Write about a famous (or infamous) crime, but figure out a way to link your story about the crime to something currently in the news. It could be a story about going on a blind date with someone who looked like a famous serial killer, something going on in your life the day a major crime was committed, a visit to a crime scene, or, in my case, the story of how my parents bought a legit murder house when I was ten and it was creepy af.
It’s not a case of rehashing reporting already out there about a crime, but about using it to frame and personalize a story.