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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 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 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 Fawziyah Javed
Murder of Fawziyah Javed: her husband Kashif Anwar pushed the 31-year-old pregnant Leeds employment lawyer from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, on 2 September 2021; her dying words convicted him, life with a 20-year minimum term.
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 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 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 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 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 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 Grégory Villemin
Unsolved 1984 murder of four-year-old Grégory Villemin, found bound in the Vologne, France; anonymous 'corbeau' letters and calls, Bernard Laroche's charge and killing, Christine Villemin's cleared charge, and ongoing DNA investigations.
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 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.
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 Henry Nowak
Murder of Henry Nowak: the 3 December 2025 fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old University of Southampton student by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton, England; not to be confused with other people named Henry Nowak. Digwa got life with a 21-year minimum; two officers face gross misconduct investigation over handcuffing the dying victim.
Murder of Holly Bobo
Murder of Holly Bobo: the 2011 abduction and killing of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo, also called the Holly Bobo case. Zachary Adams was convicted in 2017; star witness Jason Autry later recanted, but new-trial requests were denied through 2026.
Murder of Irene White
Murder of Irene White: 2005 contract killing of Irene White (née McBride), 43, stabbed 34 times at her Ice House home in Dundalk, Ireland. Killer Anthony Lambe and middleman Niall Power received life sentences in 2018 and 2019; the suspected mastermind remains uncharged.
Murder of Iryna Farion (Ірина Фаріон)
Murder of Iryna Farion (Ірина Фаріон), Ukrainian linguist, Lviv Polytechnic professor, and Svoboda ex-MP, shot near her Lviv home on 19 July 2024 while waiting for a taxi; 18-year-old Viacheslav Zinchenko of Dnipro was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2026.
Murder of Jacob Wetterling
The 1989 abduction, sexual assault, and murder of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in St. Joseph, Minnesota, unsolved for 27 years until Danny Heinrich confessed in 2016; it inspired the 1994 federal sex offender registration law.
Murder of Jailyn Candelario
Murder of Jailyn Candelario: 2023 death of a 16-month-old Cleveland girl starved and dehydrated after her mother Kristel Candelario left her alone for ten days; life sentence without parole, appeal affirmed 2025.
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 James J. Smith
Murder of James J. Smith: 1932 Detroit killing at 1429 DuBois Street, perpetrator named Robert Karriem or Robert Harris, tied to the Allah Temple of Islam; distinct from the 2006 Massachusetts James J. Smith murder case.
Murder of Janaya Thompson
Murder of Janaya Thompson: July 2014 abduction, rape, and killing of a five-year-old Gulfport, Mississippi girl; neighbor Alberto Julio Garcia pleaded guilty to capital murder in 2017 and remains on death row.
Murder of Janelle Patton
Murder of Janelle Patton, the 2002 killing on Norfolk Island of Australian hotel manager Janelle Patton; New Zealand chef Glenn McNeill was convicted in 2007 and released on parole in 2024.