Murder was the crime of unjustly killing a person with intent to do so or a reckless disregard for risks to the victim's life. Assassination was a form of murder carried out against important figures for political or ideological purposes. A person who committed a murder was called a murderer or a killer. (TOS: "Court Martial"; TNG: "The Ensigns of Command", "The Vengeance Factor", "A Matter of Perspective", "The Mind's Eye"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
The penalty for murdering a Starfleet captain was a life sentence. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")
In 2151, a group of Nausicaan pirates was up killing the crew of the Earth Cargo Service freighter ECS Fortunate because they held one Nausicaan hostage aboard their ship. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
The murder of alien crews by the Takret Militia forced Rellus Tagrim, Renth, and Guri to desert from the military. (ENT: "The Catwalk")
When Doctor Hugh Culber discovered that Ash Tyler was in reality an choH'a' altered Voq, the Klingon responded by murdering Culber. (DIS: "Despite Yourself"). Culber's body still contained his life essence when he was discovered by his husband Paul Stamets, who had been partially connected to the mycelial network at the time. Culber's life essence was drawn in to the network, and he was later resurrected by the jahSepp. (DIS: "Saints of Imperfection")
In 2263 of the alternate reality, the Teenaxi leader claimed to James T. Kirk that the Fibonans wanted see the Teenaxi murdered in their own beds. (Star Trek Beyond)
In 2269, James T. Kirk accused Stavos Keniclius 5 of murdering Spock to produce Spock Two. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan")
In 2366, Data asked that his kidnapper Kivas Fajo be arrested on charges of murder, as well as other charges, due to Fajo's killing of Varria. (TNG: "The Most Toys")
In 2369, Jadzia Dax was falsely accused of murder by the Klaestrons for killing General Ardelon Tandro during Dax's joining with Curzon . (DS9: "Dax")
Kira Nerys told Commander Sisko about the murders the Cardassians committed at the Gallitep labor camp. First came the humiliation, then the rape of mothers in front of their children, the husbands beaten until their wives couldn't recognize them, and the old people who were buried alive because they couldn't work anymore. The end of all this was the murder. (DS9: "Duet")
Gowron told D'Ghor in 2371 that if he was willing to murder an unarmed Quark on the floor of the Klingon High Council, that he was without honor. D'Ghor then received discommendation from Gowron and the Council. (DS9: "The House of Quark")
Joran Belar, one of the Dax symbiont's former hosts, murdered the doctor who dropped him from the Trill Initiate Program. (DS9: "Equilibrium")
The Orion Syndicate was involved in many unsolved murders. (DS9: "Honor Among Thieves")
In 2399, Dr. Agnes Jurati murdered Bruce Maddox under the influence of Commodore Oh, a half-Vulcan/half-Romulan Zhat Vash operative. Jurati was ultimately cleared of the murder "due to alien-induced temporary insanity." (PIC: "Broken Pieces", "The Star Gazer")
Murders[]
Victim | Killer | Year | Method | Reason |
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Alfredo Pedillo Jose | Bobby Cabe | 1930 | Unknown | Unknown |
Degra | Dolim | 2154 | Stabbed | Degra had destroyed a Reptilian ship and subsequently sided with Jonathan Archer |
Three Andorians | Stone | 2250s | Unknown | Bigotry towards Andorians |
Hugh Culber (Later resurrected) |
Voq | 2250s | Neck snap | Culber had discovered that "Ash Tyler", Voq's identity as a sleeper agent, was an impostor. Culber's life essence was preserved within the mycelial network and he was later revived. |
Danby Connor | Michael Burnham | 2250s | Stabbed | Self-preservation; Connor had himself attempted to murder Burnham |
Barlow | Maddox | 2257 | DNA of the Comtaxan parasite | Maddox blamed Gabriel Lorca, who Barlow was loyal to, for his sister's death |
Maddox | Gabriel Lorca | 2257 | Grievous bodily harm | Retaliation for Barlow's murder, escape from the agony booth |
