🕰️ 240 cases
Crime & Mystery Cases of the 2000s
240 real cases from the 2000s: murders, disappearances, unsolved files. With map, timeline and sources.
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St. Petersburg, RU · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Granny Ripper" case›Riga, LV · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Riga cases›Istanbul · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Box Killer" murders›Nuremberg, DE · Serial Murder · SolvedThe NSU Murders›Kyiv, UA · Murder · SolvedThe Georgiy Gongadze Case›Tokyo, JP · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedSetagaya Family Murder›Tokyo, JP · Murder · ClosedLucie Blackman Case›Enschede, NL · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Enschede Fireworks Disaster›Kaprun, AT · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Kaprun Funicular Disaster›Ho Chi Minh City, VN · Murder · SolvedThe Năm Cam Case›Kanungu, UG · Major Tragedy · UnsolvedKanungu Church Fire›Istanbul · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedSevered leg murders›Bârlad, RO · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Vaslui Hitchhiker Murders›Palmerston North, NZ · Murder · SolvedThe Palmerston North Double Murder (2000)›Maputo, MZ · Murder · SolvedMurder of Carlos Cardoso›Dublin, IE · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Trevor Deely›Gonesse, FR · Major Tragedy · ClosedConcorde Crash›Belgrade, RS · Murder · SolvedThe Abduction and Murder of Ex-President Ivan Stambolić›Belgrade, RS · Murder · SolvedThe Killing of Arkan at the InterContinental Hotel›Barents Sea, RU · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Kursk Submarine Disaster›Manila, PH · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Rizal Day Bombings›Childers, AU · Murder · SolvedThe Childers Backpackers Hostel Fire›Muharraq, BH · Major Tragedy · ClosedGulf Air Flight 072 Crash›Uşak · Major Tragedy · ClosedUşak Prison Riot›Paros, GR · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Express Samina Ferry Disaster› 2001
Moscow, RU · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Chessboard Killer" case›Diyarbakır · Murder · SolvedAssassination of police chief Gaffar Okkan›Kathmandu, NP · Major Tragedy · ClosedNepalese Royal Massacre›Zug, CH · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Zug Parliament Attack›Castelo de Paiva, PT · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Hintze Ribeiro Bridge Collapse›Pärnu, EE · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Pärnu Methanol Poisoning›Mexico City, MX · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationThe Death of Lawyer Digna Ochoa›Tokyo, JP · Major Tragedy · UnsolvedThe Kabukicho Myojo 56 Building Fire›Mashhad, IR · Serial Murder · SolvedMashhad's 'Spider Killer'›Jerusalem, IL · Major Tragedy · ClosedVersailles Wedding Hall Collapse›Algiers, DZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedBab El Oued Flood Disaster›Accra, GH · Major Tragedy · ClosedAccra Stadium Disaster›Barrow Creek, AU · Murder · SolvedMurder of Peter Falconio›Şırnak · Missing Person · ClosedThe Disappearance of Serdar Tanış and Ebubekir Deniz›Sabadell, ES · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationThe Murder of Helena Jubany›Drobin, PL · Murder · SolvedKidnapping and Murder of Krzysztof Olewnik›Elektrėnai, LT · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Roadside Maniac" Case›Lima, PE · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Mesa Redonda Fire›Milan, IT · Major Tragedy · ClosedLinate Airport Runway Collision›Johannesburg, ZA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Ellis Park Stadium Disaster›Ibadan, NG · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Justice Minister Bola Ige›New York, US · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe September 11 Attacks› 2002
Tekirdağ · Serial Murder · SolvedYavuz Yapıcıoğlu case — the "Screwdriver Killer"›Diyarbakır · Murder · SolvedThe Nahide Opuz case›Ankara · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationAssassination of Necip Hablemitoğlu›Modesto, US · Murder · SolvedThe Laci Peterson Case›Port Coquitlam, CA · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Robert Pickton Case›Hilversum, NL · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Pim Fortuyn›Karachi, PK · Murder · ClosedDaniel Pearl Case›Lima, PE · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Utopía Nightclub Fire›Pilar, AR · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationThe María Marta García Belsunce Case›Kuta, ID · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe 2002 Bali Bombings›Lagos, NG · Major Tragedy · ClosedIkeja Armoury Explosion›Ziguinchor, SN · Major Tragedy · ClosedLe Joola Ferry Disaster›Mór, HU · Murder · SolvedMór Bank Massacre›Tallinn, EE · Serial Murder · SolvedThe 2002 Estonian Killing Spree›São Paulo, BR · Murder · SolvedThe Richthofen Case›Washington, US · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Beltway Sniper Attacks›Moscow, RU · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Moscow Theatre Siege (Nord-Ost)›El Ayyat, EG · Major Tragedy · ClosedEl Ayyat Train Fire›Yendi, GH · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Killing of Dagbon King Yakubu II›Afyonkarahisar · Major Tragedy · Closed2002 Çay–Sultandağı Earthquake›Djerba, TN · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Ghriba Synagogue Bombing› 2003
