In 2021, Chris Smith and Leslie Reeves find each other online and decide to meet the day before Thanksgiving, but their short time together ends in unspeakable horror when an intruder interrupts their first date.

In Baltimore, a killer strangles two women to death less than a week apart; investigators piece together the clues from CCTV footage from the locations of the two homicides to reveal a suspect with designs on becoming a serial killer.

After the brutal binding, torture and murder of a woman in her home, her ex-husband calls 911, but police suspect he is the killer. Also, when a man turns up dead in a house fire, his wife tells police he was suicidal, but the truth is even more shocking.

In 2021, Chris Smith and Leslie Reeves find each other online and decide to meet the day before Thanksgiving, but their short time together ends in unspeakable horror when an intruder interrupts their first date.

A mother raises the alarm when her daughter goes missing from the Colorado house she had recently moved into; while Det. Ben Endreson is investigating, an unusual suspect comes forward to confess her involvement, but her story doesn't quite add up.

In Palm Beach County, Fla., detectives discover pregnant mother of three, Makeva Jenkins, brutally murdered in her sleep; they delve into her extensive use of social media as they look for clues, uncovering a twisted plot and betrayal.

Ben Oxley is shot in the head at point-blank range while sleeping in bed; his wife becomes the focus of the investigation, but it will take years before investigators bring the killer to justice; sometimes crimes occur when key characters are asleep.

A beloved pastor and his wife rent a cabin to get away from it all but a vicious attack leaves one deceased and the other nursing their wounds at the hospital; an investigation into the couple's past reveals a laundry list of suspects and misdeeds.

Three hostages, two shoot-outs and one murder take place in a Bakersfield, Calif., cabin community; Benjamin Peter Ashley, an unpredictable and violent outdoorsman, leads investigators down his path of devastation, resulting in an 18-day manhunt.

When a cosmetology student goes missing from Dubuque, Iowa, detectives question if her disappearance connects to the murder of a woman found nearby; suspicion surrounds a remote cabin on Stumpf Island.

When ranch-hand Rex Tanner and his friend June Flood go missing in suspicious circumstances, local investigators Ralph Stansfield and Wally Hendricks uncover an explosive story of paranoia, greed and dynamite in central Utah.

When someone guns down mine worker Matthew Misener on a remote Arizona highway, it first appears to be a road rage attack; his family faces the shocking possibility that they unwittingly played a part in the feud that left him dead.

When cowboy Rick Godfrey goes missing in the Mojave desert, investigators discover he's seduced and swindled many women.

In Resaca, Ga., the home of carpet company owner Buddy Parker is raked with gunfire, killing Parker's beloved daughter, Tara Swilley.

When a 21-year-old mother fails to return from night classes and her car is found burned, investigators immediately suspect foul play; a web of lies unravels due to her disappearance.

The discovery of the bullet-riddled bodies of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Placker inspires panic among the community members of Weleetka, Okla.

When a couple is gunned down, a scrawled message leads police to suspect the crime may be related to drugs, even though there's no evidence the victims were involved in the drug trade.

A woman disapproves of her granddaughter's new boyfriend and plots to eliminate him; a man pays for his wife's expensive secret with his life; a woman takes matters into her own hands after her retired husband falls ill.

Deadly women who are motivated by money.

Every murder is a tragedy but some are plain barbaric.

A pregnant 20-year-old woman takes deadly measures when her boyfriend threatens to leave her; a woman sets her eyes on her fiancé's bank account; involved in a love triangle, a housewife chooses to end one relationship permanently.

Three women who are devoid of a moral compass believe they can outsmart everyone.

A deserted, bloody vehicle makes detectives suspect murder; their investigation plunges them into Florida pageantry's cutthroat world and an unlikely suspect, unraveling a sordid tale of deceit and a shocking fall from grace.

A Miami couple sets sail with friends for a Bahamian getaway aboard a luxury charter boat. When the vessel is found drifting near Cuba with no sign of the crew, the Coast Guard uncovers bloodstains, shell casings, and a missing life raft.

