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A routine missing persons report leads Texas police to discover a deadly love triangle; evidence found in a suspect's home matches the murder scene and leads to the indictment of the victim's girlfriend and her lover.
A 1995 fire razes the mansion of a Kansas doctor, killing two of her three children; disturbing accounts from an ex-husband lead investigators to believe the doctor set the blaze herself.
A husband confesses to his wife's murder, only to be found not guilty a year later when a phone tip and forensic evidence point to another.
In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappears from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day.
When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death.
Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.
A new life-insurance policy sparks suspicions of murder when a Nova Scotia schoolteacher's body is found at the bottom of her basement stairs.
A woman is found shot to death in a Catskills vacation house just before it erupts in flames, hiding even more secrets.
A partially-clothed body is found along a horse path and it leads police on a four-state investigation which indicates the man's murder was based on a mistake.
A community mobilizes a massive manhunt when a 3-year-old child goes missing; during the investigation, police uncover a terrible secret.
A man is charged with the stabbing death of his estranged wife, but there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Chicago police detectives solve a 35-year-old murder after launching a program to identify the remains of eight victims slain by a infamous serial killer.
The Los Angeles police suspect gang violence after they discover a body set on fire in an alley. The case takes a dramatic turn when the investigators decide to act on a tip-off.
A terminally ill 87-year-old man is found dead in his basement from an apparent fall, then detectives realize the scene has been staged.
A beverage company pleads guilty to violating federal safety laws when a baby dies from E. coli after drinking apple juice.
A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging that her father killed her mother 30 years ago.
After more than 20 people on a Native American reservation die suddenly from a flu-like disease, Navajo medicine men provide a clue that leads to a most unlikely killer.
While at a real estate conference in St. Louis, a man finds his wife drowned in the bathtub in their hotel room.
A cunning serial rapist who leaves no decisive evidence forces investigators to rely on geographical profiling in their search for an identity; DNA from a cigarette butt may provide the final piece of evidence needed to catch the suspect.
New evidence including fibers and weather patterns point to a different killer in the 1986 case of a Pennsylvania dentist's murdered wife.
Insects and a single strand of hair uncover an additional suspect in the killing of a young mother and her baby in Lehigh Valley, Pa.
A decomposed body is found in a barrel, and a dilapidated address book may hold the answer, but investigators must find a way to read the pages because the passage of 30 years has turned them blank.
When a policeman's home burns to the ground, he later arrests a man who confesses to arson, but the confession seems dubious.
A woman identifies her husband as her attacker, but questions arise 16 years later regarding her recollections.
A young girl is found dead, the victim of an apparent sex killer; there are few clues to the killer's identity, but authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim.
Police charge Alan ''The Zenith Man'' Ridley with murdering his wife, Virginia, but following an autopsy, medical detectives believe he may not have killed his wife after all.
With children dying at an alarming rate at a Texas hospital, authorities narrow down their probe to one nurse, but the murder weapon remains elusive.
When the decomposed body of a young girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity, but days earlier, a stabbing victim told them she thought she might have witnessed a murder.
When a doctor's wife disappears, investigators use concrete from the doctor's yard and the recollections of a child to determine what happened.
Romanian archbishop Valerian D. Trifa, living in the U.S., is accused of being a Nazi war criminal, and forensic experts find evidence on an incriminating, 40-year-old postcard.
After more than 20 people on a Native American reservation die suddenly from a flu-like disease, Navajo medicine men provide a clue that leads to a most unlikely killer.
While at a real estate conference in St. Louis, a man finds his wife drowned in the bathtub in their hotel room.
A cunning serial rapist who leaves no decisive evidence forces investigators to rely on geographical profiling in their search for an identity; DNA from a cigarette butt may provide the final piece of evidence needed to catch the suspect.
New evidence including fibers and weather patterns point to a different killer in the 1986 case of a Pennsylvania dentist's murdered wife.
Insects and a single strand of hair uncover an additional suspect in the killing of a young mother and her baby in Lehigh Valley, Pa.
A decomposed body is found in a barrel, and a dilapidated address book may hold the answer, but investigators must find a way to read the pages because the passage of 30 years has turned them blank.
When a policeman's home burns to the ground, he later arrests a man who confesses to arson, but the confession seems dubious.
A woman identifies her husband as her attacker, but questions arise 16 years later regarding her recollections.
A young girl is found dead, the victim of an apparent sex killer; there are few clues to the killer's identity, but authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim.
Police charge Alan ''The Zenith Man'' Ridley with murdering his wife, Virginia, but following an autopsy, medical detectives believe he may not have killed his wife after all.
