Cold Cases of the 2010s
154 documented cases in which the crime or disappearance took place between 2010 and 2019. 49 are recorded as unsolved.
- Unsolved 49 (32%)
- Partly resolved 6 (4%)
- Charges or trial pending 6 (4%)
- Solved or convicted 82 (53%)
- Closed without conviction 11 (7%)
By type
All 154 cases
Aniah Blanchard
Nineteen-year-old Aniah Blanchard, stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, disappeared from Auburn, Alabama, in October 2019. Her remains were found a month later in Macon County.
Bianca Devins
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Devins of Utica, New York, was killed on July 14, 2019 by Brandon Clark, 21, who had driven her home from a concert in New York City.
Dayton Shooting
Nine people were killed and 17 wounded by gunfire when Connor Betts, 24, opened fire in Dayton's Oregon District at about 1:05 a.m. on August 4, 2019.
Dulce Maria Alavez
Five-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared from a playground at Bridgeton City Park while her mother sat in a nearby car. A witness reported seeing a man lead the child away.
Elizabeth Barraza
Elizabeth Barraza, 29, was shot in the driveway of her Tomball-area home at about 6:52 a.m. on January 25, 2019, while setting up for a garage sale; she died the next day.
Evelyn Boswell
Fifteen-month-old Evelyn Mae Boswell of Sullivan County, Tennessee, was reported missing on February 18, 2020, about two months after she was last seen.
Harmony Montgomery
Five-year-old Harmony Montgomery is believed to have died in Manchester, New Hampshire, in December 2019 but was not reported missing until late 2021; her remains have not been found.
Jennifer Dulos
Jennifer Dulos, 50, disappeared from New Canaan, Connecticut, on May 24, 2019, amid a contentious divorce. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder but died by suicide in January 2020 before trial and was…
Maleah Davis
Four-year-old Maleah Davis was reported missing in Houston in May 2019 by her mother's ex-fiance Derion Vence, who claimed she was abducted during a carjacking.
Mallory Beach
Mallory Beach, 19, died when a boat carrying six young people struck a bridge at Archers Creek near Beaufort, South Carolina, early on February 24, 2019. Her body was found on March 3.
Nikki Kuhnhausen
Seventeen-year-old transgender girl Nikki Kuhnhausen was killed in June 2019 by David Bogdanov after he learned she was transgender. Her remains were found on Larch Mountain in Clark County six months later.
Nipsey Hussle
Grammy-nominated rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his Marathon Clothing store in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Eric Holder Jr. was convicted of first-degree murder in 2022.
RJR Maintenance Murders
Four people were murdered at RJR Maintenance in Mandan, North Dakota. Chiropractor Chad Isaak, a tenant of the property management company, was convicted after his car was caught on surveillance.
Savannah Spurlock
Savannah Spurlock, a Madison County, Kentucky, mother of four, disappeared after leaving a Lexington bar with three men on the night of January 4, 2019.
Serenity June Dennard
Nine-year-old Serenity Dennard ran away from the Black Hills Children's Home near Rockerville, South Dakota, on the frigid morning of February 3, 2019, and was last seen walking north on Rockerville Road without a coat.
Tammy Daybell
Tammy Daybell died at her home in Salem, Idaho on October 19, 2019. A coroner ruled the death natural without an autopsy, but her body was exhumed that December and an autopsy found she died of asphyxiation.
Tylee Ryan & Joshua 'JJ' Vallow
Sixteen-year-old Tylee Ryan and seven-year-old JJ Vallow disappeared in September 2019 and were found buried on the Idaho property of their mother's new husband, Chad Daybell, in June 2020.
Adea Shabani
Acting student Adea Shabani, 25, was last seen leaving her Hollywood apartment on February 23, 2018. Her remains were recovered a month later from a shallow grave in the Spenceville Wildlife Area in Nevada County, California…
Botham Jean
Botham Jean, 26, was shot in his own Dallas apartment on September 6, 2018, by off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who said she entered his apartment by mistake.
Daniel Brophy
Chef Daniel Brophy was murdered at the Oregon Culinary Institute. His wife Nancy, a romance novelist who wrote an essay called 'How to Murder Your Husband,' was convicted of his murder.
