Blayne Alexander

In 2015, Florida State University professor Dan Markel was found shot dead in his garage—a crime that would expose an elaborate murder-for-hire conspiracy orchestrated by his ex-wife's family. A Dateline NBC investigation brought the case into international focus, revealing how personal disputes escalated into premeditated violence.

Eric Thompson, a 47-year-old anesthesiologist from Maui, was found guilty of murdering Jon Tokuhara, an acupuncturist in Waipahu, Hawaii, in January 2022. The crime emerged from a love triangle that had developed months before the shooting.