An 18-year-old sets out on a cross-country journey, drawn to a counterculture festival that promises freedom and belonging. Along the way, she finds community, music, and fleeting joy-until her path takes a dark and unexpected turn.

A deserted, bloody vehicle makes detectives suspect murder; their investigation plunges them into Florida pageantry's cutthroat world and an unlikely suspect, unraveling a sordid tale of deceit and a shocking fall from grace.

A Miami couple sets sail with friends for a Bahamian getaway aboard a luxury charter boat. When the vessel is found drifting near Cuba with no sign of the crew, the Coast Guard uncovers bloodstains, shell casings, and a missing life raft.

An 18-year-old sets out on a cross-country journey, drawn to a counterculture festival that promises freedom and belonging. Along the way, she finds community, music, and fleeting joy-until her path takes a dark and unexpected turn.

Three women who are devoid of a moral compass believe they can outsmart everyone.

A pregnant wife murdered, a secret affair and a search for justice spanning twenty years.

A pregnant wife murdered, a secret affair and a search for justice spanning twenty years.

In search of a fresh start, a young woman relocates to the marshes of the Ocala National Forest in Florida, but the remote paradise soon shows its true colors.

Connie and George Hilton move to rural east Texas, but early one morning, their peaceful country life is abruptly and brutally shattered.

Young love leads 15-year-old Jessica Keen down an increasingly rebellious path that culminates in a night of grave and unfathomable terror in rural Madison County, Ohio.

Katie always knew her grandpa, Buster, as a kind man; he has a dark past but is the center of their big, close family; then comes the murder; he is not the man Katie thought she knew; she finally learns the hard truth about her grandfather.

Growing up, Ashley is a bright kid, but as she grows, she becomes troubled and violent; her father and sister watch as she changes into someone they no longer recognize; when she brutally murders her own grandmother, she tears the family apart.

Josh Clark takes what he wants; his family loves and supports him, but he's intent on destroying them; no one sacrifices more for him than his grandmother, yet she's the one who suffers his wrath; now, his mom and brother want him to tell them why.

Going inside prison walls to interview evil itself as relatives of killers, along with killers themselves, tell their chilling tales; questions these killers have never been asked before result in powerful, unsettling and contentious encounters.

Gina Coccia comes home from work to discover the bodies of her girlfriend, Lynn, and Lynn's nephew, Ronnie, shot and stabbed on the kitchen floor; the investigation leads police to a terrifying act of betrayal.

In West Bloomfield, Mich., a simple affair between two coworkers turns complex as the two lovers are willing to do anything, even commit murder, to protect their darkest secret.

On April 17, 2015, a Virginia hunter makes a grisly discovery in the woods, finding a woman with an execution-style gun shot wound to the back of her head.

Brandi Mathews goes missing, and only her mother seems interested in searching for her; when her remains turn up over two years later, police dig into Brandi's work and romantic partners to find her killer.

Bride-to-be Patricia Richmond is found bound and murdered at her future in-laws' home in the resort town of Steamboat Springs, Colo.

In Saguache, Colo., mountain bike pioneer Mike Rust disappears from his home, and his remains are not found until seven years later.

Middle American townspeople hold the clues to help solve the murders that have forever changed their lives and how they understand their home.

The brutal murder of Lobster Boy rocks a carnival community, and every performer is a suspect; truths will be revealed, and a reign of terror will finally end.

A little girl disappears, and her small-town community is devastated; the carnival is in town, and the suspect might be part of the traveling show.

Police discover a young couple murdered on the edge of a quiet Ohio town; they pursue an unlikely suspect, but the truth stays buried - until a shocking revelation over 25 years later finally uncovers the real killer.

With a bitter custody battle and a family fighting amongst themselves, a child's life hangs in the balance when a 9-year-old disappears from a Long Island amusement park.

A little girl disappears, and her small-town community is devastated; the carnival is in town, and the suspect might be part of the traveling show.