With children dying at an alarming rate at a Texas hospital, authorities narrow down their probe to one nurse, but the murder weapon remains elusive.
When the decomposed body of a young girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity, but days earlier, a stabbing victim told them she thought she might have witnessed a murder.
When a doctor's wife disappears, investigators use concrete from the doctor's yard and the recollections of a child to determine what happened.
Romanian archbishop Valerian D. Trifa, living in the U.S., is accused of being a Nazi war criminal, and forensic experts find evidence on an incriminating, 40-year-old postcard.
Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is confounded by a mysterious death on a U.S. Marine base in the shadow of the nation's capital; soon the police are hunting a violent sexual predator whose trail leads right back to the base.
The case of a missing college student spans the globe but ends in Minnesota where an Internet predator is unmasked.
Corey and Monique Kitts appear to be living the American dream with two children, a successful business and a beautiful home, then Monique and her children discover Corey's bullet-riddled body, and the truth comes out.
Ruth Vosseler's estranged husband takes their two young sons on an overnight trip in 1986, but they never return; Ruth's search for her ex-husband and sons spans 28 years and unearths dark family secrets.
A troubled young mother vanishes from her new home in Benson, Ariz., where she moved to make a fresh start; the investigation into her disappearance takes police through the city's seedy underbelly.
Even though El Cajon, Calif., is a haven for Iraqi refugees, young mother Shaima Alawadi is beaten to death in her home, and a note left at the crime scene leads police to believe it was a hate crime.
Investigators look into the shooting death of Russ Stager, a popular gym teacher, and discover that his death was not an accident; a message the victim recorded before his death reveals a story of greed.
A money launderer is found dead in the ocean and the only obvious clues to his identity are a Rolex watch and a tattoo; the anchor with which he is weighed down proves most helpful in solving the crime.
The apparent suicide of Dr. Darryl Sutorius, a respected heart surgeon, is questioned when an investigation reveals his new wife's violent history.
The 1992 hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker leads to a groundbreaking trial as experts submit a video reconstruction of the incident, implicating a drunk driver and demonstrating the viability of video testimony.
Specialists including a NASA vendor help police reconstruct a damaged surveillance video to catch the murderer of convenience store employee Wanda Mason in Lansing, Mich.
When a young woman goes missing, the police investigation reveals that she led a double life -- student by day, call girl by night -- but when her body is discovered, even more strange truths are uncovered.
A tiny clue inside a suspect's watchband and a popular television show help solve the case of a woman's disappearance.
One year after Maine resident Pearl A. Bruns' disappearance, forensic technology helps to find her body and determine who was responsible for her death.
When 4-year-old April Renee Tucker is found dead in her backyard, her parents tell the police that neighborhood dogs attacked and killed her, but the injuries on her body don't match their account of what happened.
San Diego police investigate the murder of a missing person whose hands turn up in a dumpster; an anonymous letter, containing details only the killer would know, offers clues to solving the case.
One year after her father's death, a teen's role in a high school production of ``Hamlet`` causes her to reveal the chilling truth behind her family's tragedy.
A mother puts her hope in the internet and an independent investigation to clear her name after authorities charge her with murdering her 17-month-old son in a fire considered to be intentionally set.
A forensic scientist uses his skills to preserve a footprint left in snow to help authorities nab two men suspected of robbing an Ontario couple and shooting the husband in the head.
Fingerprints taken from a piece of cloth help solve the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Henrico County, Va.
The FBI profiles a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old girl during an evening church service; a witness leads authorities to the likely killer, but then becomes a victim herself.
Photographs found in a dumpster lead to the killer of Los Angeles model Linda Sobek; the man claims he did not intentionally kill her despite evidence to the contrary.
The apparent suicide of Dr. Darryl Sutorius, a respected heart surgeon, is questioned when an investigation reveals his new wife's violent history.
The 1992 hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker leads to a groundbreaking trial as experts submit a video reconstruction of the incident, implicating a drunk driver and demonstrating the viability of video testimony.
Specialists including a NASA vendor help police reconstruct a damaged surveillance video to catch the murderer of convenience store employee Wanda Mason in Lansing, Mich.
When a young woman goes missing, the police investigation reveals that she led a double life -- student by day, call girl by night -- but when her body is discovered, even more strange truths are uncovered.
A tiny clue inside a suspect's watchband and a popular television show help solve the case of a woman's disappearance.
One year after Maine resident Pearl A. Bruns' disappearance, forensic technology helps to find her body and determine who was responsible for her death.
When 4-year-old April Renee Tucker is found dead in her backyard, her parents tell the police that neighborhood dogs attacked and killed her, but the injuries on her body don't match their account of what happened.