Gloria Satterfield
Murdaugh family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield died after a fall at the Murdaugh home. Alex Murdaugh collected $4.3 million in insurance but stole the money from her sons.
Grace Millane
British backpacker Grace Millane was strangled in a central Auckland hotel apartment on the night of December 1-2, 2018, the eve of her 22nd birthday, after a date with a man she met on Tinder.
Hart Family
Six adopted children aged 12 to 19 died on March 26, 2018, when Jennifer Hart drove the family's SUV off a cliff on Highway 1 near Westport, California, with her wife Sarah also inside.
Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents. Eight people were convicted in a closed Saudi trial. A declassified 2021 U.S.
Jayme Closs
Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped after her parents were murdered in Barron, Wisconsin. She escaped 88 days later. Jake Patterson was sentenced to life in prison.
Jermain Charlo
Jermain Charlo, a 23-year-old mother of two and enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, was last seen around midnight on June 15-16, 2018, on surveillance video in an alley behind the Badlander bar in…
Karlie Gusé
Sixteen-year-old Karlie Lain Gusé disappeared from her family's home in Chalfant, Mono County, California, early on October 13, 2018, after a night of paranoia that followed smoking marijuana at a party.
Kelsey Berreth
Pilot and flight instructor Kelsey Berreth was murdered on Thanksgiving Day by her fiancé Patrick Frazee in Woodland Park, Colorado. He burned her body. Frazee was sentenced to life.
Kierra Coles
Kierra Coles, a 26-year-old U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who was about three months pregnant, vanished from Chicago's South Side in October 2018.
Mollie Tibbetts
University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, disappeared while out for an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18, 2018. Her body was found in a Poweshiek County cornfield on August 21, 2018.
Parkland Shooting Victims
Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people and wounded 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He was sentenced to life without parole.
Sergei & Yulia Skripal Poisoning
Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, and both survived; Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after handling the discarded agent.
Shanann Watts & Family
Shanann Watts, 34, who was 15 weeks pregnant, and her daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were murdered by her husband Chris Watts in Frederick, Colorado, on August 13, 2018.
Tamla Horsford
Tamla Horsford, a Black mother of five, was found dead at a sleepover party at a white friend's home in Cumming, Georgia. Her death was ruled accidental but her family disputes this.
Whitey Bulger (death)
Notorious Boston mob boss and longtime FBI informant Whitey Bulger, 89, was beaten to death hours after arriving at USP Hazelton in West Virginia on October 30, 2018.
XXXTentacion
Rapper XXXTentacion (Jahseh Onfroy), 20, was shot and killed during a robbery outside RIVA Motorsports in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on June 18, 2018.
Abigail Williams & Liberty German
Thirteen-year-old Abigail Williams and fourteen-year-old Liberty German were murdered while hiking the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana, on February 13, 2017. Liberty recorded audio and video of a suspect on her phone.
Alex Batty (found)
Alex Batty of Oldham, England, was 11 when he failed to return from a holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather in October 2017.
Ashley Loring HeavyRunner
Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year-old Blackfeet Community College student, vanished from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana, in June 2017.
Maëlys de Araujo
Eight-year-old Maëlys de Araujo disappeared from a wedding party in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, in the French Alps, in the early hours of August 27, 2017.
Otto Warmbier
American student Otto Warmbier was detained in North Korea for 17 months and returned to the U.S. in a vegetative state. He died days later. North Korea claimed he contracted botulism.
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind
Twenty-two-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind was eight months pregnant when she was killed in Fargo, North Dakota, in August 2017; her baby was cut from her womb and survived.
Sherin Mathews
Three-year-old adopted Indian girl Sherin Mathews was reported missing in Richardson, Texas. Her adoptive father Wesley Mathews later admitted to killing her. He was sentenced to life.
Yingying Zhang
Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old visiting scholar from China at the University of Illinois, was abducted from a bus stop in Urbana on June 9, 2017, and killed.
Corrie McKeague
RAF gunner Corrie McKeague, 23, vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on September 24, 2016. CCTV showed him entering an area containing commercial waste bins, and a months-long landfill search found no remains.
