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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.
Murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli
Unsolved 1957 Philadelphia child homicide; victim long known as the Boy in the Box or America's Unknown Child, identified in December 2022 via genetic genealogy as four-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli; case remains open, no charges filed.
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 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 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 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 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 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.