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New Jersey, United States

Jared Fogle

A prominent Subway spokesman exchanged and received child pornography and paid for sex with underage victims, leading to a federal investigation and arrest. The investigation, prompted in part by the arrest of an associate, produced digital evidence recovered from the associate that tied the defendant to explicit images and communications. He was indicted, pleaded guilty to child pornography and child sex tourism charges in 2015, and was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in federal prison. The defendant remains incarcerated and was ordered to pay restitution and register as a sex offender for life.

Indiana

9 sources cited

Zionsville, Indiana, U.S.

14 victims · Solved

2017 Eaton Township Weis Markets Shooting

A supermarket employee carried out a fatal shooting at the Weis Markets in Eaton Township on June 8, 2017, killing three coworkers and then fatally shooting himself. The perpetrator was Randy Robert Stair, a 24-year-old longtime employee who left extensive online posts, videos, and files documenting his planning and motives. Investigators recovered shotguns, digital media, notebooks, and a series of recorded 'suicide tapes' and journal entries from his residence. The case is closed with the perpetrator deceased and responsibility established by evidence and his published materials.

Pennsylvania

16 sources cited

Eaton Township, Pennsylvania

Great Molasses Flood

A large molasses storage tank at the Purity Distilling/USIA facility on Commercial Street burst on January 15, 1919, releasing a fast-moving wave of molasses that killed 21 people and injured about 150. The tank failure occurred in Boston's North End after unseasonably warm weather and additions of warmed molasses; rescuers from nearby ships, police, Red Cross and military personnel recovered victims amid viscous, sticky conditions. A class-action suit found the company responsible after multi-year hearings and the company paid damages; the site was later commemorated and modern building-code and oversight changes followed. Key evidence included eyewitness accounts of the rupture, engineering analyses of thin and brittle steel and flawed rivets, and later scientific and engineering studies confirming rapid flow and cooling behaviour.

Boston

10 sources cited

Boston, Massachusetts

21 victims · Solved

D.C. Sniper Attacks

The D.C. sniper attacks were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred from October 2 to October 24, 2002, across the Washington metropolitan area, resulting in the deaths of 10 individuals and injuries to 3 others. The perpetrators, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, were apprehended and subsequently convicted; Muhammad was executed in 2009, while Malvo is serving multiple life sentences. The case is considered solved.

Washington D.C.

6 sources cited

Original Bloody Likely Narrative Synthesis

Washington, D.C.

17 victims · Solved

2009 Collier Township Shooting

A gunman entered an LA Fitness gym aerobics class in Collier Township on August 4, 2009, turned off the lights and opened fire, killing three women and wounding nine before killing himself. The attacker was identified as 48-year-old George Alfred Sodini, who left writings and online posts expressing deep misogyny and resentment over social rejection. Investigators recovered two 9mm Glocks used in the shooting, an unused .32 pistol, and evidence he shot himself with a .45 Colt revolver; his motive is characterized as misogyny and rage. The case ended with the perpetrator dead and therefore no criminal prosecution; victims and families pursued civil claims and related legal actions followed.

Collier Township

4 sources cited

Collier Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Source-Backed Case Summary

Elliot Rodger

On May 23, 2014 in Isla Vista, California, Elliot Rodger stabbed three people in his apartment and then carried out a shooting and vehicle-ramming rampage that killed six UCSB students and injured fourteen others before fatally shooting himself. Rodger prepared a 137-page manifesto and uploaded videos announcing his intent to "punish" women and sexually active men; police later recovered multiple handguns, over 500 rounds of ammunition, and knives in his vehicle and apartment. The attacker was identified (and died by suicide at the scene), no criminal trial occurred, and investigators cited online radicalization, misogynistic motive, and missed warning signs as central to the case. Key evidence includes Rodger's manifesto, recorded videos, his firearm and ammunition cache, and forensic examination of the stab and gunshot victims and his crashed BMW.

Isla Vista

3 sources cited

Isla Vista, California, U.S.

6 victims · Solved

Houston, Texas, United States

Enron

A large-scale, institutionalized accounting fraud was conducted by Enron executives throughout the 1990s, culminating in the company's collapse in late 2001 in Houston, Texas. Key executives including Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andrew Fastow used mark-to-market accounting and special-purpose entities to hide losses, inflate profits, and enrich insiders while misleading investors and regulators. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 2001-12-02; subsequent criminal prosecutions resulted in convictions and prison sentences for senior officers and the dissolution of auditor Arthur Andersen. Primary evidence included internal records, off-balance-sheet partnership documents, taped trader conversations, and audit destruction evidence linking executives to the fraudulent schemes.

Houston

5 sources cited

Updated July 10, 2026

1 victims · Solved

Michael Dewayne Smith

On February 22, 2002, Michael Dewayne Smith, a member of the Oak Grove Posse gang, committed the double murder of Janet Moore, 41, and Sarath Pulluru, 22, in Oklahoma City. Smith was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death in 2003 for these crimes, and after 21 years on death row, he was executed by lethal injection on April 4, 2024. The case is now considered closed following his execution.

Oklahoma

6 sources cited

Updated July 8, 2026

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Highway Of Death

Coalition aircraft and ground forces attacked a large, retreating Iraqi military column on Highway 80 between Kuwait City and Basra on the night of February 26–27, 1991, destroying hundreds of vehicles and killing many occupants. The operation involved U.S., British, Canadian and French units using cluster bombs and airstrikes, producing widely circulated images of burned and abandoned vehicles. Estimates of fatalities vary widely; postwar studies and the Project on Defense Alternatives placed likely deaths in the hundreds to around 800 across Highway 80/8. The incident remains controversial and no criminal convictions of coalition personnel followed; primary physical evidence includes extensive wreckage, photographic documentation, and eyewitness and journalist accounts.

Gulf War

7 sources cited

Updated July 7, 2026

Kuwait City, Kuwait

800 victims · unsolved

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Cocoanut Grove Fire

A catastrophic fire broke out at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston on November 28, 1942, killing hundreds of patrons and staff. The club was overcrowded, decorated with highly flammable materials, had locked or obstructed exits, and an air-conditioning unit containing flammable methyl chloride likely accelerated the blaze. Owner Barnet "Barney" Welansky was prosecuted and convicted on manslaughter charges for violations that contributed to the deaths; he served nearly four years before being pardoned and released shortly before his death. The disaster prompted major changes to fire safety codes and advanced burn care and mass-casualty management practices.

Boston

5 sources cited

Updated July 5, 2026

492 victims · Solved