On December 21, 2015, a man posing as a school psychologist forced his way into a home in Rupperswil, Switzerland, holding four people hostage before killing them and setting the house ablaze. The subsequent manhunt would become one of Europe's most intensive criminal investigations.
Kouri Richins, a Utah mother and children's book author from Park City, was convicted on March 16, 2026, of poisoning her husband Eric with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022. Prosecutors argued she killed him to collect millions in life insurance and fund a new life with a boyfriend.
TrueCrime.News searched verified English-language sources for true crime events, verdicts, or developments scheduled for May 4–10, 2026 (week 19), but found no matching documented facts for this period.
A purported ZDF documentary about the Cum-Ex scandal could not be verified through comprehensive fact-checking. The scandal itself, with an estimated economic loss exceeding €10 billion, remains a central case in German and Danish criminal history.
A thorough journalistic investigation documents that the true crime podcast 'Mord auf Ex' cannot be verified on Danish or German streaming platforms. Experts warn against unverified claims in the true crime industry.
Alexandra R. vanished in December 2022 while eight months pregnant from Nuremberg-Katzwang. The investigation pointed to her ex-partner, but the young woman and her unborn baby were never found.
Carolin Göbel was shot on an open German motorway in May 2023. The man behind the murder sought revenge due to family disputes over child support and custody.
A 40-year-old Berlin palliative care doctor faces charges of systematically murdering at least 15 patients between 2021 and 2024. Wiretapped phone conversations revealed his alleged crimes.
On September 18, 2020, hacker group Evil Corp shut down the entire IT system at Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. A 75-year-old woman died during transport to another hospital—the world's first documented death directly caused by a ransomware attack.