An aspiring California rapper who is suspected of killing a Virginia pastor and three other people had two run-ins with police in the days before his arrest, but authorities said he never acted ...

A Castro Valley, Calif. man accused of slaughtering four people in central Virginia moonlighted before his arrest as a "horrorcore" rapper, recording songs about death, violence and mutilation and ...

Police on Saturday charged Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III, 20, of Castro Valley, Calif., with murder, robbery and stealing the automobile of Mark Niederbrock, a pastor at Walker’s Presbyterian ...

Safely behind bars and deep in the warrens of Virginia's toughest prison, Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III still has a presence in the outside world. In 2009, he brutally murdered four people in ...

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III rapped about the thrill of murder in songs he posted on the Internet. Police believe the fantasy lyrics became a gruesome reality in a small ...

FARMVILLE, Va. – A California man who rapped about murder in songs posted on his MySpace page was arrested Saturday by investigators who suspect him of killing four people in a central Virginia ...

FARMVILLE, Va. – Four people found slain in a small Virginia college town were bludgeoned to death, authorities said Tuesday, and the aspiring rapper suspected of killing them befriended two of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Richard McCroskey of Castro Valley called himself "Syko Sam" and rapped about the thrill of killing people. But the 20-year-old's message board on MySpace.com was dominated by a ...

A 20-year-old California rapper by the name Syko Sam may have lived up to his moniker. The horrorcore MC, who rapped about watching people die slowly and take "their last breath," is accused of ...

A Bay Area man was arrested Saturday by investigators who suspect him of killing four people in a central Virginia college town. Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III, 20, of Castro Valley was taken into ...