107case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 107 solved cases in California. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
Credit: Mona EshaikerCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenHolmby Hills, Los Angeles, California · 2009
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.
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenModesto, California · 2002
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.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons, photo by Glenn Francis (PacificProDigital.com)Editorial useSourceSOLVEDListenHollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California · 2014
Amie Harwick, a Los Angeles marriage and family therapist and author, was strangled and thrown from her third-floor Hollywood Hills balcony on February 15, 2020, by an ex-boyfriend who had a history of stalking her. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2023 and sentenced to life without parole.
SOLVEDListenRedding, California · 2016
Sherri Papini fabricated a three-week disappearance from Redding, California, in November 2016, and in 2022 pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and false-statement charges for staging the hoax.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenDavis, California, United States · 2013
In April 2013, Claudia Maupin, 76, and Oliver "Chip" Northup, 87, were stabbed and mutilated in their Davis, California home by 15-year-old Daniel William Marsh, who confessed after bragging to friends. Marsh was convicted as an adult of first-degree murder in 2014 and sentenced to 52 years to life; subsequent juvenile-justice law changes led to years of appeals over whether his case should be transferred to juvenile court.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenVan Nuys, Los Angeles, California · 1986
Sherri Rasmussen was beaten and shot to death in her Van Nuys condominium in February 1986; the case went cold for more than two decades before Los Angeles police officer Stephanie Lazarus, her husband's former girlfriend, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2012.
Credit: JGKleinPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListen730 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, California · 1958
On April 4, 1958, 14-year-old Cheryl Crane fatally stabbed Johnny Stompanato, the boyfriend of her mother, actress Lana Turner, at Turner's rented Beverly Hills home during a violent argument. A coroner's inquest ruled the killing a justifiable homicide and Crane was exonerated, though the case remains subject to enduring conspiracy theories.
Image recordCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenHayward, California · 2011
Michelle Le, a 26-year-old nursing student, disappeared from a Hayward, California medical center on May 27, 2011, and was later found murdered. Giselle Esteban, a former friend, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2012.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenPark in Lake Forest, Orange County, California · 2018
Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student, was found stabbed to death in an Orange County, California park in January 2018 after disappearing during a visit home. His former high school classmate Samuel Woodward, linked to the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was convicted of the murder in July 2024 and sentenced to life without parole.
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenVineyard near Linden, California, where Larry McNabney's body was found · 1995
Sacramento attorney Larry McNabney was killed in September 2001, authorities determined, by his wife, Elisa McNabney (born Laren Sims), and legal secretary Sarah Dutra, who injected him with a horse tranquilizer. His body was found buried in a Linden, California vineyard in February 2002. Elisa hanged herself in jail before trial; Dutra was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
The files run from 1856 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 30 files. The oldest is Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871, from 1871.
They are spread across 65 cities and towns; the most are in Los Angeles (16), San Francisco (8) and San Diego (5). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (92), mass shooting cases (23) and kidnapping and abduction cases (21).
45 files of the 107 have coverage attached: 164 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 23 creators. The most covered is Death of Michael Jackson, with 27 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. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Neverland-ranch-memorial — Credit: Mona EshaikerCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Joseph James DeAngelo — Credit: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s OfficePublic domainSource
Laci Peterson — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
Kristin Smart, the victimEditorial useSource
Amie Harwick — Credit: Wikimedia Commons, photo by Glenn Francis (PacificProDigital.com)Editorial useSource
SF From Marin Highlands3 — Credit: en:User:Paul.hPublic domainSource
The McStay family (the four victims): Joseph McStay, wife Summer, and sons Gianni and Joseph Jr.Editorial useSource
Chowchilla kidnapping trailer — Credit: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles TimesCC BY 4.0SourceSherri Rasmussen, the victimEditorial useSource
Lana.Turner.house.2 — Credit: JGKleinPublic domainSourceBlaze Bernstein, the victim (University of Pennsylvania student), in 2018Editorial useSourceThe front facade of the current Hayward California City Hall building — location anchor for the caseCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Sandra Cantu, the 8-year-old victimEditorial useSource
Larry McNabney — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
'Murder Mack', rear view — Credit: State of California.Public domainSource
Lana Clarkson — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
Cara Knott — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
V20230125LJ-0503 (53894193408) — Credit: The White HousePublic domainSource
SanJoseshootingweapons — Credit: Santa Clara County SheriffPublic domainSource
2020-07-04-Code-Pink-Car-Caravan-in-San-Francisco-California 1,346 (50077894771) (cropped and rotated) — Credit: Daniel ArauzCC BY 2.0Source
Nortcott house — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
Marvin Gaye — Credit: Wikimedia Commons; 1973 Motown publicity photoPublic domainSourceThese files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
107. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871, from 1871. Open the file
Death of Michael Jackson, with 27 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (12 cases), That Chapter (10 cases) and Kendall Rae (9 cases), among 23 creators in all.
Los Angeles (16), San Francisco (8) and San Diego (5).
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.
