Cases · Near New York
True crime cases near New York
84 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of New York, spanning the 1630s to the 2020s — 14 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of Jennifer Dulos.
Cases near New York
SOLVEDMurder of Elisa Izquierdo
1980sManhattan, New York City
OVERTURNEDUnited States v. Valle
2010sSouthern District of New York
SOLVEDDeath of Maxwell Azzarello
2020sCollect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
SOLVEDAmerican Airlines Flight 11
2000sWorld Trade Center, North Tower, New York City
SOLVEDSeptember 11 attacks
2000sWorld Trade Center, New York City
SOLVEDUnited Airlines Flight 175
2000sWorld Trade Center, South Tower
SOLVED1993 World Trade Center bombing
1990sWorld Trade Center, New York City
SOLVED2017 New York City truck attack
2010sHudson River Park bike path, West Street, Lower Manhattan
UNSOLVED1975 Fraunces Tavern Bombing
1970sFraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY
SOLVEDDisappearance of Etan Patz
2010sSoHo, Lower Manhattan (near Prince Street and West Broadway)
SOLVEDMurder of Amanda Milan
2000sNear Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City
SOLVEDAstor Place Riot
1840sAstor Place, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDStonewall riots
1960sStonewall Inn, Christopher Street, Greenwich Village
UNSOLVEDBag murders
1970sGreenwich Village / Hudson River, New York City
UNSOLVEDNew York Ripper murders
1910sEast Side, Manhattan, New York City
COLDPavonia Massacre, New Netherland
1630sPavonia (Communipaw), New Netherland — present-day Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
SOLVEDDeath of Kathryn Hinnant
1980sBellevue Hospital, New York City
UNSOLVEDKilling of Rashawn Brazell
2000sBushwick, Brooklyn, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Howard Pilmar
1990sMidtown Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDRosenthal murder case
1910sNear Hotel Metropole, 147 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDKilling of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu
2010sMyrtle Avenue and Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
SOLVEDAssassination of Meir Kahane
1990sNew York Marriott East Side hotel, 525 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan
SOLVEDMurder of Patricia Lonergan
1940s313 East 51st Street, Turtle Bay-Beekman Place, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Nancy Titterton
1930s22 Beekman Place, Manhattan, New York City
ONGOINGKilling of Brian Thompson
2020sOutside the New York Hilton Midtown, West 54th Street, Manhattan
SOLVEDMurder of Jennifer Moore
2000sWest New York, New Jersey (body recovery location); crime occurred in Weehawken, New Jersey; abduction began in Manhattan, New York
SOLVEDKilling of Nixzmary Brown
1990sBrooklyn, New York, USA
SOLVED2019 Jersey City shooting
2010sJC Kosher Supermarket, Greenville, Jersey City, New Jersey
UNSOLVEDKilling of Henryk Siwiak
2000sAlbany Avenue near Decatur Street, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Russel Timoshenko
2000sCrown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of John Lennon
1980sThe Dakota, 1 West 72nd Street
SOLVEDMurder of the Krim siblings
2010s57 West 75th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Dorothy Arnold
1900s108 East 79th Street, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Kathryn Faughey
2000sUpper East Side, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Linda S. Stein
2010sManhattan, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Leiby Kletzky
2010sBorough Park, Brooklyn, New York City
SOLVEDLexington Avenue explosion
1910s1626 Lexington Avenue, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Romona Moore
2000sEast Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
SOLVEDKilling of Eric Garner
2010sBay Street, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Julio Rivera
1990sSchoolyard near 78th Street and 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York
SOLVEDMurder of Hannah and John E. Peck
1910s435 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, NY
SOLVEDMurder of Tessa Majors
2010sMorningside Park, Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDKilling of Akai Gurley
2010sLouis H. Pink Houses, East New York, Brooklyn, New York City
SOLVEDFreddy's Fashion Mart attack
1990sFreddy's Fashion Mart, 125th Street, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDKilling of O'Shae Sibley
2020sMobil gas station, Coney Island Avenue, Midwood, Brooklyn, New York
SOLVEDMurder of Zymere Perkins
2010sHarlem, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Imette St. Guillen
1980sSpring Creek Park, Fountain Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
SOLVEDKidnapping of Carlina White
1980sHarlem Hospital Center, New York City
SOLVEDAttempted murder of Olga Tsvyk
2010sForest Hills, Queens, New York City
UNSOLVED1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing
1970sLaGuardia Airport, TWA Terminal Baggage Claim
SOLVEDMurder of Karina Vetrano
2010sSpring Creek Park, Howard Beach, Queens, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Sakia Gunn
2000sBroad and Market Streets, Newark, New Jersey
SOLVEDMurder of Kitty Genovese
1960sKew Gardens, Queens, New York City
ONGOINGKilling of Debrina Kawam
2020sConey Island-Stillwell Avenue station, Brooklyn
OVERTURNEDAssassination of Malcolm X
1960sAudubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City
SOLVEDSuicide of Tyler Clementi
2010sGeorge Washington Bridge, Hudson River
SOLVEDKilling of Amadou Diallo
1990sWheeler Avenue, Soundview, Bronx, New York City
SOLVEDMurder of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz
2010sBathgate Avenue and East 183rd Street, Belmont, Bronx
SOLVEDRadium Girls
1910sOrange, New Jersey
SOLVEDKilling of Ramarley Graham
2010sWhite Plains Road area, Bronx, New York City
ONGOINGKilling of Jonathan Diller
2020s19-19 Mott Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens, New York
SOLVEDMurder of Kelly Ann Tinyes
1980sValley Stream, New York
UNSOLVEDDr. X killings
1960sRiverdell Hospital, Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey
ONGOINGKilling of Theresa Fusco
1980sLynbrook, New York
UNSOLVEDThe Watcher of Westfield, New Jersey
2010s657 Boulevard, Westfield, New Jersey
UNSOLVEDDeath of Starr Faithfull
1930sLong Beach, New York, U.S.
SOLVEDMurder of Joan D'Alessandro
1990sNew Jersey, United States
SOLVEDKilling of Bonnie Garland
1970sScarsdale, New York
SOLVEDMurder of Reyna Marroquín
1960sJericho, New York, United States
SOLVEDMurder of Garnett Spears
2010sValhalla, New York, United States
SOLVEDMurder of William McGuire (the "Suitcase Murder")
1990sWoodbridge Township, New Jersey (murder); remains recovered from Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
UNSOLVEDKilling of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills
1920sFranklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
OVERTURNEDKilling of Martha Moxley
1990sBelle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut
SOLVEDMurder of Andrew Kissel
2000sGreenwich, Connecticut
SOLVEDGilgo Beach Serial Killings
1990sGilgo Beach / Ocean Parkway, Long Island, New York
UNSOLVEDBra murders
Year on fileStamford, Connecticut (Merritt Parkway area)
SOLVEDMurder of Jennifer Dulos
2010sNew Canaan, Connecticut, United States
SOLVEDKidnapping of Katie Beers
1990s1416 Saxon Avenue, Bay Shore, New York
SOLVEDPound Ridge Massacre
1640sPound Ridge, New York area (historical village of Nanichiestawack)
SOLVEDMurder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.
1930sHighfields estate, East Amwell, New Jersey
SOLVEDDeath of Jon-Niece Jones
2000sUpper Freehold Township, New Jersey, near Six Flags Great Adventure
SOLVEDKilling of Ramona Moore
2010sSouth Blooming Grove, New York (remains discovery site); disappearance occurred in the Bronx, New York City
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Richard Colvin Cox
1950sUnited States Military Academy, West Point, New York
SOLVEDMurder of Megan Kanka
1990sHamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
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