List of murdered American children

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This is a list of murdered American children that details notable murders among thousands of cases of subjects who were or are believed to have been under the age of 18 upon their deaths. Cases listed are stated to be unsolved, solved or pending and, in some cases, where the victims' remains have never been found or identified. This list is inclusive only of subjects who have an existing article on the English-language Wikipedia.

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Before 1950

Victim(s)Date of deathAgeLocationStatusDescription
Elsie Paroubek c. April 8, 19114Chicago, IllinoisUnsolvedMurdered and dumped into a drainage canal. [1]
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1920 or 19215–7Waukesha, WisconsinUnsolved, unidentifiedFound dead in a quarry. [2]
Babes in the Wood murders (Pine Grove Furnace) November 24, 1934[ failed verification ]8–12Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSolvedMurder–suicide and familicide. [3]

1950s–1960s

Victim(s)Date of deathAgeLocationStatusDescription
Joseph Augustus Zarelli February 19574Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnsolvedUnidentified until 2022. [4]
Maria Ridulph December 3, 19577Sycamore, IllinoisUnsolvedA suspect was convicted in 2012, but was eventually exonerated in 2016. [5] [6]
Sharon Lee Gallegos c. July 17–24, 19604Congress, ArizonaUnsolved, identifiedKidnapping and murder victim, snatched from right in front of her house. Her body was found in the desert 10 days after her abduction. The exact cause of death remains undetermined, but was ruled a homicide. [7]
16th Street Baptist Church bombing September 15, 196311–14Birmingham, AlabamaSolvedFour girls killed in a bombing by the Ku Klux Klan. [8]
Sylvia Likens October 26, 196516Indianapolis, IndianaSolvedHer caretaker Gertrude Baniszewski was sentenced to life imprisonment and released on parole in 1985. [9]
Jane Durrua November 5, 196813Keansburg, New JerseySolved [10]
Marina Habe December 30, 196817Los Angeles County, CaliforniaUnsolvedDaughter of writer Hans Habe and actress Eloise Hardt. Possible victim of Charles Manson’s followers. [11]

