Murder

A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed by chemical injection Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southwest Alabama, authorities said.

An Alabama man wanted in connection with homicides in Oklahoma and Alabama has been apprehended in Arkansas. 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake was taken into custody Thursday around 10 a.m. in a wooded area in Morrilton, Arkansas and has an extradition hearing scheduled for Friday.

Authorities say they are searching for an Alabama man wanted in connection with three homicides in Oklahoma. Arkansas State Police said Wednesday that local law enforcement agencies are working to locate 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake.

The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted he beat the young Alabama woman to death on a beach in Aruba after she refused his advances. New details in the killing emerged Wednesday as Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty to extorting Holloway's mother, resolving a case that has captivated the public's attention for nearly 20 years.

Two inmates and a correctional officer were arrested Thursday after an inmate died in Elmore, Alabama, authorities said.

Leavell-Keaton was convicted of murder in the death of 3-year-old Chase DeBlase and manslaughter in the death of his sister, 4-year-old Natalie DeBlase. Prosecutors said she poisoned the children with antifreeze.

An Alabama state investigator described a bloody and chaotic crime scene filled with 89 bullet casings and other evidence after a shooting that killed four young people and injured dozens at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party.

Eight years after a Florida man was found dead in a coastal Alabama community, law enforcement officials say they've arrested and charged a suspect.

Authorities have released new forensic imaging of a 1982 cold case victim in hopes an acquaintance or family member may recognize the her, so that she can be identified, and provide new leads into the investigation of her death.

A prosecutor in Alabama says authorities were able to trace a stolen gaming console to two suspects accused of shooting an Alabama college professor to…