35case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 35 case files in New York City. By legal status, 4 marked unsolved, 3 marked ongoing, 26 marked solved and 2 marked overturned.
Credit: Mark StahlPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenWorld Trade Center, New York City · 2001
On September 11, 2001, hijacked commercial aircraft were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania, killing 2,977 people in the deadliest terrorist attack in history.
Credit: Associated Press (1963 press photo)Public domainSourceOVERTURNEDListenAudubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City · 1965
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot and killed at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Three Nation of Islam members were convicted in 1966; two of them, Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam, were exonerated in 2021 after a reinvestigation.
Credit: Bob Gruen / Capitol Records (1974 promotional press photo)Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenThe Dakota, 1 West 72nd Street · 1980
On 8 December 1980, musician John Lennon was fatally shot outside his Manhattan home, The Dakota, by Mark David Chapman, who was later sentenced to 20 years to life after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
Credit: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images…Public domainSourceUNSOLVEDListen108 East 79th Street, Manhattan, New York City · 1910
Dorothy Arnold, a 25-year-old New York socialite and aspiring writer, vanished after leaving her Manhattan home to shop on December 12, 1910. Despite an extensive private and police investigation, numerous rumors, and alleged sightings, her fate was never determined.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenStonewall Inn, Christopher Street, Greenwich Village · 1969
A police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Mafia-owned gay bar in Greenwich Village, in the early hours of June 28, 1969, sparked days of spontaneous street demonstrations and clashes with police, becoming a foundational event for the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
Image recordEditorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenAlbany Avenue near Decatur Street, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City · 2001
Henryk Siwiak, a Polish immigrant, was fatally shot on a Brooklyn street shortly before midnight on September 11, 2001, after getting lost while trying to reach a new job. The case remains unsolved, its investigation hampered by that day's terrorist attacks.
SOLVEDListenForest Hills, Queens, New York City · 2016
Olga Tsvyk survived a 2016 poisoning in Queens, and Viktoria Nasyrova was convicted of attempting to murder her and steal her identity.
SOLVEDListenMidtown Manhattan, New York City · 1996
Howard Pilmar was killed at his Manhattan business in 1996, and his wife and brother-in-law were convicted more than two decades later.
Credit: Bureau of ATF 1993 Explosives Incident ReportPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenWorld Trade Center, New York City · 1993
On February 26, 1993, a truck bomb detonated in the parking garage beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over a thousand in a failed attempt to topple both towers.
Myrtle Avenue and Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn · 2014
On December 20, 2014, NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot and killed by Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley, identified by police as the gunman, while sitting in their patrol car in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Brinsley fled into the subway and killed himself; earlier that day he had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore.
The files run from 1849 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 11 files. The oldest is Astor Place Riot, from 1849.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (23), police shooting cases (4) and kidnapping and abduction cases (2).
13 files of the 35 have coverage attached: 19 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. The most covered is September 11 attacks, with 2 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, Crime Weekly and 48 Hours have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Suspect in Brian Thompson killing at hotel 02 — Credit: no human authorship, CCTV at HI New York City HostelPublic domainSource
Etan Patz, the missing/murdered boyCC BY 3.0Source
Flatlands Av Starrett City 01 - Karina Vetrano — Credit: Tdorante10CC BY-SA 4.0Source
Malcolm X — Credit: Associated Press (1963 press photo)Public domainSource
UA93 Fire — Credit: Mark StahlPublic domainSource
John Lennon — Credit: Bob Gruen / Capitol Records (1974 promotional press photo)Public domainSource
WTC 1993 ATF Commons — Credit: Bureau of ATF 1993 Explosives Incident ReportPublic domainSource
(King1893NYC) pg766 KNICKERBOCKER TRUST CO., 234 FIFTH AVENUE, CORNER OF 27th STREET — Credit: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images…Public domainSource
Myrtle Willoughby vc — Credit: Barry Pousman from New York, NYCC BY 2.0Source
Wtc05-orig-2001-09-11-09-13-05-Charles-Marsh — Credit: Charles MarshPublic domainSource
Sayfullo Saipov — Credit: NJ Department of Homeland SecurityPublic domainSource
Louis Heaton Pink Houses, East New York — where Akai Gurley was shot in a stairwellCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Amadou Diallo, the victimEditorial useSource
NYPD Officer Russel Timoshenko, the victimEditorial useSource
Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old victimEditorial useSource
The Stonewall uprising, June 1969 (the only known photo from the first night)Editorial useSource
Henryk Siwiak, the victimEditorial useSource
Ramarley Graham, the victimEditorial useSource
Memorial to Lesandro 'Junior' Guzman-Feliz, Belmont, the BronxCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Midtown Manhattan October 2022 073 — Credit: Kidfly182CC BY-SA 4.0Source
LaGuardiaairport — Credit: No machine-readable author provided. Lt. CiberShark~commonswiki assumed (based on…Public domainSource35. By status: 4 unsolved, 3 ongoing, 26 solved and 2 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Astor Place Riot, from 1849. Open the file
September 11 attacks, with 2 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (5 cases), Crime Weekly (2 cases) and 48 Hours (2 cases), among 9 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.
