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Death of Ana Clara Benevides
Death of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, Brazilian psychology student who died of heat exhaustion at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour show in Rio de Janeiro on November 17, 2023, prompting investigations of organizer T4F and Brazilian water-access laws.
Death of Azaria Chamberlain
Death of Azaria Chamberlain: nine-week-old Australian baby taken by a dingo from her family's tent at Uluru on 17 August 1980; her mother Lindy Chamberlain was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1982 and exonerated in 1988, with a dingo finding only in 2012.
Death of Brian Wells
Death of Brian Wells: 2003 collar-bomb killing of Erie, Pennsylvania pizza deliveryman Brian Douglas Wells, who robbed a PNC Bank with a bomb locked to his neck; the device detonated in police custody, later tied to the Diehl-Armstrong conspiracy.
Death of Caylee Anthony
Death of Caylee Anthony, the 2008 unsolved death of an Orlando two-year-old found decomposed near her home; mother Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder in 2011; ruled homicide by undetermined means.
Death of Celine Cremer
Celine Cremer (Céline Cremer), 31, Belgian tourist who died by accident in June 2023 after becoming lost walking to Philosopher Falls, Tasmania; coroner Madeleine Wilson ruled out third-party involvement, a private search found her remains.
Death of Christoph Bulwin
Death of Christoph Bulwin: the unresolved 2011 Regenschirmmord (umbrella murder) case, in which a Hannover software engineer was stabbed with a syringe, poisoned with dimethylmercury, and died in May 2012.
Death of Conrad Roy
Death of Conrad Roy: Fairhaven, Massachusetts 18-year-old who died by carbon monoxide suicide in July 2014 after girlfriend Michelle Carter urged him on by text and phone; her 2017 involuntary manslaughter conviction was upheld in 2019.
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: fatal 31 August 1997 car crash in Paris's Pont de l'Alma tunnel with Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul, pursued by paparazzi; French and British inquiries found no conspiracy, 2008 inquest ruled unlawful killing.
Death of Diane Whipple
Death of Diane Whipple: January 26, 2001 fatal mauling of a San Francisco resident by Presa Canarios Bane and Hera owned by attorneys Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, leading to California's first dog-mauling murder conviction.
Death of Elisa Lam
Death of Elisa Lam (藍可兒): 2013 accidental drowning of a 21-year-old Canadian student found in a Cecil Hotel rooftop water tank in Los Angeles; coroner ruled no foul play, bipolar disorder a contributing condition.
Death of Émile Soleil
Death of Émile Soleil: French toddler, two and a half, who vanished 8 July 2023 at Haut-Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; skull found March 2024, 2025 experts found violent facial trauma, probable third-party intervention, no charges filed.
Death of Garry Hoy
Death of Garry Hoy: Toronto lawyer Garry Hoy (Holden Day Wilson) died 9 July 1993 after throwing himself against a 24th-floor Toronto-Dominion Centre window; the glass held but popped from its frame, and the firm later closed.
Death of Jeffrey Epstein
Death of Jeffrey Epstein: the financier died by hanging at MCC New York on August 10, 2019, ruled suicide by the NYC medical examiner, disputed by pathologist Michael Baden, with DOJ OIG-documented jail failures.
Death of John O'Keefe
Death of John O'Keefe: Boston police officer, 46, found dead in snow outside 34 Fairview Road, Canton, Massachusetts, January 29, 2022. Girlfriend Karen Read was charged with murder, tried twice, and acquitted in June 2025.
Death of Kenneka Jenkins
Death of Kenneka Jenkins: 2017 hypothermia death of a 19-year-old Chicago woman found in a walk-in freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois; ruled accidental with alcohol and topiramate as factors; $10 million 2023 settlement.
Death of Kuang Zhijun (匡志均)
Kuang Zhijun (匡志均), the Chongqing red-dress boy, was a 13-year-old found dead on 5 November 2009, bound and hung from a roof beam; police ruled accidental death, later findings sexual asphyxia.
Death of Kyle Plush
Death of Kyle Plush: Cincinnati 16-year-old who died April 10, 2018, trapped under his Honda Odyssey's folding seat despite two Siri-made 911 calls; led to $6 million settlement and court-supervised 911 reform.
Death of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada
Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, a 25-year-old No Frills Supermarket employee in Council Bluffs, Iowa, vanished November 28, 2009; his remains were found January 24, 2019 behind a cooler at the closed store, identified by parental DNA, death ruled accidental.
Death of Michael Jackson
Death of Michael Jackson: the singer died June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles from acute propofol intoxication ruled a homicide; his physician Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011.
Death of Molly Russell
Death of Molly Russell: 14-year-old from Harrow, London, died 21 November 2017; the 2022 inquest, the first UK inquest to blame social media content, found self-harm while suffering depression and negative effects of online content on Instagram and Pinterest.
Death of Nikki Whitehead
Death of Nikki Whitehead: Jarmecca "Nikki" Whitehead, 34, was found stabbed to death in her Conyers, Georgia bathtub on January 13, 2010. Her 16-year-old identical twin daughters Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead pleaded guilty in 2014 to voluntary manslaughter, each serving 30-year sentences; Tasmiyah was paroled in 2026.
Death of Noah Donohoe
Noah Donohoe was a 14-year-old Belfast schoolboy who disappeared on 21 June 2020 cycling to meet friends and was found dead six days later in a north Belfast storm drain; a 2026 inquest returned a narrative verdict of drowning.
Death of Nolan Wells
Death of Nolan Xavier Wells, 18-year-old Black Mississippi college football player missing after a July 4, 2026 boat trip to Horn Island; cause of death undetermined, grand jury returned no true bill, family seeks federal investigation.
Death of Pheobe Bishop
Death of Pheobe Bishop: 17-year-old from Gin Gin, Queensland, disappeared 15 May 2025 en route to Bundaberg Airport; remains found 6 June near Good Night Scrub National Park; housemates James Wood and Tanika Bromley charged with murder.
Death of Rebecca Zahau
Death of Rebecca Zahau: 2011 hanging death of Jonah Shacknai's girlfriend at Coronado's Spreckels Mansion, ruled suicide by San Diego County sheriff but found civilly liable against Adam Shacknai in 2018.
Death of Rey Rivera
Rey Rivera (born 1973), Baltimore writer and videographer, vanished 16 May 2006 after a phone call and was found dead under a hole in the Belvedere Hotel roof; police said suicide, the medical examiner ruled undetermined.
Death of Sandra Bland
Death of Sandra Bland: the July 13, 2015 death by hanging of Sandra Bland, 28, in Waller County Jail, Texas, three days after a traffic-stop arrest by trooper Brian Encinia; ruled suicide, it prompted the 2017 Sandra Bland Act on jail safety and mental health diversion.
Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh (सोहराबुद्दीन अनवरहुसैन शेख)
Sohrabuddin Sheikh (सोहराबुद्दीन अनवरहुसैन शेख), a Gujarat gangster allegedly linked to LeT, was killed in a 2005 alleged fake encounter; wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati also died. All 22 accused, mostly police, were acquitted in 2018 and again upheld in 2026.
Death of Tamla Horsford
Death of Tamla Horsford, Cumming, Georgia, November 4, 2018: 40-year-old woman found dead after an overnight party; ruled an accidental deck fall by the sheriff's office and GBI, a ruling her family disputes.
Death of Tammy Homolka
Tammy Homolka was Karla Homolka's 15-year-old sister, killed December 23-24, 1990, after Bernardo and Homolka drugged and raped her; her death, ruled accidental, later drove Canada's controversial Homolka plea bargain.