Rhode Island

1,595 murders reported in Rhode Island from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 69%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Craig Price
1987–1989 · Warwick, Rhode Island
SerialConvicted4 victims
Craig Price killed four of his neighbors in Warwick, Rhode Island: Rebecca Spencer in July 1987, when he was 13, and Joan Heaton and her daughters Jennifer and Melissa in September 1989, when he was 15.
Christopher Hightower
1991 · Barrington, Rhode Island
SingleConvicted3 victims
In September 1991 Christopher Hightower, a commodities broker living in Barrington, Rhode Island, killed Ernest Brendel, his wife Alice, and their 8-year-old daughter Emily.
Michael Woodmansee
1975 · South Kingstown, Rhode Island
SinglePleaded guilty1 victim
Jason Foreman, 5, disappeared on May 18, 1975, after playing with friends near his home in Peace Dale, a village of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.