True Crime Atlas is an archival and documentary project. This page explains how cases are sourced, how uncertain claims are labeled, and how corrections are handled.
Case files are built from publicly available reporting, court records, published books, documentaries, and other reference material listed in each case file. Where possible, primary or contemporaneous sources are preferred over later summaries.
Before a case file is published, its source set and supporting media are reviewed for relevance, the chronology is organized, and people, places, documents, and competing claims are connected within a common structure. The resulting case file is an original editorial compilation designed to make a complex record easier to examine.
Unresolved cases often contain disputed timelines, theories, suspect claims, or evidentiary interpretations. On this site, those items are intended to be labeled as theories, allegations, disputed claims, or historical leads rather than established fact.
Some summaries, descriptions, and structural text may be prepared with assistance from AI systems. These tools support organization and drafting but do not replace source selection, editorial review, or the correction process. Readers should use the cited sources when evaluating important or disputed claims.
If you spot a factual error, broken source, or misleading label, send a correction request through the contact page. Substantive corrections should be reviewed against cited sources before being published.