“We believe that based on our lengthy and detailed investigation that it is appropriate for a grand jury in New Mexico to make a decision on whether the case should proceed,” special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said.
Natalee Holloway disappeared in May 2005. Joran van der Sloot, believed to be the last person to see her alive, plans to plead guilty to extortion and wire fraud for an alleged plot against her mother.
Matthew Shepard was beaten to death by two Wyoming men in 1998. The hate crime he endured has since inspired new laws and thought-provoking pieces of art.
“I have thousands and thousands of scenarios in my head of what could have happened because we don’t know,” Mooney's sister, Jourdin Pauline, said of her sister's death.
In April 1996, 18-year-old Gerardo Cabanillas was convicted of multiple charges, including kidnapping and rape. Twenty-eight years later, DNA proved his innocence.
Lisa Ziegert was kidnapped from her job and murdered in 1992. More than two decades later, Gary Schara confessed to the crime in a hand-written letter to his girlfriend.