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Killing of Mitchell Moore
Killing of Mitchell Moore: the 2019 fatal shooting of Marty Moore by Aaron Mitchell in Columbus, Mississippi, tried as Mitchell v. State; second-degree murder conviction, 40-year sentence, affirmed 2023 after an autopsy-report dispute.
Killing of Monique and Spencer Tepe
Killing of Monique and Spencer Tepe: Columbus, Ohio couple shot dead in their Weinland Park home December 30, 2025. Monique Tepe's ex-husband, vascular surgeon Michael David McKee, indicted for aggravated murder; case pending.
Killing of Morris Black
Killing of Morris Black: the September 28, 2001 shooting death of 71-year-old Galveston neighbor Morris Black by Robert Durst, who dismembered the body and dumped it in Galveston Bay; acquitted of murder in 2003 on self-defense claims.
Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt
Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt, the "Vietnamese Butcher" case: January 25, 2025 murder and dismemberment in Lạng Sơn, Vietnam, by former market surveillance officer Đoàn Văn Sáng, exposed by internet sleuths; Sáng arrested November 29, 2025.
Killing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam
Killing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam: 2026 death of a 56-year-old nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, found dead in Buffalo, New York, five days after Border Patrol released him at a closed Tim Hortons; ruled a homicide, cause a perforated duodenal ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.
Killing of Oscar Grant
Killing of Oscar Grant: BART officer Johannes Mehserle shot unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant III in the back at Oakland's Fruitvale Station on January 1, 2009; viral cellphone video, involuntary manslaughter conviction, Pirone controversy, protests, and police reforms.
Killing of Philando Castile
Killing of Philando Castile: the July 6, 2016 fatal shooting of the 32-year-old St. Paul cafeteria worker by St. Anthony officer Jeronimo Yanez during a Falcon Heights traffic stop, livestreamed by Diamond Reynolds; Yanez was acquitted in 2017.
Killing of Quentin Deranque
Quentin Deranque, a French far-right activist, died in Lyon in February 2026 after being beaten by ultra-left activists, leading to a national political crisis and 11 arrests.
Killing of Rachel Nickell
Killing of Rachel Nickell: 1992 Wimbledon Common murder; Colin Stagg wrongly prosecuted after honey trap; Robert Napper convicted 2008 via DNA; IPCC errors, £706,000 compensation, Broadmoor detention.
Killing of Rayshard Brooks
Killing of Rayshard Brooks: June 12, 2020 fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks at an Atlanta Wendy's by officer Garrett Rolfe; charges dropped August 2022.
Killing of Rebekah Baptiste
Rebekah Baptiste, 10, died July 30, 2025 after being found unresponsive near Holbrook, Arizona. Father Richard Baptiste and Anicia Woods face murder charges; DCS had received years of abuse reports.
Killing of Rob and Michele Reiner
Double homicide of filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and wife Michele Singer Reiner, 70, found stabbed in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on December 14, 2025; son Nick Reiner, 32, charged with first-degree murder.
Killing of Sam Nordquist
Killing of Sam Nordquist: 2025 torture-murder of a 24-year-old Black transgender man from Oakdale, Minnesota, in Ontario County, New York; seven defendants, four guilty pleas, two life sentences without parole.
Killing of Sandra Birchmore
Killing of Sandra Birchmore: 2021 death of 23-year-old Stoughton, Massachusetts teacher's assistant, ruled suicide then reclassified; former police officer Matthew Farwell faces federal charges.
Killing of Satomi Mitarai (御手洗怜美)
The killing of Satomi Mitarai (御手洗怜美), also known as the Sasebo Slashing, was the 2004 stabbing of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl by her 11-year-old classmate at Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Nagasaki.
Killing of Silverio Villegas González
Silverio Villegas González, 38, Mexican cook killed by an ICE agent September 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Illinois, during Operation Midway Blitz; video contradicted DHS's dragged-agent account; ISP probe and 2026 FTCA claim follow.
Killing of the Clancy children
Killing of the Clancy children: Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) Clancy, strangled by their mother Lindsay Clancy in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023; her postpartum psychosis insanity-defense murder trial ended in a September 2026 mistrial.
Killing of Tim McLean
Killing of Tim McLean: 2008 Greyhound bus beheading near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, by Vince Li (Will Baker), found not criminally responsible, discharged absolutely in 2017.
Killing of Trayvon Martin
Killing of Trayvon Martin: February 26, 2012 shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida's Retreat at Twin Lakes; led to a second-degree murder trial, 2013 acquittal, DOJ review, and Black Lives Matter.
Killing of Tulsiram Prajapati
Killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, also called Tulsi Prajapati: associate of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and sole surviving witness to Shaikh's 2005 abduction, shot dead in an alleged staged encounter on 28 December 2006 near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border; all 22 accused were acquitted in 2018, upheld in 2026.
Killing of Tyre Nichols
Killing of Tyre Nichols: 29-year-old Black man beaten by Memphis Police SCORPION unit officers at a January 7, 2023 traffic stop; died three days later, prompting federal convictions and DOJ findings against MPD.
Killing of Valeria Márquez
Killing of Valeria Márquez: the 13 May 2025 shooting of the 23-year-old Mexican beauty influencer and 2021 Miss Rostro winner during a TikTok livestream at her Zapopan, Jalisco salon; investigated as a femicide, with 2026 arrests linked to the CJNG's Los Rs cell.
Killing of Yuki Adachi
The killing of Yuki Adachi (安達結希) was the 2026 death of an 11-year-old boy in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, for which his adoptive father was charged with murder.
Killings of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley
Killings of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, also called the God's Misfits case: two Hugoton, Kansas women murdered March 30, 2024 in Texas County, Oklahoma during a custody dispute; five charged, Adams sentenced to life without parole.
Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin's former county gaol opened in 1796 and closed 1924, held Irish nationalist leaders; fourteen 1916 Rising leaders were executed there. Now a museum with a panoptic-style 1861 East Wing of 96 cells.
Kim Anh murders
Kim Anh murders: 1995 triple murder at the Kim Anh Vietnamese restaurant, New Orleans East, by police officer Antoinette Frank and Rogers LaCaze during a robbery; victim Officer Ronald Williams II.
Kim Dotcom
Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz, also Kim Tim Jim Vestor), German-Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, shut down by the FBI in 2012; fighting US extradition from New Zealand since his January 2012 arrest.
Kimberly Cargill
Kimberly Cargill (born 1966), Texas death row inmate TDCJ 999572, sentenced in 2012 for the 2010 capital murder of babysitter Cherry Walker in Smith County to stop her testimony; appeals denied through 2020.
Kimberly Sullivan case
Kimberly Sullivan case: Waterbury, Connecticut prosecution of a stepmother accused of holding her stepson captive for 20 years, exposed when he set a 2025 house fire to escape; charges, plea offers, DCF history.
Kinahan Organised Crime Group
Kinahan Organised Crime Group (Kinahan cartel): Irish-led transnational drug trafficking and money laundering organisation founded by Christy Kinahan, based in Spain and Dubai, US-sanctioned in 2022, in feud with the Hutch gang.