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Michael C. Brown, 55, was indicted for the second-degree murder of his wife, Deanna J. Christen, 50, in their Clarence, NY home on June 18, 2026. Deputies responded to a 911 call and found Christen …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: June 18, 2026
View DetailsLance Woods, a Buffalo Police Department officer, was arrested and arraigned for the second-degree murder of his wife, Alexis Skoczylas, after allegedly fatally shooting her at their home on February 14, 2026. The incident occurred …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 14, 2026
View DetailsOn February 12, 2026, a botched murder-suicide occurred in Farmingville, Long Island, New York, where Marcos Leal, 57, allegedly fatally stabbed his estranged wife Adriana Paulino Barbosa, 46, and injured a teenage relative before attempting …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: Feb. 12, 2026
View DetailsOn December 23, 2025, Tanzanica Dickerson, 45, was fatally shot at her home in South Blooming Grove, Monroe, NY. Her boyfriend and domestic partner, Joseph M. Pennyfeather III, 44, was charged with second-degree murder and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Dec. 23, 2025
View DetailsEmily Teresa Finn, an 18-year-old ballet dancer and recent college student, was allegedly shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend Austin Lynch, 17, in a botched murder-suicide attempt at his home in Nesconset, New York. Lynch …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Nov. 26, 2025
View DetailsLuis Marquez, 41, was indicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Carmen Lopez, 47, in Harlem, NYC. Marquez stalked Lopez during a night out, waited over two hours in the stairwell of her apartment building, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 10, 2025
View DetailsKeith Henry pleaded guilty to shooting and killing his wife, Chloe Henry, in October 2025 in Plattsburgh, New York. The shooting occurred in his car, and her body was found two days later at a …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 1, 2025
View DetailsPrincesa Encarnación-Soto, 21, was allegedly tortured and murdered by her ex-boyfriend Robert Stother, 27, in his Bronx home over a period of about a week. His mother, Naida Jorge, 54, is charged with aiding in …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 22, 2025
View DetailsSalisha Ali, a 33-year-old woman originally from Trinidad and Tobago, was allegedly murdered by her 75-year-old husband, Rupchand Simboo, in Queens, New York. The couple met in 2023 and maintained a long-distance relationship until Ali …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 13, 2025
View DetailsJeffrey Kolin, 73, was accused of brutally killing his 77-year-old wife, Marsha Greenberg, in their Bronx apartment. She was found beaten with a pillow over her head and died at Jacobi Hospital. Neighbors reported frequent …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 7, 2025
View DetailsOn June 23, 2025, Audwin Caines allegedly shot and killed his wife, Chaneil Ramsay, aged 45, in broad daylight on a street in Queens, New York City. Ramsay was shot multiple times and died shortly …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: June 23, 2025
View DetailsDavid Huff, 43, pleaded guilty to the murders of his 32-year-old girlfriend Yeraldith Tschudy and his 11-year-old son Jeremiah Huff in Syracuse, New York, in March 2025. Both victims were fatally shot with a 12-gauge …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: March 17, 2025
View DetailsAmanda Jaikaran, 38, was stabbed repeatedly by her ex-boyfriend Rance White, 52, at a home in Schenectady, NY on March 14, 2025. White was arraigned on murder and weapon possession charges and also faces an …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 14, 2025
View DetailsSam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender Black man, traveled from Minnesota to New York to be with his online girlfriend, Precious Arzuaga. He was held captive in a motel room with six others, tortured for weeks, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 2, 2025
View DetailsThis report details the sexual exploitation and trafficking scandal involving American financier Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and a network of high-profile global figures. Beginning with an initial 2005 complaint by a 14-year-old victim's …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Rape | Date: Aug. 10, 2019
View DetailsAllison Mack, a former TV star and NXIVM member, was arrested in Brooklyn in 2018 and charged with racketeering related to NXIVM's sex trafficking and coercive control activities. Despite initial denial and delusion, she eventually …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Rape | Date: Oct. 1, 2018
