1. Brandon Teena (1972)

American Murder Victim

American trans male whose 1993 murder sparked a national conversation about the treatment of trans people in America. His story gained increased exposure when it became the subject of the...

2. Ronald Goldman (1968)

American Murder Victim

Los Angeles waiter who was murdered along with Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994.

3. Robert Sandifer (1983)

American Murder Victim

Young gang member who was murdered at the age of eleven by fellow members of the Chicago gang, Black Disciples.

4. Emmett Till (1941)

American Murder Victim

African-American youth who was beaten and murdered for talking to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, in 1955. His murder and subsequent trial were pivotal events in the instigation of...

5. Matthew Shepard (1976)

American Murder Victim

A decade after the 1998 murder of this LGBT youth, the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama passed an important piece of legislation known as the Matthew Shepard and James...

6. Mark Alan Wilson (1953)

American Murder Victim

Mark Alan Wilson was a Tyler Texas man killed during a shooting outside the Smith County Courthouse in Tyler Texas. He entered an ongoing gun battle between David Hernandez Arroyo...

7. Corine Christensen (Unknow)

American Murder Victim

8. Robert Krentz (Unknow)

American Murder Victim

Robert N. Krentz Jr. was a prominent rancher in the U. S. state of Arizona. Active in a family cattle ranching business stretching back nearly 100 years he and...

9. Rachel Scott (1981)

American Murder Victim

Rachel Joy Scott was an American student and the first murder victim of the Columbine High School massacre which claimed the lives of 12 students and a teacher as well...

10. Mulugeta Seraw (1960)

American Murder Victim

Mulugeta Seraw was an Ethiopian student who went to the United States to attend college. Seraw was killed in November 1988 at age 28 in Portland Oregon by three white...

11. Dale Stoffel (1961)

American Murder Victim

Dale C. Stoffel was an American businessman and arms dealer who was involved with the American reconstruction efforts following the Iraq War. After alerting the Pentagon of corruption and payment...

12. Matthew Winkler (minister) (1974)

American Murder Victim

Matthew Brian Winkler was a minister who was the victim in a high-profile murder case in 2006.