Police discover a young couple murdered on the edge of a quiet Ohio town; they pursue an unlikely suspect, but the truth stays buried - until a shocking revelation over 25 years later finally uncovers the real killer.

With a bitter custody battle and a family fighting amongst themselves, a child's life hangs in the balance when a 9-year-old disappears from a Long Island amusement park.

The brutal murder of Lobster Boy rocks a carnival community, and every performer is a suspect; truths will be revealed, and a reign of terror will finally end.

When Robin Lindsey is rescued from her mother's violence and goes to live with her father, she thinks she has cheated death; she has no way of knowing that her so-called savior is hiding something even worse.

Robert Foust contemplates killing his son, Aaron, as the only way to prevent Aaron from becoming a murderer; instead, Robert chooses to put himself and his son in God's hands, and God's plan makes him question everything.

In 1987, Terry Wood comes home to find his wife, Roxanne Wood, dead; investigators preserve DNA, but technological limitations of the time turn the case cold, until now.

After spending nearly 34 years behind bars for gunning down their parents in 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez await a judge's decision on whether new evidence can support their claim that they killed in self-defense.

Detectives link the 1982 murders of two women near Breckenridge, Colo., through matching orange socks, but the case goes cold for decades until investigators turn to genealogy for clues.

In Colorado, second-time spouses Harold and Toni Henthorn seem to dote on their young daughter and each other, then their idyllic life is shattered by a hiking accident; the couple's home videos conceal a deadly predator who nearly escapes justice.

Doug and Rose fall in love and get married; however, lies and deceit surface behind their seemingly perfect facade as seen on home videos; then, a no-show at Thanksgiving and a box on the side of the road lead to a shocking discovery.

The Futos are a close-knit family of five who film their lives over many decades; four of them are found brutally murdered and the slayings uncover a terrible secret.

Christy Blankenship is stolen from her family on what should be a joyous day, when police find her dead at home, with a gunshot wound to her head; her husband insists it's a terrible accident.; only that morning he had vowed 'til death do us part.

In November 1991, 11-year-old Mark Himebaugh leaves home to check out a nearby brushfire and disappears without a trace; as police investigate, they discover that both his family and the town may be hiding some disturbing secrets.

A woman is murdered the same night she's supposed to go out with rising star Ashton Kutcher, and police believe the clues point to a serial killer; as the number of victims climbs, one brave woman manages to survive.

In May 2002, a couple goes missing in Ocean City, Maryland, almost as if they vanished into thin air, until a random, late-night burglary leads police to discover a tale of deception, brutality and savagery.

The summer of 1985 was one of the hottest Los Angeles had seen in a century. But terrified residents weren't sleeping with the windows open; a killer known as the "Night Stalker" was on the loose.

A tip from a teenage boy leads to the identity of the Night Stalker and twenty-four hours later a mob of angry citizens track him down and capture him.

David Matusiewicz, Christine Belford and their four kids live the American dream; when David's parents move in, his family's need for control over the children leads to allegations of abuse, a 19-month kidnapping, and ultimately, a brutal murder.

David Matusiewicz, Christine Belford and their four kids live the American dream; when David's parents move in, his family's need for control over the children leads to allegations of abuse, a 19-month kidnapping, and ultimately, a brutal murder.

When Christina meets Loren, she's looking for love and an escape from a troubled home; after his dark side emerges, Christina thinks she's the lone target of his rage; a trail of clues reveals that Loren and his best friend are serial killers.

When Dreamer meets Teddy, she sees a broken young man and hopes her love will change him; instead, he returns her love with fear, cruelty and control; after her father tries to help her escape his clutches, Teddy makes them pay a terrible price.

A woman's husband is murdered by an intruder wearing a clown mask; after three more victims are killed by a deranged clown, police realize they're dealing with a serial killer.

Sisters Bre and Kayli Lasley have just moved into the perfect apartment in downtown Salt Lake City, unaware that a recent parolee is living nearby.

