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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, missing women, sex work, forensic evidence, guilty pleas, and sentencing. LEGAL STATUS: Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty on April 8, 2026, to murdering eight women and received the agreed sentence of life imprisonment without parole in June 2026. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. The Gilgo Beach Case Rex Heuermann…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual violence, homicide, dismemberment, cold cases, and multiple jurisdictions. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. New York and New Jersey Richard Cottingham, often called the “Torso Killer,” was convicted of multiple murders in New York and New Jersey and later admitted additional killings. Cold-Case Resolution Decades after his original convictions,…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, sex work, concealment of remains, and marginalized victims. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. Long Island and New York City Joel Rifkin murdered women in the New York metropolitan area during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was convicted of nine murders and has admitted responsibility for additional…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses shootings, homicide, attacks on young adults, and a citywide manhunt. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. New York Under Fear David Berkowitz, known as the “Son of Sam,” committed a series of shootings in New York City during 1976 and 1977. He ultimately pleaded guilty to six murders and multiple…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses murder, sexual violence, torture, young male victims, and crimes spanning multiple states. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. A Multi-State Series Larry Eyler was convicted in Illinois of murder and later confessed to killing numerous young men across Illinois and Indiana. Highway Geography Many victims were found near highways or…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses kidnapping, sexual assault, torture, homicide, and crimes committed across multiple states. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. A Long-Haul Trucker and a Multi-State Crime Scene Robert Ben Rhoades was a long-haul truck driver whose work gave him mobility across state lines and access to isolated highway corridors. He ultimately pleaded…
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, missing persons, fraud, abuse of informant status, and unresolved suspected cases. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. An FBI Informant at the Center of Four Murders Scott Lee Kimball was a Colorado career criminal who became a paid FBI informant and later admitted responsibility for the deaths of Jennifer…
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REGION: Great Plains / Central U.S. — Oklahoma CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses poisoning, intimate-partner homicide, family homicide, and historical investigative failures. Historical cases require historical context. Case Overview Nannie Doss became one of America’s best-known historical poisoners after the 1954 death of her fifth husband, Samuel Doss, in Oklahoma. Arsenic and the Fifth Husband…
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REGION: Great Plains / Central U.S. — Missouri CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, strangulation, sexual violence, and marginalized victims. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. Case Overview Terry Blair was convicted of murdering multiple women in Kansas City, Missouri. Several victims were found in abandoned or isolated urban locations. Victim Vulnerability Many victims lived…
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REGION: Great Plains / Central U.S. — Kansas & Missouri CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, fraud, sexual exploitation, missing women, and concealment of remains. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview John Edward Robinson targeted women over decades in Kansas and Missouri and became widely known for using early internet chat rooms to…