Credit: Walt Cisco, Dallas Morning NewsPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenDealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas · 1963
President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the killing but was himself murdered by Jack Ruby two days later, before facing trial.
Image recordCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenSouth Side Flats, South Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas · 2018
On September 6, 2018, off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger entered the wrong apartment and fatally shot 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean, who was unarmed in his own home. Guyger was convicted of murder in October 2019 and sentenced to 10 years; the conviction was upheld on appeal, and in 2024 a civil jury awarded Jean's family $98.65 million.
SOLVEDListenDallas, Texas, United States · 2015
Dallas dentist Kendra Hatcher was shot and killed in her apartment garage on September 2, 2015, in a staged robbery that was actually a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by Brenda Delgado out of jealousy over Hatcher's relationship with Delgado's ex-boyfriend.
Image recordPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenEl Centro College area, downtown Dallas, Texas · 2016
On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed police at a Dallas protest against police shootings of Black men, killing five officers and wounding nine others and two civilians before being killed by a police robot-delivered explosive.
Image recordCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenNear the Trinity River, West Dallas, Texas · 1971
On February 15, 1971, Rene Guzman and Leonardo Lopez abducted five Dallas County and Ellis County sheriff's deputies during a burglary investigation in West Dallas, Texas, killing three of them near the Trinity River. Both men were convicted and sentenced to death, later retried and given life sentences after the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional.
Image recordCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenIanni's Restaurant and Club, Dallas, Texas · 1984
On June 29, 1984, Abdelkrim Belachheb opened fire inside Ianni's Restaurant and Club in Dallas, Texas, killing six people and severely injuring another after an argument with a woman on the dance floor.
The files run from 1860 to 2018. The 2010s hold the most, with 3 files. The oldest is Assassination of John F. Kennedy, from 1963.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (8), mass shooting cases (2) and hate crime cases (1).
4 files of the 10 have coverage attached: 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 4 creators. Bailey Sarian, Criminally Listed and Emma Kenny have covered the most of them.
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JFK Motorcade GettyImages-517330536 — Credit: Walt Cisco, Dallas Morning NewsPublic domainSource
Angela Marie Samota, the victimEditorial useSource
The interfaith memorial service for the five officers killed, Dallas, July 2016Public domainSource
Santos Rodriguez, the 12-year-old victimPublic domainSource
Postcard of crowd two hours after the lynching of Allen Brooks in 1910 — Credit: Anonymous photographer from 1910Public domainSourceThe South Side Flats apartments, Dallas, TX, where Botham Jean was killedCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Edward Clark house outbuilding in Austin, Texas — Credit: Jno.skinnerCC BY-SA 4.0SourceFish Trap Lake, West Dallas, Dallas, TX, January 2017. Includes the smokestack of the defunct RSR Corporation smelter in the background — location anchor for the caseCC BY-SA 4.0SourceA view of the Dallas skyline from the GeO-Deck of Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas (United States). — location anchor for the caseCC BY-SA 4.0Source10. By status: 1 unsolved and 9 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy, from 1963. Open the file
Assassination of John F. Kennedy, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Bailey Sarian (1 case), Criminally Listed (1 case) and Emma Kenny (1 case), among 4 creators in all.
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
