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This is a list of famous unsolved Murders and deaths. This list contains people who had been murdered or died in uncircumstances.

Murders

• Lindbergh kidnapping,Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. was found murdered in Hopewell in 1932 ,four and one half miles southeast from Lindberh family's house.
• John F. Kennedy assassination,John F. Kennedy was assissinated in Dallas, Texas ,1963.
• Murder of Folke Bernadotte,Jerusalem ,1948.
• Murder of Anwar el-Sadat ,Cairo ,1981.
• Murder of Óscar Romero , San Salvador, El Salvador, 1980.

Deaths

• Death of George Washington Vanderbilt III, 1961, in San Francisco, California.
• Death of Rudolf Diesel, 1913 , place is unknown many theories are given about Diesel's death. disappeared in English Channel, was found dead in the Schelde river in Rupelmonde, Belgium.
• Death of Ivar Kreuger, 1932 ,in Paris ,hotel room. Probably a suicide.
• Death of Dag Hammarskjöld ,1961, in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia , aeroplane crash.
• Death of Raoul Wallenberg, unsolved case.
• John Garang, (2005), Sudanese politician and former rebel leader (suspicious helicopter crash), Southern Sudan. One theory was poor visibility. Second one was arranged by Sudanese Goverment.
• Ehtiram Jalilov, (2005), Azerbaijani politician
• Nicola Calipari, (2005), Italian intelligence agent (circumstances of the death are well-established; the motives are unclear), Calipari was killed while escorting a recently released Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, to Baghdad International Airport.
• Zurab Zhvania, (2005), Prime Minister of Georgia, of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home of Raul Usupov ,Tbilisi.
• Enrique Salinas, (2004), brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas. Found with a plastic bag over the head in a parked car The vehicle was abandoned in the upmarket municipality of Huixquilucan, Estado de México outskirts of Mexico City
• Yassir Arafat, (2004) conspiracy theorists believe that he was poisoned ,Paris, France.
• George Bacchus, (2004); accused a Guyanese government minister of links to death squads
• Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush, (2003), Iraqi general, died in American custody 200 miles (321 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad ending a 16 day detention that included intense beatings and creative interrogation tactics.
• Paul Wellstone, (2002), liberal Democratic United States Senator from Minnesota, killed in mysterious plane crash during his reelection campaign in Eveleth, Minnesota.
• Giorgi Sanaia, (2001), Georgian journalist known for opposition to government, shot in apartment in Tbilisi.
• Kurt Cobain, (1994), lead singer and guitarist for the band Nirvana; apparent suicide (self-inflicted gunshot wound) in his home in Seattle, but various theories conclude he was a victim of murder, possibly arranged by his estranged wife Courtney Love
• Juvénal Habyarimana, (1994), President of Rwanda, and
• Cyprien Ntaryamira, (1994), President of Burundi, killed in mysterious plane crash in Kigali airport ; the resulting political instability led to the genocide in Rwanda and the outbreak of full-scale war in Burundi
• Pablo Escobar, (1993), head of the Medellín Cartel , war against Escobar ended in 1993, as he tried to elude the Search Bloc one more time. Using radio triangulation technology provided as part of the U.S. efforts, a Colombian electronic surveillance team found him hiding in a middle-class barrio in Medellín. A shootout between Escobar and the Search Bloc personnel ensued. Some believe U.S. special ops snipers may have taken part in the final shootout with Escobar. Accordingly, how Escobar was killed during the confrontation has been debated, but it is known that he was cornered on the rooftops of Medellín and suffered gunshots to the leg, back, and the fatal one behind his ear.
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia - In 1993 , died in circumstances that were (and still are) very unclear. It is known that he died in the village of Khibula in the Samegrelo region of western Georgia.
• Joseph Rendjambe, (1990), leader of the Gabonese Progress Party. Found dead of poisoning in a hotel owned by President Omar Bongo
• Samora Machel, (1986), President of Mozambique, killed in air crash on the border of South Africa, hillside in the Lebombo Mountains.He was leading anti-Apartheid spokesman.
• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, (1988), military ruler of Pakistan , died in a plane crash in 1988.
• Uwe Barschel, (1987), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein
• Roberto Calvi, (1982), CEO of Banco Ambrosiano, found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London
• Eduardo Frei Montalva, (1982), president of Chile from 1964 to 1970, As of 2005, his death is being investigated because of allegations that he was poisioned.
• Omar Torrijos, (1981), brigadier general and president of Panama, died in a plane crash
• Pope John Paul I, (1978), has been contended by author David Yallop to have been assassinated
• Haile Selassie, (1975), Ethiopian emperor who was deposed and imprisoned a year earlier by the military after an eventful reign of over 40 years
• Edmundo Bosio, (1975), dismissed Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
• Aman Mikael Andom, (1974), Ethiopian military figure , sources say that he committed suicide, while others say that he was killed by political rivals among the coup leadership, possibly including Mengistu Haile Mariam.
• Edward Mutesa, (1969),died possibly from alcohol poisoning in he's London flat.
• Barthélemy Boganda, (1959), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, in a plane crash.
• Joseph Stalin, (1953), Soviet leader, Stalin collapsed in his room, having probably suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. Although his guards thought it odd that he did not rise at his usual time the next day they were under orders not to disturb him and he was not discovered until that evening.
• Jan Masaryk, (1948), son of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Czech diplomat, politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia ,was found dead in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry below his bathroom window. The initial investigation concluded that he committed suicide by jumping out of the window, although many are convinced that he was pushed.
• King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, (1946). Died of gunshot wounds; suicide, accident or assassination
• Ghazi of Iraq, (1939), King of Iraq ,He died in a mysterious accident involving a sports car he was driving. Some believe he was killed on the orders of Nuri as-Said.
• Ottavio Bottecchia, (1927), Italian Cyclist, was found by the side of a road, covered with bruises and with a serious skull fracture. His bicycle was undamaged, propped against a nearby tree. He was brought to a hospital but died soon afterwards. An official inquiry concluded accidental death but many suspected that he had run afoul of the powerful and growing fascist movement in Italy at the time
• S. L. MacGregor-Mathers, (1918), well-known magician and occultist, died of an unknown cause; it is known that he had many enemies , The manner of death is unknown; his death certificate lists no cause of death. Violet Firth (Dion Fortune) claimed his death was the result of the Spanish influenza of 1918. As few facts are known about Mather's private life, verification of such claims are very difficult.
• Émile Zola, (1902), French author ,died in Paris in, 1902 of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a stopped chimney. His enemies were blamed, but nothing was proved.
• Emperor Komei of Japan, (1840), Emperor of Japan ,He died of small pox at the age of 35. There is a theory that he was actually poisoned by the anti-Bakufu clique.
• Napoléon Bonaparte, (1821, French general and emperor, died in exile on the island of Saint Helena, many theories are made about he's deaht some says what Napoleon died in assassination or in poisoning or in cancer.
• King Charles XII of Sweden, (1718), killed in action possibly by Swedes
• Moctezuma II, (1520), Aztec emperor. According to Spanish accounts he was killed by his own people, according to Aztec accounts he was murdered by the Spanish
• Regiomontanus (aka Johannes Müller), (1476), German mathematician and astronomer died in Rome in mysteriously: some say of plague, others by (more likely) assassination.
• Agnès Sorel, (1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France,While the cause of death was originally thought to be dysentery, scientists have now concluded that Agnès died from being poisoned by mercury. The culprit remains unknown
• King Jean I of France, (1316)
• King William II of England, (1100), killed by an arrow while hunting