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Murder of Carol Jenkins
The murder of Carol Jenkins, also known as Carol Marie Davis Jenkins, was the 1968 stabbing of a 21-year-old Black encyclopedia saleswoman in Martinsville, Indiana, unsolved for decades.
Murder of Caroline Glachan
Murder of Caroline Glachan: 1996 killing of a 14-year-old in Bonhill, Scotland, found in the River Leven; unsolved for 27 years until Robert O'Brien, Andrew Kelly, and Donna Brand were convicted at Glasgow in December 2023.
Murder of Casey Williamson
Murder of Casey Williamson: July 26, 2002 killing of six-year-old Cassandra Williamson in Valley Park, Missouri, by Johnny Allen Johnson; his 2005 death sentence and 2023 execution.
Murder of Charles Perez
Murder of Charles Perez: 2002 Phoenix homicide in which Leroy Dean McGill set Perez and Nova Banta on fire with gasoline; Perez died, McGill was sentenced to death in 2004 and executed May 20, 2026.
Murder of Chere Jo Horton
Murder of Chere Jo Horton: the 1954 rape-murder of a 3-year-old near Lackland AFB, Texas, for which airman Jimmy N. Shaver was twice sentenced to death; later tied to MKUltra mind-control claims.
Murder of Chiara Poggi
Murder of Chiara Poggi (Delitto di Garlasco): 26-year-old killed 13 August 2007 in Garlasco, Pavia. Boyfriend Alberto Stasi convicted to 16 years in 2015; in 2025-2026 prosecutors instead accused Andrea Sempio and sought revision.
Murder of Collin Small
Murder of Collin Small: 2024 Bronx killing in which 44-year-old Collin Small was shot and dismembered in his Highbridge apartment; Sheldon Johnson, a released ex-con and Joe Rogan podcast guest, was indicted for first-degree murder.
Murder of Connie Dabate
Murder of Connie Dabate (the "Fitbit murder"): December 23, 2015 Ellington, Connecticut killing staged as a home invasion; her Fitbit contradicted Richard Dabate's timeline; he was convicted in 2022, sentenced to 65 years, and his 2025 appeal was affirmed.
Murder of Courtney Wilkes
Murder of Courtney Wilkes: 15-year-old Georgia girl killed June 16, 2011, in Seagrove Beach, Florida, by Steven Anthony Cozzie, 21, who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, affirmed in 2017.
Murder of Dale Harrell
Murder of Dale Harrell: Arizona man, 34, bludgeoned with a hammer as he slept in Gilbert on January 14, 2009, dying February 9; wife Marissa Devault, convicted of first-degree murder in 2014, received a life sentence.
Murder of Damico Watkins
1996 killing of Damico D. Watkins, a 17-year-old Black inmate, by Aryan Brotherhood head John C. Stojetz and five inmates at Ohio's Madison Correctional Institution; Stojetz was sentenced to death, affirmed 1999.
Murder of Danny Parrish
Murder of Danny Parrish: January 18, 1991 killing of Fort Pierce, Florida police sergeant Danny Thomas Parrish, 29, shot with his own gun by Billy Leon Kearse, 18, during a traffic stop; Kearse was executed March 3, 2026.
Murder of Donna Fitzgerald
Murder of Donna Fitzgerald: June 25, 2008 killing of a Tomoka Correctional Institution officer by inmate Enoch Hall, who was sentenced to death in 2010 and remains on appeal.
Murder of Dylan Groves
Murder of Dylan Groves: two-month-old Ohio infant killed by parents Jessica and Daniel Groves of Scioto County in 2019; body found in a 30-foot well; both convicted of murder in 2020.
Murder of Eklutna Annie
Eklutna Annie, Jane Doe UP10217, is the only unidentified victim of Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen; her body was found near Eklutna, Alaska in July 1980 and genetic genealogy identification efforts continue.
