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Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.

OK, GENTLEMEN, SIT THE HELL DOWN:
Eye-balls the gentlemen in the room. Well, apparently, we're moving from men throwing their bodily fluids at unsuspecting women in public to a little incident at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house in Chicago.
By Lilithea Adasia14 days ago in Criminal
He Was Fired a Month After His Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis. Then the Arbitration Award Arrived.
September 11, 2026 Li Yu read the arbitration award twice. He did not smile. He folded the paper in half and placed it in a clear plastic document bag. The bag already held his gastroscopy report, a chemotherapy appointment slip, and an estimate for second-line treatment. The estimate said 50,000 to 60,000 yuan per treatment. Someone had written "possibly 70,000" in pen next to the number.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Was Forced to Take Out a Loan in Myanmar. Does He Have to Pay It Back?
I On that afternoon in the Myanmar compound, someone took Wang Xing’s phone. A hand pressed his shoulder. Another hand turned his face toward the screen. Facial recognition passed. The loan application went through. The money arrived and left before he could see the balance.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
The Family That Had Its Own Army: Inside the Wei Crime Group’s 122 Billion Yuan Empire
On October 13, 2026, the Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and the Nan’an People’s Court in Fujian Province delivered first-instance judgments in the Wei family criminal group cases. Wei Huairen, Chen Dawei, and Liao Jingfang received death sentences. Wei Qingtao, Kang Min, and Xiong Hengxing received life imprisonment. Su Hongxiang, Deng Zida, Chen Longjiang, and 52 others, 55 defendants total, received fixed-term sentences from 24 years to 3 years and 3 months.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
She Walked Into the Wrong Room. He Knew She Wasn't His Friend. A Court Called It Rape.
At around 3 a.m. in 2025, the hallway of a wellness club in Yibin, Sichuan, was dim. Ms. Lu, in her early thirties, left Room 808 to use the bathroom. She had been drinking at a dinner with friends and had been given the room to sleep it off. Her steps were unsteady. She held the wall to keep her balance.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Caught His Wife Cheating. The Knife Cost Him Three Years of Freedom.
At about 9 p.m. on May 12, 2026, Zhang followed his wife Zhao. She said she was going to work the night shift. He suspected an affair.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Thought the Window Was Closed. Then a Phone Slid Through the Screen.
At 11 p.m. on April 16, 2025, Zhang and his girlfriend checked into a first-floor room at a Shanghai hotel. Zhang believed the window was closed. He was not sure whether it was locked. That detail would matter later.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Left at 3 A.M. to Beat the Rain. A Gunshot Ended His Life.
On October 13, Mr. Cheng of Jingmen, Hubei, told reporters that his 64-year-old brother, also named Cheng, was shot and killed by an airgun while working in his own field in the early hours of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
She Sold Six-Yuan Fried Potatoes. Then the Internet Killed Her.
How many potatoes go into a paper bowl should have been something a single sentence could settle: “Give me a little more next time.”
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
Brendan Dassey:
Brendan Dassey: The Confession, the Conviction, and the Questions That Never Went Away He was sixteen years old when investigators questioned him about a murder. He had significant learning and communication difficulties. He eventually confessed to participating in a brutal crime, then insisted that his confession was false. A federal judge overturned his conviction, an appeals court reversed that decision, and the United States Supreme Court declined to intervene.
By Lilithea Adasia16 days ago in Criminal
The Keddie Cabin Murders
The foothills of the Sierra Nevada, although only a four-hour drive away, are in complete contrast to San Francisco. The area was a hitchhiker’s paradise and the ultimate place to escape.
By Sam H Arnold16 days ago in Criminal
Juliana Umba Nzita:
Juliana Umba Nzita: A Sixteen-Year-Old Girl, a Closed Case, and the Questions That Refuse to Disappear When a child dies under troubling circumstances, the public deserves answers. When a family questions the investigation into that death, they deserve to be heard.
By Lilithea Adasia17 days ago in Criminal