Murders and Crimes Involving Runners

txRUNNERgirl · 2022-05-11T15:53:35-04:00

I'm working on a project and researching true crime cases that involve runners. Whether that's people murdered while running, runners who committed crimes, runners who discovered dead bodies, etc. Know of any interesting cases? Do you personally have any stories?

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11 hours ago 06/04/2026 9:30am EDT

re: Ubbbi

Thankfully, she survived this horrible attack:

bbc.co.uk

Dundee man attempted to murder runner training for a marathon

https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews

A court heard that Tommy-Jay Wallace, 24, was high on drugs when he attacked the woman with a knife.

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Rachel Morin, RIP:

bbc.com

Rachel Morin: Migrant sentenced to life for murdering Maryland mum

The victim's mother told the court: "The brutality of her murder will haunt us for the rest of our lives."

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Ashling Murphy, RIP:

https://news.sky.com/story/ashling-murphy-runners-stop-to-silently-remember-murdered-jogger-and-school-teacher-12516628

Gary Dean, RIP:

runnersworld.com

Runner murdered over use of footpath

Ben Hobson

An ongoing vendetta led the Gary Dean being beaten to death over his training route

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Damaris Muthee Mutua, RIP:

bbc.co.uk

Damaris Muthee Mutua: Murdered runner's career 'was picking up'

https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/

The career of Kenyan-born runner Damaris Muthee Mutua "was picking up" before she was found murdered aged 28 in Iten.

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Rebecca Cheptegei, this case was horrific, RIP:

independent.co.uk

Uganda Olympic runner's horrific death is the latest in violence against female athletes in Kenya

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s tragic history of domestic violence against female athletes

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Warren van der Vyver, RIP:

algoafm.co.za

Reward offered in Kenton-on-Sea murder

AlgoaFM South Africa

A reward of R50 000 is being offered for information that could bring the perpetrators to book following the murder of a Johannesburg visitor in Kenton on Sea in the Eastern Cape.

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10 hours ago 06/04/2026 10:08am EDT

re: UGA runner murder

UGA runner murder wrote:
Not sure if you're still working on this.

Surely not

10 hours ago 06/04/2026 10:28am EDT

re: txRUNNERgirl

Are you still working on this project? I have a case for you, but I don't want to share it here. If the answer to my question is "yes," then please let me know if there is a way to get in touch with you outside of this forum.

8 hours ago 06/04/2026 12:21pm EDT

re: JustMe22

JustMe22 wrote:
Are you still working on this project? I have a case for you, but I don't want to share it here. If the answer to my question is "yes," then please let me know if there is a way to get in touch with you outside of this forum.

Ditto to this. I can think of a few cases which I wouldn't want to share on this forum. Ones I've decided against posting at the time.

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