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Murder of Brooke Wilberger
Murder of Brooke Wilberger: 2004 abduction and killing of a 19-year-old BYU student in Corvallis, Oregon; Joel Patrick Courtney pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in 2009, receiving life without parole in exchange for revealing her remains in the Oregon Coast Range.
Murder of Cara Knott
Murder of Cara Knott: 1986 killing of 20-year-old SDSU student Cara Evelyn Knott by on-duty California Highway Patrol officer Craig Alan Peyer at the Mercy Road off-ramp, Interstate 15, San Diego; two trials, 25-years-to-life sentence, parole denied through 2012.
Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart
Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart: 2006 stabbing death of a 16-year-old Pocatello, Idaho student by classmates Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, the 'Scream Killers', who videotaped their plan; both received life without parole.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Erica Green
The murder of Erica Green, known as "Precious Doe" until her 2005 identification, was the 2001 killing of a three-year-old girl in Kansas City, Missouri.
Murder of Farkhunda Malikzada (فرخنده مالکزاده)
Murder of Farkhunda Malikzada (فرخنده مالکزاده): 2015 mob killing of a 27-year-old Afghan Islamic law student in Kabul, falsely accused of burning a Quran; exoneration, televised trials, and reduced sentences followed.
Murder of Gabriel Fernandez
Murder of Gabriel Fernandez: 2013 torture killing of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy by Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre; led to social worker prosecutions, county reforms, and a Netflix docuseries.
Murder of George Floyd
George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020, after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground under police officer Derek Chauvin's knee for more than nine minutes. The killing.
Murder of Grace Millane
Murder of Grace Millane: 22-year-old British backpacker killed by Jesse Kempson, her Tinder date, in Auckland on 1–2 December 2018; convicted 2019, life sentence with 17-year minimum, appeals dismissed.
Murder of Hannah Graham
Murder of Hannah Graham: 2014 abduction and killing of an 18-year-old University of Virginia sophomore in Charlottesville; Jesse L. Matthew Jr. pleaded guilty in 2016 and received four consecutive life sentences.
Murder of Heather Strong
Murder of Heather Strong: February 2009 kidnapping and suffocation of a 26-year-old mother of two in Marion County, Florida, by her estranged husband Joshua Fulgham and girlfriend Emilia Carr over child custody; Carr's death sentence was later commuted to life.
Murder of Helle Crafts
The murder of Helle Crafts was a 1986 Connecticut homicide. Her husband Richard was convicted using forensic and circumstantial evidence after investigators recovered only small portions of her remains.
Murder of James Bulger
Murder of James Bulger: 1993 killing of a two-year-old abducted from Bootle's Strand shopping centre by ten-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables; trial, tariff dispute, ECHR ruling, and UK youth justice impact.
Murder of Jasmine Fiore
Murder of Jasmine Fiore: 2009 killing of the 28-year-old American swimsuit model, allegedly by Canadian reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins of Megan Wants a Millionaire, who killed himself in Canada before trial.
Murder of Jean McConville
Murder of Jean McConville: 1972 abduction, killing, and secret burial of a widowed Belfast mother of ten by the Provisional IRA, which alleged she was an informer; remains found 2003 at Shelling Hill, Co Louth.
Murder of Jennifer Daugherty
Murder of Jennifer Daugherty: February 2010 torture-killing of a 30-year-old intellectually disabled woman in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, by six acquaintances, the "Greensburg Six," including Angela Marinucci, Melvin Knight, and Ricky Smyrnes.
Murder of Jessica Lal
Murder of Jessica Lal: 1999 killing of model Jessica Lall at Tamarind Court, Delhi, by Manu Sharma; acquittal in 2006, public outcry, 2006 High Court conviction, 2010 Supreme Court life sentence upheld, 2020 release.
Murder of Jessica Lunsford
Murder of Jessica Lunsford: 2005 abduction and killing of 9-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford of Homosassa, Florida, by registered sex offender John Evander Couey; led to Florida's Jessica Lunsford Act and Jessica's Laws elsewhere.
Murder of Jo Cox
Murder of Jo Cox: the 16 June 2016 killing of Labour MP for Batley and Spen Jo Cox in Birstall by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair, days before the Brexit referendum; he received a whole life sentence in November 2016.
Murder of Joanna Yeates
Murder of Joanna Yeates: 25-year-old Bristol landscape architect strangled 17 December 2010; neighbour Vincent Tabak convicted 2011; landlord Christopher Jefferies was wrongly arrested and vilified by tabloid press, prompting contempt fines and Leveson Inquiry testimony.
Murder of John Lennon
Murder of John Lennon: shooting of the former Beatle, 40, outside the Dakota, New York, on December 8, 1980 by Mark David Chapman, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1981 and remains imprisoned, denied parole 14 times.
Murder of Jordan Davis
Murder of Jordan Davis: the November 23, 2012 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jordan Russell Davis by Michael Dunn at a Jacksonville, Florida gas station after an argument over loud music, his stand-your-ground trials, and Lucy McBath's later congressional career.