Emma Walker
Sixteen-year-old Emma Walker was fatally shot in her bed at her family's Knoxville, Tennessee, home on November 21, 2016, by shots fired through her bedroom wall from outside.
Flora Fire Victims
Four sisters aged 5 to 11 - Keyana Davis, Keyara Phillips, Kerriele McDonald and Kionnie Welch - died in a house fire in Flora, Indiana, on November 21, 2016. Indiana State Police say the fire was intentionally set.
Ingrid Lyne
Forty-year-old nurse Ingrid Lyne was killed in her Renton, Washington, home on April 8, 2016, after a date. Her dismembered remains were found in recycling bins in Seattle.
Joel & Lisa Guy Sr.
Joel Guy Sr., 61, and Lisa Guy, 55, were stabbed to death and dismembered at their home in west Knox County, Tennessee, over Thanksgiving weekend 2016.
Keeshae Jacobs
Keeshae Jacobs, 21, vanished after being dropped off at a Church Hill home in Richmond in September 2016. In 2024 police confirmed she was dead, and a jailed murderer admitted disposing of her body, though no one has been…
Philando Castile
Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. His girlfriend broadcast the aftermath live on Facebook. Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter in 2017.
Sarah Stern
Sarah Stern, 19, was strangled at her Neptune City, New Jersey, home on December 2, 2016, during a robbery, and her body was thrown from the Route 35 bridge; it has never been recovered.
Sierah Joughin
Twenty-year-old Sierah Joughin was abducted while bicycling in rural Ohio. James Worley, a convicted kidnapper, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to death.
Stephen Port Victims
Serial killer Stephen Port drugged and raped young men using GHB, killing four in Barking, East London. Police initially failed to link the deaths despite bodies being found in similar locations.
Terri 'Missy' Bevers
Fitness instructor Missy Bevers was found dead in a church where she was preparing for an early morning boot camp class. Surveillance footage showed a suspect in SWAT-style tactical gear walking through the church before the…
Tyler & Charlee Worley
Brandi Worley stabbed her two children, Tyler (7) and Charlee (3), to death in their Darlington, Indiana, home on November 17, 2016, a day after her husband filed for divorce, and then stabbed herself.
Casey White (murder conviction)
Connie Ridgeway, 59, was found stabbed to death in her Lauderdale County, Alabama apartment in October 2015. Inmate Casey White confessed in 2020 and was charged with capital murder, but he later recanted and pleaded not guilty…
Crystal Rogers
Crystal Rogers, a 35-year-old mother of five, vanished from Bardstown, Kentucky, in July 2015; her abandoned car was found days later with a flat tire.
DeOrr Kunz Jr.
Two-year-old DeOrr Jay Kunz Jr. vanished on July 10, 2015, from Timber Creek Campground in remote Lemhi County, Idaho, about ten miles from Leadore, while camping with his parents, great-grandfather, and a family friend.
Dee Dee Blanchard
Dee Dee Blanchard was murdered by her daughter Gypsy Rose's boyfriend after years of medical child abuse (Munchausen syndrome by proxy). Gypsy had been forced to feign illness and disability her entire life.
Ebby Jane Steppach
Ebby Steppach, 18, vanished in Little Rock, Arkansas, in late October 2015, days after telling her stepfather she had been gang-raped at a party and wanted to report it to police.
Freddie Gray
Freddie Gray died of spinal cord injuries sustained while in Baltimore police custody. Six officers were charged but all were acquitted or had charges dropped. His death sparked the 2015 Baltimore uprising.
Henry McCabe
Henry McCabe, a 32-year-old Minnesota state auditor, disappeared after a night out over Labor Day weekend in 2015, following disturbing phone calls in which relatives heard him screaming in distress.
Katelin Akens
Katelin Akens, 19, vanished on December 5, 2015, after being dropped at her former stepfather's home in Partlow, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, for a ride toward a flight to Arizona.
Lauren Agee
Lauren Agee, 21, was found dead below a cliff at Center Hill Lake near Smithville, Tennessee, in July 2015. Officials ruled the death accidental, but her family disputes that finding and believes foul play was involved.
Macin Smith
Seventeen-year-old Macin Smith left his family's home in St. George, Utah, on the morning of September 1, 2015, and did not arrive at Desert Hills High School.
Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland, 28, was found dead in her Waller County, Texas, jail cell on July 13, 2015, three days after her arrest during a traffic stop. Her death was ruled a suicide by hanging, a finding her family has disputed.
Stephen Smith
Nineteen-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead on a rural Hampton County road in July 2015. His death was initially treated as a hit-and-run, though no vehicle debris was found.
Teresa Sievers
Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46, was beaten to death with hammers in her Bonita Springs, Florida home on June 28, 2015. Her husband, Mark Sievers, was convicted of first-degree murder in December 2019 and sentenced to death.
Tiffany Valiante
Tiffany Valiante, an 18-year-old athlete from Mays Landing, New Jersey, was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Galloway Township in July 2015 after walking away from her home.
Walter Scott
Walter Scott, 50, was shot in the back and killed while running from North Charleston police officer Michael Slager after a traffic stop on April 4, 2015.
Daniel Holtzclaw Victims
Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was convicted on December 10, 2015, of 18 of 36 counts, including four of first-degree rape, for sexually assaulting eight Black women while on patrol.
Eric Garner
Eric Garner died after being placed in a chokehold by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo during an arrest in Staten Island. His final words 'I can't breathe' became a rallying cry. A Staten Island grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo.
Hannah Graham
University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, 18, disappeared from downtown Charlottesville early on September 13, 2014; her remains were found five weeks later in Albemarle County. Jesse Matthew Jr.
Jennifer Laude
Transgender Filipina Jennifer Laude was murdered by U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton in a motel in Olongapo. The case strained U.S.-Philippine relations and sparked debate about the Visiting Forces Agreement.
Jessica Chambers
Nineteen-year-old Jessica Chambers was found burning on a road in Courtland, Mississippi, her body set on fire while she was still alive. She was able to say a partial name to a first responder but died shortly after.
Kenny Veach
Kenny Veach, a 47-year-old experienced hiker and YouTuber, vanished in November 2014 while searching the Nevada desert for a mysterious 'M cave' he claimed to have found near Nellis Air Force Base.
Laquan McDonald
Seventeen-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke on October 20, 2014. Dashboard camera footage was withheld for 13 months until a court ordered its release.
Lars Mittank
Lars Mittank, a 28-year-old from Itzehoe, Germany, disappeared on July 8, 2014 after abruptly leaving a doctor's office at Varna Airport in Bulgaria and running from the terminal, leaving his luggage, passport and phone behind.
Liam Fee
Two-year-old Liam Fee died at his home near Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland, on March 22, 2014, from heart injuries caused by blunt force trauma.
Lisanne Froon & Kris Kremers
Two Dutch tourists disappeared while hiking near Boquete, Panama. Their backpack was found weeks later with phones, camera, and disturbing nighttime photos. Skeletal remains were found months later.
Michael Brown
Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict Wilson. The U.S.
Myra Lewis
Two-year-old Myra Rena Lewis vanished from the front yard of her rural home near Camden, Mississippi, on March 1, 2014. Despite an Amber Alert, an FBI investigation and a $20,000 reward, she has never been found.
Relisha Rudd
Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd, who lived with her family at a Washington, D.C. homeless shelter, disappeared in early 2014 after being taken by a shelter janitor, Kahlil Tatum.
Rico Harris
Rico Harris, a 37-year-old former Harlem Globetrotter driving from Los Angeles to Seattle to start a new life, vanished in October 2014.
Sarah and Jacob Hoggle
Two-year-old Sarah and three-year-old Jacob Hoggle were last seen with their mother, Catherine Hoggle, in Montgomery County, Maryland, in September 2014 and have never been found.
Saronno Hospital Patient Deaths (Leonardo Cazzaniga case)
Leonardo Cazzaniga, a former deputy head of the emergency department at Saronno Hospital in Lombardy, Italy, was convicted of killing patients with overdoses of morphine, anaesthetics and sedatives.
Tamir Rice
Twelve-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann within two seconds of arriving at a park where Tamir was playing with a toy gun. A grand jury declined to indict the officers.
William Tyrrell
Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappeared from his foster grandmother's home on Benaroon Drive in Kendall, New South Wales, on the morning of September 12, 2014, while wearing a Spider-Man suit.