Paul Stamets | Ellen Landry | 2257 | Shot with a type 3 phaser | Execution under Gabriel Lorca's orders; Stamets' betrayal of Lorca |
Gabriel Lorca | Philippa Georgiou | 2257 | Stabbed, then kicked into super-mycelial reactor | Execution for treason |
Ujilli | Followers of Kol-Sha | 2257 | Stabbed | Political opportunism on Kol-Sha's part; Kol-Sha intended to kidnap Ujilli's great-nephew to force the boy's mother, High Chancellor L'Rell, to abdicate |
A psychiatric doctor and two officers working on Starbase 5 (allegedly) | Spock | 2257 | None, as the accusations were fabricated by Section 31 via Control; in reality, Spock had subdued these people with the Vulcan nerve pinch | Escape from Starbase 5 |
Multiple Section 31-affiliated Admirals, including Patar | Control | 2257 | Disabling of Section 31 Headquarters life support | Desire to become all-powerful at all costs |
Leland (subsequently reanimated) | Control | 2257 | Nanotechnology | The rogue AI intended to take control of Leland's body |
Entire crew of NI-1101, including Kamran Gant; Gant was subsequently reanimated | Control | 2257 | Spacing | The crew had discovered that Control had infested the ship's systems, and the rogue AI intended to set a trap for Michael Burnham |
Lee Kelso | Gary Mitchell | 2265 | Telekinetic strangling | Self-preservation; effort to prevent Kelso from activating a conditional self-destruct |
Mathews | Ruk | 2266 | Pushed off a precipice | Prevent him from aiding James T. Kirk and Christine Chapel |
Rayburn | Ruk | 2266 | Pushed into a cavern | Prevent him from aiding James T. Kirk and Christine Chapel |
Thomas Leighton | Lenore Karidian | 2266 | Unknown | Prevent him from identifying Kodos, Karidian's father |
Jackson | Sylvia | 2267 | "Thought" to death | Prevent him from identifying what happened to the away team |
Maab | Kras | 2267 | Shot with stolen phaser | Maab intentionally allowed himself to be murdered to allow Keel to kill Kras |
Kara | Redjac | 2267 | Unknown | Creating fear for it to feed on |
Karen Tracy | Redjac | 2267 | Stabbed | Creating fear for it to feed on |
Sybo | Redjac | 2267 | Unknown | Creating fear for it to feed on |
Montgomery Scott (later revived) | Nomad | 2267 | Defense screens | Considered Scott to be "imperfect" |
Carlisle | Nomad | 2267 | Vaporized with an energy beam | Considered Carlisle to be "imperfect" |
Enterprise security guard | Nomad | 2267 | Vaporized with energy beams | Considered guard to be "imperfect" |
Enterprise security guard | Nomad | 2267 | Vaporized with energy beams | Considered guard to be "imperfect" |
Enterprise security guard | Nomad | 2267 | Vaporized with energy beams | Considered guard to be "imperfect" |
Marple | Gamma Trianguli VI native | 2267 | Struck with a club | Following the orders of the false god Vaal |
Three ISS Enterprise security guards | Marlena Moreau | 2267 | Vaporized by the Tantalus field | The three were attempting to murder James T. Kirk and Spock under the orders of Hikaru Sulu. |
Gav | Thelev | 2267 | Neck snap | Thelev was attempting to sabotage the Babel Conference |
Nona | Group of Villagers | 2268 | Stabbed | Mistook her meeting for a trap due to the arrival of Tyree and James T. Kirk |
Leslie Thompson | Rojan | 2268 | Reduced to minerals and crushed | Demonstrating his power to James T. Kirk |
Harper | M-5 multitronic unit | 2268 | Power beam | Self-preservation; Harper was attempting to disable the unit |
Galloway | Ronald Tracey | 2268 | Shot with a phaser | A landing party Galloway was a part of had just discovered Tracey's crimes |
Watson | Kryton | 2268 | Neck snap | The engineer had caught Kryton sabotaging the antimatter pods |
Compton | Rael | 2268 | Neck slashed | Turned against the Scalosians when they attacked Kirk |
Wyatt, D'Amato, and John B. Watkins | Losira | 2268 | Kalandan defense system | Programmed to destroy any lifeform that was not Kalandan |
Marta | Garth of Izar | 2268 | Blown up before she could choke to death | Demonstration of what would become of the hostages should Garth not be allowed to leave the Elba II asylum |
Jedda | Clark Terrell | 2285 | Shot with a phaser | Terrell, under the influence of a Ceti eel, was attempting to assist Khan Noonien Singh in stealing the Genesis Device |
