129case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 129 arson cases. By legal status, 27 marked unsolved, 3 marked cold, 5 marked ongoing, 92 marked solved and 2 marked overturned. Deliberately set fires investigated as crimes.
Credit: Baba King at Albanian WikipediaPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenVlorë, Albania (epicenter of the 1997 unrest) · 1997
The collapse of pyramid investment schemes in early 1997 triggered nationwide protests, the breakdown of state authority in much of Albania, widespread looting of weapons depots, and an estimated 2,000 deaths before international mediation and an Italian-led multinational force helped restore order ahead of new elections.
Credit: L26CC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenKyoto Animation Studio 1, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Japan · 2019
On 18 July 2019, an arsonist set fire to Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring 34 others in one of the deadliest attacks in Japan since World War II. Shinji Aoba was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in January 2024.
Credit: Indrid__ColdCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenPortapique, Nova Scotia, Canada · 2020
Over April 18–19, 2020, Gabriel Wortman shot and killed 22 people and set fires at 16 locations across rural Nova Scotia before being shot dead by RCMP officers in Enfield, in the deadliest shooting rampage in Canadian history.
Credit: PraiawartCC BY 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenMilwaukee, Wisconsin · 2024
Sade Robinson, a 19-year-old Milwaukee college student, was reported missing on April 2, 2024, and her dismembered remains were recovered from multiple locations over the following weeks. Maxwell Anderson was convicted of her murder on June 6, 2025, and sentenced to life in prison.
SOLVEDListenMagazine Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England · 2013
Una Crown, an 86-year-old retired postmistress, was stabbed to death in her Wisbech home in January 2013; police initially dismissed the death as accidental, and it took a DNA breakthrough on preserved fingernail clippings in 2023 to lead to the conviction of David Newton in February 2025.
SOLVEDListenDenver and Lakewood, Colorado · 2021
On December 27, 2021, Lyndon McLeod fatally shot five people and wounded two others in a rampage spanning Denver and Lakewood, Colorado, before being killed by Lakewood Police Agent Ashley Ferris, whom he had wounded during their exchange of gunfire.
SOLVEDListenLawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan · 2007
Todd Stermer died after a fire at his Michigan home in 2007; his wife was convicted at a 2025 retrial after her first conviction was overturned, and her appeal from the new judgment remains pending.
UNSOLVEDListenCourtland, Mississippi, United States · 2014
Jessica Chambers died after being set on fire near Courtland, Mississippi, in 2014, and two trials of the man charged ended without a verdict.
Credit: Santa Clara County SheriffPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenVTA Guadalupe Division rail yard, San Jose, California · 2021
On May 26, 2021, a 57-year-old VTA employee shot and killed nine coworkers at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, California, before killing himself, making it the deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history.
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan · 1966
In 1966, an executive, his wife, and their two children were found stabbed to death after a fire at their home in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Former boxer Iwao Hakamada was convicted and sentenced to death in 1968 based on a disputed confession and contested physical evidence; after nearly five decades on death row, DNA testing led to his release in 2014 and acquittal in a 2024 retrial.
The files run from 1667 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 26 files. The oldest is Henry Morgan's Panama Expedition (Sack of Panama), from 1667.
They are spread across 36 countries; the most are in United States (56), Nigeria (10) and United Kingdom (8). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (81), kidnapping and abduction cases (18) and mass shooting cases (17).
22 files of the 129 have coverage attached: 47 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 15 creators. The most covered is 1997 Albanian civil unrest, with 5 items to watch or hear. Annie Elise, Dr. Todd Grande and 48 Hours 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.
Jefferson County Indiana Courthouse — Credit: Photo by Calvin Beale, as an employee of the Economic Research Service, part of the…Public domainSource
Common Grounds (Anchorage, Alaska) — Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
Kyoto animation arson attack 3 20190721 — Credit: L26CC BY-SA 4.0Source
Branch Davidian Compound Near Waco — Credit: the Federal Bureau of InvestigationPublic domainSource
Big Stop in Enfield, Nova Scotia — Credit: Indrid__ColdCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Mugshot of James Young Havens III — Credit: Marion County Sheriff's OfficePublic domainSource
97-9 — Credit: Baba King at Albanian WikipediaPublic domainSource
SanJoseshootingweapons — Credit: Santa Clara County SheriffPublic domainSource
Providencia, Colombia - panoramio (44) — Credit: Jose Rafael Luna Lop…CC BY-SA 3.0Source.jpg)
The skyline of Austin, the capital city of Texas. With a population of 961,855, it's the 13th-most populous city in the U.S. — location anchor for the caseCC BY 4.0Source
Waikino school (cropped) — Credit: Unknown, likely New Zealand policePublic domainSource
File:Sade Memorial 1.jpg — Credit: PraiawartCC BY 4.0Source
Attack Quebec 2012 Elections Metropolis — Credit: Gates of AleCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Jericho bus firebombing 1988 III — Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographerCC BY-SA 3.0Source
File:Banner Mireille Knoll in Rome.jpg — Credit: JoveCC0Source
Anthony Barbaro Oleah High School Shooting — Credit: ROTC official portrait. Unknown direct author.Public domainSource
PedroVargasmassshooter — Credit: Hialeah Police DepartmentPublic 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.
129. By status: 27 unsolved, 3 cold, 5 ongoing, 92 solved and 2 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Henry Morgan's Panama Expedition (Sack of Panama), from 1667. Open the file
1997 Albanian civil unrest, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Annie Elise (5 cases), Dr. Todd Grande (3 cases) and 48 Hours (3 cases), among 15 creators in all.
United States (56), Nigeria (10) and United Kingdom (8).
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.
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