Ohio

28,924 murders reported in Ohio from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 70%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Cleveland Torso Murders
1935–1938 · Cleveland, Ohio
SerialUnsolved12 victims
Between September 1935 and August 1938, the dismembered remains of at least twelve people were found around Cleveland, most of them in or near Kingsbury Run, a ravine of rail lines and shantytowns on the city's east side.
Jeffrey Dahmer
1978–1991 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Bath Township, Ohio
SerialConvicted17 victims
Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991, one in Ohio and the rest in Milwaukee and its suburb West Allis.
Anthony Sowell
2007–2009 · Cleveland, Ohio
SerialConvicted11 victims
Anthony Sowell killed eleven women between 2007 and 2009 and hid their remains in and around his house on Imperial Avenue on Cleveland's east side.
Murder of Pearl Bryan
1896 · Fort Thomas, Kentucky
SingleExecuted1 victim
Pearl Bryan, 22, of Greencastle, Indiana, was pregnant when she traveled to Cincinnati in late January 1896 to see Scott Jackson, a dental student.