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Killing of Dot King
On the morning of March 15, 1923, the body of Dorothy King, 29, (born Anna Marie Keenan) was found in her apartment at 144 West 57th Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, United States. King was a model, actress, and demimondaine whom the press dubbed "The Broadway Butterfly". Her still-unsolved murder was a press sensation at the time it occurred.
1990 · New YorkOverturnedMurder of Chaskel Werzberger
On February 8, 1990, Chaskel Werzberger, a 56-year-old rabbi, was shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York. David Ranta was wrongfully convicted of the murder, and served 23 years in prison before being released in 2013.
1984 · New YorkUnsolvedNassau County serial murders
The Nassau County serial murders were a series of murders of young women committed between 1984 and 1989 in Nassau County, New York. All the victims had been involved in prostitution or had drug addictions, and the perpetrator, a possible serial killer, was never apprehended. These murders were the first possible instance of a serial killer operating in the Long Island area, as in the following decades, at least…
1936 · New YorkMissingDisappearance of Katherine E. Hull
Katherine E. Hull (c. 1914 – disappeared April 2, 1936) was a 22-year-old American woman from Syracuse, New York, who disappeared in 1936 while visiting her grandmother in Lebanon Springs, New York, a hamlet within the town of New Lebanon. Hull set out for a walk and did not return. Human remains found in December 1943, a few miles from where Hull had last been seen, were tentatively identified as hers.
1986 · New YorkUnsolved
Murder of Chaim Weiss
The murder of Chaim Weiss, a 16-year-old student at the Torah High School yeshiva in Long Beach, New York, took place on November 1, 1986. Weiss was bludgeoned to death while sleeping in his dormitory room, with no motive or evidence being found except that his body and the crime scene were possibly tampered with. Weiss' murder remains unsolved, though investigators believe the murderer was likely a student or…
2014 · New YorkUnsolvedChen family killings
In the early afternoon of October 8, 2014, a coworker of Jin Chen, 39, of Guilderland, New York, United States, found the bodies of Chen, his wife and their two children in their home. Police were called to the scene and determined that the family had been killed sometime in the hours before dawn that day by either a knife or a hammer. No suspects have been identified and as of July 2026, the investigation is…
2026 · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkIn courtMatter of Gianna A.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued an opinion on November 13, 2026 that deals with an innocence claim. From the opinion: “…With respect to the alleged "new evidence" of actual innocence cited by respondent, that "evidence" existed…”
1963 · New YorkOverturnedGeorge Whitmore Jr.
George Whitmore Jr. (May 26, 1944 – October 8, 2012) was an African American man who was charged but later cleared of the infamous Career Girls Murders that occurred in New York City in 1963. "The Supreme Court cited Mr.
2001 · New YorkMissingDisappearance of Michele Anne Harris
On the night of September 11, 2001, Michele Anne Harris (born September 29, 1965) of Spencer, New York, United States, left the restaurant where she worked as a waitress in nearby Waverly after finishing her shift, and shared drinks with two coworkers (one of whom she had been romantically involved with) in the parking lot. She then went to see a boyfriend in Smithboro and left shortly after 11 p.m. This was the…
1969 · New YorkOverturnedDhoruba bin Wahad
Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad (born Richard Earl Moore on June 30, 1944) is an American political activist and author, former leader of the New York Black Panther Party, and member of the Black Liberation Army. He was one of the Panther 21 defendants charged in 1969 with conspiracy to attack New York City police stations. After a lengthy trial, the Panther 21 were exonerated.
1962 · New YorkMissingAnthony Strollo
Anthony C. Strollo (born Antonio Strollo, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo ˈstrol.lo]; June 18, 1899 – disappeared April 8, 1962), also known as "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high-ranking capo and underboss of the Genovese crime family for several decades.
1826 · New YorkMissing
William Morgan
William Morgan (1774 – disappeared 14th September 1826) was a resident of Batavia, New York, whose disappearance and presumed murder in 1826 ignited a powerful movement against the Freemasons, a fraternal society that had become influential in the United States. After Morgan announced his intention to publish a book exposing Freemasonry's secrets, he was arrested on trumped-up charges. He disappeared soon after and…
2002 · Huron, New YorkUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Huron, New York (2002)
An unidentified woman was found in Huron, New York on August 29, 2002. No name has been established. NamUs case UP6879.
2026 · Valley Stream, New YorkUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Valley Stream, New York (2026)
An unidentified man was found in Valley Stream, New York on June 16, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP159996.
2026 · Bronx, New YorkUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Bronx, New York (2026)
An unidentified man was found in Bronx, New York on June 25, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP161901.
2026 · Manhattan, New YorkUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Manhattan, New York (2026)
An unidentified man was found in Manhattan, New York on August 5, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP162740.
2026 · Queens, New YorkUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Queens, New York (2026)
An unidentified man was found in Queens, New York on September 5, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP163201.
2024 · Queens, New YorkUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Queens, New York (2024)
An unidentified woman was found in Queens, New York on November 22, 2024. No name has been established. NamUs case UP135053.
1948 · New YorkOverturnedBetty Tyson
Betty Tyson (née Dove) (June 29, 1948 – August 17, 2023) was a black woman known for her wrongful conviction in the murder of 52-year-old businessman Timothy Haworth in 1973 in Rochester, New York. Tyson, who was 24 at the time of her arrest, spent 25 years in prison, becoming New York State's longest-serving female inmate until her release on May 28, 1998. Her case prompted allegations of police misconduct, coerced…
2014 · New YorkMissingDick Conant
Dick Conant (born 1951) was an American boater who disappeared near the Outer Banks in December 2014 while on an eight month trip from Plattsburgh, New York to south Florida. The 2022 book, Riverman by Ben McGrath was written about Conant and his final journey. It is believed that some of Conant's trips also inspired fellow canoeist Neal Moore.
1975 · New YorkUnsolvedBag murders
The bag murders were a series of murders of six men from 1975 to 1977 in New York City. The nickname originated from the fact that each victim had been dismembered, his remains stuffed in a garbage bag and thrown into the Hudson River. The identities of the victims, as well as their killer, have never been established.
1998 · New YorkMissingDisappearance of Suzanne Lyall
On the night of March 2, 1998, Suzanne Gloria Lyall, a 19‑year‑old undergraduate at the State University of New York at Albany, left her job at the Babbage's computer store in Crossgates Mall in the nearby suburb of Westmere after the store had closed. She is believed to have taken a CDTA city bus from the mall back to the university's Uptown Campus, where a classmate later reported seeing her get off the bus at…
2008 · New YorkOverturnedAdrian P. Thomas
Adrian P. Thomas was a father of seven children living in Troy, New York, when, in September 2008, his four-month-old son died. A preliminary medical examination indicated that the infant died from head trauma. The police interrogated Thomas for nearly 10 hours during which he confessed to throwing his son on the bed three times.
1992 · New YorkOverturned
Fernando Bermudez
Fernando Bermudez (born February 13, 1969) is a New York City resident who was exonerated in 2009 after being convicted in 1992 of the second-degree murder of a 16-year-old boy in New York City's Greenwich Village. He was sentenced to 23 years to life. In 2009, his conviction was overturned on appeal by a New York County Supreme Court justice who also ordered Bermudez released, and dismissed the charges with…