After meeting with her divorce attorney and estranged husband, a devoted mother of three vanishes into air; as friends and family desperately try to locate her, the husband instead plays a psychopathic game of cat and mouse with investigators.

In rural Missouri, police receive a haunting call from a 50-year-old man claiming he shot three people inside his home. Detectives uncover that this impulsive massacre has a motive and that the killer is a psychopath obsessed with control.

When Dreamer meets Teddy, she sees a broken young man and hopes her love will change him; instead, he returns her love with fear, cruelty and control; after her father tries to help her escape his clutches, Teddy makes them pay a terrible price.

A woman's husband is murdered by an intruder wearing a clown mask; after three more victims are killed by a deranged clown, police realize they're dealing with a serial killer.

Sisters Bre and Kayli Lasley have just moved into the perfect apartment in downtown Salt Lake City, unaware that a recent parolee is living nearby.

After meeting with her divorce attorney and estranged husband, a devoted mother of three vanishes into air; as friends and family desperately try to locate her, the husband instead plays a psychopathic game of cat and mouse with investigators.

In rural Missouri, police receive a haunting call from a 50-year-old man claiming he shot three people inside his home. Detectives uncover that this impulsive massacre has a motive and that the killer is a psychopath obsessed with control.

When Christina meets Loren, she's looking for love and an escape from a troubled home; after his dark side emerges, Christina thinks she's the lone target of his rage; a trail of clues reveals that Loren and his best friend are serial killers.

After young Iraq War veteran Curtis Ashley ends up dead, Lt. Joe Kenda must solve his murder using only a shred of evidence and his keen awareness of the criminal mind.

Lt. Joe Kenda and his team investigate the scene of an apparent suicide, only to be forced to flee after discovering the house is booby-trapped; teenagers discover human bones on the outskirts of town.

Twenty-five-year old student Julissa Brisman is found shot to death in a Boston hotel room; with no witnesses, investigators turn to surveillance cameras to find a serial attacker.

New Mexico State Police are called in to investigate when loving couple Gary and Linda Haas fail to reach their vacation campsite; with no forensic evidence and no witnesses, all they can do is scour CCTV footage for clues to unravel the mystery.

Family man Richard Arenas is gunned down in broad daylight in the driveway of his suburban home; with no apparent motive or witnesses, investigators watch CCTV footage in an attempt to track down Arenas' killer.

In March 2014, the bodies of two women lie behind a grocery store in Galveston, Texas; A trail of surveillance footage could possibly reveal who killed two women and why.

In a Georgia suburb, a woman is killed while her best friend is hospitalized in a separate attack; investigators seek to uncover connections showing that some members of the victims' families are much closer than anyone knew.

A couple is gunned down in their home in the middle of the night; evidence points to the couple's relatives, sending cops down a path that has dire results for a suspect.

In Springfield, Ill., an infant girl is found in a sweltering sports utility vehicle, leading to the discovery that the baby's young mother has gone missing; a frantic search leads to an eerie sight at the edge of town.

The police encounter a bizarre murder case while investigating a deadly home invasion in which Jehovah's Witness Pam Candelario's body is found at the scene and her husband Ralph is brutally beaten.

When Dianne Hood is gunned down outside a community center in Prison Valley, no one can understand why anyone would want to murder the well-liked housewife; the answer involves betrayal, greed and obsession, in an infamous love-triangle murder plot.

Prison Valley is rocked by the murder of Prisons Chief Tom Clements; the police think it's part of a wider plot, including the death of pizza delivery man Nathan Leon, and they're running out of time to catch the killer.

Four teenage girls are gunned down at an Austin yogurt shop.

Detectives must get creative to find their suspect when a Mennonite woman goes missing in January 2020 and forensic evidence from her body leads them to a dead end.

NBA basketball player Lorenzen Wright goes missing outside of Memphis, Tenn., then his body is discovered in the woods, and investigators find out this case is far from a slam dunk.

