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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 Lesandro Guzman-Feliz
Murder of Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz, the Justice for Junior case: a 15-year-old Bronx teen was dragged from a bodega and killed by Trinitarios gang members in a mistaken-identity attack on June 20, 2018; 13 defendants were convicted or pleaded guilty, with sentences from 12 years to life without parole.
Murder of Linda Reaves
Murder of Linda Reaves: January 24, 1985 Oklahoma City killing of 35-year-old schoolteacher Linda Reaves by Bigler Stouffer, who also shot Douglas Ivens; Stouffer was executed December 9, 2021.
Murder of Lindsay Buziak
Unsolved 2008 killing of Lindsay Buziak, a 24-year-old Saanich, British Columbia realtor stabbed at 1702 DeSousa Place during a staged showing by an unidentified couple; police call it a targeted, planned murder.
Murder of Lindsay Hawker
Murder of Lindsay Hawker: 22-year-old British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, killed by Tatsuya Ichihashi (市橋達也) in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, March 2007; body in sand-filled bathtub; fugitive caught 2009; life sentence 2011.
Murder of Lizbeth Medina
Murder of Lizbeth Medina, 16-year-old Edna High School cheerleader found stabbed in her Edna, Texas bathtub on December 5, 2023; Rafael Govea Romero pleaded guilty in 2025 and received two life sentences plus 20 years.
Murder of Marion Parker
The murder of Marion Parker was the December 1927 abduction and killing of a twelve-year-old Los Angeles schoolgirl by William Edward Hickman, a vengeful former employee of her banker father.
Murder of Martha Moxley
Murder of Martha Moxley: unsolved 1975 bludgeoning of a 15-year-old in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a Skakel-family golf club; Michael Skakel convicted in 2002, conviction vacated, charges dropped in 2020.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Rhys Jones
Murder of Rhys Jones: 2007 fatal shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Croxteth, Liverpool, by Croxteth Crew member Sean Mercer; eight-month Merseyside Police investigation, 2008 murder conviction, and related gang sentences.
Murder of Robert Eric Wone
Murder of Robert Eric Wone: unsolved 2006 stabbing of the Radio Free Asia general counsel, 32, at Joseph Price's Swann Street NW, Washington, D.C. townhouse; housemates acquitted of obstruction, civil suit settled, payments disputed in 2026.
Murder of Ryan Poston
Murder of Ryan Poston: October 12, 2012 shooting of Cincinnati-area attorney Ryan Carter Poston, 29, in Highland Heights, Kentucky by girlfriend Shayna Hubers, who claimed self-defense; convicted 2015 and 2018, serving life.
Murder of Samantha Runnion
Murder of Samantha Runnion: July 15, 2002 kidnapping, sexual assault, and killing of a 5-year-old Stanton, California girl by Alejandro Avila, whose 2005 death sentence was upheld in 2014 and whose crime spurred California's AMBER Alert expansion.
Murder of Sandra Cantu
Murder of Sandra Cantu: 2009 killing of an 8-year-old Tracy, California girl, also called the suitcase murder; Melissa Huckaby, a Sunday school teacher, pleaded guilty and received life without parole.
Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa
Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa (Altantuya Shaariibuu), Mongolian translator killed in Selangor, Malaysia, October 2006; UTK policemen Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar convicted, Abdul Razak Baginda acquitted; civil damages cut to RM1.4 million in 2026.
Murder of Shad Thyrion
Murder of Shad Thyrion: February 2022 killing of a 24-year-old Green Bay man by Taylor Schabusiness, who strangled, decapitated, and dismembered him; she received life without parole in 2023.
Murder of Shafilea Ahmed
Murder of Shafilea Ahmed: 2003 killing of a 17-year-old British-Pakistani girl by her parents Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed in Warrington after she resisted a forced marriage; convicted 2012, 25-year minimum terms.