| [ |
| { |
| "character_id": "lizzie_borden", |
| "name": "Lizzie Borden", |
| "role": "acquitted", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "lizzie_borden_1892" |
| ], |
| "description": "Daughter tried and acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "andrew_borden", |
| "name": "Andrew Borden", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "lizzie_borden_1892" |
| ], |
| "description": "Father, hacked to death with an axe." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "abby_borden", |
| "name": "Abby Borden", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "lizzie_borden_1892" |
| ], |
| "description": "Stepmother, hacked to death with an axe." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "stanford_white", |
| "name": "Stanford White", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "stanford_white_1906" |
| ], |
| "description": "Famous architect shot on the Madison Square Garden rooftop." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "harry_thaw", |
| "name": "Harry K. Thaw", |
| "role": "convicted", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "stanford_white_1906" |
| ], |
| "description": "Millionaire found NGRI for White's murder." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "evelyn_nesbit", |
| "name": "Evelyn Nesbit", |
| "role": "witness", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "stanford_white_1906" |
| ], |
| "description": "Thaw's wife; her past relationship with White was the motive." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "elizabeth_short", |
| "name": "Elizabeth Short", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "black_dahlia_1947" |
| ], |
| "description": "22-year-old aspiring actress; the Black Dahlia." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "bugsy_siegel", |
| "name": "Bugsy Siegel", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "bugsy_siegel_1947" |
| ], |
| "description": "Mobster who built the Flamingo Las Vegas." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "somerton_man", |
| "name": "The Somerton Man", |
| "role": "unidentified", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "somerton_man_1948" |
| ], |
| "description": "Unidentified man found dead on Somerton Beach; Tam\u00e1m Shud." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "db_cooper", |
| "name": "D.B. Cooper (Dan Cooper)", |
| "role": "unidentified", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "db_cooper_1971" |
| ], |
| "description": "Skyjacker who parachuted into the Cascades with $200,000." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "jimmy_hoffa", |
| "name": "Jimmy Hoffa", |
| "role": "missing", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jimmy_hoffa_1975" |
| ], |
| "description": "Teamsters union president; vanished from the Machus Red Fox lot." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "zodiac_killer", |
| "name": "The Zodiac Killer", |
| "role": "unidentified", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "zodiac_1968" |
| ], |
| "description": "Self-named serial killer; taunting letters and cryptograms." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "jfk", |
| "name": "John F. Kennedy", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jfk_1963" |
| ], |
| "description": "35th US president, assassinated in Dallas." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "lee_harvey_oswald", |
| "name": "Lee Harvey Oswald", |
| "role": "suspect", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jfk_1963" |
| ], |
| "description": "Warren Commission conclusion; killed by Jack Ruby two days later." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "jack_ruby", |
| "name": "Jack Ruby", |
| "role": "convicted", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jfk_1963" |
| ], |
| "description": "Killed Oswald; the 'Trial of the Century' side-show." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "rfk", |
| "name": "Robert F. Kennedy", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "rfk_1968" |
| ], |
| "description": "Senator, assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "sirhan_sirhan", |
| "name": "Sirhan Sirhan", |
| "role": "convicted", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "rfk_1968" |
| ], |
| "description": "Convicted; claims he was hypnotized / manchurian-candidated." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "mlk", |
| "name": "Martin Luther King Jr.", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "mlk_1968" |
| ], |
| "description": "Civil rights leader, assassinated in Memphis." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "james_earl_ray", |
| "name": "James Earl Ray", |
| "role": "suspect", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "mlk_1968" |
| ], |
| "description": "Pleaded guilty then recanted; 1999 civil jury found conspiracy." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "tupac", |
| "name": "Tupac Shakur", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "tupac_1996" |
| ], |
| "description": "Rapper shot in a Las Vegas drive-by; Keffe D charged 2023." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "keffe_d", |
| "name": "Duane 'Keffe D' Davis", |
| "role": "charged", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "tupac_1996" |
| ], |
| "description": "Arrested 2023 and charged with Tupac's murder; trial ongoing." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "biggie", |
| "name": "The Notorious B.I.G.", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "biggie_1997" |
| ], |
| "description": "Rapper shot in LA six months after Tupac; no one charged." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "jonbenet_ramsey", |
| "name": "JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jonbenet_1996" |
| ], |
| "description": "6-year-old beauty queen found strangled in her basement." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "patsy_ramsey", |
| "name": "Patsy Ramsey", |
| "role": "person-of-interest", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jonbenet_1996" |
| ], |
| "description": "Mother; reported the ransom note; cleared via touch-DNA 2008." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "john_ramsey", |
| "name": "John Ramsey", |
| "role": "person-of-interest", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "jonbenet_1996" |
| ], |
| "description": "Father; bonus amount matched the ransom demand." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "madeleine_mccann", |
| "name": "Madeleine McCann", |
| "role": "missing", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "madeleine_mccann_2007" |
| ], |
| "description": "3-year-old vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "christian_brueckner", |
| "name": "Christian Br\u00fcckner", |
| "role": "suspect", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "madeleine_mccann_2007" |
| ], |
| "description": "Convicted sex offender named prime suspect 2020; never charged." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "libby_german", |
| "name": "Libby German", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "delphi_2017" |
| ], |
| "description": "Teenager who filmed the suspect ('Down the Hill' audio)." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "abby_williams", |
| "name": "Abby Williams", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "delphi_2017" |
| ], |
| "description": "Teenager murdered alongside Libby on the Monon High Bridge trail." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "richard_allen", |
| "name": "Richard Allen", |
| "role": "convicted", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "delphi_2017" |
| ], |
| "description": "Pleaded guilty 2024 to two counts of murder." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "missy_bevers", |
| "name": "Missy Bevers", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "missy_bevers_2016" |
| ], |
| "description": "Fitness instructor beaten to death inside a church." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "stephen_paddock", |
| "name": "Stephen Paddock", |
| "role": "deceased", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "las_vegas_2017" |
| ], |
| "description": "Shooter; motive never established." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "tina_sharp", |
| "name": "Tina Sharp", |
| "role": "victim", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "keddie_cabin_1981" |
| ], |
| "description": "Missing fourth girl; skull found 3 years later, 50 miles away." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "axeman", |
| "name": "The Axeman of New Orleans", |
| "role": "unidentified", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "axeman_1918" |
| ], |
| "description": "Serial axe killer; sent the jazz letter to newspapers." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "joseph_deangelo", |
| "name": "Joseph James DeAngelo", |
| "role": "convicted", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "golden_state_killer_1974" |
| ], |
| "description": "Former cop; EAR-ONS solved 2018 via genetic genealogy." |
| }, |
| { |
| "character_id": "rex_heuermann", |
| "name": "Rex Heuermann", |
| "role": "charged", |
| "case_ids": [ |
| "gilgo_beach_2010" |
| ], |
| "description": "Architect charged 2023 with 4 of the Gilgo Four murders." |
| } |
| ] |