Cambodian genocide survivor Dr. Haing Ngor wins an Oscar for his role in "The Killing Fields," then he's gunned down outside his Los Angeles home, and the LAPD investigates a web of political intrigue, revenge and street gangs to uncover the truth.

In 2015, Tiffany Boyer is part of an edgy party scene in Albuquerque; when she goes missing, no one's talking, but an intrepid detective, determined to get to the truth through her female friends, uncovers a cruel plot for revenge.

In a small Midwest town, three women bond over their love of Wicca and witchcraft, but when one of them becomes convinced that a more powerful witch has placed a curse on them, she vows to break the spell by killing the one who supposedly cast it.

A mysterious killer murders the star of a community theater production of Fiddler on the Roof the day after a cast party. As the town grieves the artist, her friends grow concerned that the culprit is someone within their inner circle.

In 2007, a 19-year-old woman is brutally murdered in the small town of Winnsboro, Texas; the ensuing investigation reveals the small town has a few wolves masquerading in sheep's clothing; some secrets come to light, but others may be buried forever.

In a small Midwest town, three women bond over their love of Wicca and witchcraft, but when one of them becomes convinced that a more powerful witch has placed a curse on them, she vows to break the spell by killing the one who supposedly cast it.

A mysterious killer murders the star of a community theater production of Fiddler on the Roof the day after a cast party. As the town grieves the artist, her friends grow concerned that the culprit is someone within their inner circle.

In 2007, a 19-year-old woman is brutally murdered in the small town of Winnsboro, Texas; the ensuing investigation reveals the small town has a few wolves masquerading in sheep's clothing; some secrets come to light, but others may be buried forever.

In 2015, Tiffany Boyer is part of an edgy party scene in Albuquerque; when she goes missing, no one's talking, but an intrepid detective, determined to get to the truth through her female friends, uncovers a cruel plot for revenge.

A Russian inmate tries to escape from a glass cage in court; a mother wails in agony as her teenage daughter receives a 20-year sentence.

A mother attacks the brother of a world-famous Olympian after a judge acquits him of murder; a Zoom hearing takes a frightening turn.

Onlookers witness the assault of a riverboat captain on a dock and rush to help; man flees from police using unconventional methods; store clerk traps a burglar in her store; bouncer defends a strip club from a gunman.

A suspected drunk driver gives police a good laugh; a Jiu-Jitsu Master defends a convenience store; multiple prisoners attempt to reclaim their freedom; a convicted murderer leads police on a wild goose chase.

It begins with a violent kidnapping and ends in a race to capture a man some called a mastermind, others a monster; the long quest to bring Hossein Nayeri to justice takes many twists and turns.

It begins with a violent kidnapping and ends in a race to capture a man some called a mastermind, others a monster; the long quest to bring Hossein Nayeri to justice takes many twists and turns.

Before Leah Freeman's body was found outside of her hometown of Coquille, Ore., in 2000, her gym shoes, one of them bloody, were virtually the only physical clues police had to figure out what had happened to the missing 15-year-old.

Before Leah Freeman's body was found outside of her hometown of Coquille, Ore., in 2000, her gym shoes, one of them bloody, were virtually the only physical clues police had to figure out what had happened to the missing 15-year-old.

In North Port, Fla., police receive a call reporting that a young mother has gone missing; in an effort to find her, detectives follow a trail of incoming 911 calls that reveal a heartbreaking story more horrific than they could have ever imagined.

In the suburbs of Atlanta, Ga., a pregnant woman and her fiancé are kidnapped on the night before their baby shower and the fiancé's family receives ransom calls that same night.

Billy Carter raises daughters Crystal and Misty in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina; after a body is found on the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, this family's piece of paradise becomes a nightmare they relive again and again.

When a bag containing body parts washes up on the shore of the lake, the search for missing 10-year old Holly Jones becomes a grisly murder investigation; police race to find the perpetrator before another child is murdered.

