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The 2000s

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Every case from the 2000s

One file for each year of the 2000s: the most documented and most cited case on record for that year.

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2009
Credit: HistoryMiami (via CBS News)Editorial useSource
SOLVED

Murders of Bernice and Ben Novack Jr.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Bernice Novack and her son, Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., were killed three months apart in 2009 — Bernice in her Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home and Ben in a Rye Brook, New York hotel suite. Ben's estranged wife, Narcy Novack, was convicted in 2012 of orchestrating both killings and was sentenced to life in prison without parole; her brother and three other men were also convicted or pleaded guilty for their roles.

2008
Credit: Disability Day of Mourning memorial (disability-memorial.org)Editorial useSource
SOLVED

Murder of Julie Jensen

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Julie Jensen was found dead in her Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin home on December 3, 1998, after being poisoned with antifreeze. A letter she wrote before her death naming her husband, Mark Jensen, as a suspect became central evidence. Mark Jensen was convicted in 2008, had that conviction overturned on appeal in 2015, and was convicted again at a second trial in 2023.

2007
Credit: Bio at VirginiaSports.comEditorial useSource
SOLVED

Murder of Yeardley Love

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia women's lacrosse player, was found unresponsive in her Charlottesville apartment on May 3, 2010. Fellow UVA lacrosse player George Wesley Huguely V was arrested and later convicted of second-degree murder, receiving a 23-year prison sentence.

2006
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
SOLVED

Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart

Whispering Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, Idaho

Cassie Jo Stoddart, a 16-year-old Pocatello, Idaho high school student, was stabbed to death on September 22, 2006 by two classmates, Brian Lee Draper and Torey Michael Adamcik, who said they were inspired by the film Scream. Both were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

2005
Credit: Life TouchEditorial useSource
UNSOLVED

Killing of Tara Grinstead

Ocilla, Georgia, United States

Tara Grinstead, a Georgia high school teacher, disappeared from her Ocilla home on October 22, 2005, and was later declared dead. In 2017, Ryan Alexander Duke was arrested and charged with her murder; in 2022 he was acquitted of murder but convicted of concealing her death. A former classmate, Bo Dukes, was separately convicted for helping conceal the death.

2004Editor’s pick
Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
UNSOLVED

Disappearance of Maura Murray

Route 112 near Woodsville, Haverhill, New Hampshire

On February 9, 2004, 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray vanished after a single-vehicle crash on Route 112 near Woodsville, New Hampshire, and has not been seen since.

2003
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
SOLVED

Murder of Lana Clarkson

Alhambra, California

Actress Lana Clarkson was found fatally shot inside record producer Phil Spector's Alhambra, California, mansion on February 3, 2003; Spector was convicted of her murder in 2009 and died in prison custody in January 2021.

2002
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
SOLVED

Murder of Laci Peterson

Modesto, California

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.

2001
Credit: Florida Department of CorrectionsPublic domainSource
SOLVED

Murder of Sandra Rozzo

Pinellas Park, Florida

Sandra "Sandee" Rozzo, a Pinellas Park, Florida bartender, was shot to death in her garage on July 5, 2003. Her former partner and coworker Tracey Humphrey and his wife Ashley Humphrey, married just one day before the killing, were both convicted in connection with her murder.

2000
Credit: CBS News / Travis Alexander (personal photo)Editorial useSource
SOLVED

Murder of Travis Alexander

Mesa, Arizona, United States

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.