Victim Targets - Men

Sarah Buzzard was convicted of the aggravated murder of 21-year-old Ryan Zimmerman, whose dismembered remains were discovered in Mercer County, Ohio, in January 2016. Zimmerman had moved from Kentucky to Columbus in 2015 and was living with Buzzard, her then-husband and Buzzard's friend Naira Jen Whitaker. Investigators determined that Zimmerman was killed inside the Columbus apartment in September 2015. Buzzard later confessed to strangling him and dismembering his body, telling investigators that she was angry with Zimmerman and believed he had contributed to the breakdown of her marriage. Whitaker was identified as an accomplice but died by suicide when police attempted to arrest her in 2021. Buzzard pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in December 2021 and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.

Jeffrey Spence was convicted of murdering Kirby Carpenter, his daughter's boyfriend, outside Carpenter's home in Mississippi in November 2022. Spence was accused of confronting Carpenter and shooting him during a dispute involving his daughter. Investigators identified Spence as the shooter, and he was subsequently arrested and prosecuted for the killing. A jury ultimately found him guilty of murder, bringing an end to the case.

Lynlee Renick was convicted of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the June 2017 shooting death of her husband, Benjamin “Ben” Renick, a prominent exotic snake breeder in New Florence, Missouri. Ben was found dead inside his reptile facility after being shot eight times. Prosecutors argued that Lynlee had attempted to poison him before arranging for her former boyfriend, Michael Humphrey, to help kill him. The prosecution ultimately argued that Lynlee was the person who pulled the trigger. She was sentenced to 16 years in prison in January 2022.

Melody Walker Farris was convicted of murdering her husband, 58-year-old Atlanta attorney Gary Farris, at their Cherokee County, Georgia, property in July 2018. Gary's extensively burned remains were discovered on a burn pile days after his disappearance, with a bullet lodged in his rib cage. Prosecutors argued that Melody killed her husband because she wanted to end their troubled marriage, pursue a relationship with her lover Roy "Rusty" Barton and gain access to Gary's substantial assets. A jury convicted her of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, concealing the death of another and making a false statement. She was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years, plus five years for concealing Gary's death and five years for making false statements.

Yaseen Naz was convicted of murder after shooting Marquis Demps outside a Shell gas station in Texas following a confrontation inside the store. Naz, a gas station employee, claimed he acted in self-defense after Demps became involved in a fight. Prosecutors argued that surveillance footage showed Demps attempting to leave in his vehicle when Naz fired multiple rounds into it, killing him. Naz was convicted of murder and sentenced to five years in prison.

James “Jimmy” Rackover was convicted of murdering 26-year-old Joseph “Joey” Comunale following an after-party at Rackover’s Manhattan apartment on November 13, 2016. Prosecutors said Rackover, Lawrence “Larry” Dilione and Max Gemma were involved in the events surrounding Comunale’s death and the subsequent attempt to conceal his body. Comunale was beaten and stabbed inside Apartment 4C before his body was transported to New Jersey, burned and buried in a shallow grave. Rackover was convicted of second-degree murder, concealment of a human corpse and tampering with physical evidence and was sentenced to 28⅔ years to life in prison.

Lawrence “Larry” Dilione was involved in the killing of 26-year-old Joseph “Joey” Comunale after an after-party at James Rackover’s Apartment 4C on East 59th Street in Manhattan on November 13, 2016. Comunale was repeatedly stabbed during a violent confrontation involving Dilione and Rackover. Afterward, the men attempted to conceal the killing by moving, burning and burying Comunale’s body in a shallow grave in Oceanport, New Jersey. Dilione was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in January 2019 and was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Dale Bradley Jr. was convicted of killing 22-year-old Kennecott security guard Bryan Ruff in Utah in December 1991. Ruff, who was having an affair with Bradley's first wife, Kristi, disappeared from his guard post during a night shift and was found nearly 19 months later in a shallow grave near Five Mile Pass. Investigators eventually linked Bradley to the killing through physical evidence and witness testimony. Bradley originally faced a first-degree murder charge but entered an Alford plea to manslaughter and kidnapping in 2007 and received two consecutive prison terms of two to 20 years. In 2025, while seeking parole, Bradley finally admitted that he shot Ruff, saying anger and jealousy had overtaken him.