David Marcus | Klingon sergeant | 2285 | Stabbed with a d'k tahg | Intended victim was Saavik, who Marcus protected |
Multiple Kronos One personnel, including Gorkon | Burke and Samno | 2293 | Shot with a phaser | Effort to sabotage the Khitomer Accords |
Burke and Samno | Valeris | 2293 | Shot with a phaser | Eliminating accomplices to prevent her role in Gorkon's murder from being exposed |
Martia | Klingon Commandant | 2293 | Shot with a disruptor | The Commandant believed he was killing James T. Kirk |
William Hodges and Marla Finn | Walter Pierce (murder-suicide) | 2362 | Plasma discharge | Pierce discovered that Finn was cheating on him |
Natasha Yar | Armus | 2364 | Energy discharge | Yar was attempting to return to the shuttlepod |
Vaatrik | Kira Nerys | 2365 | Unknown | Self-preservation |
Varria | Kivas Fajo | 2366 | Shot with Varon-T disruptor | Varria was attempting to help Data escape |
Entire Husnock race | Kevin Uxbridge | 2366 | Abilities inherent to the Douwd | A Husnock warship had attacked the Rana IV colony where Uxbridge and his wife lived, killing all colonists except for Uxbridge |
K'Ehleyr | Duras, son of Ja'rod | 2367 | Stabbed | K'Ehleyr exposed Duras after he attempted to coverup of the Khitomer Massacre and a suicide bombing planned by House Duras so they can seize the throne and ally the Klingon Empire with the Tal Shiar |
Duras, son of Ja'rod | Worf | 2367 | Stabbed in a Duel | Revenge for Duras killing his wife K'Ehleyr |
Ibudan's clone | Ibudan | 2369 | Stabbed | Ultimately unsuccessful attempt to frame Odo for Ibudan's murder |
Kee-Bhor | Hon-Tihl | 2369 | Unknown | Hon-Tihl was driven insane by Saltah'na energy spheres |
Ro-Kel | Croden | 2369 | Shot | Croden was attempting to mug Ro-Kel and Ah-Kel |
Aquino | Neela | 2369 | Shot with a phaser | Aquino caught Neela planning out an escape route |
Aamin Marritza | Kainon | 2369 | Stabbed | Bigotry towards Cardassians stemming from the Occupation of Bajor |
Li Nalas | Day | 2370 | Shot with a phaser | Intended target was Benjamin Sisko, who had helped expose the Alliance for Global Unity as unwitting pawns for the Cardassian Union |
Tolen Ren | Banean doctor | 2371 | Unknown | Planned to give the Numiri Banean weapon designs; framed Tom Paris for the murder |
Dekora Assan | Retaya (suspected) | Prior to 2371 | None; exonerated due to mistaken identity | None; exonerated due to mistaken identity |
Frank Darwin | Lon Suder | 2372 | Assault with a coil spanner | None; victim of Suder's violent tendencies |
Imutta | Vedek Porta | 2372 | Defenestration | Porta considered Imutta "unclean" due to his D'jarra |
Tuvix | Kathryn Janeway | 2372 | Reversal of transporter accident | Done in order to regain Tuvok and Neelix |
Vreenak | Garak | 2374 | Sabotage | Effort to convince the Romulan Star Empire to enter the Dominion War |
Three USS Voyager crewmembers | Group of Kyrian terrorists led by Tedran | 2374 | Shot | Killed in the course of an attack on Voyager, whose crew they believed to be allying with the Vaskans against them |
Tedran | Daleth (the Kyrians believed Kathryn Janeway responsible until a backup of The Doctor debunked The Voyager Encounter in 3074) | 2374 | Shot | Tedran's attack on the USS Voyager; bigotry towards Kyrians |
Jadzia Dax | Dukat | 2374 | Power granted by the Pah-wraiths | Jadzia was between Dukat and the Orb of Contemplation |
Morica Bilby | Norvo Tigan | 2375 | Unknown | Tigan snapped after years of emotional abuse |
Dougherty | Ru'afo | 2375 | Face torn apart by face-stretching device | Dougherty had turned on the Son'a after learning their true colors |
Zim Brott, Hector Ilario, and Greta Vanderweg | Chu'lak | 2375 | Shot with a TR-116 rifle | Chu'lak had been driven insane by suppressed trauma and decided to kill any individual with pictures of anyone showing emotions because "logic demanded it". |
Gowron | Worf | 2375 | Stabbed in a Duel | Gowron was removed from command when the Klingon High Council, Captain Benjamin Sisko, and Ezri Dax ruled his actions as suicidal and reckless |
Several nucleogenic lifeforms | Rudolph Ransom | 2376 | Unknown | Fuel for the USS Equinox's warp core |
