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Three case files are the best way in — each sourced from the public record, each told victim-first. Read one, then follow the thread into the explainers behind it.
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The Murder of Rachel Morin
How investigative genetic genealogy found a killer who sat in no DNA database — convicted, with an appeal now pending.
The Idaho Student Murders
The Bryan Kohberger case, explained — four students, the knife-sheath DNA that broke it, and the 2025 guilty plea.
The Murdaugh Murders
A conviction — and why South Carolina's most-watched case now faces a new trial.
Then go deeper: What Is Coercive Control? — the warning sign behind so many of these cases, and what to do about it.