The Alcàsser Murders
Three teenage girls were kidnapped and killed in Alcàsser, Spain, in 1992, in a case that gripped the country for years.
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Disappearances
Explore 36 documented Crime by Region case files grouped under disappearances.
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The Murder of Ámbar Cornejo
A factual case file about The Murder of Ámbar Cornejo, Chile.
Read case file →The Beaumont Children Disappearance
A sourced timeline of the 1966 disappearance of Jane, Arnna and Grant Beaumont from Glenelg Beach, the investigation and the questions that remain.
Read case file →The Disappearance of Ben Needham
A factual case file about The Disappearance of Ben Needham, Greece.
Read case file →The Blue Diamond Affair
A factual case file about The Blue Diamond Affair, Thailand.
Read case file →The Bowraville Murders
A respectful, sourced account of the disappearances and murders of Colleen Walker-Craig, Evelyn Greenup and Clinton Speedy-Duroux in Bowraville.
Read case file →The Bruce McArthur Case
Bruce McArthur's convictions for eight murders were followed by an independent review of how Toronto police investigated missing people from marginalized communities.
Read case file →The Murder of Christine Jessop
DNA exonerated Guy Paul Morin and, decades later, genetic genealogy led Toronto police to identify Calvin Hoover as Christine Jessop's killer after his death.
Read case file →The Claremont Serial Killings
A sourced account of the Claremont serial killings, Taskforce Macro, forensic evidence, 2020 verdicts and the unresolved disappearance of Sarah Spiers.
Read case file →The D. B. Cooper Hijacking
A passenger using the name Dan Cooper vanished after taking ransom money and parachuting from a Boeing 727 into a stormy Pacific Northwest night.
Read case file →Dennis Nilsen
A London investigation led to six murder convictions, two attempted-murder convictions and renewed questions about how marginalized victims are counted and remembered.
Read case file →The Murder of Elaine O'Hara
A factual case file about The Murder of Elaine O'Hara, Ireland.
Read case file →The Disappearance and Murder of Eliza Samudio
Courts convicted former goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes and others for crimes connected to Eliza Samudio's death, although her remains have never been recovered.
Read case file →The Murder of Emilie Meng
A factual case file about The Murder of Emilie Meng, Denmark.
Read case file →The Highway of Tears
The disappearances and murders associated with northern British Columbia's Highway 16 reveal both unresolved cases and a wider crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls.
Read case file →Ivan Milat, the "Backpacker Murderer"
Ivan Milat murdered seven young hitchhikers in New South Wales, Australia, between 1989 and 1992, in a case that changed how Australians viewed hitchhiking.
Read case file →Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer convicted of murdering seventeen men and boys in Wisconsin between 1978 and 1991.
Read case file →The Murder of Jill Dando
The killing of broadcaster Jill Dando produced a vast investigation, a conviction later quashed and an acquittal that left the murder unresolved.
Read case file →The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
The 1996 murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, remains officially unsolved despite decades of investigation.
Read case file →The Disappearance of Jorge Matute Johns
A factual case file about The Disappearance of Jorge Matute Johns, Chile.
Read case file →The Murder of Kyllikki Saari
A factual case file about The Murder of Kyllikki Saari, Finland.
Read case file →The Murder of Lucie Trezzini
A factual case file about The Murder of Lucie Trezzini, Switzerland.
Read case file →The Luka Magnotta Case
The murder of Jun Lin became an international investigation shaped by digital evidence, rapid identification and Luka Magnotta's arrest in Berlin.
Read case file →The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
A three-year-old British child disappeared from a Portuguese holiday apartment, prompting continuing investigations across Portugal, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Read case file →The Matamoros Ritual Killings
Cult leader Adolfo Constanzo led a drug-trafficking group responsible for ritual killings near Matamoros, Mexico, that ended with his death in a 1989 police standoff.
Read case file →The Moors Murders
Five young victims, two convictions and a decades-long search for answers made the Moors murders one of Britain's most painful criminal cases.
Read case file →The Nithari Killings
Human remains found behind a house in Noida, India, in 2006 led to a case involving a domestic worker and his employer that ended, after 17 years of trials, in full acquittal.
Read case file →The Port Arthur Massacre
A victim-centered account of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, the criminal case and the National Firearms Agreement that followed.
Read case file →Robert Pickton
Robert Pickton, a pig farmer in British Columbia, Canada, was convicted of murdering six women, though evidence suggested a far higher number of victims.
Read case file →The Disappearance of Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça
A factual case file about The Disappearance of Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça, Portugal.
Read case file →The Snowtown Murders
A factual, non-graphic account of the Snowtown murders: the 1999 discovery, convictions, systemic failures and later parole developments.
Read case file →The Soham Murders
The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman led to Ian Huntley's conviction and a national inquiry into police intelligence and safeguarding.
Read case file →The Somerton Man Mystery
The evidence, genetic genealogy claim and unresolved questions in the 1948 Somerton Man case, also known as the Tamám Shud mystery.
Read case file →The Wanda Beach Murders
A factual timeline of the 1965 Wanda Beach murders of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock, the investigation, forensic reviews and current status.
Read case file →The Evandro Case
A child’s 1992 murder led to convictions later overturned after courts recognized that key confessions had been obtained through torture.
Read case file →The Murder of Ana Lídia Braga
The 1973 kidnapping and murder of seven-year-old Ana Lídia became a defining Brasília cold case, marked by investigative failures and censorship.
Read case file →The Dupont de Ligonnès Murders and Disappearance
In 2011, five members of the Dupont de Ligonnès family were found buried at their Nantes home. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès vanished and remains sought in connection with the killings.
Read case file →The Murder of Marta del Castillo
Seventeen-year-old Marta del Castillo disappeared in Seville in 2009. Miguel Carcaño was convicted of her murder, but her body has never been recovered.
Read case file →The Femicide Crisis of Ciudad Juárez
Mexico · Unsolved · Serial Femicide / Multiple Homicides
The Gert van Rooyen Disappearances
South Africa · Unsolved · Disappearances / Suspected Serial Crime
The Disappearance of Joana Cipriano
Portugal · Solved · Child Disappearance / Homicide
The Disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard
Ireland · Unsolved · Disappearance / Suspected Homicide
The Disappearance of Philip Cairns
Ireland · Unsolved · Child Disappearance
The Disappearance of Therese Johannessen
Norway · Unsolved · Child Disappearance
The Disappearance and Murder of Ruby Rose Barrameda
Philippines · Unsolved · Disappearance / Homicide