The Definitive True Crime Case Database

New York, NY · 2024

Brian Thompson, the CEO of the American health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on December 4, 2024. The shooting occurred early in the morning outside an entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown. The suspect, initially described as a white man wearing a mask, fled the scene. The words "delay", "deny", and "depose" were inscribed on the cartridge cases used during the shooting. Thompson had previously faced criticism for the company's rejection of insurance claims, and his family reported that he had received death threats.

Moscow, ID · 2022

In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle—were fatally stabbed in an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. On December 30, 2022, authorities arrested 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. At the time of the murders, Kohberger was a PhD student completing his first semester at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, located less than eight miles (13 km) west of Moscow.

Canton, MA · 2022

In Canton, Massachusetts, Boston police officer John O'Keefe was found dead in January 2022, leading to girlfriend Karen Read being charged with his murder. After a mistrial in 2024, Read was acquitted of the murder charge in a retrial in 2025, amidst allegations of a potential cover-up by law enforcement. The case has sparked significant public interest and debate regarding the integrity of the investigation.

Babylon, NY · 2010

The Gilgo Beach serial killings were part of a series of murders on Long Island, New York, spanning from 1993 to 2011. Many of the victims' remains were found over a period of months in late 2010 and 2011 during a police search of the area along Ocean Parkway, a road near the remote beach town of Gilgo in southern Suffolk County, New York.

Los Angeles, CA · 1994

Former NFL star O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in one of the most watched criminal trials in history. The case highlighted deep racial divisions in America and raised enduring questions about celebrity, race, and justice.

Milwaukee, WI · 1978

Jeffrey Dahmer, known as the "Milwaukee Cannibal," murdered and dismembered 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991 in Wisconsin and Ohio. His crimes included necrophilia and cannibalism, and he was convicted of 15 murders in 1992 before being killed in prison in 1994.

Wichita, KS · 1974

Dennis Rader, a church president and compliance officer from Wichita, Kansas, secretly murdered ten people between 1974 and 1991, calling himself BTK — "Bind, Torture, Kill." He evaded capture for thirty years before his DNA was identified through a floppy disk he sent to police, leading to his arrest in 2005.

Tallahassee, FL · 1974

Ted Bundy was a charismatic serial killer who confessed to murdering 30 women and girls across seven states during the 1970s, though the true number of his victims may be higher. He escaped from custody twice before being captured, convicted, and executed in Florida in 1989.

San Francisco, CA · 1968

An unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police and media with cryptic letters and ciphers. Five murders are confirmed, with two survivors, though the Zodiac claimed as many as 37 victims. The case remains one of the most famous unsolved murder mysteries in American history.