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Jack the Ripper suspects
Jack the Ripper suspects: the named candidates for the unsolved 1888 Whitechapel murders, led by Macnaghten's 1894 trio Druitt, Kosminski, and Ostrog, plus Tumblety, Chapman, Sickert, Maybrick, and disputed 2014 shawl DNA claims.
Jack Unterweger
Jack Unterweger (1950–1994), Austrian writer and serial killer; life sentence for a 1974 murder, released as a "prison poet" in 1990, then killed prostitutes in Austria, Prague, and Los Angeles; convicted 1994, died by suicide.
Jacksonville Landing shooting
The Jacksonville Landing shooting: August 26, 2018 mass shooting at a Madden NFL 19 qualifier at the GLHF Game Bar, Jacksonville, Florida; David Katz killed Elijah Clayton and Taylor Robertson, wounded 11, then died by suicide.
Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl, American conservative political operative and sometime hedge fund promoter, partner of Jack Burkman; known for failed smears against Mueller and Buttigieg and for the 2020 robocall voter-suppression scheme that brought guilty pleas, probation, a $1.25 million New York settlement, and FCC fines.
Jacques Mesrine
Jacques Mesrine (1936-1979), French bank robber and kidnapper, Public Enemy No. 1; four prison escapes including La Santé 1978, wrote L'Instinct de mort, shot dead by police in Paris in 1979.
Jacques Rançon
Jacques Rançon, the "tueur de la gare de Perpignan", is a French serial killer and rapist convicted three times to life for the 1986, 1997, and 1998 murders of young women, identified in 2014 by DNA.
Jailbait images
Jailbait images: sexually suggestive but non-nude photos of minors, often legal yet exploitative; best known as Reddit's r/jailbait subreddit run by Violentacrez, banned October 2011 after CNN coverage and a nude-image solicitation incident.
Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, CJNG) is a Mexican drug cartel founded around 2010 by El Mencho, a main rival of the Sinaloa Cartel.
James Aren Duckett
James Aren Duckett, former Mascotte, Florida police officer convicted in 1988 of raping and drowning 11-year-old Teresa McAbee; executed July 28, 2026 after inconclusive DNA testing, distinguished from unrelated people named James Duckett.
James Arthur Ray
James Arthur Ray, an American self-help author, was convicted of negligent homicide in 2011 after three participants died in a Sedona, Arizona, sweat lodge ceremony in 2009.
James Benjamin Parker
James Benjamin Parker (1857–1907), "Big Ben," African American waiter who struck Leon Czolgosz and stopped a third shot after McKinley was shot at Buffalo's 1901 Pan American Exposition, then was discredited at trial.
James Burke (gangster)
James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke (born James Conway, 1931–1996) was an Irish-American Lucchese crime family associate, suspected mastermind of the 1978 $5.8 million Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport, and inspiration for Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas; he died in prison for an unrelated murder.
James Cobern
James W. Cobern, Alabama man executed September 4, 1964 in the electric chair for a Dallas County robbery and the killing of Mamie Belle Walker; not the Texas inmate James Colburn.
James Ernest Hitchcock
James Ernest Hitchcock (born 1956) was a Florida prisoner executed April 30, 2026 for the 1976 murder of his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter, Cynthia Driggers; his case produced Hitchcock v. Dugger (1987) and four death sentences.
James Franklin Rose
James Franklin Rose, Florida death-row inmate convicted of the 1976 kidnapping-murder of 8-year-old Lisa Berry (Broward County) and the 1975 murder of Jean Savage; thrice sentenced to death, housed at Union Correctional Institution.
James Galante
James Galante, Danbury, Connecticut trash hauler and owner of Automated Waste Disposal and the Danbury Trashers, ran a mob-linked property rights system and pleaded guilty in 2008 to racketeering conspiracy.
James Hanratty
James Hanratty (1936-1962) was hanged at Bedford Prison for the A6 murder of Michael Gregsten and rape and shooting of Valerie Storie in 1961. His 2002 appeal failed on DNA evidence, though the CCRC had cited non-disclosure.
James Holmes (mass murderer)
James Eagan Holmes, the Aurora theater shooter, killed 12 and wounded 70 at a 2012 Colorado screening of The Dark Knight Rises; convicted on all 165 counts in 2015 and sentenced to 12 life terms plus 3,318 years.
James Marcello
James "Little Jimmy" Marcello (born 1943) is a Chicago Outfit acting boss convicted in the 2007 Operation Family Secrets trial for the Spilotro murders and racketeering, sentenced to life in 2009, held at ADX Florence.
James Rosemond
James Rosemond, known as "Jimmy Henchman," is a former hip-hop manager and Czar Entertainment founder serving multiple life sentences for leading a cocaine trafficking organization and for the murder-for-hire of Lowell Fletcher.
James Scott (criminal)
James Scott (James Robert Scott), Quincy, Illinois man convicted in 1993 under Missouri's 'causing a catastrophe' law for the West Quincy levee breach during the Great Flood of 1993; life sentence, maintains innocence, first parole hearing July 2026.
James Tague
James Thomas Tague, a 27-year-old Dallas car salesman, was the third shooting victim of the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963; a bullet striking a Dealey Plaza curb cut his cheek near the triple underpass.
James W. Lewis
James W. Lewis (James William Lewis), American tax consultant convicted of extorting $1 million from Johnson & Johnson after the 1982 Chicago Tylenol cyanide murders that killed seven; lifelong prime suspect, never charged with murder, died 2023.
James–Younger Gang
The James–Younger Gang, also called the James Gang or Younger-James gang, was a band of former Confederate guerrillas led by Jesse and Frank James and the Younger brothers that robbed banks and trains from 1866 until the failed 1876 Northfield, Minnesota, bank raid ended it.
Jamison family deaths
Jamison family deaths: Bobby, Sherilynn, and Madyson Jamison of Eufaula, Oklahoma, vanished October 8, 2009 while viewing land in the Sans Bois Mountains; their locked truck held $32,000 and their dog; remains found 2013, cause of death undetermined.
Jane Toppan
Jane Toppan, born Honora A. Kelley, was an American serial killer who poisoned patients with morphine. She confessed to 31 murders before being committed to a state hospital.
Jared Lee Loughner
Jared Lee Loughner is an American convicted mass murderer who killed six people and wounded 13, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, in Tucson, Arizona, in January 2011.
Jason Derek Brown
Jason Derek Brown, also sought as Derek Brown or Greg Johnson, is an American fugitive wanted for the November 2004 murder and armed robbery of an armored car guard in Phoenix, Arizona; FBI Ten Most Wanted #489 from 2007 until December 2022, still at large.
Jason Thornburg
Jason Alan Thornburg (born 1980) is a Texas death row inmate, TDCJ 999635, sentenced December 4, 2024, for the 2021 Euless motel murders of three people whose remains were burned in a Fort Worth dumpster; he confessed to two more killings as "sacrifices."
Jasveen Sangha
Jasveen Sangha, the "Ketamine Queen" of North Hollywood, is the dual U.S.-British drug dealer who sold Matthew Perry the fatal ketamine dose, pleaded guilty in September 2025, and was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in April 2026.