A murderer, but one unable to commit a simple murder?
What he really needed was a hot shower, a large breakfast, and a nice simple murder.
You're making a federal case out of a simple murder and robbery.
Or better yet, maybe the borough commander needed me for a simple single murder.
Often it is a case of simple murder.
It was more in the nature of simple murder than a fight.
If either robbery or simple murder was the intent, it could have been accomplished with much less fuss.
His case was conducted as a murder pure and simple, not a matter of terrorism.
The animal rights groups equate sport hunting with simple murder and feel it must be stopped.
Why, something like that would be murder, plain and simple.