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100

Jeffrey Dahmer briefly attended this University

What is " The Ohio State University"?

100

No suspects have ever been arrested in this 1996 murder.  Sadly, her mother passed away of ovarian cancer and will never learn who murdered her daughter.  

Who is "JonBenet Ramsey"?

100

The term BFT refers to this cause of death

What is " Blunt force trauma"?
100

This now famous person was murdered at 875 South Bundy Drive

Who is "Nicole Brown Simpson"?

100

Someone who police think has committed the crime

What is a suspect?

200

This series is based on the real life FBI agent who coined the term "serial killer" while studying the murders of Edmund Kemper back in the 70's

What is "Mind Hunter"?

200

This killer murdered at least 5 people in Northern California between 1968-1969.  He taunted the police with letters and ciphers/ codes that they had to decode.  He has never been caught. 

Who is " The Zodiac Killer"?

200

These are the two types of strangulation

What are "manual and ligature"?

200

This damming evidence found against Jodi Arias and led to her arrest in the murder of Travis Alexander

What are "crime scene photos developed from a camera in the washing machine"?

200

Someone police name as being tied to the case but not officially a suspect

What is "a person of interest"?

300

A 2021 study found that most serial killers are born under the same 4 signs.  Name two.  

What are " Cancer, Pisces, Sagittarius and Scorpio"?

300

Dennis Rader, notorious serial killer from Wichita, took 31 years to catch.  He had this nickname for the what he would do to his victims.  

What is "the BTK killer: bind, torture, kill"?

300

A murder by stabbing is referred to in the autopsy as having these type of injuries

What are "sharp force injuries"?

300

John Lennon was shot in December 8, 1980 near the parking garage of this famous NYC apartment building.

What is " The Dakota"? 

300

This term is used when police do not know the identity of the crime perpetrator 

What is the "unsub"?

400

This deranged serial killer sewed his dead victim, Samantha Koenig's eyelids open for a proof of life picture to send to her family.

Who is " Israel Keyes"?

400

This notorious Golden State Killer was finally caught using Familial DNA sequencing.  

Who is "Joseph James DeAngelo"?

400

Two types of undetected poison are now on a coroner's radar and generally tested for during an autopsy of victim with unknown cause of death.  Name one.  

What are  " antifreeze and succinylcholine"?
400

This song was playing when Diane Downs murdered her children in the car in May of 1983

What is "Hungry Like the Wolf"?

400

If you are acquitted of murder you can not be re-tried for the same murder.  This is called____________

What is "double jeopardy"?

500

Ted Bundy was born in this city and state in 1946

What is "Burlington, Vermont"?

500

When Elizabeth Short was found murdered and dismembered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles in 1947 the press gave this particular nickname to the now infamous, unsolved case.  

What is "The Black Dahlia"?

500

"Cause of death" differs from "manner of death" as there are only 6 types of "manner of death" categories.  Name 4.

What are "suicide, homicide, accidental, natural, undetermined and pending"

500

In one of the notorious Manson murders in 1969, this pregnant actress was killed while staying with friends on a Beverly Hill's canyon road. Name the actress and the street.

Who is "Sharon Tate" and what is "Cielo Drive"?

500

Scott Peterson was found guilty of this type of murder: a specific term for one who kills his wife.  

What is " uxoricide"

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