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True crime cases in the US

1,211case filesUpdated Sep 29, 2026

Casepin holds 1,211 case files in the US. By legal status, 223 marked unsolved, 40 marked cold, 61 marked ongoing, 870 marked solved and 17 marked overturned.

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1,211
Unsolved
223
Cold
40
Ongoing
61
Solved
870
Overturned
17
Span
1622–2026
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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.

    15 to watch & hear
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    Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California · 2009

    Death of Michael Jackson

    Singer Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles from acute propofol intoxication administered by his personal physician, Conrad Murray. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled the death a homicide, and Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011.

    27 to watch & hear
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    Bardstown, Kentucky · 2015

    Disappearance of Crystal Rogers

    Crystal Rogers, a 35-year-old Bardstown, Kentucky, mother of five, disappeared in July 2015 and has never been found; in 2025, her former boyfriend, Brooks Houck, was found guilty of her murder, and two other men were convicted of related conspiracy and evidence-tampering charges.

    8 to watch & hear
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    Modesto, California · 2002

    Murder of Laci Peterson

    Laci Peterson, 27 and eight months pregnant, disappeared from her Modesto, California home on December 24, 2002; her body and that of her unborn son Conner were found in San Francisco Bay in April 2003, and her husband Scott Peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering both.

    22 to watch & hear
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    Delta, Fulton County, Ohio · 2016

    Murder of Sierah Joughin

    Sierah Joughin, a 20-year-old Ohio college student, was abducted while bicycling home in Fulton County on July 19, 2016, and found dead three days later. James Dean Worley, a neighbor with a 1990 abduction conviction who was not listed in any offender database, was convicted of her murder in 2018 and sentenced to death, prompting Ohio's Sierah's Law, which created a searchable violent-offender registry.

    9 to watch & hear
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    Mesa, Arizona, United States · 2000s

    Murder of Travis Alexander

    Travis Alexander, 30, was stabbed, slashed, and shot to death in his Mesa, Arizona home on June 4, 2008. His ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2013 and sentenced to life without parole in 2015 after two juries deadlocked on the death penalty.

    9 to watch & hear
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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.

    28 to watch & hear
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    Auburn, Alabama · 2019

    Murder of Aniah Blanchard

    Aniah Blanchard, a 19-year-old Alabama college student, disappeared from Auburn in October 2019 and was later found dead of a gunshot wound; the man convicted of her murder was sentenced to life in prison in 2026.

    9 to watch & hear
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    Leakin Park, Baltimore, Maryland · 1999

    Murder of Hae Min Lee

    Hae Min Lee, an 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student, was strangled and found buried in Leakin Park in February 1999. Her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed was convicted of first-degree murder in 2000; the case gained international attention after the 2014 podcast Serial, and Syed's conviction underwent multiple vacaturs, appeals, and reinstatements through 2025.

    13 to watch & hear
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    New Canaan, Connecticut, United States · 2019

    Murder of Jennifer Dulos

    Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five in New Canaan, Connecticut, disappeared on May 24, 2019, after being attacked at her home; her body has never been found, and she was declared legally dead in 2023. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder but died by suicide in January 2020 before trial, while his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, was convicted in 2024 of related charges.

    16 to watch & hear

About these files

Case files in the US

The files run from 1622 to 2026. The 2010s hold the most, with 310 files. The oldest is Murder of Penowanyanquis, from 1638.

They are spread across 50 states and regions; the most are in California (146), Texas (100) and Florida (82). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (946), kidnapping and abduction cases (195) and mass shooting cases (160).

494 files of the 1,211 have coverage attached: 1,247 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 33 creators. The most covered is Killing of Gabby Petito, with 28 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, That Chapter and Kendall Rae 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.

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How many case files in the US are on Casepin?

1,211. By status: 223 unsolved, 40 cold, 61 ongoing, 870 solved and 17 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Murder of Penowanyanquis, from 1638. Open the file

Which case in the US has the most coverage?

Killing of Gabby Petito, with 28 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in the US?

Dr. Todd Grande (105 cases), That Chapter (88 cases) and Kendall Rae (87 cases), among 33 creators in all.

Where in the US are most of these cases?

California (146), Texas (100) and Florida (82).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Sep 29, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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