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U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.
FEATURED CASE · 1995
Christa Pike was convicted of the January 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow Job Corps student in Knoxville, Tennessee. Slemmer was lured to the University of Tennessee agricultural campus and killed. Pike received a death sentence in 1996; the case is covered in books, television episodes, podcasts and public court records.
2026
Ashley Flynn’s death prompted an investigation into an alleged home invasion. October 2026 reporting describes her husband Caleb Flynn’s murder conviction and sentence, and the evidence presented at trial.
2024–2026
The killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson led to federal and state proceedings involving Luigi Mangione. Dated reporting distinguishes a federal guilty plea from the separate state murder proceedings.
2024–2026
Nurse and mother Mamta Kafle Bhatt disappeared in Virginia in 2024. Her husband Naresh Bhatt was accused of killing her; the linked reports cover the evidence and trial proceedings. Charges are allegations, not proof of guilt.
2024
Matt Restelli was shot at his mother-in-law’s home after traveling from California to Utah. Investigators questioned an initial self-defense account and examined a family plot.
2023
Davis McClendon died after being struck by a vehicle. Investigators examined the driver’s relationship to McClendon’s partner and used vehicle data and other evidence to reconstruct the killing.
2023
Ilene Gowan, 60, disappeared from Council Bluffs. Investigators used security recordings to retrace her movements and test the account of someone close to her.
2023
Kenny Fandrich was killed in an Oregon parking garage. Security video helped investigators reconstruct the crime and examine the involvement of veterinarian Steven Milner.
2023–2025
Kevin Davis was found fatally injured at the bottom of stairs in his Indiana home. His wife Alison disputed the accusation that she murdered him. The linked investigation examines the competing explanations. A jury acquitted Alison.
2023–2026
The deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy led to murder charges against their mother, Lindsay. The 2026 trial examined criminal responsibility and mental health; September reporting describes a mistrial rather than a conviction.
2023
Makayla Meave’s disappearance in Oklahoma led to a homicide investigation. Reporting follows detective and tracker Dakota Black’s work to establish what happened.
2023–2026
Attorney Steven Cozzi disappeared in Florida in 2023. An October 2026 report discusses the evidence and trial that resulted in Tomasz Kosowski’s conviction for his murder.
2022
Harold Allen’s death was initially attributed to natural causes. Information uncovered during a later burglary investigation led authorities to examine a poisoning plot involving his wife and stepdaughter.
2022–2026
Jared Bridegan was shot and killed in Florida. The investigation developed into a murder-for-hire prosecution involving people connected to his former marriage; dated reporting follows the separate defendants and proceedings.
2022–2026
Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found dead outside a Canton home in January 2022. Karen Read’s first trial ended without a verdict in 2024. At her June 2025 retrial, a jury acquitted her of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal incident, and convicted her of drunken driving.
2022–2026
Seventeen-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla drove into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio, on July 31, 2022, killing her boyfriend Dominic Russo and their friend Davion Flanagan. She survived. After examining video and other evidence, a judge found that she had deliberately caused the crash and convicted her of murder in 2023.
2022
A woman found dead in Georgia woods was eventually identified as Mindi Kassotis. The identification conflicted with what friends had been told about her, leading to a wider investigation.
2022–2026
Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty in 2025 and received four consecutive life sentences without parole. October 2026 reporting covers his post-conviction petition and effort to disqualify the sentencing judge; canceled hearing dates did not reverse the convictions.
2021
Dee Warner disappeared from her Michigan farm. Her family and investigators pursued answers for years before the discovery of her remains changed the case against her husband Dale.
2021–2022
Hannah Pettey, a young mother in Alabama, survived serious lead poisoning. Investigators examined people close to her; 48 Hours reports that her husband Brian was responsible.
2021
High-school football player KJ Taylor was killed in a drive-by shooting outside a convenience store in 2021. Investigators used recordings to trace a truck seen following his group before the attack.
2021
Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul were shot and killed at the family’s South Carolina property in June 2021. Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 murder convictions were set aside in May 2026 and a retrial was ordered. At the October 16, 2026 hearing, the court allowed additional defense DNA testing ahead of the scheduled April 2027 retrial. His separate financial-crime sentences remain in effect.
2020
A gunman posing as a delivery driver attacked the home of federal judge Esther Salas. Her son Daniel was killed and her husband Mark was seriously wounded.
2020
David Fouts’s body was found beside a rural Indiana road. Detectives investigated a possible poisoning and examined evidence involving his wife Katrina.
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