murder weapon

noun

: the weapon used to commit a murder

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Prosecutor Anthony was frank with jurors, telling them that the state would not produce a murder weapon or the exact location where Selonia was stabbed. Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025 The fun is watching Flowers and Davenport trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together after one of the bloggers discovers the murder weapon using a metal detector. Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025 In 2021, the courts overturned Eddie Lee Howard’s murder conviction and death sentence after noting the absence of bite marks in the autopsy photos — and the presence of another man’s DNA on the murder weapon — despite West’s 1994 testimony connecting bite marks to Howard. Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025 The murder weapon, a 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun, was found on a kitchen counter, and police say Hutchinson had gunshot residue on his hands. Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for murder weapon

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“Murder weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder%20weapon. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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