Cases from the 2020s

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  Moscow, Idaho · 2022

  2022 University of Idaho Murders

  Four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle—were fatally stabbed inside an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. Bryan Kohberger, a criminology PhD student at nearby Washington State University, was arrested that December and pleaded guilty in 2025, receiving four consecutive life sentences.

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  Bridger–Teton National Forest, Wyoming · 2021

  Killing of Gabby Petito

  Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old travel vlogger, was killed by strangulation and blunt-force trauma in August 2021 while on a cross-country van trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Laundrie returned to Florida alone, was named a person of interest, and later died by suicide, leaving a note admitting he had killed her.

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  Austin, Texas · 2022

  Murder of Moriah Wilson

  Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old professional cyclist, was shot and killed at a friend's residence in Austin, Texas, on May 11, 2022, and Kaitlin Armstrong was later convicted and sentenced to 90 years in prison for the killing.

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  Leongatha, Victoria, Australia · 2023

  Leongatha mushroom murders

  Erin Patterson murdered three relatives and seriously injured a fourth by serving beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms at a family lunch in Leongatha, Victoria, in July 2023. She was convicted on all charges in July 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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  East Rock, New Haven, Connecticut · 2021

  Murder of Kevin Jiang

  Kevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale graduate student, was shot and killed in New Haven, Connecticut, on February 6, 2021, and Qinxuan Pan was later convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the killing.

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  Satilla Shores, near Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia · 2020

  Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

  On February 23, 2020, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was chased by three white men in trucks while jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia, and was fatally shot by Travis McMichael after a struggle. No arrests were made for over two months until a video of the killing went viral, after which Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan were charged, tried, and convicted of murder and other crimes in state court, and later convicted of federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges.

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  East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota · 2020

  Murder of George Floyd

  On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for over nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and face-down, killing him; Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter, and three other officers were convicted of related charges.

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  Slaughter, Louisiana, United States · 2022

  Killing of Lacey Fletcher

  Lacey Fletcher, a 36-year-old autistic woman in Slaughter, Louisiana, died in January 2022 after years of medical neglect by her parents, who were later convicted of manslaughter in her death.

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  Sydney CBD, New South Wales, Australia · 2020

  Murder of Lilie James

  Lilie James, a student and water polo coach, was found dead at St Andrew's Cathedral School in the Sydney CBD on 25 October 2023; the man police named as the prime suspect was found dead by suicide two days later, and a coronial inquest into both deaths opened in March 2025.

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  Vale do Javari, Amazonas, Brazil · 2022

  Murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips

  Brazilian indigenist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips were murdered on 5 June 2022 while traveling by boat through the Vale do Javari; two brothers were arrested, one confessed and led police to the buried bodies, and further suspects were later charged.

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