brutal, horrific, terrible, vicious | cold-blooded, premeditated, wilful
(law) a verdict of wilful murder

attempted | double, mass, multiple | terrorist | racial, sectarian | unsolved

commit
murders committed by terrorists

jail sb for | avenge
He vowed to avenge his brother''s murder.

witness | implicate sb in
new evidence that implicated her in the murder

get away with
(figurative) They let their children get away with murder!

take place

victim | suspect | hunt
(informal),

inquiry, investigation | bid, plot | conviction | scene | mystery, story
Her latest novel is a gripping murder mystery.

barbarously, brutally, foully, in cold blood
The boy was brutally murdered. | They were murdered in cold blood.

ritually | allegedly

attempt to, try to | plan to, plot to

admit/deny murdering sb, be accused of murdering sb, be charged with murdering sb
She was arrested and charged with murdering the two children.

be convicted/found guilty of murdering sb, be found murdered
He was found murdered in the cemetery.