61case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 61 solved cases in New York. 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: 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: 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.
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.
Credit: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons infobox portraitPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenBig Moose Lake, New York · 1906
Grace Brown, a 20-year-old factory worker, was murdered by her boyfriend Chester Gillette on Big Moose Lake, New York, in July 1906 after she told him she was pregnant. Gillette was convicted and executed in 1908.
Image recordPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenJericho, New York, United States · 1969
Reyna Marroquín, a pregnant Salvadoran immigrant, was murdered in early 1969; her mummified remains were not discovered until 1999 inside a barrel in a Long Island home once owned by businessman Howard B. Elkins, who died by suicide days after being questioned by police.
SOLVEDListenUtica, New York · 2019
Bianca Devins, a 17-year-old from Utica, New York, was killed by Brandon Andrew Clark on July 14, 2019, after the two attended a concert together. Clark photographed and shared images of her body online before attempting suicide; he later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life.
SOLVEDListenManhattan, New York City · 2010
Rock music manager and real estate broker Linda Stein was found dead in her Manhattan apartment on October 30, 2007; a coroner ruled her death a homicide. Her former personal assistant, Natavia Lowery, was arrested days later and ultimately convicted of the killing.
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.
Image recordCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenLouis H. Pink Houses, East New York, Brooklyn, New York City · 2014
Akai Gurley, an unarmed 28-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in a dark stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex in 2014 by NYPD officer Peter Liang. Liang was convicted of manslaughter, later reduced to criminally negligent homicide, and sentenced to probation and community service.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenWheeler Avenue, Soundview, Bronx, New York City · 1999
On February 4, 1999, 23-year-old unarmed Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot 19 times by four plainclothes NYPD officers in the Bronx. The officers were charged with second-degree murder and acquitted at trial in 2000, sparking major protests over police brutality and racial profiling.
The files run from 1690 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 17 files. The oldest is Astor Place Riot, from 1849.
They are spread across 22 cities and towns; the most are in New York City (24), New York (15) and Binghamton (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (45), kidnapping and abduction cases (10) and domestic violence cases (5).
20 files of the 61 have coverage attached: 43 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 17 creators. The most covered is Murder of Haley Anderson, with 5 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, 60 Minutes Australia 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.
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
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
Harlem Hospital 5BBT jeh — Credit: Jim.hendersonPublic domainSource
John Lennon — Credit: Bob Gruen / Capitol Records (1974 promotional press photo)Public domainSource
Myrtle Willoughby vc — Credit: Barry Pousman from New York, NYCC BY 2.0Source
Louis Heaton Pink Houses, East New York — where Akai Gurley was shot in a stairwellCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Amadou Diallo, the victimEditorial useSource
Mobil gas station 1935 Coney Island Ave — Credit: MSolomonApplause @ Mapillary.comCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Imette St. Guillen, the victimEditorial useSource
NYPD Officer Russel Timoshenko, the victimEditorial useSource
Tessa Majors memorial at Morningside Park (43535) — Credit: RhododendritesCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old victimEditorial useSource
Ramona Moore, the victim (35, Bronx; disappeared 2012)Editorial useSource
Grace Brown — Credit: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons infobox portraitPublic domainSource
Reyna Marroquín, the murder victimPublic domainSource
Anthony Barbaro Oleah High School Shooting — Credit: ROTC official portrait. Unknown direct author.Public domainSource
These 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.
61. 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 (4 cases), 60 Minutes Australia (3 cases) and Kendall Rae (2 cases), among 17 creators in all.
New York City (24), New York (15) 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.
