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16 cases with recent updates, ordered by latest activity

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Zodiac Killer

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TheoryPodcastDisputed

Jul 26, 2026 · The Times and The Sunday Times

The Times revisits an AI-assisted Zodiac identity claim

The Times' Stories of Our Times podcast examined investigator Alex Baber's claim that an AI-assisted reading of the short Z13 cipher points to Marvin Margolis, using the alias Marvin Merrill, and may connect the Zodiac and Black Dahlia cases.

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The interpretation is disputed, no conclusive forensic link has been made public, and no law-enforcement agency has identified Margolis as the Zodiac Killer.

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Media ReleaseArticle

May 12, 2026 · Tom's Guide

Zodiac Killer Project reaches streaming audiences

A streaming guide highlighted the AMC+ arrival of Charlie Shackleton's Zodiac Killer Project, an experimental documentary built from his abandoned attempt to adapt a retired officer's disputed suspect theory.

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The film examines true-crime storytelling and its conventions; it does not present a verified solution to the Zodiac case.

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AnalysisArticleDisputed

Apr 30, 2026 · Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times tests the alleged Zodiac–Black Dahlia connection

The Los Angeles Times examined the theory naming Marvin Margolis in both cases and contrasted its circumstantial and cipher-based arguments with expert warnings about confirmation bias and major behavioral differences between the crimes.

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The article reports no conclusive forensic link, and the relevant law-enforcement agencies have not publicly endorsed the theory.

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Jul 3, 2026 · Doe Network

Doe Network spotlights the unidentified Sonoma County victim

Doe Network featured the unidentified young woman found near Calistoga Road in 1979, recirculating her physical description, dental availability, distinctive contact-lens case, and Sonoma County contact information in an effort to generate identification leads.

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The renewed profile does not announce a new identification; the victim remains unidentified and her connection to the hitchhiker murders remains an attribution rather than a conviction-backed finding.

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Black Dahlia

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TheoryArticleUnverified

Jul 1, 2026 · People

Filmmakers present a new Black Dahlia crime-scene theory

People reported that the filmmakers behind Deconstructing Dahlia believe a concealed room and evidence of an old bloodshed event at a Los Angeles motel identify where Elizabeth Short was killed and point to a suspect.

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The documentary team's conclusions have not been publicly verified by LAPD, and the Black Dahlia murder remains officially unsolved.

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AnalysisArticleDisputed

Apr 30, 2026 · Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times examines a claimed Black Dahlia–Zodiac link

The Los Angeles Times assessed the theory that Marvin Margolis killed Elizabeth Short and later became the Zodiac, contrasting its circumstantial arguments with expert warnings about confirmation bias and major behavioral differences between the crimes.

Context

The article reports no conclusive forensic link, and neither LAPD nor San Francisco police has publicly endorsed the theory.

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Media ReleaseArticle

Jul 1, 2026 · TheWrap

Scripted JonBenét Ramsey limited series moves to Netflix

A completed limited series starring Melissa McCarthy as Patsy Ramsey and Clive Owen as John Ramsey moved from Paramount+ to Netflix, with release planned for winter 2026.

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The production is a dramatization, not a documentary or an investigative development, and its portrayal should not be treated as evidence.

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May 29, 2026 · CBS News

CBS revisits the forensic trail to Robert Brashers

CBS News reviewed how DNA evidence and a bullet casing recovered from a drain helped investigators connect serial offender Robert Eugene Brashers to the murders, while revisiting the original investigation's false-confession failures.

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Austin police identify Brashers as the likely perpetrator, but the deceased suspect cannot be prosecuted and the case remains officially unsolved.

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Media ReleaseArticle

May 22, 2026 · Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom

HBO adds a follow-up chapter to The Yogurt Shop Murders

A new documentary episode follows Detective Dan Jackson through the DNA, genetic-genealogy, and ballistics work that identified Brashers and examines what the development means for victims' families and the men once accused.

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The episode documents the authorities' conclusion and remaining uncertainty rather than presenting a criminal adjudication of Brashers.

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May 18, 2026 · National Archives

National Archives details the current status of the JFK collection

The National Archives' classification-policy blog reviewed the transfer, declassification, digitization, and public availability of assassination records, clarifying the status of the collection after the recent large-scale releases.