1970s–1980s

Victim(s)Date of deathAgeLocationStatusDescription
Dean Corll victims September 25, 1970 – August 3, 197313–17Houston, TexasSolved, unidentifiedOne victim remains unidentified, Harris County John Doe (1973). [12]
Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw August 4, 197114, 13Galveston, TexasSolvedMichael Self convicted in 1975, however murderer Edward Bell later confessed to killing them. [13]
Alphabet murders November 16, 1971 – November 26, 197310–11Rochester, New YorkUnsolvedThe victims were Carmen Colón, Michelle Maenza, and Wanda Walkowicz. [14]
Timothy McCoy January 3, 197216Chicago, IllinoisSolvedVictim remained unidentified until 1986; the first known victim of at least 33 of serial killer John Wayne Gacy and the only victim of his to be stabbed. [15]
Martha Morrison September 197417Portland, OregonUnsolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2015. [16]
Linda Pagano c. 197417 Akron or Strongsville, OhioUnsolved, identifiedA teenager who disappeared from her home in Akron, Ohio, on September 1, 1974, following an argument with her stepfather. Initially, Pagano was thought to have run away. On February 5, 1975, a partial skeleton belonging to a young white female was discovered in a park in nearby Strongsville. The young woman had been killed by a gunshot to the head. However, the case was never connected to Pagano's disappearance. Due to a clerical error, the skeleton was not added to NamUs or other databases until 2016, when the case was rediscovered by an amateur genealogist. In 2018, forensic DNA analysis confirmed the remains as belonging to Pagano. Her stepfather, the only potential suspect, died in 1990. [17]
Gypsy Hill killings January 24 – February 2, 197614, 17San Mateo County, CaliforniaUnsolvedVictims of an unidentified serial killer. [18]
Oakland County Child Murders February 1976 – March 197710–12 Oakland County, Michigan UnsolvedDuring a 13-month period, four children (two girls and two boys) were abducted and murdered with their bodies left in various locations in suburban Detroit. Each child was held alive from 4 to 19 days before being killed. The boys were sexually assaulted. Their deaths triggered a murder investigation which at the time was the largest in U.S. history. [19] The murders are still unsolved.
Randall Reffett and Samuel Stapleton May 14, 197615, 14Chicago, IllinoisSolvedVictims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [20]
William Carroll Jr. June 13, 197616Chicago, IllinoisSolvedVictim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [20]
James Haakenson August 5, 197616Chicago, IllinoisSolvedUnidentified until 2017; victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [20]
Kenneth Parker and Michael Marino October 24, 197616, 14Chicago, IllinoisSolvedVictims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [20]
Evelyn Colon c. December 13–19, 197615White Haven, PennsylvaniaPendingUnidentified until 2021; alleged killer has been charged. [21]
Oklahoma Girl Scout murders June 12, 19778–11Mayes County, OklahomaUnsolvedThree girls murdered while at a summer camp. The prime suspect has since died and DNA samples from the killer are now insufficient to process. [22]
Robert Winch November 10, 197716Chicago, IllinoisSolvedVictim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [20]
Bear Brook murders c. November 197811 months, 2–4, 7Allenstown, New HampshireUnidentified (one child)Four victims total, three were children and one was an adult female. [23] The adult, oldest and youngest victims were identified in June 2019 as Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Vaughn and Sarah McWaters. Honeychurch was the mother of the two now-identified children, who were half-sisters. The middle child, determined to be the daughter of serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen, remains unidentified. [24]
Kerry Graham and Francine Trimble December 197815, 14Willits, CaliforniaUnsolvedVictims remained unidentified until 2015. [25] [26]
Robert Piest December 11, 197815Chicago, IllinoisSolvedFinal victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [20]
Devonna Nelson c. 197914Missoula, MontanaSolvedPresumed victim of probable serial killer Wayne Nance. She remained unidentified until 2009. [27]
Etan Patz May 25, 19796New York City, New YorkSolved, body never foundPerpetrator sentenced to 25-years-to-life in April 2017. [28]
Atlanta murders of 1979–81 July 21, 1979 – March 12, 19819–14Atlanta, GeorgiaSolvedVictims of a serial killer. [29]
Tammy Vincent September 197916Tiburon, CaliforniaUnsolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2007. [30]
Tammy Alexander November 9, 197916Caledonia, New YorkUnsolvedTeenager shot and left in a cornfield in upstate New York. Alexander was a hitchhiker, having run away from a broken home in Florida, and was never reported missing until years after her death. Known previously as only "Caledonia Jane Doe" or "Cali Doe", Alexander remained unidentified until 2015. [31]
Sherri Jarvis November 1, 198014Huntsville, TexasUnsolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2021. [32]
Carol Cole December 198017Bellevue, LouisianaUnsolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2015. [33]
Adam Walsh c. July 27, 19816Indian River County, FloridaSolvedVictim of serial killer Ottis Toole. [34]
Frieda Powell c. 198215Ringgold, TexasSolved, body never foundHenry Lee Lucas, now deceased, confessed to killing his teenage girlfriend while in Texas. Authorities believe his confession, yet efforts to confirm the remains identified by Lucas to be hers were inconclusive. [35] [36]
Shannah Wicklund April 14, 19829Clearview, WashingtonSolvedMurdered along with her mother and a neighbor in a revenge killing. [37]
Dawn Olanick c. Early July 198217Blairstown, New JerseySolvedA teenaged murder victim found at the edge of a cemetery. A couple confessed in 2005 to killing her, but without her identity there was not enough information to put a case together. [38] [39] Following Olanick's identification, the couple who confessed in 2005 was charged with her murder.
Ricky Stetson August 22, 198211Portland, MaineSolvedThe first of three victims of John Joubert and the only victim murdered in Maine. [40]
Alisha Heinrich December 3 or 4, 198218 monthsMoss Point, MississippiUnsolvedA toddler thrown from a bridge into a river. Known only as "Delta Dawn", Heinrich remained unidentified until 2020. Her mother, who disappeared alongside her, remains missing. [41]
Redhead murders c. 1981–19929–17VariousUnsolved, unidentifiedVictims of an unidentified serial killer that were left on the side of highways. Not all presumed victims have been verified to be linked. [42]
St. Louis Jane Doe February 198310St. Louis, MissouriUnsolved, unidentifiedFound decapitated and naked from the waist down in the basement of an abandoned building. [43] [44]
Danny Joe Eberle September 18, 198313Bellevue, NebraskaSolvedSecond victim of John Joubert. [45]
Christoper Walden December 2, 198312Papillion, NebraskaSolvedThird and final victim on John Joubert. [46]
Colleen Orsborn March 19, 198415Daytona Beach, FloridaSolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2011. [47]
Marcella Bachmann c. September – October 198416Missoula, MontanaSolvedPresumed victim of probable serial killer Wayne Nance. She remained unidentified until 2006. [27]
Shari Smith May 31 / June 1, 198517Lexington County, South CarolinaSolvedA 17-year-old who was abducted from the driveway of her home. Her killer called her family repeatedly to taunt them; even after the victim's death. Larry Gene Bell was later convicted of her murder and executed. [48]
Debra Helmick June 15, 19859Richland County, South CarolinaSolvedA girl abducted from her front yard and subsequently murdered by Larry Gene Bell, also responsible for the abduction and murder of Shari Smith. He was later convicted and executed for her murder. [48]
Aroostook County Jane Doe December 7, 1985NewbornFrenchville, MainePendingInfant born alive then abandoned who remained unidentified until 2022. Her mother, Lee Ann Daigle, was charged with murder. [49]
Darcie Frackenpohl 198717Sacramento, CaliforniaSolvedVictim remained unidentified for several months. [50]
Deanna Criswell c. November 23, 198716Marana, ArizonaSolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2015. [51]
April Tinsley April 1–2, 19888Fort Wayne, IndianaSolvedSuspect arrested on July 15, 2018. [52]
Aundria Bowman c. March 11, 198914Hamilton, MichiganPendingA teenager listed as a missing person for over thirty years, after her adoptive parents reported her as a runaway. Her remains were located in February 2020 after her adoptive father confessed to her murder. He was previously charged with the 1980 murder of a woman in Virginia. [53]
Sue Ann Huskey c. September 198917Williamson County, TexasUnsolvedVictim remained unidentified until January 2020. [54]
Jacob Wetterling c. October 22, 198911St. Joseph, MinnesotaSolvedVictim remained a missing person for nearly 27 years before the location of his remains was disclosed by Jacob's murderer. [55]

