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Murder of Mandy Stavik
Murder of Mandy Stavik: 1989 rape-murder of an 18-year-old in Acme, Washington, unsolved for 28 years until a coworker retrieved Timothy Bass's discarded Coke can; DNA matched at 1 in 11 quadrillion, leading to his 2017 arrest and 2019 conviction.
Murder of Marcia King
Marcia L. King (born Sossoman, 1959), the "Buckskin Girl," was a 21-year-old Arkansas woman found strangled near Troy, Ohio in April 1981; identified in 2018 via DNA Doe Project genetic genealogy; murder unsolved.
Murder of Marcos Matsunaga
Murder of Marcos Matsunaga: 2012 killing of the Yoki food company executive by his wife Elize Matsunaga in São Paulo; she dismembered the body, confessed, was convicted of qualified homicide in 2016, and was paroled in 2022.
Murder of Marinus Schöberl
Murder of Marinus Schöberl (Mordfall Marinus Schöberl): killing of a 16-year-old by three far-right youths in Potzlow, Brandenburg, July 2002; body hidden in a slurry pit; trial at Neuruppin.
Murder of Marion Parker
The murder of Marion Parker was the December 1927 abduction and killing of a twelve-year-old Los Angeles schoolgirl by William Edward Hickman, a vengeful former employee of her banker father.
Murder of Martha Moxley
Murder of Martha Moxley: unsolved 1975 bludgeoning of a 15-year-old in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a Skakel-family golf club; Michael Skakel convicted in 2002, conviction vacated, charges dropped in 2020.
Murder of Maryann Measles
Murder of Maryann Measles: October 1997 kidnapping, rape, and drowning of a 13-year-old in New Milford, Connecticut, by eight acquaintances; unsolved until 2002 arrests, six pleas, and the 2006 Foster trial.
Murder of Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi
Murder of Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi: 14-year-old Turkish-Italian boy stabbed at a Kadıkoy market in Istanbul on 24 January 2025, died 9 February 2025; two minors sentenced to 24 years, prompting the Minguzzi Law on juvenile penalties.
Murder of Maureen Rowan
Maureen "Cookie" Rowan (1949-1971), formerly "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee", was a Tampa mother of two strangled with a man's belt and found under an I-75 overpass in Sumter County, Florida, in 1971; identified October 2025 by fingerprints, with her late estranged husband a person of interest.
Murder of Megan Kanka
Murder of Megan Kanka: July 29, 1994 rape-murder of a 7-year-old in Hamilton Township, New Jersey by twice-convicted neighbor Jesse Timmendequas, who lured her to see a puppy; it prompted Megan's Law sex offender notification statutes.
Murder of Meredith Kercher
Murder of Meredith Kercher: killing of a 21-year-old British student in Perugia on 1 November 2007; Rudy Guede convicted, while Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted, acquitted, reconvicted, and exonerated in 2015.
Murder of Michele Avila
Murder of Michele "Missy" Avila: the 1985 drowning of a 17-year-old Arleta girl in Angeles National Forest by Karen Severson and Laura Doyle, convicted of second-degree murder in 1990; spawned Missy's Law.
Murder of Michele MacNeill
The murder of Michele MacNeill, born Michele Somers, was the 2007 killing of a Pleasant Grove, Utah mother of eight by her husband Martin MacNeill, convicted in 2013.
Murder of Mike Williams
Murder of Mike Williams: Jerry Michael Williams, 31, a Tallahassee appraiser who vanished duck hunting on Lake Seminole on December 16, 2000, presumed drowned; killed by best friend Brian Winchester in a plot with wife Denise Williams, convicted 2018, resentenced 2021 to 30 years.
Murder of Milly Dowler
Murder of Milly Dowler: 2002 abduction and killing of 13-year-old Amanda "Milly" Dowler in Walton-on-Thames by Levi Bellfield, convicted 2011; case also exposed News of the World phone hacking.
Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of Iowa student, disappeared while running near Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018; Cristhian Bahena Rivera was convicted of her murder.
Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington
Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington: 2009 killing of a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who vanished outside a Metallica concert in Charlottesville; remains found January 2010; Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. pleaded guilty in 2016, also murdering Hannah Graham.
Murder of Nancy Adleman
The Murder of Nancy Adleman: the July 29, 1997 abduction, rape, and strangulation of a 48-year-old Houston jogger; Arthur Lee Burton was convicted in 1998, resentenced in 2002, and executed August 7, 2024.
Murder of Nancy O'Farrell
Murder of Nancy A. O'Farrell, killed January 16-17, 1981 in Marion County, Florida; Ian Deco Lightbourne convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, with decades of appeals.
Murder of Nancy Pfister
Murder of Nancy Pfister: February 2014 bludgeoning death of a 57-year-old Aspen heiress; William 'Trey' Styler confessed and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder; charges against Nancy Styler and Kathy Carpenter were dropped.
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.