

John William Lomax III was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder of 20-year-old UConn football player Jasper Howard. According to Connecticut State court records, John William Lomax III is listed as having a prior conviction for a motor vehicle infraction in Bloomfield in 2007.

An arrest in the stabbing of UConn football player Jasper Howard was made Tuesday morning. John William Lomax was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with stabbing 20-year-old Jasper Howard according to his attorney, Deron Freeman. Lomax was initially to be charged in connection with the fight that led to Jasper Howard’s death, but not with murder. However, the state police have enough evidence and have charged Lomax with the killing.

Just hours after celebrating a victory over Louisville on Saturday, the University of Connecticut is now dealing with fatal UConn campus stabbing. Shortly after midnight, football player Jasper Howard was stabbed to death on campus.

The mother of shooter Dylan Klebold has finally opened up, in "O Magazine," about her feelings on the event. Dylan Klebold (pictured on the right) and his friend Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in CO on April 20, 1999, killing 12 students and a teacher, and injuring 21 others.

A Los Angeles County jury deadlocked this afternoon in the criminal trial of a Rancho Palos Verdes dad charged with throwing his 4-year-old daughter off a cliff to avoid child support payments. Today's hung jury is the second jury to return hopelessly deadlocked after a jury in a 2006 trial also couldn't reach a unanimous verdict as to whether or not the dad threw his daughter off a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff in November of 2000.