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Robbery and burglary cases

161case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026

Casepin holds 161 robbery and burglary cases. By legal status, 12 marked unsolved, 2 marked cold, 6 marked ongoing, 136 marked solved and 5 marked overturned. Crimes that began with a theft, a break-in or a hold-up.

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Files: 161
Unsolved: 12
Cold: 2
Ongoing: 6
Solved: 136
Overturned: 5
Span: 1638–2023

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Credit: Family/Instagram photograph, widely distributed in press coverageEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListen
Moscow, Idaho · 2022
2022 University of Idaho Murders
Four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle—were fatally stabbed inside an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. Bryan Kohberger, a criminology PhD student at nearby Washington State University, was arrested that December and pleaded guilty in 2025, receiving four consecutive life sentences.
15 to watch & hear
Credit: Woodlawn High SchoolEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListen
Leakin Park, Baltimore, Maryland · 1999
Murder of Hae Min Lee
Hae Min Lee, an 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student, was strangled and found buried in Leakin Park in February 1999. Her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed was convicted of first-degree murder in 2000; the case gained international attention after the 2014 podcast Serial, and Syed's conviction underwent multiple vacaturs, appeals, and reinstatements through 2025.
13 to watch & hear
Credit: Baba King at Albanian WikipediaPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListen
Vlorë, Albania (epicenter of the 1997 unrest) · 1997
1997 Albanian civil unrest
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.
5 to watch & hear
Credit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2681931/Anni-killer-set-freed-months-live.htmlEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListen
Cape Town, South Africa · 2010
Murder of Anni Dewani
Swedish newlywed Anni Dewani was shot dead during a taxi hijacking on her honeymoon near Cape Town in 2010; three men were convicted of the crime and her husband was acquitted and exonerated.
3 to watch & hear
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Purple Garden Hotel, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan · 2018
Murder of Poon Hiu-wing
Amber Poon Hiu-wing, a pregnant 20-year-old from Hong Kong, was killed by her boyfriend Chan Tong-kai in a Taipei hotel room in February 2018. Jurisdictional gaps meant Chan could only be prosecuted in Hong Kong for money laundering, and the case became the stated rationale for a 2019 extradition bill that triggered months of mass protests in Hong Kong.
3 to watch & hear
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Laramie, Wyoming, USA · 1998
Murder of Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, was robbed, beaten, and left tied to a fence near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998 in an anti-gay attack; he died six days later, and Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were convicted of murder and each sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
2 to watch & hear
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Blood Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest · 2008
Murder of Meredith Emerson
Meredith Emerson, a 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate, was abducted while hiking on Blood Mountain in north Georgia on January 1, 2008, and killed by Gary Michael Hilton, a drifter who pleaded guilty and received a life sentence.
2 to watch & hear
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Citrus grove near Mims, Brevard County, Florida · 1989
Killing of Charles Flynn
Charles "Chip" Flynn, 22, was fatally shot in a Brevard County, Florida citrus grove in April 1989. Crosley Alexander Green was convicted of the killing based largely on the testimony of Flynn's ex-girlfriend Kim Hallock, but decades of appeals cited withheld evidence and inconsistencies, leading to his conviction being vacated in 2018 before being reinstated in 2022.
2 to watch & hear
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States · 2008
Murder of Eve Carson
Eve Carson, student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was abducted, robbed and fatally shot on March 5, 2008. Demario James Atwater and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. were charged, and both were ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
1 thing to watch or hear
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Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California, United States · 2022
Attack on Paul Pelosi
On October 28, 2022, David Wayne DePape broke into the San Francisco home of Paul Pelosi, husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and beat him with a hammer, fracturing his skull, after planning to take Nancy Pelosi hostage.
1 thing to watch or hear

About these files

Robbery and burglary cases, in brief

The files run from 1638 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 39 files. The oldest is Murder of Penowanyanquis, from 1638.

They are spread across 28 countries; the most are in United States (80), United Kingdom (17) and Japan (8). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (147), kidnapping and abduction cases (42) and arson cases (12).

46 files of the 161 have coverage attached: 130 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 21 creators. The most covered is 2022 University of Idaho Murders, with 15 items to watch or hear. That Chapter, Dr. Todd Grande and Bailey Sarian 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.

