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Murder of Joshua Moyers
The murder of Joshua Moyers was the killing of Nassau County Deputy Sheriff Joshua Moyers, 29, shot during a Florida traffic stop in September 2021.
Murder of Juli Busken
Murder of Juli Busken: the 1996 abduction, rape, and killing of a 21-year-old University of Oklahoma ballet student in Norman, Oklahoma, unsolved until a 2004 CODIS DNA match to Anthony Castillo Sanchez, convicted 2006 and executed in 2023.
Murder of Julio Foolio
June 23, 2024 ambush killing of Jacksonville drill rapper Julio Foolio (Charles Jones II), 26, in Tampa, tied by prosecutors to the 6 Block versus ATK and 1200 gang feud; all five defendants, including Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Rashad Murphy, Davion Murphy, and Alicia Andrews, were convicted by 2026.
Murder of Jun Lin (林俊)
Murder of Jun Lin (林俊), also known as the Lin Jun or Luka Magnotta case: the May 2012 killing and dismemberment of a 33-year-old Concordia University student in Montreal; Magnotta was convicted of first-degree murder in 2014.
Murder of Junko Furuta (古田順子)
Murder of Junko Furuta (古田順子), the 1988-89 concrete-encased high school girl murder case in Tokyo: a 17-year-old abducted, tortured 44 days, killed January 4, 1989; four juveniles received lenient sentences, later reoffending.
Murder of Kamarie Holland
Murder of Kamarie Holland: December 2021 kidnapping, rape, and killing of a 5-year-old Columbus, Georgia girl, body found in Phenix City, Alabama; Jeremy Tremaine Williams convicted, sentenced to death, executed August 13, 2026; mother Kristy Siple pleaded guilty to sex trafficking.
Murder of Kandee Martin
Murder of Kandee Martin, also cited as Kandee Louise Martin killing: 21-year-old South Carolina woman shot and burned in her car trunk in Dorchester County in 2001; Marion Bowman Jr. convicted 2002, executed 2025 while maintaining innocence.
Murder of Kate Bushell
Unsolved 1997 murder of 14-year-old Exeter schoolgirl Kate Bushell, killed walking a neighbour's dog in Exwick; Devon and Cornwall Police's Operation Deakin, costing over £1 million, has never identified her killer.
Murder of Kaylee Sawyer
Murder of Kaylee Sawyer: 23-year-old Central Oregon Community College student killed July 24, 2016 in Bend, Oregon by campus safety officer Edwin Lara, who fled to California, committed further crimes, and received two life sentences.
Murder of Kelly Anne Bates
Murder of Kelly Anne Bates: English teenager, 17, killed by James Patterson Smith in Gorton, Manchester, after grooming from age 14; 150 injuries, drowning, life sentence in 1997.
Murder of Kelsey Smith
Murder of Kelsey Smith: 2007 abduction of 18-year-old Kelsey Ann Smith from a Target in Overland Park, Kansas; killed by Edwin Hall; the Verizon location-data delay led to the Kelsey Smith Act.
Murder of Kendra Hatcher
Murder of Kendra Hatcher, also called the Brenda Delgado murder-for-hire case: the 35-year-old Dallas pediatric dentist was shot September 2, 2015 in her Uptown apartment garage by gunman Kristopher Love, driven by Crystal Cortes, in a plot arranged by Delgado, her ex-boyfriend's jealous ex-girlfriend.
Murder of Kenneth Meers
Murder of Kenneth Meers: 1992 robbery-murder of an Oklahoma City convenience store owner by Emmanuel Littlejohn and Glenn Bethany; conflicting triggerman theories led to a death sentence and a life sentence, and Littlejohn was executed in 2024.
Murder of Kim Ha-neul
Murder of Kim Ha-neul (김하늘): the February 10, 2025 killing of an 8-year-old first-grader by teacher Myeong Jae-wan at Seonyu Elementary School in Daejeon, South Korea; a premeditated stabbing that led to the proposed Ha-neul law and a life sentence.
