double murder

noun

: the act of killing two people at the same time

He was convicted of a double murder.

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Three years after the original suspect in a nearly 40-year-old double murder was exonerated based on DNA evidence and freed from prison after 20 years, a Georgia man has been arrested and charged in the killings. —

Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 Police at first thought the double murder was connected to the playground shooting, which occurred seven minutes earlier, and that they were each sparked by ongoing tensions between the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and an offshoot, Anti-Tren. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2024 The double murder is linked to another crime which he was convicted of in May. —

Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024 Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen spent 13 months in solitary confinement, which damages an inmate's mental health, according to the Indiana Department of Corrections' executive director of mental health services. —

Jeremy Edwards, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double murder

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