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THE CASE LIBRARY
U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.
2014
Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was abducted from a Philadelphia street in November 2014. Surveillance recorded the attack, and investigators found her alive in Maryland three days later. See No Evil examines the search and the camera evidence.
2012
DJ Ervin Holton was shot on a friend's porch in November 2012. Investigators located a nearby business camera facing the scene as they worked to identify his killer.
2012
Skylar Neese left her West Virginia home with friends Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy in 2012 and did not return. Investigators eventually learned the two had killed her in Pennsylvania. Their guilty pleas exposed a planned murder behind months of misleading accounts about her disappearance.
2006
Five girls were killed and five others wounded when a gunman attacked the West Nickel Mines Amish School in October 2006. Families and neighbors’ response to the loss drew attention to Amish understandings of forgiveness. The nonfiction book Amish Grace examines that response; the similarly titled film is a dramatization with fictionalized characters.
2002–2009
Pathologist Bennet Omalu examined the brain of former professional football player Mike Webster and helped bring attention to chronic traumatic encephalopathy in football. His findings and the resistance surrounding them became the subject of reporting and the film Concussion. The story explores sports, medical evidence and institutional responsibility.
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.
1991
Sixteen-year-old Laurie Show was attacked and killed in her Pennsylvania home in 1991. Investigators uncovered hostility and harassment connected to a teenage relationship. Lisa Michelle Lambert and Tabitha Buck were convicted of murder. The case later generated extensive litigation over the evidence and the conduct of the investigation.
1987–2003
Nurse Charles Cullen killed patients while working in New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals. His colleague Amy Loughren helped investigators uncover what was happening. A reported book, a dramatized film and a companion documentary explore the murders and questions about how hospitals handled warning signs.
1986
Nineteen-year-old Jeanne Clery was sexually assaulted and murdered in her Lehigh University dormitory in 1986. Her parents challenged campus security practices and the lack of public crime information. Their advocacy helped establish national campus-safety disclosure requirements.
1962–1972
Biologist and writer Rachel Carson investigated how pesticide use harmed wildlife and ecosystems. Silent Spring challenged assumptions about chemical safety and brought the issue to a wide audience. Her work helped stimulate public demands for stronger environmental oversight, although later regulatory decisions involved many people and scientific reviews.
1949–1968
Eight of Marie Noe’s infants died under circumstances once attributed to unexplained natural causes. Decades later, investigators reopened the Philadelphia case and obtained admissions. Noe pleaded guilty to eight counts of second-degree murder in 1999 under an agreement that included probation and psychiatric evaluation.
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