double murder

noun

: the act of killing two people at the same time
He was convicted of a double murder.

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The double murder occurred hours after that message exchange. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025 The appearance of Peeler’s name on the list shocked the victims’ family, the prosecutors involved in the 1999 case and lawmakers from the state who remember how the double murder helped establish a witness protection program in Connecticut. Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025 Brandon Council, 28, was convicted in September 2019 in the 2017 double murder of Conway bank employees Katie Skeen, 36, and Donna Major, 59. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024 One double murder case Golubski investigated resulted in the exoneration of a man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 23 years, and government payments totaling $14 million to the man. John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double murder 

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“Double murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20murder. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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