1990s–2000s

Victim(s)Date of deathAgeLocationStatusDescription
Anjelica Castillo c. July 18, 19914Astoria, New YorkSolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2013. [56]
Mandy Lemaire August 22, 199111Tazlina, AlaskaUnsolvedSuspect's conviction was overturned in 1999. He died before the completion of the second trial. [57]
Megan Pratt c. September 19913Brooksville, FloridaSolved, body never found [58]
Holly Piirainen August 5, 199310Sturbridge, MassachusettsUnsolved [59]
Kori Lamaster August 199317CaliforniaUnsolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2013. [60]
JonBenét Ramsey December 26, 19966Boulder, ColoradoUnsolved [61]
Amber Creek February 199714Burlington, WisconsinSolved [62] Subject remained unidentified until 1998. [63]
Peaches c. June 15, 199715–30Lakeview, New YorkUnsolved, unidentifiedPossible victim of an unidentified serial killer. [64]
Christina Marie Williams June 12, 199813Seaside, CaliforniaSolved [65]
Columbine High School massacre April 20, 199914–17Littleton, ColoradoSolvedA mass shooting where ten children (including Rachel Scott and Cassie Bernall) were murdered, along with two 18-year-old students and a teacher. [66] [67]
Molly Bish c. June 27, 200016Warren, MassachusettsUnsolved [68]
Iriana DeJesus July 30, 20005Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnsolvedPresumed victim of FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive Alexis Flores. [69]
Brittney and Bobby Fisher April 10, 200110, 12Scottsdale, ArizonaUnsolvedChildren of FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive Robert William Fisher. [70]
Red Lake shootings March 21, 200515–16Red Lake, MinnesotaSolvedMurder–suicide. [71]
West Nickel Mines School shooting October 2, 20067–13Nickel Mines, PennsylvaniaSolvedMurder–suicide. [72]
Erika Hill February 25, 200715Fitchburg, WisconsinSolvedVictim remained unidentified until 2015. [73]
Daniel Benoit June 22, 20077Fayetteville, GeorgiaSolvedMurdered by his father, WWE star Chris Benoit, who committed suicide 2 days later. [74]
Crandon, Wisconsin shooting October 7, 200714–17Crandon, WisconsinSolvedMurder–suicide. [75]
Caylee Anthony c. June – December 20082–3Orlando, FloridaUnsolvedCause of death ruled a homicide by medical examiner. [76]
Brittney Gary c. November 2, 200817Jennings, LouisianaUnsolvedPresumed victim of unidentified serial killer. [77]
Baby Boy Horry c. December 3, 2008NewbornConway, South CarolinaPendingCause of death ruled as hypothermia, investigated as homicide. [78] The boy's mother was later arrested in March, 2020, in connection with the homicide. [79]
Brittanee Drexel c. Late May 200917Georgetown, South CarolinaPendingA teenager who disappeared after leaving her home in Rochester, New York to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina without parental permission in April 2009. Her remains were located in 2022 after a suspect, Raymond Moody, confessed to her murder. [80]

2010s–2020s

Victim(s)Date of deathAgeLocationStatusDescription
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting December 14, 20126–7Newtown, ConnecticutSolvedMurder–suicide. [81]
Bella Bond June 20152Boston, MassachusettsSolvedVictim remained unidentified until September 2015. [82] [83]
Tylee Ryan c. September 9, 201916Rexburg, IdahoSolvedMurdered by their mother, Lori Vallow Daybell. [84]
J. J. Vallow c. September 23, 20197
Jacob Hall October 1, 20166Townville, South CarolinaSolvedHall was mortally wounded on September 28. [85]
Abigail Williams and Liberty German February 13, 201713, 14Deer Creek Township, IndianaPendingSuspect arrested in 2022. [86]
Bianca Devins July 14, 201917Utica, New YorkSolvedPerpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment. [87]
Tristyn Bailey May 9, 202113St. Johns County, FloridaSolvedPerpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment. [88]
Robb Elementary School shooting May 24, 20229–11 [89] Uvalde, TexasSolved
Covenant School shooting March 27, 20239 [90] Nashville, TennesseeSolved
Jonathan Lewis Jr. November 7, 202317 [91] Las Vegas, NevadaSolved
Ahmir Jolliff January 4, 202411 [92] Perry, IowaSolved

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