Imprisoned Killers

Aaron Campbell became one of Scotland's most infamous child killers after abducting and murdering seven-year-old Megan Montgomery in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, in 2020. Campbell lured the child from outside her home before killing her and concealing her body in nearby woodland. Following an extensive police investigation, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with one of the longest minimum terms imposed in Scotland for the murder of a child.

Aaron James McKinney is an American convicted murderer responsible for the fatal beating of 21-year-old University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998. McKinney and accomplice Russell Henderson kidnapped and robbed Shepard before taking him to a remote location, where McKinney repeatedly struck him with a handgun and left him tied to a fence. Shepard died six days later. McKinney was convicted of felony murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery and received two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

Adam Montgomery is an American father who was convicted in 2024 of the second-degree murder of his five-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. Prosecutors alleged that he fatally assaulted Harmony in December 2019 before concealing her death, transporting her body and later disposing of her remains. Harmony was reported missing nearly two years later, prompting a nationwide investigation. Montgomery was also convicted of second-degree assault, abuse of a corpse, falsifying physical evidence and witness tampering. He was sentenced to a minimum of 56 years' imprisonment, with the murder sentence to be served consecutively to his other sentences.

Adrian Ernest Bayley became one of Australia’s most notorious violent offenders after abducting, raping and murdering Jill Meagher in Melbourne in 2012. The murder shocked Australia because Meagher disappeared while walking home through Brunswick after a night out with friends, sparking enormous public fear and grief across Victoria. Bayley’s extensive violent criminal history later generated intense outrage after it emerged he had previously committed multiple sexual and violent offenses before being released on parole. The case became a defining moment in Australian discussions surrounding parole laws, repeat sex offenders and women’s safety, while Jill Meagher’s death triggered massive public vigils and nationwide mourning.

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone became one of the most notorious organized crime figures in American history after dominating Chicago's underworld during the Prohibition era. As the leader of the Chicago Outfit, Capone oversaw bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, extortion, and numerous violent crimes throughout the 1920s. Although strongly linked to many murders, including the infamous Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Capone was ultimately convicted of tax evasion rather than homicide. His criminal empire and public notoriety made him one of the most recognizable gangsters of the twentieth century.

Al-Mutahan McLean is an American man convicted of the prolonged abuse and murder of his 10-year-old son in Dayton, Ohio, in 2019. The case became nationally known due to the sustained nature of the abuse and the severity of the conditions the child endured over several years. He later pleaded guilty to multiple charges and received a lengthy prison sentence, with the case highlighting both extreme intra-family violence and systemic failures in child protection oversight.

Albert Henry DeSalvo is best known for confessing to the infamous Boston Strangler murders, in which 13 women were killed in the Boston, Massachusetts, area between 1962 and 1964. Although he was never tried for those murders, modern DNA testing later linked him to the final victim, strengthening the case against him. DeSalvo was imprisoned for unrelated crimes and was murdered in prison in 1973.

Alex Murdaugh became one of America’s most infamous disgraced legal figures after being convicted of murdering members of his own family in South Carolina in 2021. The case exploded into national headlines because Murdaugh came from one of the most powerful legal dynasties in the American South, with generations of influence over law enforcement, prosecutions and politics throughout the region. As investigators examined the murders, they uncovered a far larger web of corruption involving financial fraud, opioid addiction, theft, insurance schemes and abuse of legal power spanning many years. The collapse of the Murdaugh family empire transformed the case into one of the most heavily publicized American criminal scandals of the modern era.