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Horrific new details emerge about final moments of Idaho murder victims as court filing

Insidious secret life of promiscuous neurosurgeon found dead in his $2.5m mansion

I've faced every mother's nightmare after my daughter vanished 20 years ago - now a photo

Haunting secret trove of Idaho murder pictures: Leaked images reveal last moments of Bryan

Chilling final message of doctor's wife gunned down next to her twins, 6, in Arkansas

Case cracked after teen disappeared without a trace in 1965... as his skull is found 2,000

He was the missing blue-eyed boy who broke America's heart. Then the depraved truth came

Haunting new details about the Black Dahlia's final hours emerge in chilling new

JonBenét Ramsey's dad issues $750m warning shot to Paramount+ over concerns star-studded

The Zodiac killer and Black Dahlia murderer were the SAME man: Explosive investigation

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For five decades, many have tried to crack the Zodiac's Z13 cipher - which promises to reveal the killer's true name. Now, investigative consultant Alex Baber believes he has done it. Here's how.

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Marvin Margolis - also known as Marvin Merrill - was a veteran, a family man, a convicted fraudster, an artist, a car repairman... was he also the Zodiac killer and the murderer of the Black Dahlia?

JonBenet Ramsey's dad believes her murder is finally about to be SOLVED... amid DNA

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For several years after her tragic death, JonBenét Ramsey's family stopped celebrating Christmas. It was simply too painful. Today, her father John remains haunted by a memory from her last day.

Dave Pelzer's book, A Child Called 'It' - about his utterly miserable, abuse-ridden Californian childhood - became a global hit in 1995.
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Twisted twin sisters ran into M6 traffic in apparent suicide pact - then one stabbed a

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A body entombed in concrete, an overbearing father and a rebellious son with a glamorous yet 'unsuitable' lover - plus a coterie of curtain-twitching neighbours in the heart of the English countryside.

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High school sweethearts Bill and Peggy Stephenson lived quiet, dignified lives filled with kindness and generosity that were brought to an end in a depraved attack that remains unsolved.

A wife in a pool of blood. A husband with too many secrets. The 'Staircase killer' breaks

The missing 67 minutes that have tormented Jason Landry's family after he never made it

It's the mystery that still haunts a suburb. Six boys walked into the dark and were never

Brian Walshe shares jaw-dropping explanation of how his wife 'died' and why he chopped up

The true crime obsession is here to stay - and audiences captivated by these tragic tales still can't look away.

Few murders in British criminal history have seared themselves into the public consciousness as deeply as the horrifying events which took place at White House Farm.

I think my father was D.B. Cooper: Son's staggering confession about the mysterious

Newly-released images show alleged assassin Luigi Mangione 's final moments of freedom before he was taken into custody for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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In their final encounter, Jodie claims she asked Charlene directly whether she was being abused.

Alex Murdaugh's housekeeper reveals explosive theory about what REALLY happened on night

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The informant was willing to testify that a man linked to a criminal network in Blackpool had killed Charlene after sexually abusing her.

Morgan Geyser, 23, sparked a multi-state manhunt on Saturday when she escaped her group home in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, with a 42-year-old man she is 'in a relationship with.'

Bryan Kohberger victim's family will sue Idaho murderer's college after classmates raised

Private investigator challenges Celeste Rivas autopsy bombshell… and reveals what he found

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It was just after 6am on March 24, 1998, when Ron Bradley realised his daughter had gone. Minutes earlier he had glimpsed her through the open balcony door - asleep, alone.

Hours before a heinous crime which instilled fear into the small college town of Moscow, Idaho, six friends stood smiling on the porch of their off-campus student accommodation.

He was 20, madly in love and 48 hours from getting married... then he vanished. Some

Autopsy reveals the truth about newlywed couple found dead in their car after wife's

Dramatic twist in mystery of boys who vanished 15 years ago as father is charged

I lived with a murderer. This is what he taught me about the minds of monsters... and what

Mysterious death of teen baseball star takes a shocking twist as his sister launches

Martha Moxley's friends break their silence 50 years after she was murdered to slam RFK Jr

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Martha Moxley left her family's stately home on October 30, 1975, to indulge in mischief with friends the night before Halloween. The next day, she was found bludgeoned to death in her backyard.

A Wisconsin man accused of killing a couple in cold blood to avenge his father's freak snowmobile death is now walking free, and the victim's families are furious.

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It is the first time the word has been used in the case of the school cheerleader who was found under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered with life vests in her cabin.

A woman known as the 'baby whisper' among elite families in a Texas town could be a free woman soon, as her conviction for poisoning a baby girl who died comes under review.

