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Murder of Natalie McNally
Murder of Natalie McNally: killing of a pregnant 32-year-old at her Lurgan home on 18 December 2022 by partner Stephen McCullagh, who faked a six-hour YouTube livestream alibi; convicted March 2026, minimum 31-year tariff.
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 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman
Double stabbing of Nicole Brown Simpson (35) and Ron Goldman (25) outside her Brentwood, Los Angeles condo on June 12, 1994; O.J. Simpson acquitted criminally in 1995, found liable in a 1997 civil trial, $33.5 million judgment, case still unsolved.
Murder of Nikole Bakoles
Unsolved 2000 Utah homicide of Nikole Bakoles, called Saltair Sally while unidentified; isotope hair analysis and DNA identified her in 2012; no charges filed.
Murder of Nori Jones
Murder of Nori Jones: 25-year-old Pocatello, Idaho woman stabbed to death in her Pole Line Road home on September 28, 2004; Brad Scott Compher was arrested in 2014 on fingerprint and DNA evidence, convicted of first-degree murder in 2024, and sentenced to life without parole in 2025.
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 Paige Birgfeld
Murder of Paige Birgfeld: 2007 killing of a Grand Junction, Colorado mother of three who secretly ran the Models Inc. escort service; Lester Ralph Jones, a client, was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to life without parole.
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 Peggy Johnson
Peggy Lynn Johnson, a 23-year-old also known as Racine County Jane Doe, was found murdered in a Wisconsin cornfield in 1999; identified by familial DNA in 2019, her caretaker Linda Sue LaRoche was convicted in 2022.
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 Polly Klaas
Murder of Polly Klaas: the October 1, 1993 kidnapping and strangling of 12-year-old Polly Hannah Klaas of Petaluma, California, by parolee Richard Allen Davis; trial, death sentence, three-strikes law legacy, and 2024 resentencing denial.
Murder of Pop Smoke
The murder of Pop Smoke was the fatal shooting of Bashar Barakah Jackson, the rapper Pop Smoke, 20, during a home-invasion robbery in Los Angeles's Hollywood Hills in February 2020.
Murder of Preston Davey
Murder of Preston Davey: 13-month-old English baby killed 27 July 2023 in Blackpool by adoptive parent Jamie Varley, who received a whole life order in June 2026; partner John McGowan-Fazakerley got 25 years for allowing the death.
Murder of Prue Bird
Murder of Prue Bird: 13-year-old Prudence Ann Bird, abducted from her Glenroy, Melbourne home on 2 February 1992; body never found. Bega schoolgirl killer Leslie Camilleri pleaded guilty and received 28 years in 2013.
Murder of Rachelle Tolleson
Murder of Rachelle Tolleson: 2004 kidnapping, rape, and killing of 20-year-old Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson in Farmersville, Texas, by Moises Sandoval Mendoza, executed April 23, 2025.
Murder of Raja Raghuvanshi
Murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case: Indore businessman killed May 23, 2025 at Sohra; wife Sonam Raghuvanshi, lover Raj Kushwaha, and three others charged; Supreme Court set aside her bail in July 2026.
Murder of Raymond Fife
Murder of Raymond Fife: 1985 rape, torture, and killing of a 12-year-old in Warren, Ohio. Timothy Combs got life and died in prison in 2018; Danny Lee Hill was sentenced to death, with decades of appeals over bite-mark evidence and intellectual disability.
Murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock
Reagan Simmons-Hancock, a 21-year-old pregnant woman, was murdered by her friend Taylor Parker in New Boston, Texas, in 2020, and Parker was sentenced to death in 2022.
Murder of Rebecca Kunash
Murder of Rebecca Kunash: 1979 abduction, rape, and drowning of a six-year-old Merritt Island, Florida girl by Marine private Bryan Frederick Jennings, tried three times and executed in 2025.
Murder of Reena Virk
Murder of Reena Virk: 1997 killing of a 14-year-old in Saanich, British Columbia, beaten by a teen group and drowned by Kelly Ellard and Warren Glowatski; three Ellard trials, 2009 Supreme Court conviction, 2024 Hulu series.
Murder of Renukaswamy
Murder of Renukaswamy, also called the Darshan Thoogudeepa case: June 2024 killing of a 33-year-old Chitradurga man in Bengaluru; 17 accused including actor Darshan and Pavithra Gowda; 3,991-page chargesheet; trial ongoing.
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 Richard Everitt
Murder of Richard Everitt: 15-year-old white schoolboy stabbed once in the back on 13 August 1994 in Somers Town, north London, by a Bangladeshi gang avenging a jewellery mugging; Badrul Miah got life in 1995, the knife-wielder was never identified.
Murder of Rob Andrew
Murder of Rob Andrew: 2001 Oklahoma City shooting of advertising executive Rob Andrew; estranged wife Brenda Andrew and lover James Pavatt convicted, both death sentences; Supreme Court remand in Andrew v. White (2025).
Murder of Robert Brooks
The murder of Robert Brooks was the December 2024 killing of a 43-year-old incarcerated man beaten to death by New York corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility.
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 Robin Cornell and Lisa Story
1990 Cape Coral, Florida double murder of Robin Cornell, 11, and babysitter Lisa Story, 32; unsolved until Joseph Zieler's 2016 DNA match, 2023 conviction, and death sentence.
Murder of Robin Samsoe
Murder of Robin Samsoe: 1979 kidnapping and killing of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl by Rodney James Alcala, convicted and sentenced to death three times across 1980, 1986, and 2010 trials.