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May 14, 2026 · FNN Prime Online

Two men arrested after break-in at the preserved Setagaya crime scene

Tokyo police arrested two men suspected of entering the preserved Miyazawa family home and attempting to steal valuables, bringing renewed attention to the protected scene more than twenty-five years after the murders.

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Authorities have not connected the alleged break-in or the arrested men to the 2000 murders.

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ILOVEYOU Virus

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ProfileArticle

May 6, 2026 · Radar Philippines

Profile revisits the creator of the ILOVEYOU worm

Radar Philippines profiled Onel de Guzman and traced how the ILOVEYOU worm grew from credential-stealing code into a global outbreak, while examining the legal gap that prevented a prosecution and his later work repairing phones in Manila.

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RetrospectivePodcast

Apr 26, 2026 · Der unerklärliche Podcast

German-language podcast revisits the Hinterkaifeck mystery

Der unerklärliche Podcast released a German-language retrospective on the six killings, the crime scene, and the competing explanations that have accumulated around the case.

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This is a media retrospective, not a new investigative development; disputed claims should be checked against archival sources.

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RetrospectiveOfficial Release

Mar 16, 2026 · Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive Bayerns

Bavarian State Archives mounts a Hinterkaifeck records exhibition

The Bavarian State Archives presented a temporary exhibition and downloadable catalog built from surviving police, prosecution, and court records, clarifying the documented chronology and limits of the investigation.

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The exhibition did not announce a newly identified suspect or a law-enforcement resolution of the murders.

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RetrospectiveArticle

Apr 21, 2026 · Roll Call

Roll Call follows Charles Guiteau beyond Garfield's assassination

Roll Call used records and sites connected to Charles Guiteau to examine the assassin's repeated institutional failures, political delusions, shooting of President Garfield, trial, and execution, adding historical context beyond the familiar assassination narrative.

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Jack the Ripper

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Media ReleaseBook

Apr 14, 2026 · Pen and Sword Books

New book examines forensic failures in the Ripper investigation

In the Shadow of the Ripper revisits the Whitechapel murders through the development and limits of Victorian forensic science, focusing on why contemporary medical, policing, and evidentiary practices failed to identify the killer.

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Trailside Killer

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Media ReleaseOfficial Release

Apr 8, 2026 · ABC News

Impact x Nightline announces Trailside Killer documentary

ABC News announced Terror on the Trails, a documentary featuring survivor Lois DeAndrade, relatives of victims, defense attorney Jay Ruskin, and witness Karen Kilroy in a reconstruction of the investigation and its human impact.

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TheoryDocumentaryReported

Apr 6, 2026 · History / Apple TV

History documentary revisits the wider Lincoln assassination plot

A History's Greatest Mysteries episode reconstructs the planning around Lincoln's assassination and examines the evidence that John Wilkes Booth's attack formed part of a broader conspiracy rather than an isolated act.

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The existence of a conspiracy involving Booth's convicted associates is established; broader claims vary in evidentiary support.

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Isdal Woman

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RetrospectivePodcast

Apr 2, 2026 · Triggered – The True Crime Podcast

Podcast retraces the Isdal Woman's final journey

Triggered devoted a 53-minute episode to the Isdal Woman's aliases, travel trail, forensic evidence, and competing suicide, espionage, and homicide theories, emphasizing why her identity and the circumstances of her death remain unresolved.

Context

The episode is a retrospective and reports no new identification or official investigative finding.

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Ted Bundy Murders

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Case DevelopmentOfficial ReleaseConfirmed

Apr 1, 2026 · Utah County Sheriff's Office

DNA confirms Ted Bundy killed Laura Ann Aime

The Utah County Sheriff's Office announced that preserved biological evidence from Laura Ann Aime's 1974 homicide produced a DNA profile matching Ted Bundy, formally closing her case after more than fifty years.

Context

Authorities had long suspected Bundy, but the 2026 testing supplied the first definitive forensic attribution publicly announced in Aime's case.

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RetrospectivePodcast

Mar 11, 2026 · Crisis & Consequences

Podcast revisits the Daveggio–Michaud crimes

Crisis & Consequences reviewed the abductions and murder committed by James Daveggio and Michelle Michaud, their modified minivan, the investigation, and the influence the earlier Gallego case reportedly had on their crimes.

Context

The episode is a retrospective and reports no new court or investigative development.

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