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Killing of Gabby Petito2020sBridger–Teton National Forest, Wyoming3 SOURCES · 2 COVERAGE · UPDATED JUL 2026SOLVED

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Death of Joseph Augustus Zarelli ("The Boy in the Box")1950sSusquehanna Road, Fox Chase neighborhood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania3 SOURCES · 1 COVERAGE · UPDATED JUL 2026ONGOING

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Whitechapel Murders (Jack the Ripper Case, 1888)1880sWhitechapel and Spitalfields, London, England3 SOURCES · UPDATED JUL 2026UNSOLVED

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