Criminal Justice and True Crime Stories

On December 15, 1994, Joann and Alex Katrinak went missing. Four months later their bodies were found. Patricia Rorrer was convicted of murdering the mother and son, but there's overwhelming evidence indicating that she's innocent.

Ted Bundy was a bloodthirsty killer. But though many were beginning to suspect it, proving it was another matter back in the 70s—until the discovery of bite mark evidence. With the use of forensic dentistry or odontology, the jury convicted Bundy. Two dentists ended his reign of terror.

American serial killer Dennis Rader was also known as BTK. BTK stands for bind, torture, and kill, which is what he did to his victims. Here is a brief overview of his life and murders.

Ted Bundy killed at least 30 people between 1974 and 1978. He was executed in Florida in 1989.

On any given day, there are approximately 90,000 active missing person cases in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) at the FBI. Here are 10 missing persons whose families are desperately searching for them.

After Ruth Pelke was viciously murdered by 15-year-old Paula Cooper, Ruth’s grandson, Bill Pelke, forgave Cooper and fought against the sentence that made the teen the youngest inmate on death row.

Learn these simple tricks that will get you excused from jury service. You'll never have to worry about receiving a jury summons in the mail again!

Here is a summary of the pros and cons of the death penalty, and an opportunity for readers to share their views.

The Cecil, renamed The Stay on Main has undergone a few revamps, the latest of which includes a turn as micro-apartment housing. Read on for the creepy history of the former hotel and what the future holds for it.

Crystal and Ken had been friends since they were small, but on the night of November 16, 1991, the friendship would come to a horrific end.

The Tate-LaBianca murders shocked the nation. Fifty years later, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are the forgotten victims of the Manson Family.

In the summer of 1968, the body of a small child was found in a derelict house in Newcastle. A few months later, a second was discovered. Both toddlers had been murdered. Within days of the second killing, the murderer was unmasked as an 11-year-old schoolgirl, Mary Flora Bell.

This article provides a list of some of the most notorious serial killers in the history of the United States. Body counts weren't emphasized in this story, instead the infamous nature of these dastardly criminals.

Ed Gein was the real-life killer who inspired the characters in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs, and Psycho.

An Irish immigrant from a good family turned his back on respectability and became a vicious hoodlum in the 1920s.