In the fall of 1991, rural Michigan is plunged into paranoia and fear when four local teenage girls vanish without a trace; the community is in lockdown as residents face up to the very real possibility that a predator walks among them.

The body of 19-year-old Wanda Musk is found just miles from where she worked at local gas station; suspicions mount over several young men in the community, including her ex-boyfriend and a troubled local teen.

After the murder of 15-year-old Milli Penn, Grand Rapids detectives investigate the masked shooter, rumored to be another teenager linked to a fight club; then, another shooting strikes and detectives must solve the case before more lives are lost.

After a gunfight, Jeremy Parnell is found dead. Detective Katie Roszkowski, leading her first homicide case, uncovers a party bus incident; with few witnesses, she must discover what happened when partiers left the bus and why it escalated to murder.

After a shooting, the detectives investigate a victim with a history of domestic complaints; as the victim fights for his life, the female shooter claims self-defense; her attempt to hide evidence raises doubts about her true motive.

What seemed like an accidental overdose becomes a murder investigation when a jail informant tips off Grand Rapids detectives; conflicting witness accounts leave the detectives searching for hard evidence to solve Dana's death.

Body cam footage from law enforcement officers is combined with firsthand accounts to provide insight into the dangerous situations that officers encounter daily throughout the United States.

Real crimes and cases are solved using footage from surrounding surveillance cameras; while footage usually consists of honest citizens going about their routines, it can also be used to catch the right culprit.

A woman falls to her death in the Rockies, her husband calls 911. The police must find out whether her death was really an accident or was she pushed. And a three-year-old is found dead in a river. Her father calls 911, he becomes the prime suspect.

When 32-year-old Adam Chase goes missing, police comb the woods and fields of Ontario County, New York, but come up with nothing; it takes a months-long efforts of a private investigator to at last reveal the truth and Adam's terrifying fate.

Real crimes and cases are solved using footage from surrounding surveillance cameras; while footage usually consists of honest citizens going about their routines, it can also be used to catch the right culprit.

A woman falls to her death in the Rockies, her husband calls 911. The police must find out whether her death was really an accident or was she pushed. And a three-year-old is found dead in a river. Her father calls 911, he becomes the prime suspect.

When 32-year-old Adam Chase goes missing, police comb the woods and fields of Ontario County, New York, but come up with nothing; it takes a months-long efforts of a private investigator to at last reveal the truth and Adam's terrifying fate.

Body cam footage from law enforcement officers is combined with firsthand accounts to provide insight into the dangerous situations that officers encounter daily throughout the United States.

An argument escalates into a double kidnapping, spurring a police chase; the suspect uses a hostage as a human shield and escapes into a nearby forest; what starts as a routine shoplifting case soon becomes something more bizarre.

A man takes control of an 18-wheeler semi-truck and leads police on a deadly game of cat and mouse while holding his wife at knifepoint; in Michigan, U.S. marshals must bring in a suspect wanted for the cold-blooded murder of his girlfriend.

The discovery of a 13-year-old boy killed in an explosion shocks police and their grief turns to alarm when they discover a second, unexploded bomb; to catch the killer, Detective Joe Kenda must first figure out the bomb's intended target.

A 72-year-old man is found stabbed to death in a junkyard, wearing nothing but his underwear and dentures; when investigators discover a trail of purchases made with the victim's credit card, they hope it will lead them to the killer.

Lt. Joe Kenda looks for answers in the death of Calvin Blair, a young man stabbed and left for dead on the roadside; after Alexandra Drake is shot in the face, she manages to tell police it was an accident, but Kenda isn't so sure he believes her.

After a home invasion turns deadly with the near decapitation of a man, police look at the victims' friends and girlfriend.

An unsolved murder is linked to a brutal assault; when the killer strikes, multiple homicide detectives team up to bring him to justice.

On Christmas day, detectives are called to a crime scene where they find a young woman bound, gagged and mutilated in a horrific manner; then the killer turns his sights on Homicide Detective Molly Daul.

