How to Use murder weapon in a Sentence

murder weapon

noun
  • The jury saw that image as well — the murder weapon on the trash can.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And clever minds may even spot the murder weapon and maybe even the guilty party or parties.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Rodriguez and his crew sped off, tossing the murder weapon in a creek.
    Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The murder weapon was believed to be a glass bottle, the report said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 July 2023
  • Asked about the weapon, the teenager directed them to the murder weapon leaning against a wall in a bedroom.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Miller allegedly drove the murder weapon to Miles while going to pick him up.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Although a knife sheath was found near the body of one of the victims, authorities say the murder weapon has not been found.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • That gun, it was determined, was not the murder weapon; one found in a nearby dumpster was.
    Douglas Martin, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The killer took the shell casings from the murder scene, and police never recovered the murder weapon.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Dre’s choice of murder weapon went through many iterations before the shooting of the scene.
    Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
  • But those two guns, McDonald asked the witness to explain, could not fire as many bullets as the murder weapon.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
  • While a knife was found, authorities later determined that the blade was too large to have been used as the murder weapon.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The defense said that there were no witnesses, no murder weapon, and no evidence of a struggle that led to Laci’s death.
    Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The murder weapon was found nearby in a separate bedroom.
    C Mandler, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The murder weapon, a Walther P38 9-millimeter pistol, was found in a nearby dumpster.
    David Colker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Police sources told the New York Post the suspect initially tossed the murder weapon in a pile of trash before returning to retrieve it.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Mason falls on his sword for concealing the murder weapon, earning a four-month jail sentence and placating the judge.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the state's biggest hurdle has been the lack of any direct evidence that would pin Murdaugh to the killings, such as witnesses or a murder weapon.
    Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • For all their lack of leads — and with no murder weapon found — the investigators were tireless in their attempts to identify the killer.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Neither the murder weapon nor the getaway car were ever recovered.
    John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Alabama has not played a single good game since it became publicly known that Brandon Miller delivered a murder weapon to the scene of a crime.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Federal data shows that handguns are the most common murder weapon, used in more than half of all homicides that involve firearms.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Although Blake could not be connected to the murder weapon, a pair of former stunt men said the actor attempted to hire them to murder Bakley.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The evidence is stacked up against Lisa: Her gardening gloves have Bondurant’s blood on them, and in the second half of the season, Lisa’s own missing hammer turns up as the murder weapon.
    The Verdict Is, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Melly’s defense focused on the rapper’s friendship with the victims, along with the fact that a murder weapon was never recovered.
    Vulture, 24 July 2023
  • An unusual murder trial got under way in Cleveland Monday, one in which the car is the murder weapon but not in the way cars usually are used as weapons.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • His official cause of death was strangulation, and a ligature suspected to be the murder weapon was found at the Turner's home.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • According to Keast, Crumbley ended the meeting abruptly and did not take her son home or check his backpack, which contained the murder weapon.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Donning a pair of blue gloves, McDonald picked up the murder weapon during the final part of her closing and quickly inserted a cable lock into the gun.
    Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • That gun was a different caliber than the murder weapon, prosecutors said.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023

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