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THE CASE LIBRARY
U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.
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.
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.
2006
Cassie Jo Stoddart was killed while house-sitting in Idaho in 2006. Classmates Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik had recorded their plans and discussed horror films before the attack. Both were convicted of murder, and the recordings became central to later accounts.
2003
Alan and Diane Johnson were shot in their Idaho home in 2003. Their teenage daughter Sarah was convicted after an investigation involving physical evidence and conflict over her relationship with an older boyfriend. Her denials and later legal challenges have also received coverage.
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.
1970s
Family acquaintance Robert Berchtold abducted Jan Broberg twice during the 1970s. He manipulated Jan and her parents, using threats and elaborate stories to conceal sexual abuse. Her family’s accounts and later documentaries examine the grooming that allowed the abuse to continue.
Year not confirmed
Merrilee Cox-Lafferty disappeared in Utah, and her car was later found in Idaho. Investigators used security footage to trace her movements and examine new persons of interest.
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