Valuing wealth more than love, Michelle Donohue casts aside good men before meeting Mr. Right who gives her a taste of her own medicine and sends her down a murderous path.

Three men die over a span of a dozen years, with no suspicion of wrongdoing and no files charged; but when a deadly car explosion rips through downtown Pensacola, Fla., a new investigation begins; all suspicion points toward just one person.

In Las Vegas, a beloved father of four is found dead in his car; he's been bound, gagged, and asphyxiated; witnesses lead detectives to a local man named John Brian Ray, but this troubled man is just a pawn in the game of a criminal mastermind.

Janet Lynn Mickey dreams of starting her own family and marries college football star Darrell Tyburski; plans change after the young couple begins having children, leading them down a very dark path.

Home videos show U.S. Air Force Sgt. Nathan Paet and his family living a blissfully normal life, then blind greed brings about the destruction of this loving family.

After Dr. Jim Kohnle dies in a blaze at his home, evidence and tip-offs lead police to question if his death was an accident, suicide or murder.

Young parents Adrienne and James Magee work hard to provide a stable life for their three small children in rural Louisiana. However, beneath the idyllic scenes lurks a dark secret, culminating in a heinous double-murder at the hands of a loved-one.

Melissa and Rob find love at a birthday BBQ, but when time and tensions build, the once happy relationship comes to a deadly end.

When Dreamer meets Teddy, she sees a broken young man and hopes her love will change him; instead, he returns her love with fear, cruelty and control; after her father tries to help her escape his clutches, Teddy makes them pay a terrible price.

A young woman is found shot in her car on the side of a road with her ex-boyfriend bloodied and disoriented nearby; the boyfriend claims he can't remember what happened.

Paula Zahn talks to investigators, witnesses, victims' families and incarcerated criminals.

Police investigate the terrifying mystery behind the murder of two teenage girls; either they were victims of a targeted attack, or they had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A young woman is found shot in her car on the side of a road with her ex-boyfriend bloodied and disoriented nearby; the boyfriend claims he can't remember what happened.

Paula Zahn talks to investigators, witnesses, victims' families and incarcerated criminals.

Police investigate the terrifying mystery behind the murder of two teenage girls; either they were victims of a targeted attack, or they had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

When Dreamer meets Teddy, she sees a broken young man and hopes her love will change him; instead, he returns her love with fear, cruelty and control; after her father tries to help her escape his clutches, Teddy makes them pay a terrible price.

After Charlie Kinkel goes missing in a Nevada mining town, his wife, Trayce, tries to investigate, but is shunned by locals and after a body is discovered, detectives discover Kinkel's murder was a tragic case of misplaced suspicion.

Fourteen-year-old Christie Mullins is murdered in Clintonville, Ohio; the murder goes unsolved for 40 years until a young woman comes forward to identify her uncle as the killer.

College junior Emily Murray, a popular religious studies major, goes missing late one night after quitting her job at a local bar; a month later, someone finds her body in a remote trailer, leading police to another gruesome discovery.

A local in Algona, Iowa, stumbles upon a smoldering truck with the body of a young mother inside; investigators and family trace the last movements of Nicole Berte to uncover her killer.

Hugo is hysterical after he finds his brother's girlfriend, Breanna Schneller, beaten and stabbed to death; the brothers appear to be devastated, but the discovery of Breanna's missing phone casts doubt on their alibis.

The shooting of local ladies' man Jim Cornwell outside his home takes July Fourth festivities on a tragic turn; after multiple suspects tied to Jim's romantic life emerge, a confession arises that shatters the image of an Ozark community.

Donna Ferres, 24, takes a job working the overnight shift at a convenience store; however, when a familiar face walks into the store one night, her routine shift ends in a heinous crime.

For college sweethearts Ashley Freeman and Mike Grinnan, a late-night drive to a secluded hill leads to a night of terror and a desperate fight for survival.

After 15-year-old Jasmine Block mysteriously vanishes into thin air, her mother, Sarah, launches a crusade to find her before it's too late; when the sickening truth behind Jasmine's disappearance surfaces, it leaves Sarah in shock.