Istanbul · Major Tragedy · Solved2003 Istanbul Bombings›Stockholm, SE · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Anna Lindh›Belgrade, RS · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Zoran Đinđić›Daegu, KR · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Daegu Subway Fire›Henan, CN · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Four-Province Serial Murders (2000-2003)›İzmir · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAn Unsolved Killing in Çamdibi, Bornova›İzmir · Unsolved Case · ClosedA Kadifekale Killing Lost to the Statute of Limitations›Madrid, ES · Serial Murder · SolvedThe 'Playing Card Killer' Case›Moscow, RU · Suspicious Death · ClosedSuspicious Death of Yuri Shchekochikhin›Sofia, BG · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Iliya Pavlov›Kuala Lumpur, MY · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Canny Ong›Tehran, IR · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Death in Custody of Zahra Kazemi›West Warwick, US · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Station Nightclub Fire›Jakarta, ID · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe JW Marriott Jakarta Bombing›Lucknow, IN · Murder · SolvedMurder of Poet Madhumita Shukla›Casablanca, MA · Major Tragedy · Solved16 May Casablanca Bombings›Trabzon · Major Tragedy · ClosedCrash of the Spanish Peacekeepers' Plane›Diyarbakır · Major Tragedy · ClosedTurkish Airlines Flight 634 Crash, Diyarbakır› 2004
Sakarya · Major Tragedy · ClosedPamukova Train Derailment›Konya · Major Tragedy · SolvedZümrüt Apartment Collapse›Buenos Aires, AR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe República Cromañón Fire›Madrid, ES · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Madrid Train Bombings (11-M)›Amsterdam, NL · Murder · SolvedThe Theo van Gogh Case›Jakarta, ID · Murder · ClosedAssassination of Munir Said Thalib›Haverhill, US · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Maura Murray›Stavanger, NO · Murder · SolvedThe NOKAS Robbery›Asunción, PY · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Ycuá Bolaños Supermarket Fire›Seoul, KR · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Raincoat Killer" Serial Murders›Phnom Penh, KH · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Union Leader Chea Vichea›İzmir · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAn Unsolved Strangling in Eskiizmir›Rimini, IT · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Death of Marco Pantani›Moscow, RU · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Paul Klebnikov›Seoul, KR · Serial Murder · SolvedNight Attacks in South-West Seoul (2004-2006)›Caracas, VE · Murder · SolvedThe Car-Bomb Assassination of Prosecutor Danilo Anderson›Asunción, PY · Murder · SolvedThe Kidnapping and Murder of Cecilia Cubas›Johannesburg, ZA · Murder · SolvedMurder of Leigh Matthews›Abidjan, CI · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Guy-André Kieffer›Ghislenghien, BE · Major Tragedy · ClosedGhislenghien Gas Explosion›Podgorica, ME · Murder · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Journalist Duško Jovanović›Kunming, CN · Murder · SolvedThe Yunnan University Dormitory Murders›Manila Bay, PH · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe SuperFerry 14 Bombing›Hikkaduwa, LK · Major Tragedy · ClosedPeraliya Tsunami Train Disaster›Nishapur, IR · Major Tragedy · ClosedNishapur Train Disaster›Kanifing, GM · Murder · Under InvestigationThe Assassination of Journalist Deyda Hydara›Kocaeli · Murder · Under InvestigationKartepe's 17-Year Cold Case: Murat Özdemir›Bangkok, TH · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit› 2005
