Notable true-crime cases mapped and documented on CrimeAtlas.https://crimeatlas.earth/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/taleb-al-abdulmohsen-magdeburg/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/taleb-al-abdulmohsen-magdeburg/A man drove a car into crowds at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on 20 December 2024, killing six people and injuring around 300 others.Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020sgermanyvehicle-attackchristmas-marketmass-casualtymagdeburgeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/luigi-mangione-thompson/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/luigi-mangione-thompson/UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel; Luigi Mangione was arrested days later and charged with the killing.Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020susanew-yorkshootingtargeted-killingceomanhattandeath-penaltyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/fan-weiqiu-zhuhai-car-attack/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/fan-weiqiu-zhuhai-car-attack/A man drove a car into crowds exercising at the Zhuhai Sports Centre, killing 35 people and injuring 43 in China's deadliest attack of its kind in years.Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020schinavehicle-rammingmass-casualtyspree-attackdeath-penaltyexecutedzhuhaihttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/vinicius-gritzbach-sao-paulo/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/vinicius-gritzbach-sao-paulo/Brazilian businessman and police informant Vinicius Gritzbach was gunned down outside São Paulo's Guarulhos airport in a contract killing tied to the PCC.Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020sbrazilorganized-crimepcccontract-killingassassinationsao-paulopolice-corruptionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/axel-rudakubana-southport/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/axel-rudakubana-southport/A 17-year-old stabbed children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in Southport, killing three young girls and injuring ten others.Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020sunited-kingdomenglandmass-stabbingchild-victimsknife-attacksouthportmerseysidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/joel-cauchi-bondi-junction/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/joel-cauchi-bondi-junction/A man with untreated schizophrenia fatally stabbed six people and injured many others at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney before being shot dead by police.Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020saustraliamass-stabbingknife-attackmental-illnessspree-killingsydneyshopping-mallhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/crocus-city-hall-attack/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/crocus-city-hall-attack/Gunmen opened fire on concertgoers and set fire to the Crocus City Hall venue near Moscow, killing at least 145 people in Russia's deadliest terror attack in decades.Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020srussiaterrorismisis-kmass-shootingarsonmoscowmass-casualtyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/abdul-ezedi-clapham/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/abdul-ezedi-clapham/Abdul Ezedi attacked a 31-year-old woman and her two young daughters with a corrosive alkali substance in Clapham, London, then fled and was later found dead in the Thames.Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT2020sunited-kingdomenglandlondonchemical-attackcorrosive-attackdomestic-violencemanhuntasylum-seekerhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/fernando-villavicencio-assassination/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/fernando-villavicencio-assassination/Ecuadorian presidential candidate and anti-corruption journalist Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead leaving a campaign rally in Quito, days before the 2023 election.Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT2020secuadorassassinationpolitical-violencejournalistorganized-crimehitmenlatin-americashootingelectionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/bryan-kohberger-idaho/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/bryan-kohberger-idaho/Four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho; PhD student Bryan Kohberger was later convicted of the killings.Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT2020susaidahostabbingmass-murdercollege-studentsknife-attackdna-evidencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/shinzo-abe-assassination/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/shinzo-abe-assassination/Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot with a homemade gun while delivering a campaign speech in Nara, Japan, in July 2022.Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT2020sjapanassassinationpolitical-violencefirearmshinzo-abehomemade-gunhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/uvalde-robb-elementary/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/uvalde-robb-elementary/An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in one of the deadliest U.S. school shootings.Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT2020susaschool-shootingmass-shootingtexasuvaldegun-violencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/buffalo-tops-shooting/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/buffalo-tops-shooting/An 18-year-old white supremacist shot 13 people, killing 10, at a Tops supermarket in a predominantly Black Buffalo neighborhood in a racially motivated attack.Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT2020susamass-shootingracially-motivatedhate-crimewhite-supremacist-terrorismdomestic-terrorismnew-yorkbuffalohttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/debanhi-escobar-nuevo-leon/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/debanhi-escobar-nuevo-leon/An 18-year-old law student vanished after a party near Monterrey, Mexico, and was found dead in a motel water cistern 13 days later, in a case marked by disputed autopsy findings.Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT2020smexiconuevo-leonfemicidedisputed-homicidemissing-personunsolvedlatin-americahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/gabby-petito/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/gabby-petito/Gabby Petito, 22, was strangled by her fiancé Brian Laundrie during a cross-country van trip; her body was found in Wyoming and he died by suicide before being charged.Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT2020susawyomingfloridastrangulationdomestic-violenceintimate-partner-homicidemissing-personmurder-suicidetrue-crimehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jovenel-moise-assassination/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jovenel-moise-assassination/Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead by an armed commando, mostly former Colombian soldiers, who stormed his private residence in Pétion-Ville before dawn.Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT2020shaitiassassinationpolitical-assassinationhead-of-statemercenarieslatin-americacolombian-mercenarieshttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/alex-murdaugh/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/alex-murdaugh/South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh fatally shot his wife Maggie and son Paul at the family's hunting estate, then was convicted of murder in 2023 amid sweeping financial fraud.Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT2020susasouth-carolinafamily-murderdomesticfinancial-fraudshootingmurdaughfilicideuxoricidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/robert-aaron-long-atlanta-spa/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/robert-aaron-long-atlanta-spa/A gunman killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three spas in the Atlanta metropolitan area on March 16, 2021.Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT2020susageorgiaatlantamass-shootingspree-killinganti-asian-violencehate-crimehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/samuel-paty-beheading/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/samuel-paty-beheading/French middle-school teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded near his school after showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression.Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT2020sfranceterrorismbeheadingislamist-extremismteacherfree-speecheuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tahir-naseem-peshawar/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tahir-naseem-peshawar/Tahir Naseem, a US citizen on trial for blasphemy in Pakistan, was shot dead inside a Peshawar courtroom by a teenage gunman during a hearing.Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT2020spakistanblasphemycourtroom-killingreligious-violencepeshawarshootingasiahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/lori-vallow-daybell/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/lori-vallow-daybell/Lori Vallow Daybell murdered her two children and conspired in the death of her husband's wife amid apocalyptic doomsday beliefs; the children's bodies were found buried in Idaho in June 2020.Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT2020susaidahocultdoomsdayfilicideconspiracyreligious-extremismhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tobias-rathjen-hanau-shootings/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tobias-rathjen-hanau-shootings/On 19 February 2020, a gunman killed nine people of migrant background in two shisha bars in Hanau, Germany, before killing his mother and himself in a far-right terror attack.Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT2020sgermanymass-shootingfar-right-terrorismhate-crimeracially-motivatedhanaumurder-suicideshisha-barhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/halle-synagogue-attack/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/halle-synagogue-attack/An antisemitic gunman attempted to storm a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur in 2019, killing two bystanders after failing to enter.Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT2010sgermanyantisemitic-attackterrorismright-wing-extremismmass-shootinghate-crimeeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/gracious-david-west/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/gracious-david-west/Gracious David-West terrorized Port Harcourt in 2019, strangling at least 15 women in cheap hotel rooms. He posed as a military officer and bound victims with bed sheets after having sex with them.Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer2010snigeriawest-africahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/christchurch-mosque-shootings/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/christchurch-mosque-shootings/A gunman attacked two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 51 people in the country's deadliest mass shooting.Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT2010snew-zealandterrorismmass-shootingwhite-supremacisthate-crimeoceaniahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/chris-watts/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/chris-watts/Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife and smothered his two young daughters, hiding their bodies at his worksite. His fake media pleas were watched millions of times.Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTfamily-annihilator2010scoloradodomesticusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/younes-abouyaaqoub-barcelona-attack/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/younes-abouyaaqoub-barcelona-attack/A van was deliberately driven into pedestrians on Barcelona's La Rambla in 2017, killing 13 and injuring over 130 in an Islamic State-claimed attack.Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT2010sspainterrorismvehicle-attackbarcelonaislamic-statemass-casualtycataloniahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/delphi-murders-richard-allen/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/delphi-murders-richard-allen/Two teenage girls were abducted and murdered while hiking near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana; local man Richard Allen was convicted in 2024.Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT2010susaindianachild-victimsdouble-murderabductiondelphiconvictedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/anis-amri-berlin-christmas-market/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/anis-amri-berlin-christmas-market/On 19 December 2016, Anis Amri drove a hijacked truck into the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring dozens.Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT2010sgermanyberlinterrorismvehicle-attackislamic-statechristmas-marketmass-casualtyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/sagamihara-care-home/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/sagamihara-care-home/A former staff member attacked a residential care facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, killing 19 and injuring 26 in the country's deadliest mass killing since World War II.Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT2010sjapanasiamass-murdercare-homedisability-hate-crimestabbingdeath-penaltyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/david-sonboly-munich-oez-shooting/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/david-sonboly-munich-oez-shooting/An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at and around the Olympia shopping centre in Munich, killing nine people, most of them teenagers, before taking his own life.Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT2010sgermanymass-shootingmunichspree-killingfar-rightschool-age-victimsmurder-suicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mohamed-lahouaiej-bouhlel-nice-attack/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mohamed-lahouaiej-bouhlel-nice-attack/On Bastille Day 2016, a man drove a cargo truck through a crowd on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, killing 86 people and injuring hundreds before being shot dead by police.Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT2010sfranceterrorismvehicle-attackmass-casualtyislamic-statebastille-daynicehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/atalay-filiz-turkey/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/atalay-filiz-turkey/Turkish serial killer Atalay Filiz murdered three people across Ankara and Istanbul between 2013 and 2016, and is also linked to a missing Russian girlfriend, before his 2016 capture.Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerturkey2010sistanbulankarastabbingshootingconvictedaggravated-life-sentencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/paris-november-attacks/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/paris-november-attacks/Coordinated ISIS terror attacks across Paris on 13 November 2015 killed 130 people, with the deadliest assault at the Bataclan concert hall.Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT2010sfranceterrorismisismass-casualtyparisbataclaneuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/boris-nemtsov-assassination/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/boris-nemtsov-assassination/Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a Moscow bridge near the Kremlin in February 2015.Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT2010srussiamoscowpolitical-assassinationopposition-politicianshootingcontract-killingchechnyahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/kouachi-brothers-charlie-hebdo/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/kouachi-brothers-charlie-hebdo/On 7 January 2015, brothers Saïd and Chérif Kouachi stormed the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and wounding 11 in a terrorist attack.Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT2010sfranceterrorismmass-shootingparisjihadist-attackislamist-terrorismpress-freedomal-qaedahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/stephen-port-grindr-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/stephen-port-grindr-killer/Stephen Port lured young gay men via dating apps to his Barking flat, drugging four with lethal doses of GHB before disposing of their bodies nearby.Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT2010sunited-kingdomserial-killerlondonlgbt-victimsgrindrpoisoningghbdrug-facilitatedbarkinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/lindt-cafe-siege/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/lindt-cafe-siege/Gunman Man Haron Monis took 18 people hostage at a Lindt cafe in central Sydney; the 16-hour siege ended with two hostages and Monis dead.Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT2010saustraliahostage-siegeterrorismsydneylindt-cafemass-casualtyoceaniahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/marysville-pilchuck-shooting/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/marysville-pilchuck-shooting/A 15-year-old student shot five classmates in the school cafeteria, killing four, then took his own life. The victims included his cousins and friends.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT2010susaschool-shootingwashington-statemass-shootingmurder-suicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ayotzinapa-disappearance/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ayotzinapa-disappearance/Forty-three students from a rural teachers' college were forcibly disappeared in Iguala, Mexico, after being attacked by local police acting in collusion with a drug cartel.Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT2010smexicomass-disappearancecartel-violenceenforced-disappearanceayotzinapaigualaguerreros-unidosstudentslatin-americahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/kunming-railway-attack/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/kunming-railway-attack/A group of knife-wielding attackers stormed Kunming Railway Station, killing 31 people and wounding over 140 in a coordinated mass stabbing attributed to Xinjiang separatists.Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT2010schinaasiaterrorismmass-stabbingxinjiangseparatismkunmingrailway-stationhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/gabriel-fernandez/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/gabriel-fernandez/Eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez was tortured and murdered by his mother and her boyfriend in Palmdale, California, despite repeated warnings to authorities.Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT2010susacaliforniachild-abusetorturemurderchild-welfare-failuredomestichttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tsarnaev-boston-marathon/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tsarnaev-boston-marathon/Two brothers detonated homemade bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line, killing 3 and injuring hundreds; a police officer was killed during the manhunt.Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2010susaterrorismbombingbostonmass-casualtydomestic-terrorismhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ljubisa-bogdanovic-velika-ivanca/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ljubisa-bogdanovic-velika-ivanca/On 9 April 2013, retired soldier Ljubisa Bogdanovic shot dead 13 people across several houses in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanca before fatally wounding his wife and himself.Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2010sserbiamass-shootingspree-killingfamilicidemurder-suicidegun-violencebalkanshttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/elisa-lam/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/elisa-lam/Canadian student Elisa Lam was found drowned in a rooftop water tank of LA's Cecil Hotel; her death was ruled an accident after bizarre elevator footage drew global attention.Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT2010susacalifornialos-angelesaccidental-deathdrowningcecil-hotelno-foul-playmental-healthhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/oscar-pistorius/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/oscar-pistorius/Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTdomestic2010ssouth-africacelebrityparalympichttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/nirbhaya-delhi/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/nirbhaya-delhi/A 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang-raped and fatally assaulted aboard a moving private bus in New Delhi, sparking nationwide protests and reforms to India's rape laws.Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT2010sindiagang-rapemurdernew-delhideath-penaltynirbhayahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/sandy-hook/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/sandy-hook/Adam Lanza killed 20 first-graders and 6 educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It remains one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTmass-shooting2010sconnecticutschool-shootingusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/samuel-little/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/samuel-little/Samuel Little, later confirmed as the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, was arrested in 2012 and ultimately confessed to 93 murders spanning decades across the country.