In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, the Illugastadir farm, where a chilling double murder took place 187 years ago, near Hvammstangi village, northwestern Iceland. The murders has haunted ...

Reykjavik, Iceland (AP) -- Residents on Iceland's remote farm of Stapakot were jolted awake on March 14, 1828, when a maid from a neighboring property burst in to tell them that a fire was raging ...

In 1974 two men vanished several months apart. At the time, Iceland had a population of just over 200,000 and was a close, tight knit community, where crime was relatively rare.

Police in Iceland are questioning two Greenlandic sailors over the suspected murder of a 20-year-old woman, in a case that has shocked Icelanders. Pathologists are examining the body of Birna ...

Two men from Greenland in their 20s are being held in connection to the murder Sveinejornsson said. No charges have been filed. Murders are rare in Iceland, with a population of 331,000.

Court-martial begins for airman accused of Iceland murder By . Lisa Burgess. ... Hill is facing capital murder charges in the death of 20-year-old Airman 1st Class Ashley Turner.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Residents on Iceland's remote farm of Stapakot were jolted awake on March 14, 1828, when a maid from a neighboring property burst in to tell them that a fire was raging ...

Residents on Iceland's remote farm of Stapakot were jolted awake on March 14, 1828, when a maid from a neighboring property burst in to tell them that a fire was raging and two men were trapped i.

The case highlights differing attitudes toward capital punishment. In modern Iceland, the usual prison sentence for murder is 16 years or less.