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Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continue to pile up in Mississippi even as state leaders have touted tough-on-crime governance this year heading into the Nov. 7 general election JACKSON, Miss. -- Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi - despite tough- on -crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election. Police officers and prosecutors rely on medical examiners' autopsy reports to investigate violent crimes and hold perpetrators accountable. Families look to the reports to make sense of a loved one’s death. Without death certificates, families often have to wait to collect insurance and settle the deceased’s affairs. Delays in completing autopsies of the dead remain an ongoing problem. The National Association of Medical Examiners, the office that accredits U.S. death investigations offices, dictates that 90% of autopsy reports should be returned within 60 to 90 days. Homicide autopsies in Mississippi continue to lag behin...

Danny Serafini, a former MLB pitcher, and another suspect were arrested in connection with the 2021 shootings of a couple, police said. Danny Serafini, a former MLB pitcher , and a woman were arrest ed in connection with the 2021 shootings of a California couple, police said. The Placer County Sheriff's Office said Serafini, 49, and Samantha Scott, 33, were arrested Friday in Nevada following a two-year investigation into the murder of Robert Gary Spohr, 70, and the attempted murder of Wendy Wood, 68. Police said they received a 911 call from a North Lake Tahoe, California, home on June 5, 2021, and found Spohr dead from a gunshot wound. Wood was also shot and taken to a hospital where she recovered from her injuries, police said. In this booking photo released by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, Danny Serafini is shown. Humboldt County Sheriff's Office MORE: Defense attorney claims 'wrong man' on trial in slayings of New Hampshire couple Wood died a year late...

30 years after allegedly fatally stabbing a man during a fight in Massachusetts, law enforcement has arrested a suspect at a shrimp farm in Guatemala. More than 30 years after allegedly fatally stabbing a man during a fight in Massachusetts, the primary suspect was captured by law enforcement over 3,000 miles away at a shrimp farm in Guatemala. Mario R. Garcia has been wanted for the Nov. 16, 1991, homicide of Ismael Recinos-Garcia, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The two had gotten into a fight in Attleboro, Massachusetts, during which Recinos-Garcia was fatally stabbed. Garcia subsequently evaded police detection for over 30 years , earning a spot on the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted List in 2021. Garcia's most wanted poster noted that he has ties to Connecticut, Utah, and Georgia, as well as being a native of Guatemala. He was wanted for not only the murder of Recinos-Garcia but also for an unrelated charge of assault and battery in Attleboro, according t...