Cases from 2001 include criminal investigations, trials, and notable events that occurred during the year. Whether they involved new charges, breakthroughs in cold cases, high-profile trials, or tragic incidents that captured national attention, the cases documented here reflect the state of the criminal justice system in 2001. CaseSleuth provides detailed, chronological coverage of each case with timelines, evidence breakdowns, profiles of key people involved, and links to primary sources and media coverage.
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Author Michael Peterson was convicted in 2003 of murdering his wife Kathleen, found dead at the bottom of their staircase in 2001. The case was the subject of the groundbreaking documentary "The Staircase." Peterson entered an Alford plea in 2017.
On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned all five of her children in the bathtub of the family's Houston, Texas home while suffering from severe postpartum psychosis. She was convicted of murder in 2002, but her conviction was overturned; at retrial in 2006 she was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Washington, D.C. intern Chandra Levy vanished in May 2001. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park in 2002. Ingmar Guandique was convicted in 2010 but the conviction was vacated in 2016. The case remains officially unsolved.