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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 David Knapps
Murder of David Knapps: 1999 killing of Angola prison captain David Knapps during a failed escape by six inmates, the "Angola 5" prosecutions, death sentences for Clark and Brown, life terms for Mathis, Edge, and Carley.
Murder of Debra Jackson
Murder of Debra Jackson, also known as Orange Socks Doe: 23-year-old Abilene, Texas woman strangled near I-35 in Georgetown on October 31, 1979; Henry Lee Lucas falsely confessed, and genetic genealogy identified her in 2019.
Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard
Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard: the June 2015 stabbing of Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard, 48, in Springfield, Missouri, by Nicholas Godejohn at the direction of her abused daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard; a Munchausen syndrome by proxy case. Gypsy Rose received 10 years, Godejohn life without parole.
Murder of Denise Amber Lee
Murder of Denise Amber Lee: 2008 abduction, sexual battery, and killing of a 21-year-old North Port, Florida mother by Michael King; her 911 call failed, leading to the Denise Amber Lee Act and King's 2026 execution.
Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan
Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan: July 31, 2022 Strongsville, Ohio crash in which Mackenzie Shirilla drove a Toyota Camry about 100 mph into a brick wall, killing her boyfriend Russo, 20, and friend Flanagan, 19; convicted of murder in 2023.
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 Dru Sjodin
Murder of Dru Sjodin: 2003 abduction and killing of a 22-year-old University of North Dakota student by Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., a released Level 3 sex offender; led to Dru's Law, the NSOPW registry, and a federal death sentence later reduced to life.
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 Olten
Murder of Elizabeth Olten: the October 21, 2009 killing of 9-year-old Elizabeth Kay Olten in St. Martins, Missouri, by 15-year-old neighbor Alyssa Bustamante, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action and received life plus 30 years.
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 Ella Bennett
Murder of Ella Bennett: the February 2007 killing of 4-year-old Ella Bennett in Abilene, Texas by her 13-year-old brother Paris Bennett, who stabbed her 17 times to punish their mother; also called the Paris Bennett case.
Murder of Emani Moss
Murder of Emani Moss: 2013 starvation death of a 10-year-old in Lawrenceville, Georgia, also called the Emani Moss case; father Eman Moss got life without parole, stepmother Tiffany Moss was sentenced to death in 2019.
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 Ennis Cosby
The murder of Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, occurred in Los Angeles on January 16, 1997, during an attempted robbery; Mikail Markhasev was convicted in 1998.
Murder of Eric Richins
Murder of Eric Richins: Utah mason, 39, died March 4, 2022 of fentanyl poisoning near Park City. Wife Kouri Richins, grief-book author, convicted of aggravated murder March 2026; sentenced to life without parole May 13, 2026; appeal pending.
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.