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerstrangulationusa2010s1970s1980s1990scold-casefbihttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/luka-magnotta/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/luka-magnotta/Luka Magnotta murdered and dismembered Chinese student Jun Lin in Montreal in 2012, filmed the act, and mailed body parts to political offices and schools.Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2010scanadamontrealdismembermentfirst-degree-murderfilmed-killinginternational-manhuntnorth-americahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/magdalena-luczak/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/magdalena-luczak/Four-year-old Daniel Pelka was starved, beaten and abused to death by his mother and her partner in Coventry, England, in March 2012.Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT2010sunited-kingdomchild-murderchild-abuseenglandcoventryfilicidestarvationneglecthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/israel-keyes/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/israel-keyes/Israel Keyes was a meticulous serial killer who traveled thousands of miles to murder strangers, buried 'kill kits' years in advance, and left no patterns for police to follow.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer2010salaskamethodicalusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jose-breton-cordoba-children/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jose-breton-cordoba-children/Jose Breton murdered his two young children, Ruth (6) and Jose (2), in Cordoba, Spain, then faked their disappearance to punish his estranged wife.Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT2010sspainfilicidechild-murderdouble-murderdomesticcordobaandalusiarevengesolvedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/anders-breivik-utoya/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/anders-breivik-utoya/A lone far-right extremist bombed government buildings in Oslo then shot dead 69 people at a youth camp on Utoya island, killing 77 in total.Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT2010snorwayterrorismfar-right-extremismmass-shootingbombingeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-bychkov-belinsky/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-bychkov-belinsky/Alexander Bychkov, a man from Belinsky in Penza Oblast, murdered nine people, mostly homeless men, and recorded the killings in a diary that incriminated him.Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerrussia2010spenza-oblastdiarylife-sentencehomeless-victimshttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/long-island-serial-killer-rex-heuermann/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/long-island-serial-killer-rex-heuermann/Remains of multiple women were discovered along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach starting in December 2010; architect Rex Heuermann was arrested in 2023 and pleaded guilty in 2026 to killing eight women.Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer2010s2020snew-yorklong-islandusastrangulationguilty-pleahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/anni-dewani/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/anni-dewani/Anni Dewani was shot dead during an alleged hijacking in a Cape Town township on her honeymoon. Her husband Shrien was accused of arranging the murder but was acquitted after a sensational trial.Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010ssouth-africacape-townhoneymooncontroversialhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/raoul-moat/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/raoul-moat/Raoul Moat shot three people in Northumberland, killing his ex-girlfriend's new partner, then sparked a six-day manhunt that ended with his suicide.Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010sunited-kingdomenglandmanhuntshootingspree-killingmurder-suicidenorthumberlandhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/nidal-hasan-fort-hood/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/nidal-hasan-fort-hood/U.S. Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan opened fire at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT2000susamass-shootingterrorismmilitarytexasspree-killinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tim-kretschmer-winnenden/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tim-kretschmer-winnenden/A 17-year-old former student killed 15 people at his old school in Winnenden, Germany, and during his flight, before taking his own life.Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT2000sgermanyschool-shootingmass-shootingspree-killingeuropemurder-suicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mumbai-26-11-attacks/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mumbai-26-11-attacks/Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba gunmen carried out coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai over four days, killing 166 people and wounding hundreds.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT2000sindiaterrorismmass-casualtylashkar-e-taibamumbaishooting26-11https://crimeatlas.earth/case/matti-saari-kauhajoki/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/matti-saari-kauhajoki/On 23 September 2008, 22-year-old student Matti Saari shot and killed nine people at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland, before fatally shooting himself.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT2000sfinlandschool-shootingmass-shootingeuropemurder-suicidespree-killinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/casey-anthony/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/casey-anthony/Two-year-old Caylee Anthony went missing for 31 days before her mother reported it. Casey was tried for murder but acquitted, sparking national outrage.Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTcontroversial2000sfloridachild-victimacquittalusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/akihabara-massacre-tomohiro-kato/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/akihabara-massacre-tomohiro-kato/Tomohiro Kato drove a truck into pedestrians and then stabbed bystanders in Tokyo's Akihabara district, killing seven people and injuring ten others.Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT2000sjapanmass-murdervehicle-attackstabbingspree-killingtokyoexecutedasiahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jodi-arias/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jodi-arias/Jodi Arias killed her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in an extremely violent attack. Her televised trial became a media sensation, featuring explicit details of their relationship.Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTdomestic2000sarizonafemale-killerusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/philip-onyancha/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/philip-onyancha/Philip Onyancha confessed to killing 17 people and drinking their blood, claiming a cult teacher told him to kill 100 people to become successful. He was acquitted due to police investigation failures.Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer2000s2010skenyaeast-africaculthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/kempamma-cyanide-mallika/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/kempamma-cyanide-mallika/India's first convicted female serial killer, who lured distressed women at temples and poisoned them with cyanide to rob their gold, killing six between 1999 and 2007.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerfemale-serial-killerpoisoncyaniderobberytemplesindiakarnatakabangalore2000s2007https://crimeatlas.earth/case/pekka-eric-auvinen-jokela/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/pekka-eric-auvinen-jokela/An 18-year-old student opened fire at Jokela High School in southern Finland, killing eight people before fatally shooting himself.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT2000sfinlandschool-shootingmass-shootingspree-killingmurder-suicideeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/amanda-knox/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/amanda-knox/British student Meredith Kercher was murdered in Italy. Her American roommate Amanda Knox became the subject of international media frenzy and prolonged legal battles.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTinternational2000sitalycontroversialstudenthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/dnepropetrovsk-maniacs/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/dnepropetrovsk-maniacs/Two 19-year-old men carried out a series of random, brutal murders in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, in mid-2007, filming several of the killings.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT2000sukraineserial-killerseuropethrill-killinglife-imprisonmentdniprohttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/madeleine-mccann/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/madeleine-mccann/Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal while her parents dined nearby. It became one of the most publicized missing child cases ever.Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTmissing2000sportugalchild-victiminternationalhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/cho-seung-hui-virginia-tech/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/cho-seung-hui-virginia-tech/On April 16, 2007, student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded many others in two attacks on the Virginia Tech campus before taking his own life.Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT2000susamass-shootingschool-shootinguniversityvirginiamurder-suicidespree-killinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/pedro-pablo-nakada-apostle-of-death/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/pedro-pablo-nakada-apostle-of-death/Peruvian serial killer who claimed God ordered him to eliminate 'undesirables,' killing at least 17 people in and around Lima before his 2006 arrest.Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT2000speruserial-killerlimasouth-americareligious-motivevigilanteshootinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/anna-politkovskaya-assassination/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/anna-politkovskaya-assassination/Investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in the lobby of her Moscow apartment building in a contract killing.Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT2000srussiajournalist-murdercontract-killingmoscowassassinationpress-freedomshootinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/wolfgang-priklopil-natascha-kampusch/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/wolfgang-priklopil-natascha-kampusch/Wolfgang Priklopil abducted 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch in 1998 and held her captive over eight years; after she escaped in 2006, he took his own life.Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT2000saustriaabductionkidnappingcaptivityeuropeperpetrator-suicidechild-abductionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-pichushkin-bitsa-park/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-pichushkin-bitsa-park/Alexander Pichushkin, the "Bitsa Park Maniac," murdered dozens of victims in Moscow's Bitsa Park, mostly luring elderly men with vodka before killing them.Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer2000srussiamoscoweuropebludgeoningsolvedlife-imprisonmenthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/juana-barraza-la-mataviejitas/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/juana-barraza-la-mataviejitas/Juana Barraza, a former pro wrestler dubbed La Mataviejitas, strangled elderly women alone in Mexico City; she was caught in 2006 and convicted of multiple murders.Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT2000smexicoserial-killerfemale-serial-killerstrangulationelderly-victimsmexico-cityla-mataviejitashttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/serhiy-tkach-pology-maniac/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/serhiy-tkach-pology-maniac/Serhiy Tkach, a former police forensics expert known as the 'Pology Maniac,' was arrested in 2005 after decades of raping and murdering young girls across Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerukraine2000schild-victimsrape-murderstrangulationformer-policepologyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/niels-hoegel-killer-nurse/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/niels-hoegel-killer-nurse/German nurse Niels Högel murdered patients by inducing cardiac arrest so he could attempt to revive them; he was ultimately convicted of 85 killings.Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerhealthcare-murdersgermany2000snurselower-saxonymedical-murderlife-sentencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/natalee-holloway/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/natalee-holloway/Alabama teen Natalee Holloway vanished during a graduation trip to Aruba in 2005; Joran van der Sloot confessed in 2023 to killing her on a beach and disposing of her body.Mon, 30 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT2000sarubausamissing-personmurderconfessionjoran-van-der-slootcaribbeangraduation-tripextortionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/irina-gaidamachuk-satan-in-a-skirt/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/irina-gaidamachuk-satan-in-a-skirt/A Russian housewife murdered elderly pensioners across the Sverdlovsk region by posing as a social worker, killing them and stealing their money to fund her drinking.Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT2000srussiaserial-killerfemale-serial-killerrobbery-homicideelderly-victimssverdlovsksolvedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mohammed-bouyeri-theo-van-gogh/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mohammed-bouyeri-theo-van-gogh/Dutch filmmaker and columnist Theo van Gogh was shot and stabbed to death in an Amsterdam street by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri over the film Submission.Tue, 02 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT2000snetherlandseuropeterrorismreligious-extremismfilmmakerfree-speechstabbingshootingamsterdamhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/veerappan-forest-brigand/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/veerappan-forest-brigand/Veerappan, India's most notorious forest bandit, poacher and serial killer, was shot dead by police in Operation Cocoon in 2004 after eluding capture for nearly two decades.Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT2000sindiabanditpoachingoperation-cocoonforest-brigandwildlife-crimeambushhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/beslan-school-siege/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/beslan-school-siege/Chechen-led militants seized School Number One in Beslan, North Ossetia, taking over 1,100 hostages; a three-day siege ended in explosions and gunfire that killed at least 334 people.Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT2000srussiaterrorismhostage-siegemass-casualtyschool-attacknorth-ossetiachechen-separatismeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/madrid-train-bombings-11m/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/madrid-train-bombings-11m/Coordinated bombings on four packed commuter trains during the Madrid morning rush hour killed 193 people and injured around 2,000 in Spain's deadliest terrorist attack.Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT2000sspainterrorismbombingmass-casualtyislamist-extremismmadridal-qaeda-inspiredcommuter-trainhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tony-king-costa-del-sol-strangler/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tony-king-costa-del-sol-strangler/British man Tony Alexander King strangled two young women on Spain's Costa del Sol; DNA later linked him to a 1999 killing for which another woman had been wrongly accused.Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT2000sspainserial-killerstrangulationcosta-del-solbritish-offenderdna-evidencefemicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/zvezdan-jovanovic-djindjic-assassination/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/zvezdan-jovanovic-djindjic-assassination/Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was shot dead by a sniper outside government headquarters in Belgrade, in a plot linked to organized crime and a paramilitary unit.Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT2000sserbiaassassinationpolitical-murdersniperorganized-crimebelgradeparamilitaryzemun-clanhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/alfredo-galan-playing-card-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/alfredo-galan-playing-card-killer/Alfredo Galan, a former soldier, shot six people dead around Madrid in early 2003, leaving playing cards at scenes, earning him the name the Playing Card Killer.Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT2000sspainserial-killerplaying-card-killermadridshootingasesino-de-la-barajaconvictedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/pedro-rodrigues-filho-pedrinho-matador/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/pedro-rodrigues-filho-pedrinho-matador/Brazilian serial killer "Pedrinho Matador" who claimed over 100 victims, mostly criminals and fellow inmates, and spent decades imprisoned before his 2003-era notoriety and eventual release.Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT2000sbrazilserial-killersouth-americaprisonvigilante-killersao-paulohttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/laci-peterson/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/laci-peterson/Scott Peterson murdered his eight-months-pregnant wife Laci on Christmas Eve. Her body washed ashore months later near where Scott claimed to be fishing alone.Tue, 24 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMTdomestic2000scaliforniapregnancyusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/scott-peterson/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/scott-peterson/Scott Peterson murdered his eight-months-pregnant wife Laci in Modesto, California in 2002 and dumped her body in San Francisco Bay, where she and the fetus later washed ashore.Tue, 24 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT2000susacaliforniauxoricidedomestic-violencepregnant-victimdeath-penaltysan-francisco-baymodestohttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/suzane-von-richthofen-parricide/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/suzane-von-richthofen-parricide/Brazilian teenager Suzane von Richthofen orchestrated the murder of her sleeping parents with her boyfriend and his brother at the family home in Sao Paulo in 2002.Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMTparricidefamily-murder2000sbrazilpremeditatedconspiracysao-paulofemale-perpetratorhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ariel-castro-cleveland-kidnappings/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ariel-castro-cleveland-kidnappings/Ariel Castro abducted three young women in Cleveland and held them captive in his home for roughly a decade until their escape on May 6, 2013.Thu, 22 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMTkidnappingcaptivityrape2000susaohioclevelandariel-castrosurvivorshttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/robert-steinhauser-erfurt/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/robert-steinhauser-erfurt/A 19-year-old expelled former student opened fire at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany, killing 16 people before taking his own life.Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT2000sgermanyschool-shootingmass-shootingspree-killingeuropemurder-suicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/saeed-hanaei-spider-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/saeed-hanaei-spider-killer/Saeed Hanaei strangled 16 women he deemed prostitutes in Mashhad, Iran, luring them to his home in a self-styled crusade against vice before his 2001 arrest.Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMTserial-killeriran2000smashhadstrangulationreligious-extremismspider-killervigilantefemicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/joanne-lees-peter-falconio/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/joanne-lees-peter-falconio/British backpacker Peter Falconio was shot dead on a remote Northern Territory highway in 2001 while travelling with girlfriend Joanne Lees, who escaped her attacker.Sat, 14 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT2000saustraliaoutbackbackpacker-murdernorthern-territoryshootingdna-evidenceoceaniahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/chandra-levy/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/chandra-levy/Chandra Levy, a federal intern, vanished in Washington D.C. in 2001; her remains were found in Rock Creek Park a year later. Ingmar Guandique was convicted of her murder in 2010, but the conviction was vacated in 2016 and charges dropped.Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT2000susawashington-dccold-casemissing-personvacated-convictionrock-creek-parkpolitical-scandalhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/erika-de-nardo-novi-ligure/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/erika-de-nardo-novi-ligure/A 16-year-old girl and her teenage boyfriend stabbed her mother and 11-year-old brother to death in Novi Ligure, then falsely blamed an immigrant intruder.Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT2000sitalymatricidejuvenile-offendersfamily-murderstabbingnovi-ligurepiedmonthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/georgiy-gongadze-murder/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/georgiy-gongadze-murder/Ukrainian investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze was abducted, strangled and beheaded near Kyiv in 2000, sparking a national political crisis.Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT2000sukrainejournalist-murderpress-freedompolitical-murderbeheadingkyivpolice-corruptionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/anatoly-onoprienko-trial/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/anatoly-onoprienko-trial/Ukrainian serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko, the 'Terminator,' murdered entire families across Ukraine; he was convicted in 1999 and his death sentence was commuted as Ukraine abolished capital punishment.Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT2000sukraineserial-killereuropemass-murderfamily-annihilationthe-terminatorlife-imprisonmenthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mikhail-popkov-angarsk/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mikhail-popkov-angarsk/Former Angarsk police officer Mikhail Popkov murdered dozens of women over nearly two decades, becoming one of the most prolific serial killers in modern Russian history.Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerrussia2000sangarskpolice-officersiberiairkutsk-oblastlife-sentencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/javed-iqbal-lahore-child-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/javed-iqbal-lahore-child-killer/Lahore businessman Javed Iqbal confessed to raping and murdering 100 boys, dissolving their bodies in acid. Convicted and sentenced to death, he was later found dead in his prison cell.Thu, 30 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT1990spakistanserial-killerchild-murderlahoreconfessionacid-disposaldeath-sentencesouth-asiahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/yang-xinhai/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/yang-xinhai/Yang Xinhai broke into homes at night, bludgeoning entire families with hammers, axes, and shovels. He killed 67 people across 26 separate attacks.Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990s2000schinaprolifichttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/luis-garavito/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/luis-garavito/Luis Garavito is one of the world's most prolific serial killers, convicted of killing 138 children. He lured victims with promises of money or gifts.Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990scolombiachild-victimsouth-americahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/columbine/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/columbine/Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people at Columbine High School in the deadliest school shooting of its time. The massacre changed school security nationwide.Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMTmass-shooting1990scoloradoschool-shootingusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/clifford-orji/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/clifford-orji/Clifford Orji murdered victims in Lagos, cooked their flesh for consumption, and sold body parts to wealthy clients. He lured young hawkers to his shack under the pretext of buying their goods.Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990snigeriacannibalismwest-africahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/adnan-syed-hae-min-lee/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/adnan-syed-hae-min-lee/Baltimore high school senior Hae Min Lee was strangled in 1999; her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed was convicted, a case later made famous by the podcast Serial.Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT1990susamarylandbaltimorestrangulationex-boyfriendwrongful-conviction-claimvacated-convictionpodcastserialteen-victimhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/vlastimir-djordjevic-belgrade-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/vlastimir-djordjevic-belgrade-killer/Senior Serbian police official Vlastimir Đorđević was convicted by the ICTY for crimes against humanity in Kosovo, including concealment of victims' bodies near Belgrade.Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT1990sserbiakosovo-warwar-crimesictycrimes-against-humanitybelgradebalkanshttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/harold-shipman/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/harold-shipman/Harold Shipman was a respected family doctor who murdered an estimated 250 patients, mostly elderly women, making him possibly the most prolific serial killer in modern history.Wed, 24 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990sukmedical-killerdoctorhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/donato-bilancia-train-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/donato-bilancia-train-killer/Donato Bilancia killed 17 people across Liguria over six months in 1997-1998, including several victims attacked on or near trains, earning him the nickname the Train Killer.Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMTserial-killeritaly1990sliguriagenoatrain-killersolvedspree-killinghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/andrew-cunanan-versace/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/andrew-cunanan-versace/Spree killer Andrew Cunanan shot fashion designer Gianni Versace on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion in 1997, the final of five murders before Cunanan killed himself.Tue, 15 Jul 1997 00:00:00 GMT1990susaspree-killingfloridagianni-versaceandrew-cunananmanhuntfashionlgbtmurder-suicidehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/david-simelane/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/david-simelane/David Simelane lured women with false job offers, then murdered them and buried them in shallow graves across Swaziland. He killed at least 28 women, including pregnant women.Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990s2000seswatiniswazilandsouthern-africahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/patrice-alegre-toulouse/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/patrice-alegre-toulouse/Patrice Alègre, a Toulouse hotel night porter, was convicted of murdering five women and raping six others in the Haute-Garonne region across the 1980s and 1990s.Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT1990sfranceserial-killertoulouserapeconvictedlife-sentencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/vladimir-nikolaev-cheboksary/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/vladimir-nikolaev-cheboksary/An unemployed man in Cheboksary, Russia, killed two acquaintances and committed acts of cannibalism, even selling human flesh at a local market.Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT1990srussiacannibalismmurderchuvashiacheboksarymental-illnesshttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jonbenet-ramsey/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jonbenet-ramsey/Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her family's basement on Christmas Day. The case remains unsolved despite massive media attention.Wed, 25 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMTunsolved1990scoloradochild-victimusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/marc-dutroux/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/marc-dutroux/Marc Dutroux kidnapped six girls and held them captive in a concealed dungeon. Four died. The case caused massive protests over police failures in Belgium.Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990sbelgiumchild-victimeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/cedric-maake/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/cedric-maake/Cedric Maake terrorized Johannesburg for two years, murdering 27 people with hammers and other weapons. He confused police by using varied killing methods and targeting victims of all types.Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990ssouth-africajohannesburghttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-spesivtsev-novokuznetsk/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-spesivtsev-novokuznetsk/Alexander Spesivtsev killed numerous young women and children in his Novokuznetsk apartment, with his mother assisting in luring victims.Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 GMT1990srussiaserial-killercannibalismnovokuznetskinsanity-verdictkemerovohttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/joaquin-ferrandiz-castellon-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/joaquin-ferrandiz-castellon-killer/Joaquín Ferrándiz murdered five young women in Spain's Castellón province between 1995 and 1996, luring victims from nightclubs before assaulting and killing them.Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerspain1990scastellonvalencian-communitysolvedmurderhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-komin-vyatskiye-polyany/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/alexander-komin-vyatskiye-polyany/Alexander Komin imprisoned and enslaved captives in a hidden underground bunker in Vyatskiye Polyany, forcing them to make knitwear and killing several who resisted or fell ill.Sun, 01 Jan 1995 00:00:00 GMT1990srussiakidnappingslaveryforced-laborcaptivityserial-killerkirov-oblasthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/frank-gust-vampire-of-krefeld/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/frank-gust-vampire-of-krefeld/Frank Gust, dubbed 'The Vampire of Krefeld,' murdered women in western Germany in 1995, drinking some victims' blood before his arrest and life sentence.Sun, 01 Jan 1995 00:00:00 GMTserial-killergermany1990skrefeldvampirenorth-rhine-westphaliasolvedlife-sentencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/oj-simpson/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/oj-simpson/Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside her Brentwood condo. O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder but found liable in a civil suit.Sun, 12 Jun 1994 00:00:00 GMTcelebrity1990scaliforniacontroversialusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/fred-rose-west/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/fred-rose-west/Fred and Rose West murdered at least 12 young women over two decades. Their home at 25 Cromwell Street became known as the 'House of Horrors' after excavations revealed buried remains.Thu, 24 Feb 1994 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980s1990sukcouple-killershttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/guy-georges-beast-of-bastille/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/guy-georges-beast-of-bastille/Guy Georges raped and murdered at least seven young women in eastern Paris during the 1990s, earning the nickname "the Beast of the Bastille" before DNA evidence led to his arrest.Fri, 07 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMT1990sfranceserial-killerparisdna-evidencerapestabbingbeast-of-the-bastillehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/moses-sithole/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/moses-sithole/Moses Sithole lured unemployed women with promises of jobs, raped and strangled them with their own underwear, leaving bodies at multiple sites.Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990ssouth-africarapehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/luigi-chiatti-monster-of-foligno/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/luigi-chiatti-monster-of-foligno/Luigi Chiatti, dubbed the Monster of Foligno, abducted and murdered two young boys in the Umbrian town of Foligno in 1992 and 1993.Sat, 07 Aug 1993 00:00:00 GMT1990sitalychild-murderserial-killerfolignoumbriasolvedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mona-fandey-witch-doctor-murder/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mona-fandey-witch-doctor-murder/Malaysian bomoh Mona Fandey, her husband and assistant murdered and dismembered politician Mazlan Idris during a supposed power-granting ritual in 1993.Fri, 02 Jul 1993 00:00:00 GMT1990smalaysiaritual-killingbomohwitch-doctormurderdismembermentexecutedocculthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/west-memphis-three/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/west-memphis-three/Three 8-year-old boys were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993; three teenagers were convicted in a case widely seen as a wrongful conviction and freed in 2011.Wed, 05 May 1993 00:00:00 GMT1990susaarkansaswrongful-convictionchild-victimswest-memphis-threesatanic-panicdna-exonerationalford-pleahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/antonio-angles-alcasser-girls/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/antonio-angles-alcasser-girls/Three 14-year-old girls were abducted, sexually assaulted and killed near Alcàsser, Valencia, in a case that shocked Spain. One suspect was convicted; the other vanished.Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:00:00 GMT1990sspainvalenciaabductionsexual-assaultfugitivemultiple-victimsalcasserhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ivan-milat/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ivan-milat/Ivan Milat murdered seven young backpackers in Australia's Belanglo State Forest. The bodies were discovered in 1992 and 1993, leading to Australia's largest manhunt.Sat, 19 Sep 1992 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990saustraliabackpackerhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/capaci-bombing-giovanni-brusca/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/capaci-bombing-giovanni-brusca/A Mafia bomb on the A29 motorway near Capaci, Sicily, killed anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three police escorts.Sat, 23 May 1992 00:00:00 GMT1990sitalymafiacosa-nostraterrorismbombingassassinationorganized-crimesicilyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/sergei-ryakhovsky-hippopotamus/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/sergei-ryakhovsky-hippopotamus/Sergei Ryakhovsky, the 'Balashikha Ripper,' killed at least 19 people in the Moscow region between 1988 and 1993, targeting elderly women and homeless men.Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerrussia1990smoscow-regionstrangulationsolvedbalashikhahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/marcelo-costa-de-andrade-vampire-niteroi/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/marcelo-costa-de-andrade-vampire-niteroi/Marcelo Costa de Andrade raped and murdered 14 boys near Niteroi, Brazil, in 1991, drinking some victims' blood and claiming he sent their souls to heaven.Wed, 18 Dec 1991 00:00:00 GMT1990sbrazilserial-killerchild-murdernecrophiliavampirerio-de-janeironiteroiinsanity-verdictsouth-americahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jeffrey-dahmer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jeffrey-dahmer/Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys over 13 years. His crimes included dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism. He was caught when a victim escaped.Mon, 22 Jul 1991 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990swisconsincannibalismusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/karla-homolka/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/karla-homolka/Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka drugged, sexually assaulted, and murdered three teenage girls including Karla's own sister Tammy.Mon, 24 Dec 1990 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990scanadacouplerapehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/michel-fourniret-ogre-of-ardennes/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/michel-fourniret-ogre-of-ardennes/Michel Fourniret, the 'Ogre of the Ardennes,' murdered young women and girls in France and Belgium, aided by his wife Monique Olivier who lured the victims.Tue, 11 Dec 1990 00:00:00 GMT1990sfranceserial-killerardennesmichel-fourniretbelgiumeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/yuri-tsyuman-taganrog/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/yuri-tsyuman-taganrog/Yuri Tsyuman, the 'Black Pantyhose' strangler, raped and killed four young women in Taganrog, Russia, between 1990 and 1991, leaving hosiery on their bodies as a signature.Sun, 13 May 1990 00:00:00 GMT1990srussiaserial-killerstranglertaganrogrostov-oblastsexual-assaultlife-imprisonmentsoviet-unionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/stewart-wilken/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/stewart-wilken/Stewart Wilken, known as Boetie Boer, killed prostitutes and young boys in Port Elizabeth, including his own 12-year-old daughter. He practiced necrophilia and cannibalism on some victims.Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1990ssouth-africacannibalismnecrophiliahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/aileen-wuornos/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/aileen-wuornos/Aileen Wuornos killed seven men along Florida highways, claiming self-defense against clients who picked her up. She was one of the first recognized female serial killers.Fri, 01 Dec 1989 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980s1990sfloridafemale-killerusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/menendez-brothers/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/menendez-brothers/Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered their wealthy parents with shotguns. Their televised trial featured claims of sexual abuse and became a media sensation.Sun, 20 Aug 1989 00:00:00 GMTparricide1980scaliforniacelebrityusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/junko-furuta/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/junko-furuta/A 17-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl was kidnapped and held captive for around 40 days by four teenage boys, who tortured, raped, and murdered her, then encased her body in concrete.Wed, 04 Jan 1989 00:00:00 GMT1980sjapanmurderkidnappingtorturejuvenile-offendersyakuzatokyorapehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tsutomu-miyazaki/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tsutomu-miyazaki/Tsutomu Miyazaki murdered four young girls and committed acts of necrophilia and cannibalism. His collection of horror videos sparked debate about media influence.Mon, 22 Aug 1988 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980sjapanchild-victimasiahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mariusz-trynkiewicz-piotrkow/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mariusz-trynkiewicz-piotrkow/Former teacher Mariusz Trynkiewicz sexually assaulted and murdered four boys in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland, in 1988.Fri, 01 Jul 1988 00:00:00 GMT1980spolandchild-victimsserial-killerconvicteddeath-penalty-commutedpiotrkow-trybunalskihttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/auto-shankar-chennai-killings/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/auto-shankar-chennai-killings/Chennai gangster Gowri Shankar, known as Auto Shankar, and his gang abducted and murdered several people amid a prostitution and trafficking racket; he was convicted and hanged in 1995.Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT1980sindiaserial-killerchennaitamil-nadugangsterhuman-traffickingexecutedprostitution-rackethttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jose-antonio-rodriguez-vega-old-lady-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jose-antonio-rodriguez-vega-old-lady-killer/Spanish serial killer Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega murdered at least 16 elderly women in Santander between 1987 and 1988, posing as a handyman to enter their homes.Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMTspain1980sserial-killersantandercantabriaelderly-victimsrapesuffocationhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ahmad-suradji/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ahmad-suradji/Posing as a shaman, Ahmad Suradji convinced women to be buried up to their waists in a ritual, then strangled them and drank their saliva for magical powers.Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980s1990sindonesiaocculthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/station-strangler/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/station-strangler/The Station Strangler terrorized the Cape Flats for eight years. 22 boys were found face down in shallow graves, sodomized with hands tied. Most victims were lured from train stations.Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980s1990ssouth-africachild-victimcape-townhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/vasili-kulik-irkutsk/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/vasili-kulik-irkutsk/Vasili Kulik, a trusted physician in Irkutsk, Siberia, murdered and assaulted numerous victims, primarily elderly women and children, before his arrest in 1986.Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 GMT1980srussiasoviet-unionserial-killerirkutsksiberiaphysicianexecutedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/pietro-pacciani-monster-of-florence/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/pietro-pacciani-monster-of-florence/A series of double murders of courting couples in the hills around Florence between 1968 and 1985, attributed to an unidentified serial killer dubbed the Monster of Florence.Sun, 08 Sep 1985 00:00:00 GMTserial-killeritalyflorencetuscanymonster-of-florence1980s1960s1970sunsolvedcold-casedouble-murderhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/norberto-manero-kumander-bucay/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/norberto-manero-kumander-bucay/Ilaga paramilitary leader Norberto Manero Jr. ("Kumander Bucay") led the brutal 1985 murder of Italian PIME priest Fr. Tullio Favali in Tulunan, North Cotabato, Philippines.Thu, 11 Apr 1985 00:00:00 GMT1980sphilippinesilagaparamilitarypriest-murderpolitical-violencemarcos-eramindanaonorth-cotabatoreligious-persecutionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/richard-ramirez/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/richard-ramirez/Richard Ramirez, the 'Night Stalker', killed at least 13 people during a reign of terror across Los Angeles. He broke into homes at night to murder and assault victims.Sun, 17 Mar 1985 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980scaliforniahome-invasionusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/gennady-mikhasevich-vitebsk/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/gennady-mikhasevich-vitebsk/Gennady Mikhasevich strangled dozens of women in Belarus's Vitebsk region over 14 years; wrongful convictions of others delayed his capture until 1985.Tue, 01 Jan 1985 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerstranglerbelarus1980ssoviet-unionvitebskwrongful-convictionhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/robert-pickton/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/robert-pickton/Robert Pickton murdered women, many of them sex workers, on his pig farm and disposed of their remains by feeding them to pigs or rendering them.Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980s1990s2000scanadasex-workershttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/tylenol-murders/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/tylenol-murders/In 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide by an unknown poisoner. The case remains unsolved.Wed, 29 Sep 1982 00:00:00 GMT1980susapoisoningproduct-tamperingcyanideunsolvedchicagoillinoismass-murderhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/gary-ridgway/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/gary-ridgway/Gary Ridgway is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. He murdered at least 49 women, dumping many bodies along the Green River near Seattle.Thu, 15 Jul 1982 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980s1990swashingtonusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/lam-kor-wan-jars-murderer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/lam-kor-wan-jars-murderer/A Hong Kong taxi driver strangled and dismembered four young women in 1982, preserving their sexual organs in jars, earning him the nickname the Jars Murderer.Wed, 03 Feb 1982 00:00:00 GMT1980shong-kongserial-killertaxi-driverdismembermentnecrophiliastrangulationhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/joachim-knychala-vampire-of-bytom/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/joachim-knychala-vampire-of-bytom/Joachim Knychała, the 'Vampire of Bytom,' attacked and killed women in Poland's Upper Silesia between 1974 and 1982 before his arrest.Fri, 01 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMT1980spolandserial-killerupper-silesiabytomvampire-of-bytomexecutedcold-war-erahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/issei-sagawa-kobe-cannibal/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/issei-sagawa-kobe-cannibal/Japanese student Issei Sagawa murdered and cannibalized Dutch classmate Renee Hartevelt in Paris in 1981, then avoided trial after being ruled insane.Thu, 11 Jun 1981 00:00:00 GMT1980sfrancecannibalismmurderparisjapanese-perpetratordeportedinsanity-rulingsingle-victimnotorioushttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/pedro-lopez/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/pedro-lopez/Pedro Lopez confessed to killing over 300 girls in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. He was released in 1998 and his current whereabouts are unknown.Sun, 09 Mar 1980 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970s1980secuadorcolombiasouth-americahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/nikolai-dzhumagaliev-metal-fang/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/nikolai-dzhumagaliev-metal-fang/Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, known as 'Metal Fang,' murdered and cannibalized multiple women in and around Almaty, Soviet Kazakhstan, before his arrest in 1980.Tue, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 GMT1980skazakhstansoviet-unionserial-killercannibalismalmatymetal-fangcriminally-insanehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jacques-mesrine-killings/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jacques-mesrine-killings/Jacques Mesrine, France's most wanted fugitive, was a violent career criminal whose crime spree ended when police ambushed and killed him in Paris in November 1979.Fri, 02 Nov 1979 00:00:00 GMT1970sfrancearmed-robberyfugitiveorganized-crimekilled-by-policejacques-mesrineparishttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/rodney-alcala/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/rodney-alcala/Photographer and serial killer Rodney Alcala murdered young women and a 12-year-old girl across California and New York, while having appeared as a bachelor on TV's 'The Dating Game.'Wed, 20 Jun 1979 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970susacaliforniathe-dating-gamephotographerdeath-rowhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/yiya-murano-poisoner-of-monserrat/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/yiya-murano-poisoner-of-monserrat/Argentine housewife Yiya Murano poisoned three women from her social circle with cyanide-laced tea and pastries in 1979 Buenos Aires to escape debts she owed them.Sat, 10 Feb 1979 00:00:00 GMT1970sargentinapoisoncyanidefemale-serial-killerbuenos-airesserial-killerfraudhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/dennis-nilsen/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/dennis-nilsen/Dennis Nilsen lured lonely young men to his flat, strangled them, and kept their bodies for company before dissecting them. Clogged drains led to his capture.Sat, 30 Dec 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970s1980suklondonnecrophiliahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/andrei-chikatilo/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/andrei-chikatilo/Andrei Chikatilo was one of the most brutal serial killers in history, murdering 52 women and children. He evaded Soviet police for 12 years.Fri, 22 Dec 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1980srussiaussrcannibalismhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/john-wayne-gacy/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/john-wayne-gacy/John Wayne Gacy, known as the 'Killer Clown' for his charity work as Pogo the Clown, murdered at least 33 young men and buried 26 of them in the crawl space beneath his home.Thu, 21 Dec 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970sillinoisusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ted-kaczynski/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ted-kaczynski/Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, mailed or hand-delivered 16 bombs over 17 years, killing 3 people and injuring 23 others.Thu, 25 May 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970s1980s1990smontanadomestic-terrorismusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/golden-state-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/golden-state-killer/Joseph DeAngelo terrorized California for over a decade as the East Area Rapist and Original Night Stalker. DNA and genealogy websites finally identified him in 2018.Thu, 02 Feb 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970s1980scaliforniadnausahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/richard-chase-vampire-of-sacramento/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/richard-chase-vampire-of-sacramento/Richard Trenton Chase, a paranoid schizophrenic dubbed the Vampire of Sacramento, killed six people in 1977-1978, drinking their blood and mutilating the bodies.Fri, 27 Jan 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970susacaliforniasacramentocannibalismvampireparanoid-schizophreniadeath-penaltyhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ted-bundy/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ted-bundy/Ted Bundy broke into the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University, killing two women and injuring three others in a brutal attack.Sun, 15 Jan 1978 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970sfloridahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/son-of-sam/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/son-of-sam/David Berkowitz killed 6 people and wounded 7 others in New York City. He sent taunting letters to police and newspapers, claiming a demon dog commanded him to kill.Thu, 29 Jul 1976 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970snew-yorkusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/peter-sutcliffe/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/peter-sutcliffe/Peter Sutcliffe terrorized Northern England for five years, attacking women with hammers and screwdrivers. The manhunt was one of the largest in British history.Thu, 30 Oct 1975 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970s1980sukyorkshirehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/charles-sobhraj-the-serpent/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/charles-sobhraj-the-serpent/Charles Sobhraj, 'The Serpent,' preyed on Western backpackers across 1970s Southeast Asia, drugging and murdering them to steal money and passports.Sat, 18 Oct 1975 00:00:00 GMT1970sthailandserial-killerthe-serpentbikini-killerhippie-trailbackpacker-murderscon-artistsoutheast-asiacharles-sobhrajhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/btk-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/btk-killer/Dennis Rader terrorized Wichita for decades, killing 10 people while living as a respected church leader and compliance officer. He taunted police with letters.Tue, 15 Jan 1974 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970s1990skansasusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/dean-corll/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/dean-corll/Dean Corll, known as 'The Candy Man', killed at least 28 boys with help from two teenage accomplices. The Houston Mass Murders were Texas's worst serial killing.Wed, 08 Aug 1973 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970stexaschild-victimusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/romulus-veres-romanian-hammer-killer/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/romulus-veres-romanian-hammer-killer/Romulus Vereș, the masked \"Man