Chilling photos reveal the piece of evidence that brought down Bryan Kohberger over Idaho

Christopher Revak, who took his own life in a jail cell while awaiting trial for murder in 2009, was named as the killer of Deidre Harm by investigators in Wisconsin on Monday.

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Two years ago, Dana Burton was standing under a tree, shielding from the rain, when her life changed forever...

Before their brother's arrest, Melissa and Amanda Kohberger's lives were normal. Now, they will be forever entangled in his shocking crimes.

Lisa Ann French was out trick-or-treating by herself in Fond du Lac on Halloween night in 1973 when she rang the doorbell of her neighbor, Gerald Turner.

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Gunshots thundered in the pitch-dark night. Twigs snapped and leaves rustled in the woods where Lisa lay bloodied in a tree hollow, praying she'd live to see the sunrise.

Derek Rosa, 15, killed his mom Irina Garcia, 39, in October 2023 after stabbing her more than 40 times with a kitchen knife as she slept next to her newborn child.

Peter Sullivan, 68, was wrongly jailed for 38 years for the killing of bride-to-be Diane Sindall in Merseyside on the night of August 1, 1986.

Tom Brennan, former detective and private investigator, delves into the graphic images from inside Ellen Greenberg's apartment - and reveals why he believes they prove she was murdered.

Spencer Tepe, 39, and his wife, Monique Tepe, 37, were fatally shot at their Columbus home on December 30, leaving behind their two young children.

Brendan Banfield, 40, was seen breaking down in tears in court on Wednesday as body camera footage played showing the moment he was told his wife, Christine, 37, was dead.

Police found enough explosives to 'level a house' during the doomed search for missing four-year-old Johnathan Boley.

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She was a bright, promising student with the world at her feet. But a fatal fall from a 17-storey high-rise brought Brianna Aguilera's young life to an abrupt and devastating end on November 28.

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How credible is the star witness? And who was behind the fetish website account? A legal expert reveals the two key explosive details that could make or break the case against Brendan Banfield.

Amanda Wixon had initially agreed to take the 14-year-old into her home for the weekend in 1996 because her parents, who were described as 'extended family', were having issues.

THE TRIAL PODCAST: The Daily Mail breaks down the latest developments in the murder case against Brendan Banfield.

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Barry Morphew, 57, entered his plea for the first-degree murder of Suzanne Morphew through one of his attorneys during a short hearing in Alamosa, Colorado, on Monday.

Brendan Banfield, 39, is on trial for the February 2023 killings of his wife, Christine Banfield, and a stranger, Joseph Ryan, at his home in northern Virginia.

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Monique Tepe spoke of the 'wrong relationships' of her past when she wed her husband Spencer. Now, her comments have new meaning after the couple was murdered - and her ex-husband was arrested.

When Sue Marcum was found dead in her home, all signs pointed to a burglary gone wrong. The truth was far more sinister - and sparked a decade-long international manhunt to catch her killer.

Theresa Fazzani, 59, and her sister Janet, 57, were just children when their mother Helen Barnes was brutally killed in December 1973 at the family home in Newport, Wales.

Monique and Spencer Tepes family broke have their silence on their gruesome deaths after her ex-husband, Michael David McKee, was charged with their murders.

Click below to find out how much you know about Jack the Ripper by taking our exclusive quiz, only for subscribers of The Crime Desk newsletter.

Charity Beallis, 40, and her two children, 6, were found shot dead inside their Bonanza, Arkansas, home on December 3 - just one day after her bitter divorce from her abusive husband was finalized.

Abe Madison, also known as Derek Pedley, wrote the comprehensive work on Brendan Abbott's crimes and has stayed in touch with him from behind bars ever since.

In an explosive lawsuit, the parents of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin claim the murders could have been prevented by WSU.

Bryan Kohberger's sister said the 'creepy' black heart drawing he was seen with at his sentencing for the Idaho murderers was actually a sign of support from his family.

A cellblock mate told the Daily Mail that Chris Watts is still at the mercy of his ultimate weakness.

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The moment she became a household name should have been in 2006, when she blasted into space aboard a NASA shuttle. It was a decision a year later that earned her infamy.

Nearly 140 years after dismembered female bodies were pulled from the Thames compelling new evidence points to a violent bargeman as the Thames Torso Murderer.

Brian Walshe has been found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife.

Martha Moxley, 15, was last seen by her family heading out into the cold October night to join friends carousing in the neighborhood. The next morning, she was found dead.

Michael Peterson lives in a small, sparsely furnished apartment in Nevada, hundreds of miles from the sprawling mansion where his wife was found in a pool of blood in December 2001.

