Cases grouped by what the record shows
Every shelf is a documented fact in the record: a long gap to an arrest, a hung jury, a conviction reconsidered.
Investigation
Arrests many years later
Cold cases where an arrest came at least ten years after the death or disappearance.
Sylvia Quayle · Amanda Stavik · Tupac Shakur · Martha Moxley +2
6 casesLongest gap 39 years
Disappearances later ruled homicide
Missing for at least 30 days before a homicide finding or charge.
Bonnie Haim · Suzanne Morphew · Josette Wright · Laci Peterson
4 casesGaps of four months to 21 years
Court process
Hung juries and retrials
The jury couldn't agree, or the trial was stopped, and the case went to trial again.
Murdaugh · John O'Keefe · Josette Wright · Sylvia Quayle +4
8 cases
Convictions reconsidered
A conviction was thrown out, sent back, or restored by a court.
Murdaugh · Hae Min Lee · Josette Wright · Martha Moxley +2
6 cases
Exonerations
Someone convicted was later cleared by a court.
Yogurt Shop · Josette Wright
2 cases
Charges dropped
Prosecutors dropped the whole case, or a court dismissed it.
Suzanne Morphew · Audrey Hoellein · Martha Moxley · Hae Min Lee
4 cases
Cases ending in a guilty plea
The defendant pleaded guilty, so there was no trial verdict.
Idaho Student Killings · Brian Thompson · Sabina Nessa · Sarah Everard +2
6 casesNo trial verdicts