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JonBenet Ramsey

A profile of JonBenet Ramsey, who at the age of six, was found brutally murdered in the basement of her family home.

JonBenet Ramsey Investigation

Investigators in the JonBenet Ramsey case are now searching for dozens of 'people of interest' who were in the Bolder area in 1997 and trying to get DNA samples from each of them, a process some believe should have been undertaken eight years ago.

Kiplyn Davis - Missing Since 1995

Kiplyn Davis was last seen on May 2, 1995, at her high school in Spanish Fork, Utah. She is known to have attended morning classes and was seen at lunchtime while eating with friends. However, Davis did not show up for her fourth and fifth period classes. All of her personal belongings and books were found in her school locker. Now after 10 years there may be a break in the case.

Murder of Christina Marie Williams

The remains of Christina Williams were found in a wooded area on the northern rim of Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, on January 12, 1999.

Murder of Jonathan Paul Luna

On December 4, 2003, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Luna, father of two, was found dead in Pennsylvania after he had been tortured and stabbed as many as 36 times.

Murder of Sherry Carey

On October 29, 1992, California Fire Department Officials responded to a report of an explosion at a residence in Long Beach and found the body of Sherry Carey lying face down on the bed in one of the rear bedrooms.

Murder of Charles and Jennifer Chia

On July 25, 1990 the skeletal remains of Charles and Jennifer Chia were discovered in a shallow grave next to Highway 70 in Plumas County, California, which is approximately 50 miles from their Reno, Nevada home.

Murder of Hector Rivera, Jr.

On June 8, 2003, in Calquohoun, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, Hector Rivera, Jr., was driving a white 2002 GMC Envoy when unidentified individuals began firing assault rifles into Rivera's vehicle. Rivera was killed.

Murder of Denise Lynn Russell

On September 29, 1997, human remains, later identified as those of Denise Lynn Russell, were found in rural Powder River County, Montana. This area is approximately fifty miles from where Russell was last seen.

Murder of Dannarriah Finley

Dannarriah Finley's body was discovered on July 8, 2002, in an isolated area on Pleasure Island in Port Arthur, Texas, approximately 27 miles from her residence.

Murder of Tammy J. Zywicki

On September 1, 1992, Tammy Zywicki's body was located along Interstate Highway 44 (I-44) in rural Lawrence County, Missouri.

Murder of Peggy Irene Chappell

Peggy Irene Chappell's body was discovered in a dilapidated garage behind a large abandoned house approximately 75 yards from her residence.

Murder of Thomas Crane Wales

On October 11, 2001, at about 10:40 p.m., Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Crane Wales was killed in his home in Seattle, Washington.

Bonny Lee Bakley

Bonny Lee Bakley was a con artist who used sex and deception to bilk men -- many of them rich and famous -- out of their money and their children out of their inheritance. When she was shot to death in May 2001, her current husband, Robert Blake, was charged with the crime, but there was a long list of those with a motive.

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