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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.
Murder of Janet Acosta
Murder of Janet Acosta: 2000 carjacking-kidnapping and strangling of a 49-year-old Miami Herald production worker, also called the Janet Acosta case, by Michael Tanzi, who confessed, was sentenced to death in 2003, and was executed April 8, 2025.
Murder of Jasmine Fiore
Murder of Jasmine Fiore: 2009 killing of the 28-year-old American swimsuit model, allegedly by Canadian reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins of Megan Wants a Millionaire, who killed himself in Canada before trial.
Murder of Jean McConville
Murder of Jean McConville: 1972 abduction, killing, and secret burial of a widowed Belfast mother of ten by the Provisional IRA, which alleged she was an informer; remains found 2003 at Shelling Hill, Co Louth.
Murder of Jeffrey Young
Murder of Jeffrey Young: 1987 fatal beating of a Dallas clothing executive, the crime for which Benjamine Spencer was wrongfully convicted and exonerated in 2021; the killing remains unsolved.
Murder of Jennifer Daugherty
Murder of Jennifer Daugherty: February 2010 torture-killing of a 30-year-old intellectually disabled woman in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, by six acquaintances, the "Greensburg Six," including Angela Marinucci, Melvin Knight, and Ricky Smyrnes.
Murder of Jennifer Odom
Murder of Jennifer Odom: 1993 Florida cold case in which 12-year-old Jennifer Renee Odom was abducted from a Pasco County school bus stop and killed; Jeffrey Norman Crum, Sr. was convicted in 2026 and recommended for the death penalty.
Murder of Jennifer Robinson
Murder of Jennifer Robinson: 1998 killing of 18-year-old Jennifer Robinson in Santa Rosa County, Florida, by Jeremiah Rodgers and Jonathan Lawrence; both sentenced to death in 2000, with later resentencing litigation.
Murder of Jessica Lal
Murder of Jessica Lal: 1999 killing of model Jessica Lall at Tamarind Court, Delhi, by Manu Sharma; acquittal in 2006, public outcry, 2006 High Court conviction, 2010 Supreme Court life sentence upheld, 2020 release.
Murder of Jessica Lunsford
Murder of Jessica Lunsford: 2005 abduction and killing of 9-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford of Homosassa, Florida, by registered sex offender John Evander Couey; led to Florida's Jessica Lunsford Act and Jessica's Laws elsewhere.
Murder of Jessie Blodgett
The murder of Jessie Blodgett was the July 2013 strangling of a 19-year-old Hartford, Wisconsin musician by her former boyfriend, Daniel Bartelt, who received a life sentence.