Solved cases

Brazilian model Eliza Silva Samudio was murdered in June 2010 by association football goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, known simply as Bruno.

Place

Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Date

Jun 2010

Sources

2 cited

Although it began in 2009 in Malaysia, the scandal's global scope implicated institutions and individuals in politics, banking, and entertainment, and led to criminal investigations in a number of nations.

Place

Malaysia and international jurisdictions, Malaysia

Date

2009–2015

Sources

2 cited

Fifty-eight people were killed while travelling to file an election candidacy.

Place

Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines

Date

23 Nov 2009

Sources

5 cited

On 8 June 2008, a man drove a truck into pedestrians in Tokyo's Akihabara district and then attacked people with a knife, killing seven and injuring ten.

Place

Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan

Date

8 Jun 2008

Sources

2 cited

The 2008 Mumbai attacks, colloquially known as 26/11, were a coordinated series of twelve Islamic terrorist attacks carried out in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, from 26 to 29 November 2008, by ten members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Place

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Date

26–29 Nov 2008

Sources

2 cited

On 26 March 2007, 22-year-old English teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker was murdered by 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi (市橋 達也, Ichihashi Tatsuya), in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Place

Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

Date

26 Mar 2007

Sources

2 cited

A Mongolian woman was abducted and killed near Kuala Lumpur.

Place

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Date

18 Oct 2006

Sources

3 cited

Yoo Young-chul murdered multiple people in Seoul between 2003 and 2004. He was arrested in July 2004, convicted of twenty murders, and sentenced to death.

Place

Seoul, South Korea

Date

2003–2004

Sources

2 cited

The Richthofen case refers to the murder, subsequent investigation, and trial of Manfred Albert von Richthofen and Marísia von Richthofen, a couple murdered by the brothers Daniel and Cristian Cravinhos at the instruction of their daughter, Suzane von Richthofen.

Place

São Paulo, Brazil

Date

31 Oct 2002

Sources

2 cited

Both children were murdered – most likely by asphyxiation – and their bodies disposed of in an irrigation ditch close to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.

Place

Soham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Date

4 Aug 2002

Sources

2 cited

A homicide case documented in Modesto, California, United States, during 24 Dec 2002.

Place

Modesto, California, United States

Date

24 Dec 2002

Sources

2 cited

Coordinated explosions in Bali killed 202 people from more than twenty countries.

Place

Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

Date

12 Oct 2002

Sources

5 cited

British citizen Lucie Blackman disappeared in Tokyo on 1 July 2000.

Place

Tokyo and Miura, Kanagawa, Japan

Date

1 Jul 2000

Sources

2 cited

A series of killings of women in Accra led to the conviction of Charles Quansah.

Place

Accra, Ghana

Date

1998–2000

Sources

2 cited

Jessica Lal (5 January 1965 – 30 April 1999) was a model in New Delhi who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a crowded socialite party when she was shot dead at around 2:00 am on 30 April 1999.

Place

New Delhi, India

Date

29–30 Apr 1999

Sources

2 cited

Twelve people were killed in South Australia by a group of offenders.

Place

Adelaide and Snowtown, Australia

Date

1992–1999

Sources

7 cited

Fan Man-yee was abducted and killed in Kowloon; three men were convicted of manslaughter.

Place

Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China

Date

Mar–Apr 1999

Sources

2 cited

The Itaewon murder took place on April 3, 1997, when 17-year-old Arthur Patterson killed 22-year-old Cho Jung-pil (Korean: 조중필; born 1974), a Hongik University student, by stabbing him at a Burger King in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea.

Place

Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea

Date

3 Apr 1997

Sources

2 cited

Francisco Juan Larrañaga et al.) was a trial regarding an incident on July 16, 1997, in Cebu City, in which sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong were allegedly kidnapped, raped, and murdered.

Place

Cebu, Philippines

Date

16 Jul 1997

Sources

2 cited

The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on 16 March and 24 May 1997, when two children, ten-year-old Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka) and eleven-year-old Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun) were murdered.

Place

Suma, Kobe, Japan

Date

Feb–May 1997

Sources

2 cited

The rapper was fatally shot in Las Vegas in 1996; thirty years later, a jury convicted Duane Davis of orchestrating the attack.

Place

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Date

7–13 Sep 1996

Sources

4 cited

Priyadarshini Mattoo (23 July 1970 – 23 January 1996) was a 25-year-old law student who was found sexually assaulted and killed at her house in New Delhi on 23 January 1996.

Place

New Delhi, India

Date

23 Jan 1996

Sources

2 cited

The Claremont serial killings is the name given by the media to a case involving the disappearance of an Australian woman, aged 18, and the killings of two others, aged 23 and 27, in 1996–1997.

Place

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Date

1996–1997

Sources

2 cited

Thirty-five people were killed at and near a Tasmanian historic site.

Place

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia

Date

28–29 Apr 1996

Sources

2 cited