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Kevin D. Motykie, 56, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault in the death of his longtime girlfriend Katherine Torbick, 43, in Schaumburg, Illinois. The couple had been in a relationship for …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 30, 2026
View DetailsOn December 16, 2025, Jenny Rodriguez, 37, was fatally stabbed in a parking lot at Schaumburg Town Square after her recent breakup with Alfredo Bri Briseno. Police responded to a 911 call about a domestic …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 16, 2025
View DetailsCarolyn Jones, a 41-year-old U.S. Postal Service worker, was strangled to death in her Greater Grand Crossing home in Chicago on November 26, 2025. Her estranged husband, Brandon Jones, was seen on surveillance entering and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 26, 2025
View DetailsOn November 22, 2025, a shooting occurred at a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois, resulting in the deaths of 24-year-old Jazmine M. Barclay and 43-year-old Bryan Heineman, who was the shooter and subsequently died by suicide. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: Nov. 22, 2025
View DetailsCrystal Rivera, a Chicago police officer, was mortally wounded by an accidental gunshot fired by her partner and former lover, Carlos Baker, during a foot chase in June 2025. The incident occurred when Carlos tripped …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: June 5, 2025
View DetailsMartina L. Mosby, aged 43, was allegedly murdered by her long-time boyfriend Reginald Freeman, aged 38, in Chicago on January 1, 2025. The incident occurred during a New Year's celebration at their home with Mosby's …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 1, 2025
View DetailsNate, a man with a history of minor crimes and weapon obsession, was engaged to Linda but cheated with multiple women, including Zarda, a married coworker. Nate was manipulated by a fabricated mafia scheme orchestrated …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 17, 2023
View DetailsChristina Formela, a special education teacher and soccer coach at Downers Grove South High School, abused her position of trust by grooming and sexually abusing a 14-year-old male student. The abuse involved inappropriate messages, emotional …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Rape | Date: Jan. 1, 2023
View DetailsSania Khan, a 29-year-old photographer from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was in the process of divorcing her husband Rail Ahad due to his untreated bipolar disorder, controlling behavior, and violent outbursts. After filing for divorce and obtaining …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: July 18, 2022
View DetailsSanya Khan, a Pakistani-American woman, was murdered by her ex-husband Raël Hamad in Chicago after she sought divorce amid family and cultural pressures. The marriage was arranged according to Pakistani traditions, with Raël exhibiting controlling …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: July 18, 2022
View DetailsOn June 13, 2022, Jason Carrolls allegedly killed his three children, Bryant, Cassidy, and Gideon, in Round Lake, Illinois, amid a bitter divorce and custody battle with his ex-wife Debbie Carrolls. Debbie discovered the children …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: June 13, 2022
View DetailsOn Thanksgiving Day 2021, Leslie Reeves was murdered and Chris Smith was shot during their first date at a house in Farmersville, Illinois. Robert 'Bobby' Tarr, Leslie's ex-boyfriend, was arrested and later convicted of first-degree …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 25, 2021
View DetailsAndrew Thomas Jr., known as Eiji, a young boy born in 2013, went missing in April 2019 in the Chicago suburbs. His parents, Javan Cunningham and Andrew Freud, lived in extremely unsanitary and abusive conditions …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 18, 2019
View DetailsIn May 2009, in Columbia, Illinois, Sherry Coleman and her two sons, Grant and Gavin, were found strangled to death in their home. Chris Coleman, the husband and father, reported his wife missing after she …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: May 5, 2009
View DetailsAri Squire, facing severe financial difficulties, allegedly murdered 20-year-old Justin Newman to fake his own death and collect a $5 million life insurance policy. The body found in Squire's garage was initially assumed to be …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 23, 2008
View DetailsOn June 5, 2004, three-year-old Riley Fox was abducted and murdered in Wilmington, Illinois. Initially, her father Kevin Fox was wrongfully accused and coerced into a false confession, spending eight months in jail before DNA …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 5, 2004
View DetailsOn February 28, 2000, Cynthia Hrisco was found drowned in a bathtub at her home in South Barrington, Illinois. Initially treated as an accidental death, the case was reopened 13 years later due to inconsistencies …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 28, 2000
View DetailsIn 1993, Robert O'Dowbin was shot and killed in the garage of a Chicago home. He was the boyfriend of Catherine Sa, a Korean-American woman from a traditional family. Catherine's brother, Andrew Sa, shot Robert …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 1, 1993
View DetailsJohn Wayne Gacy, a serial killer known as the Killer Clown, murdered at least 33 young men including Robert Piso, who was killed after being offered a job by Gacy. Piso's family, connected to the …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 13, 1978
View DetailsH.H. Holmes, born Herman Mudgett, was a highly intelligent man from a wealthy family who became infamous as one of America's first serial killers. His early fascination with human anatomy and dissection escalated into a …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
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