Murder of Elianne Andam
Murder of Elianne Andam: killing of a 15-year-old schoolgirl stabbed with a kitchen knife near the Whitgift Centre, Croydon, on 27 September 2023 by Hassan Sentamu, 17, after a dispute over a teddy bear; he was convicted in 2025 and given a 23-year minimum term.
Murder of Elisa Nelson
Murder of Elisa Nelson: 1980 abduction and killing of 10-year-old Elisa Nelson, also called Lisa, in Palm Harbor, Florida, by Larry Eugene Mann, convicted 1981 and executed 2013.
Murder of Elizabeth Reiser
Elizabeth (Liz) Reiser, 17, of Dover, Ohio, was stabbed to death in May 2000 after giving a ride to Matthew Vaca outside a New Philadelphia video store; Vaca confessed, pleaded guilty, and is imprisoned with parole eligibility in 2112.
Murder of Emma Caldwell
Murder of Emma Caldwell, Glasgow 2005 killing of a 27-year-old sex worker; killer Iain Packer convicted in 2024 after 19 years; subject of the Emma Caldwell Inquiry into Strathclyde Police failings.
Murder of Emma Walker
Murder of Emma Walker: 2016 killing of a 16-year-old Knoxville cheerleader, also known as the Emma Walker-Riley Gaul case, shot in her sleep by ex-boyfriend William Riley Gaul, convicted of first-degree murder in 2018 and sentenced to life with 51 years before parole.
Murder of Evelyn Colon
Evelyn Colon, formerly Beth Doe, a pregnant 15-year-old from Jersey City murdered in December 1976 and found dismembered in suitcases by the Lehigh River, Pennsylvania; identified by genetic genealogy in 2021; Luis Sierra charged, charges dismissed 2025 on jurisdiction.
Murder of Farah Fratta
Murder of Farah Fratta: 1994 murder-for-hire killing in Atascocita, Texas, in which Robert Fratta hired Joseph Prystash and Howard Guidry to shoot his estranged wife; Fratta was executed in 2023.
Murder of Felecia Williams
Murder of Felecia Williams: 2014 rape and murder of a 9-year-old Tampa girl, also called Sugar Plum, by Granville Ashanti Ritchie after babysitter Eboni Wiley left her with him; Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2020.
Murder of Felicia Gayle
The murder of Felicia Gayle, a reporter and social worker, occurred on August 11, 1998, in Missouri, sparking a nationally contested death penalty case involving Marcellus Williams.
Murder of Frances Slater
Murder of Frances Julia Slater, 18-year-old Stuart, Florida store clerk killed April 27, 1982 by Cave, Parker, Bush, and Johnson; $134 robbery, abduction, stabbing, gunshot death; ended with one execution, one 2023 death-row death, one life sentence.
Murder of Fred Griffis
Murder of Fred Griffis: Florida correctional officer Fred Sidney Griffis, killed June 24, 1987, in West Palm Beach during William Van Poyck and Frank Valdes's failed attempt to free inmate James O'Brien from a prison van; both were sentenced to death.
Murder of Garnett Spears
Murder of Garnett Spears: 2014 salt-poisoning death of a 5-year-old in Chestnut Ridge, New York; mother Lacey Spears, the 'Garnett's Journey' blogger, was convicted of second-degree depraved murder in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years to life.
Murder of Giulia Cecchettin
Murder of Giulia Cecchettin: killing of a 22-year-old Italian engineering student by her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta on 11 November 2023 near Venice; sparked national femicide protests, a new Italian femicide law, and a definitive life sentence in 2025.
Murder of Gordon Sanderson
Murder of Gordon Sanderson, known as "Septic Tank Sam": unsolved 1977 Alberta homicide; tortured, burned body found in a septic tank near Tofield; identified in 2021 via Othram genetic genealogy as an Indigenous Sixties Scoop survivor from Edmonton.
Murder of Harmony Montgomery
Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire girl, was beaten to death by her father Adam Montgomery in December 2019; her body was never found. He was convicted in 2024, but the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the murder conviction in June 2026.