US Murder Case Files

• FBI estimates 25-50 active serial killers from linked cases, while independent groups suggest up to 2,000-3,000 based on unsolved patterns.
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• Renewed push: On the 44th anniversary, New Hampshire Cold Case Unit seeks public help in the unsolved murder of 20-year-old Tammy Little.
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Coordinated work between the U.S. Marshals Southwest Investigative Fugitive Taskforce and Albuquerque Police Department located Hezekiah Beltran, 22,...

Mahrion Mendonca, 28, was sentenced to 30 years for a late-2025 spree of unprovoked hammer attacks on sleeping unhoused men in downtown Phoenix. One...

• Richard Wall Sr., 73, pleaded not guilty to two conspiracy-to-murder counts for allegedly masterminding the 2009 and 2011 execution-style slayings...

Seemingly normal houses let killers like Dennis Rader and the Wests conceal atrocities in plain sight, later fueling their dark public mythology. From...

Florida has secured a no-bond arrest warrant charging Raúl Castro, 95, with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder over the 1996 Brothers to the...

Forensic DNA from items retested this year finally connected Henry James Brisbane to the 2017 stabbing death of Harry Bennett on Johns Island,...

• Drug supplier Janoy Batista pleaded guilty to RICO and drug conspiracy for funneling CJNG cocaine and fentanyl to Trinitarios members.
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• Kentucky State Police continue seeking information in the April 2024 homicide of 93-year-old Dorothy Sparks, found in her Princeton home.
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Responding to a 911 call, officers found a man calmly cradling his ex-girlfriend’s infant and eight-year-old daughter just feet from two fatally shot bodies. Detectives soon locked onto a witness and shifted focus to an unexpected suspect.

What ethical costs arise when brutal crime-scene images become cultural artifacts?

• Public spectacle: Photos from the June 12, 1994 Brentwood scene...

The case began with a routine medical call that quickly escalated.

• Officers responded at 3:56 p.m. Wednesday to reports of a woman needing CPR...

A 17-year-old was arrested after an argument with an adult man escalated into a fatal shooting around 5 p.m. Tuesday in Denver's 5800 block of North...

Aaron Hernandez's path from celebrated Patriots tight end to convicted murderer reveals a swift unraveling driven by violence and entitlement.

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Identifying Clarence Ames more than 50 years after his remains were found gives investigators a critical starting point, even as they still lack...

Forensic DNA breakthroughs are finally resolving long-cold murder cases across the US.

• 1962 Washington double homicide identified via upgraded...

Jermis Jones lost his bid for a new trial in the 2022 ambush murder of Perish Tyus, with Judge Clayburn Peeples denying the motion and affirming the...

Douglas Herlihy, now 40, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2003 beating death of his father Paul Herlihy in Milford, advancing a long-running...

• 134 deaths in 101 intimate-partner cases from July 2025 to June 2026, down from 157.
• 49% of cases happened as relationships ended or had just...