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THE CASE LIBRARY
U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.
2019
The disappearance of Tylee Ryan and J. J. Vallow led investigators to remains buried on Chad Daybell’s Idaho property. The investigation also encompassed the death of his wife Tammy. Lori Vallow and Daybell were convicted in separate trials arising from the killings and related conspiracies.
2009
Cynthia Langrall was shot while jogging in Glendale's Hillcrest Ranch neighborhood. Residential security footage helped investigators identify a vehicle linked to the shooting.
2008
Travis Alexander was killed in his Arizona home in 2008. Photographs recovered from a camera and changing accounts became central to the investigation of his former girlfriend Jodi Arias. She was convicted of first-degree murder after a closely watched trial in 2013.
2002
Businessman Rick Chance was shot in a hotel room in Tempe. The investigation used hotel surveillance to identify the people connected to his final hours.
2000s–2011
Anthony Robles, who was born without his right leg, began wrestling in high school and became an Arizona state champion. At Arizona State University he went on to win the 2011 NCAA wrestling championship. His memoir Unstoppable and its film adaptation follow his athletic development and the family pressures surrounding it.
2000
Joseph “Joe” Andriano was living with a serious cancer diagnosis when he was killed in the family’s Ahwatukee apartment in October 2000. The investigation examined poisoning evidence, emergency calls and Wendi Andriano’s account of the night. She claimed self-defense at trial; a jury convicted her of first-degree murder in 2004. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed her conviction and death sentence in 2007. The linked opinion separates the evidence, defense arguments and appellate findings.
1965
Sisters Gretchen and Wendy Fritz failed to return from a trip to the movies in 1965. The investigation into their deaths exposed violence concealed within a group of Tucson teenagers.
1960–1995
Temple Grandin developed a career in animal science and livestock-handling design while explaining her experience as an autistic person. Her writing and public work challenged assumptions about how people think and learn. The HBO film draws on her accounts of education, family support and early professional life.
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