North Dakota

568 murders reported in North Dakota from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 94%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Alfonso Rodriguez Jr.
2003 · Grand Forks, North Dakota
SingleConvicted1 victim
On November 22, 2003, Dru Sjodin, a 22-year-old University of North Dakota student, was abducted from the parking lot of Columbia Mall in Grand Forks after finishing her shift at a store there.
Medina shootout
1983 · Medina, North Dakota
SpreeConvicted3 victims
On February 13, 1983, U.S.
Murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind
2017 · Fargo, North Dakota
SinglePleaded guilty1 victim
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, 22, a member of the Spirit Lake Nation who was eight months pregnant, disappeared from her apartment in north Fargo on August 19, 2017.
Murder of Sherry Arnold
2012 · Sidney, Montana
SinglePleaded guilty1 victim
Sherry Arnold, a 43-year-old math teacher at Sidney High School in Montana, was abducted at random while out on a morning run near her home on January 7, 2012, and killed.