Oranjestad, AW · Missing Person · ClosedThe Disappearance of Natalee Holloway›Beirut, LB · Murder · SolvedAssassination of Rafic Hariri›Anapu, BR · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Sister Dorothy Stang›Beni Suef, EG · Major Tragedy · ClosedBeni Suef Cultural Palace Fire›Baku, AZ · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Journalist Elmar Huseynov›Tbilisi, GE · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Suspicious Death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania›Almaty, KZ · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Suspicious Death of Zamanbek Nurkadilov›Aydın · Murder · Under InvestigationBuharkent's 21-Year Unsolved Killing›Grünwald, DE · Murder · SolvedMurder of Rudolph Moshammer›Delmenhorst, DE · Serial Murder · SolvedOldenburg–Delmenhorst Patient Murders›Santa Comba Dão, PT · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Santa Comba Dão Serial Murders›Alassa, CY · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationThe Death of Thanasis Nicolaou›Polohy, UA · Serial Murder · SolvedSerial Murders by a Former Police Investigator›Hormigueros, PR · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Death of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos in an FBI Operation›Stellenbosch, ZA · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Inge Lotz›Johannesburg, ZA · Murder · ClosedMurder of Brett Kebble›Mayerthorpe, CA · Murder · SolvedThe Mayerthorpe Tragedy — Four RCMP Officers Killed›Grammatiko, GR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Crash of Helios Airways Flight 522›Andijan, UZ · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Andijan Massacre›Amagasaki, JP · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Amagasaki Rail Crash — Speed on the Curve›Colombo, LK · Murder · SolvedThe Royal Park Murder›Baghdad, IQ · Major Tragedy · ClosedAl-Aimmah Bridge Stampede›Amman, JO · Major Tragedy · SolvedAmman Hotel Bombings›London, UK · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 7 July 2005 London Bombings›Aydın · Major Tragedy · ClosedKuşadası Minibus Bombing›Rize · Murder · ClosedEnvironmental Lawyer Cihan Eren›Hakkari · Murder · Under InvestigationŞemdinli Umut Bookshop Bombing›Antuco, CL · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Antuco Tragedy› 2006
Sakarya · Murder · SolvedGökhan Atakan case — a 19-year mystery›Muğla · Missing Person · SolvedY.D. missing-person case — resolved after 19 years›Pattaya, TH · Murder · SolvedStephen Miller case›Moscow, RU · Murder · SolvedThe Anna Politkovskaya case›Bursa · Serial Murder · SolvedFour-day serial killing spree (2006)›Trabzon · Murder · SolvedMurder of Father Andrea Santoro›Ankara · Murder · SolvedCouncil of State shooting›London, UK · Murder · ClosedThe Alexander Litvinenko Case›Shah Alam, MY · Murder · SolvedAltantuya Shaariibuu Case›Mexico City, MX · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Mataviejitas" Murders›Panama City, PA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Poisoned Cough Syrup Disaster›La Plata, AR · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Witness Jorge Julio López›Safaga, EG · Major Tragedy · ClosedAl-Salam Boccaccio 98 Ferry Disaster›Tbilisi, GE · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Sandro Girgvliani›Almaty, KZ · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Altynbek Sarsenbayuly›Ashgabat, TM · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Death in Custody of Ogulsapar Muradova›Paderborn, DE · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Frauke Liebs›Erba, IT · Murder · SolvedThe Erba Massacre›Ulvila, FI · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationThe Ulvila Homicide›Ipswich, UK · Serial Murder · SolvedIpswich Serial Murders›Katowice, PL · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Katowice Trade Hall Roof Collapse›Ruda Śląska, PL · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Halemba Mine Disaster›Hejce, HU · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Hejce Military Plane Crash›New Delhi, IN · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Butcher of Delhi" Murders›Lagos, NG · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Abule Egba Pipeline Explosion›Columbus, US · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Brian Shaffer›Baltimore, US · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Mysterious Death of Rey Rivera›Antalya · Major Tragedy · Closed2006 Antalya Bombing›Denizli · Murder · Under InvestigationDenizli Grocer Murder› 2007
