As part of a new and remarkable partnership, detectives gave a cold case file to students in a criminology class at the University of Texas at Arlington.

As the new Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man, is released on streaming, here's more ingenious – and confounding – whodunnits to watch and read.

A 65-year-old California convict who pleaded guilty to two New England cold cases dating back to the 1980s on Tuesday will spend the rest of his life in prison in Vermont, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office.

Samona Ramey testified Wednesday in the trial of McKinsie Lyons, who is accused in the killings of Alexis Martinez and Juanita Solorzano.

DNA from a "prolific serial killer" discovered on a pair of paper bags has led to a Colorado woman murder being solved nearly 40 years later, according to officials.

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and legal topics understandable and fun. Her work has..

Reviewing PEOPLE's own archives and court documents, PEOPLE retells the story of Missy Avila's 1985 murder, which hit even closer to home than anyone realized The Missy Avila Page/Facebook After her 17-year-old daughter was found drowned in a shallow body ...

This story originally aired on April 2, 2022. It was updated on Aug. 19, 2023. Tushar Atre, a successful tech-executive-turned-cannabis-entrepreneur had a multimillion-dollar home on the California coast, where he spent his free time surfing. His dream ...

Murder mysteries tend to conjure up very specific imagery. The lone, idiosyncratic detective. A dark and dreary landscape. The mustache of Hercule Poirot. Professor Plum in the library with the candlestick. But the truth is that murder mysteries come in ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and legal topics understandable and fun. Her work has..

The murder of a 15-year-old girl rocked a quiet Connecticut town in 1975. A look inside at the case that has frustrated investigators. In October 1975, Martha Moxley was a popular 15-year-old living with her parents, Dorthy and David, and her brother John ...

The Oklahoma County District Attorney says the parents maliciously failed to protect their child, which led to her death by dog mauling.