View DetailsOlga Zwick, a Ukrainian immigrant in New York, was allegedly poisoned by Victoria Nasirova, a woman who sought to assume Olga's identity. Victoria, wanted for the murder of her own mother in Russia, poisoned Olga …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Aug. 28, 2016
View DetailsCraig Rideout, a 50-year-old IT specialist from Pittsford, New York, was found murdered in July 2016 amid a contentious divorce and custody battle with his estranged wife Laura Rideout. The family was experiencing financial stress …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 19, 2016
View DetailsVincent Viafore, aged 46, died by drowning during a kayaking trip on the Hudson River on April 19, 2015. His fiancée, Angelica Grosswald (real name Angelica Lips), aged 35, was initially a grieving partner but …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: April 19, 2015
View DetailsDanielle Thomas, a 27-year-old Weight Watchers executive, was brutally murdered by her boyfriend Jason Bond, an Ivy League-educated Wall Street lawyer, in their Atoria, Queens apartment in 2012. The murder followed a history of domestic …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: June 24, 2012
View DetailsThe case involves allegations of domestic violence and abuse against Sean Combs (aka P. Diddy) by his ex-partner Cassie Ventura. The relationship reportedly involved coercive control, physical violence, drug abuse, and manipulation over several years …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 1, 2012
View DetailsSylvie Cachay, a rising swimsuit designer, was found dead in a bathtub at the Soho House in New York City. Evidence showed bruising on her neck consistent with choking. Her boyfriend, Nicholas Brooks, was arrested …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Dec. 9, 2010
View DetailsBlajé Kot, a PhD student at Cornell University, allegedly murdered his wife Caroline Coffey during a jog near their apartment in Ithaca, New York, on July 2, 2009. The couple had married in October 2008 …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 2, 2009
View DetailsAdrienne Shelly, a talented actress, writer, and director, was found dead in her office bathroom in Greenwich Village, New York, on November 1, 2006. Initially ruled a suicide, further investigation revealed she was murdered by …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 1, 2006
View DetailsJoan Diver, a 45-year-old homemaker and mother of four, was murdered on September 29, 2006, while running alone on a bike and walking path in Clarence, New York. The attacker, later identified as Al Sanchez, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Sept. 29, 2006
View DetailsIn 2005, Thomas Montgomery, a married man from New York, engaged in an online deceptive relationship with an 18-year-old woman named Jessie, using a false younger identity. The deception and jealousy escalated, involving a colleague …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Sept. 15, 2006
View DetailsAndrew David Bby, a medical doctor, was murdered by his ex-partner Shirley Jane Turner in Syracuse, New York, in 2001. Shirley was pregnant with Andrew's child at the time. After Andrew's death, Shirley retained custody …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 5, 2001
View DetailsNancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, was found dead from a stab wound in their hotel room in New York on October 11, 1978. Sid called for help but was in …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 11, 1978
View DetailsIn October 1978, Nancy Spungen was found fatally stabbed in the Chelsea Hotel, New York, with Sid Vicious, her boyfriend and bassist of the Sex Pistols, found disoriented and unconscious in the same room. Despite …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 11, 1978
View DetailsAnnie Correll, originally from Kansas, pursued a career in modeling and acting in New York. She became involved in a complex and secretive relationship with William Dedman, a married bank owner, who orchestrated a plan …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Oct. 27, 1955
View DetailsElisa Parsisi, an 18-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman from Staten Island, was murdered in her home on August 10, 205. After her parents' divorce, Elisa lived with her mother and half-brothers. She secretly used online dating …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
View DetailsIn August 1987, 19-year-old Diana DeSalvo was found strangled and sexually assaulted near the Hudson River in North Greenbush, New York. The case went cold until 1997 when DNA evidence was reexamined, leading to a …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
View DetailsLawrence Ray, father of Sarah Lawrence College student Talia Ray, was released from prison and moved into the college dormitory, where he manipulated and controlled a group of students, including his daughter's friends, forming a …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
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