2000s
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The Robert Durst Case: A Missing Wife, a Murdered Friend, and the Hot Mic That Undid Him
Kathie Durst vanished in 1982, Susan Berman was shot in 2000, and a Texas jury acquitted Robert Durst of a third killing. A documentary hot mic finally caught him in 2015, but the full courtroom reckoning outlived him. Continue reading
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The Meredith Kercher Case: A Murder in Perugia the World Remembers by the Wrong Name
Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British student, was murdered in Perugia in 2007. The flawed investigation made Amanda Knox famous, but the man convicted of the killing walked free in 2021 — and faced a new trial by 2026. Continue reading
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The Jodi Arias Case: A Camera in the Washing Machine Unraveled Three Versions of a Murder
Travis Alexander was found dead in his Mesa, Arizona shower in June 2008, and a camera in his washing machine held the last photographs of his life. Jodi Arias told police three different stories before a jury, watching worldwide, convicted… Continue reading
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The Casey Anthony Case: 31 Days, a Nanny Who Never Existed, and the Verdict That Set Her Free
Two-year-old Caylee Anthony was last seen on June 16, 2008, and her mother did not report her missing for 31 days. Here is how the Casey Anthony trial ended in acquittal, what came after, and where she is in 2026. Continue reading
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The Natalee Holloway Case: the Aruba beach, the $250,000 sting, and the confession that took 18 years
Natalee Holloway left an Aruba nightclub at 1:30 a.m. on May 30, 2005, and was never seen again. Eighteen years, one FBI sting and a second murder later, Joran van der Sloot told a Birmingham courtroom what he did on… Continue reading
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The Susan Powell Case: A Midnight Camping Trip, Two Fans on Wet Carpet, and a Mother Never Found
Susan Cox Powell, 28, vanished from her West Valley City home on December 6, 2009, while her husband claimed he was camping with their sons in a snowstorm. Two years later he killed the boys and himself, and her body… Continue reading
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The Laci Peterson Case: Christmas Eve 2002, a Fishing Alibi, and the Appeal Still Alive in 2026
Laci Peterson, eight months pregnant, disappeared from her Modesto home on Christmas Eve 2002 while her husband said he was fishing in San Francisco Bay. The case that followed produced a death sentence, a reversal, two documentaries, and an innocence… Continue reading