Rawalpindi, PK · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Benazir Bhutto›Ankara · Serial Murder · ClosedMamak serial killings, Ankara (2007)›Istanbul · Murder · SolvedAssassination of Hrant Dink›Malatya · Murder · SolvedZirve Publishing House murders›Istanbul · Murder · SolvedDeath of Festus Okey at a police station›Perugia, IT · Murder · SolvedThe Meredith Kercher Case›Tuusula, FI · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Jokela School Shooting›Brașov, RO · Murder · SolvedThe Elodia Ghinescu Case›Kingston, JM · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Death of Bob Woolmer›Kish Island, IR · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Robert Levinson›Garlasco, IT · Murder · Under InvestigationThe Garlasco Murder›Fago, ES · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of the Mayor of Fago›Ichikawa, JP · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Lindsay Hawker — Two Years on the Run›Windhoek, NA · Serial Murder · UnsolvedThe B1 Butcher›São Paulo, BR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe TAM Flight 3054 Disaster›Blacksburg, US · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Virginia Tech Massacre›Kornat Island, HR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Kornat Wildfire Tragedy›Donetsk, UA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Zasyadko Mine Disaster›Kolkata, IN · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationDeath of Rizwanur Rahman›Isparta · Major Tragedy · ClosedAtlasjet Flight 4203 Crash›Vĩnh Long, VN · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Cần Thơ Bridge Collapse› 2008
Kocaeli · Missing Person · SolvedPalu family case — a disappearance resolved after 11 years›Nevşehir · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationThe Sedat Ünal case›Istanbul · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Well Killer" murders›Ankara · Murder · SolvedMurder of Prof. Ayşe Olcay Tiryaki›Istanbul · Major Tragedy · SolvedDavutpaşa Explosion›Istanbul · Major Tragedy · SolvedGüngören Bombings›Tatárszentgyörgy, HU · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Hungarian Roma Murders›Zagreb, HR · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Ivo Pukanić›Gërdec, AL · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Gërdec Munitions Explosions›Tokyo, JP · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Akihabara Massacre›Ansan, KR · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Gyeonggi Serial Murders (2005-2008)›Dubai, AE · Murder · SolvedMurder of Suzanne Tamim›Casablanca, MA · Major Tragedy · ClosedRosamor Factory Fire›Istanbul · Suspicious Death · SolvedDeath of Engin Çeber in prison›Thủ Thừa, VN · Murder · ClosedThe Cầu Voi Post Office Murders (Hồ Duy Hải Case)›Madrid, ES · Major Tragedy · ClosedSpanair Flight 5022 Crash›Kauhajoki, FI · Major Tragedy · ClosedKauhajoki School Shooting›Studénka, CZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Studénka Train Disaster›Yerevan, AM · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe 1 March 2008 Events in Yerevan›Shanghai, CN · Murder · SolvedThe Zhabei Police Station Attack›Kütahya · Major Tragedy · ClosedKütahya Pamukkale Express Derailment›Porvenir, BO · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Porvenir Massacre› 2009
Istanbul · Murder · SolvedMünevver Karabulut case›Trabzon · Murder · SolvedN.Ç. case — an 8-year judicial process›Grozny, RU · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Natalia Estemirova case›Mardin · Murder · SolvedBilge village massacre›Kahramanmaraş · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationMuhsin Yazıcıoğlu Helicopter Crash›Ampatuan, PH · Major Tragedy · SolvedMaguindanao Massacre›Colombo, LK · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge›Shah Alam, MY · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Death of Teoh Beng Hock›Jahra, KW · Murder · SolvedJahra Wedding Tent Fire›Off Nuku'alofa, TO · Major Tragedy · SolvedPrincess Ashika Ferry Disaster›Balıkesir · Murder · SolvedMurder of journalist Cihan Hayırsevener›Olot, ES · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Olot Care Home Murders›Perm, RU · Major Tragedy · ClosedLame Horse Nightclub Fire›Fujimi, JP · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Marriage Site" Deaths — Saitama and Tokyo›Mangaluru, IN · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Cyanide" Mohan Case›Guatemala City, GT · Suspicious Death · SolvedRodrigo Rosenberg — The Lawyer Who Planned His Own Death›York, UK · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Claudia Lawrence›Handlová, SK · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Handlová Mine Explosion›Sayanogorsk, RU · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Sayano-Shushenskaya Power Station Accident›Uglovka, RU · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Nevsky Express Bombing›Bangkok, TH · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Santika Nightclub Fire›Conakry, GN · Murder · SolvedThe 28 September Stadium Massacre›Atlantic Ocean, BR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Air France Flight 447 Disaster›Tekirdağ · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 2009 Saray Floods›Bilecik · Serial Murder · SolvedThree Murders over Three Years in Osmaneli›Tokat · Major Tragedy · ClosedReşadiye Ambush› Decades
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