Abigail Hernandez
Fourteen-year-old Abby Hernandez disappeared while walking home from school in Conway, New Hampshire. She reappeared nearly nine months later, having been held captive by Nathaniel Kibby. Kibby was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Alexis Murphy
Seventeen-year-old Alexis Murphy disappeared on August 3, 2013, after stopping at a gas station in Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia.
Amy Lord
Twenty-four-year-old Amy Lord was kidnapped from her South Boston apartment, forced to withdraw money from ATMs, then murdered. Edwin Alemany was convicted and sentenced to life.
Avonte Oquendo
Fourteen-year-old Avonte Oquendo, a nonverbal autistic student, walked out of his Long Island City, Queens, school on October 4, 2013. His remains were found along the East River in January 2014.
Brandon Lawson
Brandon Lawson, 26, vanished in the early hours of August 9, 2013, after running out of gas on U.S. Highway 277 a few miles south of Bronte, Texas, north of San Angelo, and placing a frantic, confused 911 call.
Bryce Laspisa
Bryce Laspisa, a 19-year-old college student, disappeared on August 30, 2013, near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California, after a series of unusual stops and phone calls while driving toward his parents' home.
Elisa Lam
Canadian tourist Elisa Lam was found dead in a rooftop water tank at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. Eerie elevator surveillance footage showed her behaving oddly before her disappearance.
Hanna Harris
Hanna Harris, a 21-year-old Northern Cheyenne tribal member, disappeared on July 4, 2013, in Lame Deer on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Her body was found four days later near the rodeo grounds.
Heather Elvis
Heather Elvis, 20, disappeared in Horry County, South Carolina, on December 18, 2013; her car was found at Peachtree Landing. Tammy Moorer (October 2018) and Sidney Moorer (September 2019) were each convicted of kidnapping and…
Joanna Dennehy Victims
Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, John Chapman, 56, and Kevin Lee, 48, were stabbed to death in Peterborough, England, in March 2013 and their bodies left in ditches.
Kelsie Schelling
Kelsie Schelling, a 21-year-old woman who was eight weeks pregnant, vanished in 2013 after driving from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado, to meet her boyfriend, Donthe Lucas.
Kendrick Johnson
Kendrick Johnson, a 17-year-old student, was found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat in the gymnasium at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, in January 2013.
Natalia Grace Barnett
Michael and Kristine Barnett were charged in 2019 with neglecting their adopted daughter Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born girl with a rare form of dwarfism, after allegedly leaving her alone in a Lafayette, Indiana, apartment in…
Officer Jason Ellis
Bardstown police officer Jason Ellis, 33, was ambushed and killed with a 12-gauge shotgun in the early morning of May 25, 2013, after stopping to clear tree branches that investigators believe were deliberately placed on the…
Rachel Lucille Cyriacks
Rachel Cyriacks, a 30-year-old mother of three from Woonsocket, South Dakota, vanished on November 13, 2013, after driving to Huron to pick up her estranged husband, Brad Cyriacks, who was being released from jail.
Reeva Steenkamp
Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day. He claimed he thought she was an intruder. He was convicted of murder.
Tiffany Michelle Whitton
Tiffany Whitton, a 26-year-old mother, was last seen on security video running barefoot out of a Walmart in Marietta, Georgia, in the early hours of September 13, 2013, after a suspected shoplifting incident.
Amore Wiggins ("Opelika Jane Doe")
The skeletal remains of a young girl found in a trailer park in Opelika, Alabama, on January 28, 2012, went unidentified for nearly 11 years as "Opelika Jane Doe" or "Baby Jane Doe." In January 2023 she was identified through…
April Jones
Mark Bridger was convicted on 30 May 2013 of abducting and murdering five-year-old April Jones, who was taken from the Bryn-y-Gog estate in Machynlleth, Wales, on 1 October 2012. He received a whole-life order at Mold Crown Court.
Brittany Killgore
Twenty-two-year-old Marine wife Brittany Killgore disappeared from Fallbrook, California, on April 13, 2012, after being picked up by an acquaintance, Marine Staff Sgt. Louis Ray Perez.