Dressed in faded denim hot pants and a leopard-print bra, with a tattoo snaking up her stomach, the figure periodically rose from her stool to breathe on the glass, writing 'Help' in the condensation.

Police seized a backpack from Mangione when they arrested him, and it has become the centrepiece of pre-trial hearings that began in early December.

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Almost one month on from the death of the cheerleader on board a Carnival cruise ship, no charges have been filed and no arrests made.

Dave Leroy, former Idaho Attorney General, reveals that Idaho laws can't stop Kohberger from selling his story. But, they can make sure he never gets his hands on the money himself.

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Campaigner and broadcaster Nicola Thorp, who is the same age as Charlene and grew up nearby in Blackpool, has devoted years to investigating her disappearance.

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As one of the most powerful Christian leaders, Pastor Nathan Peternel preaches to his congregation about purity, sexual restraint and the dangers of temptation.

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Trudi Burgess revealed her first impulse after the attack was to protect Robert Easom - the result of years of manipulation and abuse.

Stepmom Shauntel Hudson's lawyer admitted in an emergency custody hearing Friday that her son is likely to be charged in the death of Anna Kepner aboard a cruise ship.

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The Daily Mail can reveal serious inconsistencies in the initial accounts of how 13-year-old Stefanie Damron vanished last year in Maine.

Led by five key pieces of evidence, Daily Mail's new YouTube series Conspiracy Vault digs into the Dyatlov Pass Incident - a 1959 mystery that still defies explanation.

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Devastated Samantha Smith appeared worn down outside her Airbnb after weeks of maintaining a strict vigil alongside her critically ill four-year-old after her husband took them on a dangerous hike.

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Micah Smith, 31, who is locked up after taking his three young kids on a dangerous hike, allegedly attacked his wife with a hatchet just weeks after his children were hospitalized.

Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed her first 15-year-old pupil victim by buying him designer clothes before twice having sex with him at her upmarket flat, in Salford Quays, Manchester.

A Florida man has been charged in the brutal murder of a mother and her toddler daughter, once linked to the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killer case.

Led by five key pieces of evidence, Daily Mail's Conspiracy Vault investigates the Roswell Incident - the 1947 crash that ignited America's UFO obsession.

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The former criminology PhD student - who turned 31 on November 21 - has been held on J-Block inside Idaho's maximum security prison in Kuna.

A man who admitted to killing his Austrian influencer girlfriend whose body was found dumped in a forest is being represented by the lawyer who represented Josef Fritzl.

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Wood drowned off the California coast over Thanksgiving weekend 1981 after falling from her husband Robert Wagner's yacht the Spendour. She was 43.

Morgan Geyser, 23, was arrested on Monday with Chad Mecca, 43, over 170 miles from her group home.

Cheerleader Anna Kepner's mysterious cause of death onboard a Carnival cruise ship has been revealed.

An inquiry has revealed perpetrators are often escaping detection and prosecution for sexually motivated crimes due to police inaction and a 'scattergun approach'.

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Get the full interview with legal expert and former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani - and more - by signing up to The Crime Desk, the new free newsletter from the Daily Mail.

Barbara Kepner, the grandmother of Anna Kepner, 18, who was found dead on a Carnival cruise ship, offered new details into the ongoing investigation into her murder.

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While welcoming efforts to lower the case backlog, Mary Prior KC said she has no idea 'where on Earth' Lammy had been given the advice to scrap juries.

Wanda Barzee, 80, who kidnapped and held Elizabeth Smart hostage for months was seen grinning ear to ear in a new mugshot.

The 56-year-old man, an unemployed nurse, reportedly managed to claim thousands of euros before his act was exposed. He had also allegedly hidden the dead body of his mother.

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Indiana State Police Lieutenant Jerry Holeman and Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland speak to Daily Mail about the mysterious missing evidence in the Delphi murders case.

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When SA Police confirmed on Monday they were returning this week to the scene of Gus Lamont's disappearance for a fifth time, I had a sinking feeling, reports Karleigh Smith.

The recent alert from MI5 to MPs and staff working at Westminster has raised awareness of the threat from Chinese espionage. There's nothing new about it - I should know as I was targeted in 2017.

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At 15, Sandy Shaw became the youngest female inmate in Nevada when she was convicted of the so-called 'Show and Tell murder'. Now finally free from prison, she reveals how the story actually began one dark night two years earlier.

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Kylie Toberman, 14, was found dead in an RV behind her home in Vandalia, Illinois , on November 14, strangled with jumper cables and stuffed in a tote bag.

A second suspect has been identified in the death of Celeste Rivas, who was found dead in the back of singer D4vd's Tesla , according to a podcast on the TMZ network.

