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REGION: Southeast — Florida CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses kidnapping, sexual assault, homicide, stalking, and violence against women. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Bobby Joe Long murdered multiple women in the Tampa Bay area during the 1980s and was also linked to numerous sexual assaults. Escalation of Violence Before the murders, Long…
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REGION: Southeast — Florida CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual assault, homicide, mutilation, burglary, and crimes against college students. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. Case Overview Danny Rolling murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida, in 1990. The crimes generated intense fear across the University of Florida community and surrounding neighborhoods. Investigation Investigators used…
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REGION: Southeast — Florida CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, sexual violence allegations, sex work, firearms, and capital punishment. Facts over speculation. Critical thinking. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Aileen Wuornos was convicted of murdering men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. She worked along Florida highways and later claimed that some of the killings…
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REGION: Great Plains / Central U.S. — Missouri CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual assault, strangulation, homicide, and marginalized victims. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Lorenzo Gilyard was convicted of six first-degree murders in Kansas City, Missouri. The killings had occurred over a period of years. Cold-Case DNA Advances in forensic testing…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, stabbing, missing women, and an unresolved serial-killer investigation. STATUS: The offender remains unidentified. Unsolved means unsolved. The Connecticut River Valley Cases A series of murders and attacks in New Hampshire and Vermont during the 1970s and 1980s have long been grouped under the name “Connecticut River Valley Killer.” Cold-Case…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual assault, strangulation, homicide, and disputed offender attribution. Attribution is not the same thing as proving every case. The Boston Strangler Murders A series of women were murdered in the Boston area during the early 1960s. Albert DeSalvo confessed to the crimes, but he was never tried for the murders.…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses poisoning, healthcare-associated homicide, and historical psychiatric testimony. Historical cases require historical context. A Turn-of-the-Century Healthcare Killer Jane Toppan was a nurse in Massachusetts who confessed to poisoning multiple patients and acquaintances around the turn of the twentieth century. Insanity Verdict Toppan was found not guilty by reason of insanity and…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual assault, homicide, young female victims, and capital punishment. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Connecticut Michael Bruce Ross was convicted of multiple murders of young women and girls in Connecticut and admitted additional killings. Execution Ross was executed by the State of Connecticut in 2005. Why This Case Matters…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, sexual violence, marginalized victims, and parole failures. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. Rochester, New York Arthur Shawcross was convicted of multiple murders in the Rochester area and became known as the “Genesee River Killer.” Earlier Murders Shawcross had previously been convicted in connection with child killings before his…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses healthcare-associated homicide, medication misuse, vulnerable patients, and institutional failures. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Hospitals Across New Jersey and Pennsylvania Charles Cullen was a nurse who murdered patients while working at multiple healthcare facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Investigation and Pleas Cullen ultimately pleaded guilty to multiple murders…