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Murder of Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi
Murder of Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi: 14-year-old Turkish-Italian boy stabbed at a Kadıkoy market in Istanbul on 24 January 2025, died 9 February 2025; two minors sentenced to 24 years, prompting the Minguzzi Law on juvenile penalties.
Murder of Maureen Rowan
Maureen "Cookie" Rowan (1949-1971), formerly "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee", was a Tampa mother of two strangled with a man's belt and found under an I-75 overpass in Sumter County, Florida, in 1971; identified October 2025 by fingerprints, with her late estranged husband a person of interest.
Murder of Megan Kanka
Murder of Megan Kanka: July 29, 1994 rape-murder of a 7-year-old in Hamilton Township, New Jersey by twice-convicted neighbor Jesse Timmendequas, who lured her to see a puppy; it prompted Megan's Law sex offender notification statutes.
Murder of Meredith Kercher
Murder of Meredith Kercher: killing of a 21-year-old British student in Perugia on 1 November 2007; Rudy Guede convicted, while Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted, acquitted, reconvicted, and exonerated in 2015.
Murder of Michele Avila
Murder of Michele "Missy" Avila: the 1985 drowning of a 17-year-old Arleta girl in Angeles National Forest by Karen Severson and Laura Doyle, convicted of second-degree murder in 1990; spawned Missy's Law.
Murder of Michèle Kiesewetter
Murder of Michèle Kiesewetter: killing of the 22-year-old Heilbronn policewoman on 25 April 2007 by NSU terrorists Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos, with Martin Arnold wounded; motive and possible additional perpetrators still disputed.
Murder of Michele MacNeill
The murder of Michele MacNeill, born Michele Somers, was the 2007 killing of a Pleasant Grove, Utah mother of eight by her husband Martin MacNeill, convicted in 2013.
Murder of Mike Williams
Murder of Mike Williams: Jerry Michael Williams, 31, a Tallahassee appraiser who vanished duck hunting on Lake Seminole on December 16, 2000, presumed drowned; killed by best friend Brian Winchester in a plot with wife Denise Williams, convicted 2018, resentenced 2021 to 30 years.
Murder of Milly Dowler
Murder of Milly Dowler: 2002 abduction and killing of 13-year-old Amanda "Milly" Dowler in Walton-on-Thames by Levi Bellfield, convicted 2011; case also exposed News of the World phone hacking.
Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of Iowa student, disappeared while running near Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018; Cristhian Bahena Rivera was convicted of her murder.
Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington
Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington: 2009 killing of a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who vanished outside a Metallica concert in Charlottesville; remains found January 2010; Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. pleaded guilty in 2016, also murdering Hannah Graham.
Murder of Nancy Adleman
The Murder of Nancy Adleman: the July 29, 1997 abduction, rape, and strangulation of a 48-year-old Houston jogger; Arthur Lee Burton was convicted in 1998, resentenced in 2002, and executed August 7, 2024.
Murder of Nancy Harris
Murder of Nancy Harris: 2012 fatal burning of 76-year-old Garland, Texas store clerk Nancy Harris by Matthew Lee Johnson during a robbery; his 2013 death sentence ended with his 2025 execution.
Murder of Nancy O'Farrell
Murder of Nancy A. O'Farrell, killed January 16-17, 1981 in Marion County, Florida; Ian Deco Lightbourne convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, with decades of appeals.
Murder of Nancy Pfister
Murder of Nancy Pfister: February 2014 bludgeoning death of a 57-year-old Aspen heiress; William 'Trey' Styler confessed and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder; charges against Nancy Styler and Kathy Carpenter were dropped.
Murder of Narayanrao Peshwa
The murder of Narayanrao Peshwa (नारायणराव पेशव्यांचा खून) was the killing of the young Maratha Peshwa by Gardi guards at Pune's Shaniwarwada palace in 1773, for which his uncle Raghunathrao was held responsible.
Murder of Natalie McNally
Murder of Natalie McNally: killing of a pregnant 32-year-old at her Lurgan home on 18 December 2022 by partner Stephen McCullagh, who faked a six-hour YouTube livestream alibi; convicted March 2026, minimum 31-year tariff.
Murder of Nicholas Markowitz
Murder of Nicholas Markowitz: 2000 kidnapping and killing of a 15-year-old West Hills teen over half-brother Ben Markowitz's drug debt to Jesse James Hollywood, who was captured in Brazil and inspired Alpha Dog.
Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman
Double stabbing of Nicole Brown Simpson (35) and Ron Goldman (25) outside her Brentwood, Los Angeles condo on June 12, 1994; O.J. Simpson acquitted criminally in 1995, found liable in a 1997 civil trial, $33.5 million judgment, case still unsolved.
Murder of Nikole Bakoles
Unsolved 2000 Utah homicide of Nikole Bakoles, called Saltair Sally while unidentified; isotope hair analysis and DNA identified her in 2012; no charges filed.
Murder of Nori Jones
Murder of Nori Jones: 25-year-old Pocatello, Idaho woman stabbed to death in her Pole Line Road home on September 28, 2004; Brad Scott Compher was arrested in 2014 on fingerprint and DNA evidence, convicted of first-degree murder in 2024, and sentenced to life without parole in 2025.
Murder of Odin Lloyd
Murder of Odin Lloyd: June 17, 2013 killing of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd near Aaron Hernandez's North Attleborough home; Hernandez convicted of first-degree murder in 2015, conviction reinstated 2019.
Murder of Paige Birgfeld
Murder of Paige Birgfeld: 2007 killing of a Grand Junction, Colorado mother of three who secretly ran the Models Inc. escort service; Lester Ralph Jones, a client, was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to life without parole.
Murder of Pamela Butler
Pamela Butler, a 47-year-old EPA computer specialist, disappeared from her Washington, D.C. home in February 2009; boyfriend Jose Angel Rodriguez-Cruz pleaded guilty in 2017 to second-degree murder without a body.
Murder of Patrick Dennehy
The murder of Patrick Dennehy, a Baylor basketball player, led to the conviction of his teammate Carlton Dotson and severe NCAA sanctions against the university for cover-ups.
Murder of Peggy Johnson
Peggy Lynn Johnson, a 23-year-old also known as Racine County Jane Doe, was found murdered in a Wisconsin cornfield in 1999; identified by familial DNA in 2019, her caretaker Linda Sue LaRoche was convicted in 2022.
Murder of Peter Falconio
Murder of Peter Falconio: 2001 killing of a British backpacker near Barrow Creek, NT, and escape of Joanne Lees; Bradley John Murdoch convicted 2005, appeals failed, died 2025; remains never found, $500,000 reward.
Murder of Peter Porco
Murder of Peter Porco: 2004 ax killing of an Albany law clerk in Delmar, New York, and attack on his wife Joan; their son Christopher Porco was convicted in 2006 on circumstantial evidence and is challenging the conviction.
Murder of Polly Klaas
Murder of Polly Klaas: the October 1, 1993 kidnapping and strangling of 12-year-old Polly Hannah Klaas of Petaluma, California, by parolee Richard Allen Davis; trial, death sentence, three-strikes law legacy, and 2024 resentencing denial.
Murder of Pop Smoke
The murder of Pop Smoke was the fatal shooting of Bashar Barakah Jackson, the rapper Pop Smoke, 20, during a home-invasion robbery in Los Angeles's Hollywood Hills in February 2020.