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Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle — Credit: Family/Instagram photograph, widely distributed in press coverageEditorial useSource
SOLVED Audio2022 University of Idaho MurdersMoscow, Idaho · 2022 · 15 to watch & hear
Joseph James DeAngelo — Credit: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s OfficePublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioCalifornia serial murders, sexual assaults, and burglaries (1974–1986)Sacramento, California (crimes spanned multiple California counties) · 1970s · 13 to watch & hear
Hae Min Lee — Credit: Woodlawn High SchoolEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Hae Min LeeLeakin Park, Baltimore, Maryland · 1999 · 13 to watch & hear
Dennis Rader, convicted of the BTK murders — 1966 U.S. Air Force portrait — Credit: United States Air ForcePublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioWichita serial murders (1974–1991)Wichita and Park City, Kansas · 1974 · 7 to watch & hear
SF From Marin Highlands3 — Credit: en:User:Paul.hPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Polly KlaasPetaluma, California, United States · 1993 · 6 to watch & hear
Faith Hedgepth — Credit: Screengrab from video hereEditorial useSource
ONGOING AudioKilling of Faith HedgepethChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States · 2012 · 6 to watch & hear
Common Grounds (Anchorage, Alaska) — Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioKillings of Bill and Lorraine CurrierAnchorage, Alaska, United States · 2010s · 5 to watch & hear
Chowchilla kidnapping trailer — Credit: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles TimesCC BY 4.0 Source
SOLVED Audio1976 Chowchilla kidnappingBerenda Slough / Chowchilla, California (abduction site); victims later held at a quarry in Livermore, California · 1976 · 5 to watch & hear
Elizabeth Smart — Credit: Veneta Rizvic / KOMUnews (Flickr), CC BY 2.0CC BY 2.0 Source
SOLVED AudioKidnapping of Elizabeth SmartFederal Heights neighborhood, Salt Lake City, Utah · 2002 · 4 to watch & hear
Kitty Genovese (1961) — Credit: Public domain (1961 New York booking photo) via Wikimedia CommonsPublic domain Source
SOLVED AudioMurder of Kitty GenoveseKew Gardens, Queens, New York City · 1960s · 3 to watch & hear
Anni Dewani — Credit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2681931/Anni-killer-set-freed-months-live.htmlEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Anni DewaniCape Town, South Africa · 2010 · 3 to watch & hear
Cobbins, Davidson, Thomas, Lynn Coleman — Credit: Nate HooperCC BY-SA 4.0 Source
SOLVED AudioMurders of Channon Christian and Christopher NewsomKnoxville, Tennessee · 2007 · 3 to watch & hear
SOLVED AudioBackpacker murdersBelanglo State Forest, near Berrima, New South Wales, Australia · 1980s · 2 to watch & hear
SOLVED AudioMurder of Rie IsogaiChikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan · 2007 · 3 to watch & hear
Matthew Shepard — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Matthew ShepardLaramie, Wyoming, USA · 1998 · 2 to watch & hear
Blood Mountain view — Credit: US govPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Meredith EmersonBlood Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest · 2008 · 2 to watch & hear
Eve Carson — Credit: University of North CarolinaEditorial useSource
SOLVED AudioMurder of Eve CarsonChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States · 2008 · 1 thing to watch or hear
97-9 — Credit: Baba King at Albanian WikipediaPublic domainSource
SOLVED Audio1997 Albanian civil unrestVlorë, Albania (epicenter of the 1997 unrest) · 1997 · 5 to watch & hear
2020-07-04-Code-Pink-Car-Caravan-in-San-Francisco-California 1,346 (50077894771) (cropped and rotated) — Credit: Daniel ArauzCC BY 2.0 Source
SOLVED AudioAttack on Paul PelosiPacific Heights, San Francisco, California, United States · 2022 · 1 thing to watch or hear
The house where the "Hakamata Incident" took place, in Yokosuna Higashi-chō, Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City — Credit: 要塞騎士CC0 Source
OVERTURNED AudioKilling of the Hakamada Family (Hakamata Incident)Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan · 1966
File:Maungatapu Monument 01.jpg — Credit: stug.stugCC BY-SA 3.0Source
SOLVED AudioMaungatapu murders (1866)Maungatapu track, near Nelson, South Island, New Zealand · 1866
Nirbhaya-six — Credit: WLF0XCC BY-SA 4.0 Source
SOLVED AudioMurder of Jyoti Singh (2012 Delhi Gang Rape and Murder)Munirka, Delhi, India · 2010s
Mario Buda — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioSacco and VanzettiBraintree, Massachusetts, United States · 1927
祖師谷公園世田谷一家殺人事件現場 - Panoramio 63788090 — Credit: 珈琲牛乳CC BY 3.0 Source
UNSOLVED AudioSetagaya family murdersKamisoshigaya, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 2000s

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How many robbery and burglary cases are on Casepin?

161. By status: 12 unsolved, 2 cold, 6 ongoing, 136 solved and 5 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these robbery and burglary cases?

Murder of Penowanyanquis, from 1638. Open the file

Which case has the most coverage?

2022 University of Idaho Murders, with 15 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered robbery and burglary cases?

That Chapter (11 cases), Dr. Todd Grande (9 cases) and Bailey Sarian (8 cases), among 21 creators in all.

Where are most of these cases?

United States (80), United Kingdom (17) and Japan (8).

How current is this page?

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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