80case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 80 case files in New York. By legal status, 13 marked unsolved, 4 marked ongoing, 61 marked solved and 2 marked overturned.
Credit: Haley AndersonEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenOak Street, West Side, Binghamton, New York · 2018
Haley Anderson, a 22-year-old nursing student at Binghamton University, was strangled to death on March 8, 2018, by fellow student Orlando Tercero at his off-campus apartment. Tercero fled to Nicaragua, was captured days later, and was convicted of femicide there, receiving a 30-year sentence.
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: Appears to have been extracted from a family photo ca. 2000; this one taken from New…Editorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenSpencer, New York, United States · 2001
Michele Anne Harris, a 35-year-old mother of four from Spencer, New York, vanished after leaving a boyfriend's apartment late on September 11, 2001. Her estranged husband, Cal Harris, was tried four times over the following decade — convicted twice, then acquitted at a 2016 bench trial after his convictions were overturned on appeal. Her body has never been found.
Credit: Andre CarrotflowerCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenTops Friendly Markets, Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, New York · 2022
On May 14, 2022, Payton Gendron killed ten Black people and injured three others in a racially motivated attack at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in Buffalo, New York, livestreaming part of the assault. He pleaded guilty to state charges and was sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences without parole; federal capital charges remain pending.
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.
Credit: Jeremy KempPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenWorld Trade Center, South Tower · 2001
On September 11, 2001, five al-Qaeda hijackers seized United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, killed both pilots, and deliberately crashed the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 65 people aboard and contributing to the deaths of more than 600 others in the tower.
SOLVEDListenUpper East Side, Manhattan, New York City · 2008
Kathryn Faughey, a 56-year-old New York City psychologist, was murdered with a meat cleaver in her Upper East Side office on February 12, 2008, by David Tarloff. After two mistrials, Tarloff was convicted of first-degree murder in 2014 and sentenced to life without parole.
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.
The files run from 1690 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 18 files. The oldest is Astor Place Riot, from 1849.
They are spread across 30 cities and towns; the most are in New York City (32), New York (18) and Binghamton (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (57), kidnapping and abduction cases (11) and domestic violence cases (5).
29 files of the 80 have coverage attached: 54 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 18 creators. The most covered is Murder of Haley Anderson, with 5 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes Australia 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.
Haley Anderson — Credit: Haley AndersonEditorial useSource
Kitty Genovese (1961) — Credit: Public domain (1961 New York booking photo) via Wikimedia CommonsPublic domainSource
Ocean Parkway, Long Island — where the victims' remains were foundCC BY-SA 2.0Source
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
Elisa Izquierdo, the 6-year-old victimEditorial useSource
Flatlands Av Starrett City 01 - Karina Vetrano — Credit: Tdorante10CC BY-SA 4.0Source
Malcolm X — Credit: Associated Press (1963 press photo)Public domainSource
Michele Ann Harris — Credit: Appears to have been extracted from a family photo ca. 2000; this one taken from New…Editorial useSource
Harlem Hospital 5BBT jeh — Credit: Jim.hendersonPublic domainSource
UA93 Fire — Credit: Mark StahlPublic domainSource
Tops supermarket, Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, New York - 20220220 (cropped) — Credit: Andre CarrotflowerCC BY-SA 4.0Source
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
Andrew James Peters 42nd Mayor of Boston — Credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. (Original text: The Municipal Register for…Public 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
Richard Colvin Cox (US Military Academy cadet) — Credit: Unknown US Army photographer.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
William McKinley — Credit: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons infobox presidential portraitPublic domainSource
Boston Logan Gate C19 with Flag and Jet — Credit: Jeremy KempPublic domainSource
Sayfullo Saipov — Credit: NJ Department of Homeland SecurityPublic domainSource
80. By status: 13 unsolved, 4 ongoing, 61 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
Murder of Haley Anderson, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (5 cases), 48 Hours (4 cases) and 60 Minutes Australia (3 cases), among 18 creators in all.
New York City (32), New York (18) and Binghamton (2).
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.