Joe Carey | Verin | 2378 | Shot with an antimatter rifle | Verin rejected Janeway's idea of removing the antimatter radiation caused by Friendship 1 |
All members of the Romulan Senate besides Tal'aura | Shinzon by proxy of Tal'aura | 2379 | Thalaron generator | Coup d'état |
Shaxs (Later resurrected) |
Badgey | 2380 | Pakled Clumpship auto-destruct sequence | Collateral damage; intended target was Sam Rutherford, who Shaxs saved at the last minute |
Unknown number on board the USS Cerritos | Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo by proxy of a Breen garrison on Brekka | 2381 | Tricked the Cerritos into an encounter with the Breen | Scheme to unveil the Texas-class automated starships |
Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo, unknown number on-board Douglas Station | USS Aledo artificial intelligence | 2381 | Starship-grade phaser array | "Daddy issues" stemming from programming flaw; preventing Buenamigo from taking away its autonomy, then falling into its unhinged state |
Narj; collateral damage included two Pyrithian swamp gobblers | Two Humans mistakenly exhibited at Narj's Miraculous Menagerarium by proxy of a moopsy | 2381 | Released the moopsy from its enclosure hoping the bone-drinking creature would devour him, which ultimately happened | Greed; they saw how lucrative the menagerie was and wanted it for themselves |
Multiple people on and around Mars | Oh by proxy of a number of A500 synths, including F8 | 2385 | Attack on Mars | False flag operation to discredit artificial life in an effort to prevent Ganmadan |
Icheb | Bjayzl | 2386 | Illegal Surgery succumbed to his wounds and was euthanized by Seven of Nine | Bjayzl harvested Icheb and several Borg Drones for parts which she sold on the black market to the Orion Syndicate |
Caler | Zhat Vash assassins | 2399 | Stabbed | He was with Dahj Asha, who the Zhat Vash believed to be an apocalyptic demon by virtue of being synthetic |
Dahj Asha | Zhat Vash assassins | 2399 | Disintegrated | The assassins believed her to be an apocalyptic demon by virtue of being synthetic |
Bjayzl | Seven of Nine | 2399 | Shot with two type 3 phasers | Vengeance for Icheb, who had been butchered for parts by doctors under Bjayzl's orders |
Bruce Maddox | Agnes Jurati | 2399 | Deactivation of hematic microrepair unit | Compelled to do so by Oh through a mind meld that made her aware of the Admonition |
Multiple xBs on the Artifact | Zhat Vash agents under orders by Narissa | 2399 | Shot | Punishment for Hugh, who had helped Jean-Luc Picard and Soji Asha escape to Nepenthe |
Saga | Sutra | 2399 | Stabbed in the eye | False flag operation to make the idea of summoning ancient synths more convincing |
Lurak T'Luco | Sneed | 2401 | Decapitated | Attempted coverup of the Changeling's plot to take over Starfleet |
Sneed | Worf | 2401 | Decapitated | Sneed drugged Raffi and Worf was sent to rescue her and get her out of the bar |
Alternate reality[]
Victim | Killer | Year | Method | Reason |
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Richard Robau | Nero | 2233 | Stabbed | The discovery that the Narada had travelled over 150 years in the past |
Billions on Vulcan, including Amanda Grayson | Nero | 2258 | Destruction of Vulcan | The prime timeline Federation's abandonment of a planned evacuation of Romulus after the Attack on Mars (PIC: "Remembrance"), and Spock's failure to reach the Romulus system before the supernova destroyed the planet |
41 Kelvin Memorial Archive personnel | Thomas Harewood (murder-suicide) | 2259 | Bombing | Blackmail by Khan Noonien Singh, who intended to lure high-ranking Starfleet officers to the Daystrom Conference Room to set up a subsequent murder |
Multiple high-ranking Starfleet officers, including Christopher Pike | Khan Noonien Singh | 2259 | Attack on Daystrom Conference Room | Retaliation for Alexander Marcus' apparent murder of Khan's followers |
Alexander Marcus | Khan Noonien Singh | 2259 | Crushed skull by Khan's bare hands | Marcus' enslavement of Khan and kidnapping of his followers |
Angela Martine and Robert Tomlinson | Krall | 2263 | Energy transference device | Demonstration of the device |
Syl | Krall | 2263 | Abronath | Test subject |