Brittney Wood
Nineteen-year-old Brittney Wood vanished while on her way to meet her uncle in Mobile, Alabama. The investigation uncovered a massive family sexual abuse ring. Brittney has never been found.
Cari Farver
Cari Farver, a 37-year-old programmer, disappeared from the Omaha area in November 2012. Her body was never found, but Shanna 'Liz' Golyar was convicted in 2017 after impersonating Farver online for years in an elaborate…
Daniel Pelka
Daniel Pelka, 4, died of a head injury on March 3, 2012, in Coventry, England, after months of starvation and beatings. His mother, Magdalena Luczak, and her partner, Mariusz Krezolek, were convicted of murder at Birmingham…
Dylan Redwine
Thirteen-year-old Dylan Redwine disappeared during a court-ordered visit with his father Mark in Bayfield, Colorado. Mark Redwine was convicted of his murder in 2021.
Emma Fillipoff
Emma Fillipoff, 26, was last seen on the evening of November 28, 2012, barefoot outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia.
Faith Hedgepeth
UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth, 19, was found beaten to death in her off-campus apartment on September 7, 2012. Crime-scene DNA went unmatched for nine years, and a note written on a fast-food bag was found near her body.
Israel Keyes Victims
Israel Keyes confessed to killing Samantha Koenig, 18, abducted in Anchorage on February 1, 2012, and Bill and Lorraine Currier, who vanished from Essex, Vermont, in June 2011.
Jessica Ridgeway
Ten-year-old Jessica Ridgeway was abducted while walking to school in Westminster, Colorado, on October 5, 2012. Her dismembered remains were found days later in Arvada.
Jill Meagher
Jill Meagher, a 29-year-old Irish-born ABC Radio Melbourne employee, was raped and murdered while walking home along Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne, in the early hours of September 22, 2012.
Jordan Davis
Seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis was shot at a Jacksonville gas station by Michael Dunn following an argument over loud music. Dunn fired into the vehicle claiming self-defense.
Jun Lin
Luka Magnotta murdered Chinese international student Jun Lin in Montreal, dismembered him, and mailed body parts to political offices. He fled internationally before being caught in Berlin.
Kortne Stouffer
Kortne Ciera Stouffer, a 21-year-old woman, vanished from her Palmyra, Pennsylvania apartment in the early hours of July 29, 2012, hours after police responded to disturbances there.
Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins
Cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, disappeared during a bike ride near Meyers Lake in Evansdale, Iowa, in July 2012.
Melissa Jenkins
Melissa Jenkins, a 33-year-old St. Johnsbury Academy teacher, disappeared on March 25, 2012, after being lured out by a call about a broken-down vehicle; her SUV was found idling with her young son unharmed inside.
Sandy Hook Victims
Twenty first-grade students and six educators were shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012.
Aliayah Paige Lunsford
Aliayah Paige Lunsford, a 3-year-old girl, was reported missing on September 24, 2011, from her home in Weston, West Virginia. Her mother, Lena Lunsford, was convicted of murdering the child in 2018, but Aliayah's body has never…
Erica Parsons
Erica Parsons, 13, of Rowan County, North Carolina, died in December 2011 but was not reported missing until July 30, 2013. Her remains were found near Pageland, South Carolina, in September 2016.
Garrett Phillips
Twelve-year-old Garrett Phillips was found strangled in his apartment in Potsdam, New York, on October 24, 2011. His mother's ex-boyfriend, Oral 'Nick' Hillary, was indicted twice (the first indictment was dismissed) and tried…
Holly Bobo
Twenty-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo was abducted from her home in Darden, Tennessee, on April 13, 2011. Her remains were found in September 2014, about three and a half years later.
Karen Swift
Karen Swift, a 44-year-old Dyersburg, Tennessee mother of four, vanished after a Halloween party in late October 2011 and was found beaten to death six weeks later.
Katelyn Markham
Katelyn Markham, 21, disappeared from her home in Fairfield, Ohio, in August 2011; her skeletal remains were found in April 2013 in Cedar Grove, Indiana, and her death was ruled a homicide.
Lauren Giddings
Lauren Giddings, a 27-year-old Mercer University law graduate, was strangled and dismembered in her Macon, Georgia, apartment in June 2011.