with the Hammer,\" killed five people in 1970s Cluj before being declared insane and committed to a psychiatric hospital.Mon, 11 Sep 1972 00:00:00 GMT1970sromaniaserial-killerhammercluj-napocatransylvaniainsanitymasked-killerhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ed-kemper/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ed-kemper/Standing 6'9", Ed Kemper picked up female hitchhikers near UCSC campus, murdered them, and committed necrophilia. He turned himself in after killing his mother.Sun, 07 May 1972 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1970scalifornianecrophiliausahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/carlos-robledo-puch-black-angel/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/carlos-robledo-puch-black-angel/Argentine serial killer Carlos Robledo Puch, nicknamed 'The Black Angel of Death,' murdered eleven people during a 1971-72 crime spree before his capture at age 20.Thu, 03 Feb 1972 00:00:00 GMTserial-killerargentina1970sbuenos-airessouth-americarobberyspree-killerlife-imprisonmenthttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/john-list/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/john-list/John List methodically murdered his mother, wife, and three children, then disappeared for 18 years before being captured thanks to America's Most Wanted.Tue, 09 Nov 1971 00:00:00 GMTmass-murder1970snew-jerseyfamily-annihilatorusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/graham-young-teacup-poisoner/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/graham-young-teacup-poisoner/English serial poisoner Graham Young covertly dosed family members and co-workers with thallium and antimony, killing at least two colleagues at a Hertfordshire firm.Tue, 01 Jun 1971 00:00:00 GMT1970sunited-kingdompoisoningserial-killerthalliumantimonyworkplace-murderenglandhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/zdzislaw-marchwicki-vampire-of-zaglebie/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/zdzislaw-marchwicki-vampire-of-zaglebie/A series of murders of women in Poland's Zaglebie region between 1964 and 1970 attributed to the 'Vampire of Zaglebie,' for which Zdzislaw Marchwicki was convicted and executed.Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT1960s1970spolandserial-killervampire-of-zaglebiecold-case-disputeddeath-penaltyeuropehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/piazza-fontana-bombing/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/piazza-fontana-bombing/A bomb exploded in the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura on Milan's Piazza Fontana on 12 December 1969, killing 17 people and wounding around 88.Fri, 12 Dec 1969 00:00:00 GMT1960sitalyterrorismbombingneofasciststrategy-of-tensionyears-of-leadmilanpolitical-violencehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/zodiac-lake-berryessa/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/zodiac-lake-berryessa/The Zodiac Killer attacked two college students at Lake Berryessa, wearing his infamous executioner-style hood with the crosshair symbol.Sat, 27 Sep 1969 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1960sunsolvedcaliforniazodiachttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/charles-manson/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/charles-manson/Charles Manson directed his followers to commit brutal murders to start a race war he called 'Helter Skelter'. Victims included pregnant actress Sharon Tate.Fri, 08 Aug 1969 00:00:00 GMTcult1960scaliforniacelebrityusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/mary-bell/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/mary-bell/In 1968, 10- and 11-year-old Mary Bell strangled two young boys in Newcastle upon Tyne and was convicted of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.Sat, 25 May 1968 00:00:00 GMT1960sunited-kingdomenglandchild-killerjuvenile-offenderstrangulationmanslaughternewcastlediminished-responsibilityhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/richard-speck/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/richard-speck/Richard Speck broke into a townhouse dormitory and over several hours systematically murdered eight student nurses. One survivor hid under a bed.Thu, 14 Jul 1966 00:00:00 GMTmass-murder1960schicagoillinoisusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/karol-kot-vampire-of-krakow/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/karol-kot-vampire-of-krakow/Karol Kot, a Krakow teenager nicknamed the \"Vampire of Krakow,\" carried out a series of knife attacks in the mid-1960s, killing two people and wounding several others.Wed, 13 Apr 1966 00:00:00 GMT1960spolandserial-killerkrakowstabbingvampireexecutedsolvedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/gertrude-baniszewski-sylvia-likens/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/gertrude-baniszewski-sylvia-likens/A 16-year-old Indiana girl was starved, beaten, and tortured to death over several months by the woman paid to board her, who enlisted her own children and neighbors in the abuse.Tue, 26 Oct 1965 00:00:00 GMT1960susaindianaindianapolistorturechild-abusemurderfemale-perpetratorsolvedhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/myra-hindley/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/myra-hindley/Ian Brady and Myra Hindley murdered five children between 1963-1965, burying their bodies on the moors. Keith Bennett's body has never been found.Fri, 12 Jul 1963 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1960sukchildrencouplehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/el-chacal-de-nahueltoro/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/el-chacal-de-nahueltoro/A drunken Chilean farm laborer murdered a widow and her five children in 1960; after rehabilitation in prison he was executed, inspiring a landmark Chilean film.Sat, 20 Aug 1960 00:00:00 GMT1960schilemass-murderfamily-massacreexecutedfiring-squadsouth-americarural-crimehttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/ed-gein/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/ed-gein/Ed Gein shocked the nation when police discovered body parts fashioned into household items and clothing at his farmhouse. He murdered two women and exhumed many corpses.Sat, 16 Nov 1957 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1950swisconsingrave-robbingusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/black-dahlia/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/black-dahlia/Elizabeth Short's bisected body was found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The gruesome murder and subsequent media frenzy created one of America's most enduring cold cases.Wed, 15 Jan 1947 00:00:00 GMTunsolved1940scaliforniahistoricalusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/leonarda-cianciulli-soap-maker/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/leonarda-cianciulli-soap-maker/Italian housewife Leonarda Cianciulli murdered three women in Correggio between 1939 and 1940, rendering their bodies into soap and teacakes in a ritual to protect her son.Mon, 30 Sep 1940 00:00:00 GMT1940sitalyfemale-killerserial-killerritualemilia-romagnawwii-eracorreggiohttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/daisy-de-melker/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/daisy-de-melker/Daisy de Melker, a trained nurse, poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance and later poisoned her 20-year-old son Rhodes with arsenic.Sat, 05 Mar 1932 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1930ssouth-africafemale-killerpoisonerhistoricalhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/winnie-ruth-judd-trunk-murderess/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/winnie-ruth-judd-trunk-murderess/Phoenix medical secretary Winnie Ruth Judd shot two friends in 1931, then shipped their bodies to Los Angeles in trunks, earning her the name "The Trunk Murderess."Fri, 16 Oct 1931 00:00:00 GMT1930susaarizonaphoenixdouble-murderdismembermentfemale-killerhistoricaltrunk-murdershttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/albert-fish/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/albert-fish/Albert Fish was a sadomasochistic serial killer who preyed on children. He sent a horrific letter to one victim's mother describing eating her daughter.Sun, 03 Jun 1928 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1920snew-yorkcannibalismhistoricalusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/raya-and-sakina-alexandria/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/raya-and-sakina-alexandria/Egyptian sisters Raya and Sakina, with their husbands and accomplices, murdered 17 women in Alexandria to rob their jewelry, becoming the first women executed by modern Egypt.Mon, 01 Nov 1920 00:00:00 GMT1920segyptserial-killersfemale-killersalexandriarobbery-murderbrothelexecutedsistershttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/belle-gunness/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/belle-gunness/Belle Gunness lured men to her Indiana farm with promises of marriage, then murdered them for their money. Over 40 bodies were found on her property.Tue, 28 Apr 1908 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1900sindianafemale-killerhistoricalusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/hadj-mesfewi/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/hadj-mesfewi/Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi, a cobbler, drugged and murdered at least 36 women with the help of an elderly accomplice, burying their decapitated bodies under his shop and garden.Sun, 01 Apr 1906 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1900smoroccohistoricalnorth-africahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/hh-holmes/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/hh-holmes/H.H. Holmes built a hotel called the 'Murder Castle' during the 1893 World's Fair. The building was designed with secret passages, soundproof rooms, and body disposal equipment.Mon, 01 May 1893 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1890sillinoishistoricalusahttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/jack-the-ripper/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/jack-the-ripper/Mary Jane Kelly was the fifth and final canonical victim of Jack the Ripper, killed in her rented room at Miller's Court in the most gruesome of the Ripper murders.Fri, 09 Nov 1888 00:00:00 GMTserial-killer1880sunsolvedhistoricalukhttps://crimeatlas.earth/case/delphine-lalaurie-new-orleans/https://crimeatlas.earth/case/delphine-lalaurie-new-orleans/A wealthy New Orleans socialite whose 1834 mansion fire exposed enslaved people who had been chained, tortured, and abused; she fled the city and was never prosecuted.Thu, 10 Apr 1834 00:00:00 GMT1830susalouisiananew-orleansslaverytorturehistoricalsocialitefugitive