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CCTV footage captured doomed Anna Kepner's final steps as she headed back to her room aboard the Carnival Horizon on the evening of November 6 after complaining during dinner that she felt unwell.

Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man accused of killing and dismembering his wife's body in 2023, changed his plea on two counts related to the case on Tuesday.

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It's been 35 years since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum fell victim to the largest art theft in history. Now new claims could shed intriguing light on what became of the haul.

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The mother given life without parole after damning court testimony from seven-year-old son AJ Hutto has sensationally had her case reopened.

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Susan Smith drowned her two young sons in a South Carolina lake in 1994. The Daily Mail has now obtained transcripts of hundreds of voice and text messages that Smith has traded with men.

The ruling came on what marks the third anniversary of the November 13, 2022, murders that rocked the college town of Moscow and tore four families apart.

The Murdaugh's housekeeper, who served as a key witness at Alex's double homicide trial, has shared how she knew her boss killed his wife and son.

Close friends of Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra, 33, sent her some chilling text messages in the hours before she was mysteriously found dead on a yacht in the Hamptons.

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Raymond Munro was a 'drinking associate' of Charlene's father Robert Downes and was living with the family at the time of the schoolgirl's disappearance.

Investigators on Long Island have finally determined who killed a grandmother and raped another elderly woman at a hospital in the mid-1990s.

The body of a Colorado woman who had been missing for seven years was found feet from her house. Her name was Terri Ann Ackerman and she was 56 when she disappeared.

Theirs is a heartbreaking story the world knows only too well - but two decades after Kate and Gerry McCann lost their daughter Madeleine, the pain continues.

I've been covering the case of Madeleine McCann for almost twenty years - but this is the question I find myself asking over and over.

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Myles Connor was in a jam. It was 1975, and the one-time aspiring rock-and-roll frontman turned prolific art thief had finally pushed his luck too far.

In a remote court hearing on November 5, Ada County Judge Steven Hippler revealed that the 30-year-old criminology PhD student has received 'five figures' in donations while behind bars.

The 56-year-old is serving two life sentences for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul, the deaths of which make up the new 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family' show on Hulu.

The seven reasons that could see Erin Patterson walk free on appeal have been revealed.

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Not much was known about how the 37-year-old and her aspiring filmmaker husband made their living to afford their posh home where they also lived with their three young sons.

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As the investigation into Celeste Rivas' mysterious death continues, the Crime Desk has taken a forensic look at the evidence in the case so far, exploring the girl's potential ties to singer D4vd.

They had a charmed life and one of the most spectacular waterfront mansions on Florida 's Gulf Coast.

On November 1, 2003, Charlene, 14, spent the day wandering around town with her sister, Becky.

On Wednesday, a team from Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries arrived at the scene to remove the piles, recovering about 315 sets of ashes and placing them each in individual urns.

The show, Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey, would see Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen star as the murdered six-year-old pageant queen's parents Patsy and John.

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The severely decomposed remains of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were discovered on September 8 inside the impounded car registered to D4vd - real name David Anthony Burke.

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Almost 20 years after Jennifer Kesse disappeared, her father Drew Kesse reveals his fresh hopes now that DNA evidence is being tested for the very first time.

Aileen pleaded guilty to the murders of seven men who she shot dead, claiming self defense in a case that has intrigued true crime fans for more than two decades.

Prosecutors claim Bryan Kohberger is receiving 'financial compensation' in prison despite him claiming he can't afford to pay his victims' families.

Stretching for 900km across Queensland's outback, Australia's 'Highway of Death' has earned its chilling nickname due to its history of brutal crimes and unsolved disappearances.

The daughter of the notorious BTK serial killer couldn't control her rage after confronting him 20 years after he was caught for his murder spree.

The rumors around America's fourth-largest city started in late September after officials announced that five dead bodies had been found over five days.

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In an exclusive video, Kerri Rawson reveals the chilling clues in her childhood that she was living with one of America's most infamous serial killers.

Tupac described feeling uncertain about the atmosphere in the studios, and surprised by the presence of the camo-clad guards.

Inmate number 52503-511 at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center is no ordinary prisoner.

The couple's experience will feel all too familiar to the parents of the 14 children the former neo-natal nurse was convicted of murdering or attempting to kill.

'I hope they like them', the chilling letter left outside the Sydney property reads.

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Sammy The Bull breaks down what the federal indictment means for the four families in La Cosa Nostra.

Annoyed viewers have blasted Murphy for embellishing the facts of the case.

'Bully Hunter' Dr James, a cyber security expert, has helped hundreds of victims of cybercrime and has made it his mission to help bring online perpetrators to justice.

Four-year-old Jack and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan are believed to have wandered out of the family home in a remote area of Nova Scotia.
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