Murder of Kim Wall
Murder of Kim Wall: the 2017 killing of Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard Peter Madsen's submarine UC3 Nautilus in Køge Bay, Denmark; Madsen was convicted of premeditated murder in 2018 and sentenced to life imprisonment, upheld on appeal.
Murder of Kimberly Leach
Murder of Kimberly Diane Leach (1966–1978), a 12-year-old Lake City, Florida seventh-grader abducted February 9, 1978 and killed by Ted Bundy; last of his victims, Orlando 1980 trial, death sentence, 1989 execution.
Murder of Kirsten Costas
Kirsten Marina Costas was a 15-year-old cheerleader stabbed to death in 1984 by classmate Bernadette Protti in Orinda, California, inspiring the film Death of a Cheerleader.
Murder of Kitty Genovese
The 1964 murder of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese in Kew Gardens, Queens, by Winston Moseley, famous for the false New York Times report of 38 unresponsive witnesses that launched bystander effect research and the 911 system.
Murder of Kriss Donald
Murder of Kriss Donald: 2004 racially motivated killing of a 15-year-old white Scottish boy in Glasgow by five Pakistani-origin men; first racially aggravated murder convictions in Scotland, sentences up to 25 years.
Murder of Kristen French
Murder of Kristen French: April 1992 abduction, sexual assault, and killing of a 15-year-old St. Catharines schoolgirl by Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka; Bernardo received life, Homolka 12 years for manslaughter.
Murder of Kristin Smart
Murder of Kristin Smart: 1996 disappearance of a 19-year-old Cal Poly freshman after an off-campus party; Paul Flores, last seen with her, convicted of first-degree murder in 2022 and sentenced to 25 years to life; her body remains unfound.
Murder of Kyle Dinkheller
Murder of Kyle Dinkheller: 1998 fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Laurens County, Georgia deputy by Vietnam veteran Andrew Brannan during a 98 mph traffic stop; dashcam video, death sentence, 2015 execution, police-training legacy.
Murder of Laci Peterson
Murder of Laci Peterson: 2002 killing of a pregnant Modesto, California teacher; husband Scott Peterson convicted of first- and second-degree murder in 2004, death sentence reversed in 2020, case now pursued by the Los Angeles Innocence Project.
Murder of Lai Ying Xin
Lai Ying Xin, a Malaysian schoolgirl, was murdered in Kulai, Johor, in 2008. The four perpetrators, who attended her school, were initially sentenced to death but later commuted.
Murder of Laken Riley
The 2024 killing of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley while jogging on the University of Georgia campus; Jose Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented Venezuelan migrant, was convicted of all counts and sentenced to life without parole; the case drove the 2024 immigration debate and the Laken Riley Act.
Murder of Lana Clarkson
Murder of Lana Clarkson: 2003 shooting of actress Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector's Alhambra, California mansion; Spector convicted of second-degree murder in 2009 after a mistrial and retrial, sentenced to 19 years to life.
Murder of Laquan McDonald
Murder of Laquan McDonald: the October 20, 2014 fatal shooting of a Black 17-year-old by Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke, who fired 16 shots; withheld dashcam video, 2018 conviction, and 2019 consent decree distinguish the case.
Murder of Larry King
Murder of Lawrence "Larry" King, a 15-year-old student shot by classmate Brandon McInerney on February 12, 2008 at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, California; prosecuted as a hate crime and later reframed as the killing of trans girl Latisha King.
Murder of Lauren Giddings
Murder of Lauren Giddings: 2011 killing of Mercer University law graduate Lauren Giddings, 27, strangled and dismembered by neighbor Stephen McDaniel in Macon, Georgia; he pleaded guilty in 2014 to life in prison.
Murder of Layla Cummings
Murder of Layla Cummings: July 1984 kidnapping, rape, and killing of 7-year-old Layla Dawn Cummings of Elk City, Oklahoma; her former stepfather Richard Norman Rojem Jr. was convicted in 1985, sentenced to death three times, and executed June 27, 2024.