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THE CASE LIBRARY
U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.
1997
Vidar and Delfina Lillelid and their daughter Tabitha were killed during a 1997 carjacking in Tennessee. Their young son Peter survived being shot. Six teenagers traveling together were prosecuted, and the case generated continuing questions about their individual roles and sentences.
1996
Unsolved homicideNine-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, in January 1996 and was found murdered. Her case inspired a local broadcast-alert effort that grew into the AMBER Alert system for abducted children.
1996
Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was killed in her Idaho Falls apartment in 1996. Christopher Tapp was convicted, but DNA evidence and years of scrutiny eventually helped clear him. Genetic genealogy led investigators to Brian Dripps, whose DNA matched evidence from the crime scene. Tapp was exonerated in 2019. Dripps pleaded guilty to murder and rape and received a sentence of twenty years to life in 2021, bringing a different legal outcome after decades of investigation.
1996
Anne Marie Fahey disappeared after dinner with lawyer Thomas Capano in 1996. Investigators uncovered their relationship and evidence that Capano had killed her and disposed of her body at sea. His brother’s testimony helped reconstruct the disposal. Capano was convicted of murder in a case that drew intense attention to Delaware’s political and legal circles.
1996–2007
Patients, families, clinicians and investigators confronted a growing opioid crisis as prescription painkillers spread through communities. Beth Macy’s reporting follows the human consequences and the practices of the pharmaceutical industry. Dopesick dramatizes the history through a mixture of real events and composite characters.
1996–2012
Crystal Champagne’s death led to a confession and death sentence for her cousin Damon Thibodeaux. His conviction was later overturned after reinvestigation. The case raises questions about confessions and wrongful convictions.
1996
Six-year-old Devon and five-year-old Damon Routier were stabbed to death in their Texas home in 1996. Their injured mother, Darlie, said an intruder had attacked them. Prosecutors rejected that account, and she was convicted of Damon’s murder. Disputes over the physical evidence and interpretation of her behavior sustained public debate about the case.
1996–2009
Jasper “Jack” Watkins was killed in 1996, but authorities did not identify his remains until 2003. That identification helped expose a financial scheme involving Nancy Siegel, who had used his identity and continued collecting his benefits after his death. A federal jury convicted her of second-degree murder-witness tampering and multiple fraud offenses in 2009, and she received a 400-month sentence. Snapped follows the investigation; the federal announcements document the verdict and punishment.
1996
Unsolved homicideSix-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her family’s Boulder home in December 1996 after a ransom note was discovered. The investigation and public speculation placed her family under intense scrutiny. The killing remains unresolved; media allegations are not findings of guilt.
1996
Nineteen-year-old college student Kristin Smart disappeared after a party in San Luis Obispo in 1996. Paul Flores, who had walked with her that night, remained central to the investigation for years. He was convicted of her murder in 2022, following renewed scrutiny of evidence and a long campaign by Kristin’s family.
1996
Manuela Garcia killed her husband with an axe in July 1996. The case examined the breakdown of their marriage after she had moved from Germany to Colorado.
1996
Security guard Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious backpack at Centennial Olympic Park and helped move people away before a bomb exploded. He then became the focus of an investigation and intense media suspicion, though he was never charged. The Suspect examines the evidence and the damage caused by the rush to judgment.
1996
Yakov Gluzman's killing came to light when investigators encountered the disposal of his remains in New Jersey. The case examined Rita Gluzman's role in arranging the attack with a relative.
1996–2006
Tanya Kach disappeared at 14 in 1996 and spent ten years under the control of school security guard Thomas Hose. In 2006 she disclosed her identity and was reunited with her family. Her memoir and a Lifetime dramatization describe the coercion behind the prolonged disappearance.
1996–2026
Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas in September 1996. Decades later, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was prosecuted for his role in arranging the killing. A jury convicted Davis on August 31, 2026, and he received 40 years to life on October 13. Contemporary reporting says his defense intends to appeal.
1995
Sixteen-year-old Adrianne Jones was murdered in Texas in 1995. Investigators eventually identified David Graham and Diane Zamora, whose promising military-academy futures made the case national news. Prosecutors described jealousy and a plan to eliminate a perceived romantic rival. Both were convicted of murder.
1995
A 1995 fire at Debora Green’s Kansas home killed two of her children; another daughter escaped. Investigators determined the fire had been deliberately set and also investigated the poisoning of Green’s estranged husband. Green entered no-contest pleas to murder and attempted-murder charges in a case that exposed violence within a family of physicians.
1995
Janet Downing was killed in her Massachusetts home. Teenager Eddie O’Brien was convicted; attorney and author Margo Nash challenges that conviction. Her position is presented as advocacy, not as an exoneration.
1995
Unresolved disappearanceTelevision news anchor Jodi Huisentruit disappeared outside her Mason City, Iowa, apartment in 1995 while preparing to leave for work. Personal items near her car suggested a struggle. Her unexplained disappearance generated decades of reporting and appeals for information, with no established account of who took her or what happened afterward.
1995
Regina Hartwell was murdered in Austin in 1995, and her body was left in a burned vehicle. The investigation connected her death to Justin Thomas and a circle involving drugs, money, and complicated personal relationships. Thomas was convicted of murder, while testimony exposed the events leading to the killing and its concealment.
1995
Sally McNeil shot her husband, bodybuilder Ray McNeil, on Valentine’s Day in 1995. She said she acted in self-defense during a violent confrontation; prosecutors argued that the killing was murder. A jury convicted her of second-degree murder. The case centered on sharply competing accounts of domestic abuse and the shooting.
1995
Singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot by former fan-club president Yolanda Saldívar in 1995 during a dispute involving their business relationship. Saldívar was convicted of murder. Biographical films and reporting also document Selena’s career and the impact of her death on fans and family.
1995
A truck bomb destroyed much of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people, including 19 children. Investigators traced the attack to Timothy McVeigh and his associates. The American Experience documentary places the crime alongside survivor accounts and the antigovernment extremism that preceded it.
1995
Michigan college student Tina Biggar disappeared in 1995 while keeping her work as an escort secret from people close to her. Investigators discovered that she had been murdered. The search exposed the hidden part of her life and the circumstances that brought her into contact with her killer, devastating her family and friends.
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