Lauren Spierer
Twenty-year-old Indiana University student Lauren Spierer disappeared in Bloomington, Indiana after a night out. She was captured on surveillance video in the early morning hours.
Leiby Kletzky
Eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky was on his first walk home alone in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn when he got lost. He asked Levi Aron for directions; Aron abducted and killed him.
Lisa Irwin
Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin disappeared from her crib in Kansas City, Missouri. Her parents reported her missing in the early morning hours.
Nique Leili
Dominique "Nique" Leili, 44, was last seen at her home near Lawrenceville, Georgia, in the early hours of July 9, 2011. Volunteer searchers found her body hidden under vegetation at the entrance to her neighborhood on July 16.
Phoenix Coldon
Phoenix Coldon, a 23-year-old college student, was last seen on December 18, 2011, driving away from her family's home in Spanish Lake, Missouri. Her black 1998 Chevrolet Blazer was found abandoned in East St.
Rebecca Zahau
Rebecca Zahau, 32, was found dead at the Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California, on July 13, 2011, bound and hanging from a balcony.
Sky Elijah Metalwala
Two-year-old Sky Metalwala was reported missing in Bellevue, Washington, in November 2011 after his mother said she left him in a car that ran out of gas.
Timmothy Pitzen
Six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen vanished after his mother pulled him out of school in Aurora, Illinois, and took him on a multi-day trip before dying by suicide.
Tyler Hadley Victims
Seventeen-year-old Tyler Hadley bludgeoned his parents to death with a hammer, hid their bodies in a bedroom, and then hosted a house party. He was sentenced to life.
Ben McDaniel
Ben McDaniel, 30, of Tennessee was last seen on the evening of August 18, 2010, descending toward the underwater cave at Vortex Spring near Ponce de Leon, Florida. He was not certified for cave diving.
Chelsea King
Seventeen-year-old Chelsea King of Poway, California, vanished on February 25, 2010, while running at Rancho Bernardo Community Park near Lake Hodges in San Diego. Her body was found five days later.
Deysi Garcia
Deysi Garcia, a 28-year-old Honduran immigrant, vanished from San Francisco's Mission District. She was last seen leaving her workplace. Despite community efforts, she has never been found.
Gary and Linda Haas
Gary and Linda Haas, both 61, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, were carjacked at an Interstate 40 rest area in Quay County, New Mexico, on August 2, 2010, and shot dead in their travel trailer, which was then burned.
Jennifer Pan
Bich Ha Pan was shot dead and her husband Hann Pan badly wounded in a staged home invasion at their Markham, Ontario home on November 8, 2010.
Kyron Horman
Seven-year-old Kyron Horman vanished from Skyline Elementary School after attending a science fair. His stepmother, Terri Horman, was the last known person to see him.
Lori Erica Ruff
A Texas woman known as Lori Erica Ruff died by suicide on Christmas Eve, leaving behind evidence she had been living under a stolen identity for decades.
Paige Valisa Johnson
Paige Johnson, a 17-year-old mother, disappeared from Covington, Kentucky, on September 23, 2010, after last being seen with acquaintance Jacob Bumpass.
Russell Williams Victims
Col. Russell Williams, commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, pleaded guilty in October 2010 to the first-degree murders of Cpl.
Samantha Ann Clarke
Samantha Ann Clarke, 19, vanished shortly after midnight on September 13, 2010, after leaving her home in Orange, Virginia, telling her younger brother she would be back in the morning.
Shannan Gilbert
Shannan Gilbert disappeared at Oak Beach, Long Island on May 1, 2010; the search for her led to the discovery of the Gilgo Beach victims. Her remains were found in December 2011 and her cause of death is officially undetermined.
Skelton Brothers
Brothers Andrew (9), Alexander (7) and Tanner (5) Skelton disappeared while staying with their father in Morenci, Michigan over Thanksgiving 2010 and have never been found.
Tina Smith
Tina Smith, 41, was found dead in her Roanoke County, Virginia home on December 6, 2010, and her 12-year-old daughter was missing.
Yeardley Love
University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was beaten to death in her Charlottesville apartment by her ex-boyfriend and fellow lacrosse player George Huguely V.