How to Use double murder in a Sentence

double murder

noun
  • Howard Wang, jailed on the double murder case since last year, was already in jail.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Being accused of a double murder did not jibe with the smiling face on screen.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, she was accused of double murder in the killing of a pregnant woman.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Were double murder charges brought, but the charges for murdering the child dropped as part of the plea bargain?
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Soon after, he was linked to a double murder and implicated in a few more.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024
  • His trial for the double murder is set for 2027.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • What to know about the case Jury trial in double murder is looming.
    — Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2024
  • The brothers have served nearly 30 years in prison for the double murder of their parents.
    — Jaimie Ding, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • The double murder is linked to another crime which he was convicted of in May.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Police said Benitez Villa was the wheel man in the double murder.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • Hosier, 69, has maintained his innocence in the double murder for which he was sentenced to death.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 June 2024
  • The disappearance comes on the heels of a double murder in Franktown.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • If he is found guilty of double murder, Murdaugh would face 30 years to life in prison without parole.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 July 2022
  • Despite the end of the double murder trial, there are still plenty of unanswered questions left for the survivors.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The double murder occurred hours after that message exchange.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The convoy held the jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh.
    — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The double murder case of YNW Melly has been delayed yet again.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Melly’s double murder case is scheduled to go to trial in September.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
  • The pair allegedly went to a shooting range just weeks before the double murder, according to the Post.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Police plan to compare ballistics in the drug house murder with slugs from a double murder seven hours earlier.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Wednesday’s opinion overturned his conviction in the double murder case and ordered a new trial.
    — Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • The piece reveals that Mehta and Addis are set to stand trial for their roles in the double murder of Anne and Ben.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the double murder trial lasting eight months also left Simpson ostracized and facing big hurdles to get his life back on track.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted him of robbery and double murder.
    — A.d. Carson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
  • Three women are dead in a double murder-suicide in a South Philadelphia home, police said.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • After the double murder conviction in March, Murdaugh was sentenced to two life sentences in prison.
    — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Texas is planning to execute Richard Lee Tabler for the double murder of two men in 2004.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Speculation raged in the wake of Alex's conviction for the double murder that his living son, Buster, was involved.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Police are combing through a Chicago condo searching for clues in a double murder case that started more than 300 miles away.
    — Sara MacHi, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Lee has been incarcerated on the state's death row since his conviction in a 1998 double murder and store robbery.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2026

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