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Murder of Cherish Perrywinkle
Murder of Cherish Perrywinkle: 2013 kidnapping, rape, and killing of an 8-year-old Jacksonville girl by sex offender Donald James Smith, who lured her from a Walmart; he was sentenced to death in 2018 and remains on death row pending appeals.
Murder of Chiara Poggi
Murder of Chiara Poggi (Delitto di Garlasco): 26-year-old killed 13 August 2007 in Garlasco, Pavia. Boyfriend Alberto Stasi convicted to 16 years in 2015; in 2025-2026 prosecutors instead accused Andrea Sempio and sought revision.
Murder of Collin Small
Murder of Collin Small: 2024 Bronx killing in which 44-year-old Collin Small was shot and dismembered in his Highbridge apartment; Sheldon Johnson, a released ex-con and Joe Rogan podcast guest, was indicted for first-degree murder.
Murder of Connie Dabate
Murder of Connie Dabate (the "Fitbit murder"): December 23, 2015 Ellington, Connecticut killing staged as a home invasion; her Fitbit contradicted Richard Dabate's timeline; he was convicted in 2022, sentenced to 65 years, and his 2025 appeal was affirmed.
Murder of Courtney Wilkes
Murder of Courtney Wilkes: 15-year-old Georgia girl killed June 16, 2011, in Seagrove Beach, Florida, by Steven Anthony Cozzie, 21, who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, affirmed in 2017.
Murder of Dale Harrell
Murder of Dale Harrell: Arizona man, 34, bludgeoned with a hammer as he slept in Gilbert on January 14, 2009, dying February 9; wife Marissa Devault, convicted of first-degree murder in 2014, received a life sentence.
Murder of Damico Watkins
1996 killing of Damico D. Watkins, a 17-year-old Black inmate, by Aryan Brotherhood head John C. Stojetz and five inmates at Ohio's Madison Correctional Institution; Stojetz was sentenced to death, affirmed 1999.
Murder of Danarnava and the Vengi succession crisis
The murder of Danarnava (दनार्णव) was the killing of Danarnava, king of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, in 973, after which the Telugu Choda chief Jata Choda Bhima seized Vengi.
Murder of Daniel Morcombe
Murder of Daniel Morcombe: 13-year-old Sunshine Coast schoolboy abducted 7 December 2003 at Woombye, killed by Brett Peter Cowan near Beerwah; convicted 2014 after a Mr Big sting; legacy includes the Daniel Morcombe Foundation and Queensland's Daniel's Law.
Murder of Danielle Jones
Murder of Danielle Jones: 15-year-old Essex schoolgirl Danielle Jones disappeared 18 June 2001 in East Tilbury; her uncle Stuart Campbell was convicted of her abduction and murder in 2002 without her body ever being found.
Murder of Danielle van Dam
Murder of Danielle van Dam: 2002 San Diego case in which 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was abducted and killed; neighbor David Westerfield was convicted on blood, fingerprint, and dog-hair evidence and sentenced to death.
Murder of Danny Parrish
Murder of Danny Parrish: January 18, 1991 killing of Fort Pierce, Florida police sergeant Danny Thomas Parrish, 29, shot with his own gun by Billy Leon Kearse, 18, during a traffic stop; Kearse was executed March 3, 2026.
Murder of Darius III by Bessus
The murder of Darius III (قتل داریوش سوم) was the killing of the last Achaemenid king of Persia in 330 BC by Bessus, satrap of Bactria.
Murder of David Knapps
Murder of David Knapps: 1999 killing of Angola prison captain David Knapps during a failed escape by six inmates, the "Angola 5" prosecutions, death sentences for Clark and Brown, life terms for Mathis, Edge, and Carley.
Murder of Debra Jackson
Murder of Debra Jackson, also known as Orange Socks Doe: 23-year-old Abilene, Texas woman strangled near I-35 in Georgetown on October 31, 1979; Henry Lee Lucas falsely confessed, and genetic genealogy identified her in 2019.
Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard
Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard: the June 2015 stabbing of Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard, 48, in Springfield, Missouri, by Nicholas Godejohn at the direction of her abused daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard; a Munchausen syndrome by proxy case. Gypsy Rose received 10 years, Godejohn life without parole.
Murder of Denise Amber Lee
Murder of Denise Amber Lee: 2008 abduction, sexual battery, and killing of a 21-year-old North Port, Florida mother by Michael King; her 911 call failed, leading to the Denise Amber Lee Act and King's 2026 execution.
Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan
Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan: July 31, 2022 Strongsville, Ohio crash in which Mackenzie Shirilla drove a Toyota Camry about 100 mph into a brick wall, killing her boyfriend Russo, 20, and friend Flanagan, 19; convicted of murder in 2023.
Murder of Donna Fitzgerald
Murder of Donna Fitzgerald: June 25, 2008 killing of a Tomoka Correctional Institution officer by inmate Enoch Hall, who was sentenced to death in 2010 and remains on appeal.
Murder of Dru Sjodin
Murder of Dru Sjodin: 2003 abduction and killing of a 22-year-old University of North Dakota student by Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., a released Level 3 sex offender; led to Dru's Law, the NSOPW registry, and a federal death sentence later reduced to life.
Murder of Dylan Groves
Murder of Dylan Groves: two-month-old Ohio infant killed by parents Jessica and Daniel Groves of Scioto County in 2019; body found in a 30-foot well; both convicted of murder in 2020.
Murder of Eklutna Annie
Eklutna Annie, Jane Doe UP10217, is the only unidentified victim of Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen; her body was found near Eklutna, Alaska in July 1980 and genetic genealogy identification efforts continue.
Murder of Elianne Andam
Murder of Elianne Andam: killing of a 15-year-old schoolgirl stabbed with a kitchen knife near the Whitgift Centre, Croydon, on 27 September 2023 by Hassan Sentamu, 17, after a dispute over a teddy bear; he was convicted in 2025 and given a 23-year minimum term.
Murder of Elisa Nelson
Murder of Elisa Nelson: 1980 abduction and killing of 10-year-old Elisa Nelson, also called Lisa, in Palm Harbor, Florida, by Larry Eugene Mann, convicted 1981 and executed 2013.
Murder of Elizabeth Olten
Murder of Elizabeth Olten: the October 21, 2009 killing of 9-year-old Elizabeth Kay Olten in St. Martins, Missouri, by 15-year-old neighbor Alyssa Bustamante, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action and received life plus 30 years.
Murder of Elizabeth Reiser
Elizabeth (Liz) Reiser, 17, of Dover, Ohio, was stabbed to death in May 2000 after giving a ride to Matthew Vaca outside a New Philadelphia video store; Vaca confessed, pleaded guilty, and is imprisoned with parole eligibility in 2112.
Murder of Ella Bennett
Murder of Ella Bennett: the February 2007 killing of 4-year-old Ella Bennett in Abilene, Texas by her 13-year-old brother Paris Bennett, who stabbed her 17 times to punish their mother; also called the Paris Bennett case.
Murder of Ella French
Murder of Ella French: killing of Chicago police officer Ella Grace French, 29, shot August 7, 2021 during a West Englewood traffic stop; Emonte Morgan convicted 2024, sentenced to life without parole; partner Carlos Yanez Jr. wounded.
Murder of Emani Moss
Murder of Emani Moss: 2013 starvation death of a 10-year-old in Lawrenceville, Georgia, also called the Emani Moss case; father Eman Moss got life without parole, stepmother Tiffany Moss was sentenced to death in 2019.
Murder of Emma Caldwell
Murder of Emma Caldwell, Glasgow 2005 killing of a 27-year-old sex worker; killer Iain Packer convicted in 2024 after 19 years; subject of the Emma Caldwell Inquiry into Strathclyde Police failings.