San Diego police investigate the murder of a missing person whose hands turn up in a dumpster; an anonymous letter, containing details only the killer would know, offers clues to solving the case.
One year after her father's death, a teen's role in a high school production of ``Hamlet`` causes her to reveal the chilling truth behind her family's tragedy.
A mother puts her hope in the internet and an independent investigation to clear her name after authorities charge her with murdering her 17-month-old son in a fire considered to be intentionally set.
A forensic scientist uses his skills to preserve a footprint left in snow to help authorities nab two men suspected of robbing an Ontario couple and shooting the husband in the head.
Fingerprints taken from a piece of cloth help solve the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Henrico County, Va.
The FBI profiles a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old girl during an evening church service; a witness leads authorities to the likely killer, but then becomes a victim herself.
Photographs found in a dumpster lead to the killer of Los Angeles model Linda Sobek; the man claims he did not intentionally kill her despite evidence to the contrary.
A young Texas teenager and her boyfriend are brutally attacked on Valentine's Day; she is found dead while her boyfriend escapes; the case goes cold for nearly 50 years before a new forensic test exposes a family man with a dark secret.
Three Indiana construction workers are found shot on a work site.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identity, but mostly go nowhere.
The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identity, but mostly go nowhere.
More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978; Jim Jones has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide, but the truth is more complicated and tragic than that.
More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978; Jim Jones has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide, but the truth is more complicated and tragic than that.
From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorizes New York City under his creepy self-given moniker: the ''Son of Sam''; he is among the most infamous serial killers in American history.
In 1977, the city of New York is stalked by a seemingly faceless serial killer known as ''Son of Sam''; after his final shooting takes him to Brooklyn, a twist of fate and a little luck leads to his capture.
He calls himself ''B.T.K.'' which stands for ''Bind, Torture, Kill'' and for decades this bloodthirsty serial killer terrifies Wichita as he murders again.
For years the BTK killer plays a cat and mouse game with law enforcement and the media taunting them as he seeks the attention he craves.
A murder mystery theater performance in Easton, Md., turns into a real-life mystery when a body is found after the performance ends.
When a woman dies in a horseback riding accident, police uncover a web of lies in her husband's background after his suspicious behavior prompts a closer look.
A community mobilizes a massive manhunt when a 3-year-old child goes missing; during the investigation, police uncover a terrible secret.
A partially-clothed body is found along a horse path and it leads police on a four-state investigation which indicates the man's murder was based on a mistake.
A woman is found shot to death in a Catskills vacation house just before it erupts in flames, hiding even more secrets.
A new life-insurance policy sparks suspicions of murder when a Nova Scotia schoolteacher's body is found at the bottom of her basement stairs.
Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.
When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death.
In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappears from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day.
A husband confesses to his wife's murder, only to be found not guilty a year later when a phone tip and forensic evidence point to another.
A 1995 fire razes the mansion of a Kansas doctor, killing two of her three children; disturbing accounts from an ex-husband lead investigators to believe the doctor set the blaze herself.
A routine missing persons report leads Texas police to discover a deadly love triangle; evidence found in a suspect's home matches the murder scene and leads to the indictment of the victim's girlfriend and her lover.
A mother claims that an intruder murdered her two sons, but lacking a motive, police use blood-spatter analysis and behavioral profiling to reconstruct a different scenario.
Two years after an 18-year-old's murder in Albion, Mich., a tiny drop of blood and burned bones lead police to her killers.
A 2-year-old boy's brain seizures and breathing problems baffle doctors until they learn the mother exhibits signs of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare condition that led her to physically abuse her son and contributed to her daughter's death.
A speck of bicycle paint and a speck of nickel left over from a collision with a twice-convicted child molester's car provide critical clues in the murder of a 9-year-old.
Investigators reopen a case from 1984 involving the rape of a young Virginia woman when DNA testing refutes her identification of the rapist and calls everything into question, leading to the accused person's exoneration.
A new life-insurance policy sparks suspicions of murder when a Nova Scotia schoolteacher's body is found at the bottom of her basement stairs.
Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.
When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death.
In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappears from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day.
A husband confesses to his wife's murder, only to be found not guilty a year later when a phone tip and forensic evidence point to another.
A 1995 fire razes the mansion of a Kansas doctor, killing two of her three children; disturbing accounts from an ex-husband lead investigators to believe the doctor set the blaze herself.
A routine missing persons report leads Texas police to discover a deadly love triangle; evidence found in a suspect's home matches the murder scene and leads to the indictment of the victim's girlfriend and her lover.