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

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Credit: Family/Instagram photograph, widely distributed in press coverageEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListen
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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SOLVED AudioMurder of Lauren GiddingsMacon, Georgia, United States · 2011 · 4 to watch & hear
BRANDON VICTOR SWANSON - MARSHALL, MINNESOTA — Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
UNSOLVED AudioDisappearance of Brandon SwansonMarshall, Minnesota, United States · 2008 · 2 to watch & hear
Etan Patz, the missing/murdered boyCC BY 3.0 Source
SOLVED AudioDisappearance of Etan PatzSoHo, Lower Manhattan (near Prince Street and West Broadway) · 1979 · 3 to watch & hear
LisaRIrwin — Credit: Deborah Bradley, and selfPublic domainSource
UNSOLVED AudioDisappearance of Lisa IrwinKansas City, Missouri, United States · 2011 · 3 to watch & hear
Martha Moxley, the 15-year-old victimEditorial use Source
OVERTURNED AudioKilling of Martha MoxleyBelle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut · 1998 · 3 to watch & hear
Brianna Denison — Credit: Brianna DenisonEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Brianna DenisonReno, Nevada, United States · 2008 · 3 to watch & hear
Cassie Jo Stoddart — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Cassie Jo StoddartWhispering Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, Idaho · 2006 · 3 to watch & hear
Elisa Izquierdo, the 6-year-old victimEditorial use Source
SOLVED AudioMurder of Elisa IzquierdoManhattan, New York City · 1995 · 3 to watch & hear
Holly Bobo — Credit: Home photographEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Holly BoboDarden, Tennessee, United States · 2011 · 3 to watch & hear
Mugshot of Jose Antonio Ibarra — Credit: Clarke County Sheriff's OfficePublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Laken RileyOconee Forest Park, Athens, Georgia · 2024 · 3 to watch & hear
Cobbins, Davidson, Thomas, Lynn Coleman — Credit: Nate HooperCC BY-SA 4.0 Source
SOLVED AudioMurders of Channon Christian and Christopher NewsomKnoxville, Tennessee · 2007 · 3 to watch & hear
Lorincz door 3 — Credit: Marion County Sheriff's OfficePublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioKilling of Ajike OwensOcala, Florida, United States · 2023 · 3 to watch & hear
Tyre Nichols Protest at the Ohio Statehouse 8 — Credit: Becker1999CC BY 2.0 Source
ONGOING AudioKilling of Tyre NicholsMemphis, Tennessee · 2023 · 2 to watch & hear
Charles Lindbergh testifying — Credit: World Telegram staff photographerPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.Highfields estate, East Amwell, New Jersey · 1932 · 2 to watch & hear
Blaze Bernstein, the victim (University of Pennsylvania student), in 2018Editorial use Source
SOLVED AudioMurder of Blaze BernsteinPark in Lake Forest, Orange County, California · 2018 · 2 to watch & hear
John Cornyn in Uvalde — Credit: John CornynPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioUvalde school shootingRobb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas, United States · 2022 · 2 to watch & hear
Ronald Reagan, James Brady, Tim McCarthy, Thomas Delahanty — Credit: White House / US federal government (public domain)Public domainSource
SOLVED AudioAttempted assassination of Ronald ReaganWashington Hilton, Washington, D.C. · 1981 · 2 to watch & hear
BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig on fire in the Gulf of Mexico. (15010938489) — Credit: USEPA Environmental-Protection-AgencyPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioDeepwater Horizon Rig Explosion (2010)Macondo Prospect, Mississippi Canyon Block 252, Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast · 2010 · 1 thing to watch or hear
Stinnett-memorial — Credit: Americasroof at English WikipediaPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Bobbie Jo StinnettSkidmore, Missouri · 2004 · 2 to watch & hear
SOLVED AudioMurder of Sydney LoofeWilber, Nebraska (case location; body found near Edgar, Nebraska) · 2010s · 3 to watch & hear
United93CrashSite May06 — Credit: JoeyBLS at English WikipediaCC BY 2.5 Source
SOLVED AudioUnited Airlines Flight 93Shanksville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania · 2001 · 1 thing to watch or hear
Andrew Sadek — Credit: Unknown, possibly a selfieEditorial useSource
UNSOLVED AudioDeath of Andrew SadekWahpeton, North Dakota · 2014 · 2 to watch & hear
Kyron Horman — Credit: Originally posted at Terri Horman's Facebook page, the picture has appeared on numerous…Editorial useSource
UNSOLVED AudioDisappearance of Kyron HormanSkyline Elementary School, Portland, Oregon · 2010 · 3 to watch & hear
1509 Swann Street — Credit: AgnosticPreachersKidCC BY-SA 3.0 Source
UNSOLVED AudioKilling of Robert Eric WoneSwann Street, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. · 2006 · 2 to watch & hear

Questions

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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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