A panicked woman calls 911 to say a stranger forced his way into her home and shot her boyfriend in front of their children; detectives untangle a twisted web of jealousy to find out who killed this young father and why.

A man calls 911 claiming he found his ex-girlfriend dead, but his behavior on the call leads police to wonder if he could be involved; investigators gather evidence to convict a killer whose unchecked rage left a young son motherless.

A terrified woman tries to give police clues in a harrowing call, then police find her body in the river, and they discover a stomach-churning truth about a killer who's been a predator for years.

The discovery of a murder victim in Florida causes an impact even on hardened officers; after a stand-off, police in Connecticut chase down an armed domestic abuser; in Nevada, an officer climbs over a fence to save a woman.

In Indiana, an armed gunman terrorizes a VFW bingo hall; in Ohio, a shoplifter with a taser leaves a path of destruction in her wake; in northern Kentucky, a routine arrest spins out of control, leaving an officer fighting for his life.

In Tennessee, a stolen squad car hits an officer and leaves him for dead; in Florida, deputies witness an armed carjacking; in Los Angeles, a light plane crashes onto rail tracks and officers try to free the pilot as a train speeds towards the wreck.

A new cop's career may be over before it begins when a stop goes wrong.

A breakup turns dangerous; a traffic stop puts a child's life at risk; a killer on the run leaves a state trooper fighting for his life.

Real crimes and cases are solved using footage from surrounding surveillance cameras; while footage usually consists of honest citizens going about their routines, it can also be used to catch the right culprit.

A woman falls to her death in the Rockies, her husband calls 911. The police must find out whether her death was really an accident or was she pushed. And a three-year-old is found dead in a river. Her father calls 911, he becomes the prime suspect.

Police chase a known criminal through the rough terrain of Ocala National Forest; in Michigan, a spree of home invasions escalates into a three-day manhunt.

Real crimes and cases are solved using footage from surrounding surveillance cameras; while footage usually consists of honest citizens going about their routines, it can also be used to catch the right culprit.

A woman falls to her death in the Rockies, her husband calls 911. The police must find out whether her death was really an accident or was she pushed. And a three-year-old is found dead in a river. Her father calls 911, he becomes the prime suspect.

Police chase a known criminal through the rough terrain of Ocala National Forest; in Michigan, a spree of home invasions escalates into a three-day manhunt.

A breakup turns dangerous; a traffic stop puts a child's life at risk; a killer on the run leaves a state trooper fighting for his life.

In March 2020, Gretchen Anthony disappears after texting loved ones that she was diagnosed with COVID-19; when a search of her home suggests foul play, investigators rely on recorded jailhouse phone calls to unravel the mystery of what happened.

The burning body of trumpet player Scott Sessions lies smoldering along a mountainside road; an investigation uncovers three potential suspects, plus another dead body, but calls from an inmate at the Weld County Jail reveal the true killer.

For Connecticut police, unlocking the mystery of Anna Lisa Raymundo's murder hinges on identifying a mysterious 911 caller, but a veteran female detective's homicidal sex-play investigation breaks open the case.

A late-night break-in at a Pennsylvania chain restaurant leaves assistant manager Terri Brooks brutally slain; when another female restaurant employee is murdered in a nearby town, detectives fear there's a serial killer on the loose.

Deputies in Tennessee find a beloved Memphis-area basketball coach murdered in his home; as investigators dig deeper into his closest relationships, they gradually unravel a homicidal web of deception, lies and family honor.

In the mid 1980s, Kansas City women start to vanish; they all share one thing in common, an odd connection to the same man who calls himself "The Slave Master"; police must be just as wily if they want to bring down this serial killing sadist.

The host sheds light on the American serial killer who calls himself "The Slavemaster" and reveals the twisted methodology behind his heinous crimes.

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.

Sisters who've lived together for nearly 40 years have a deadly falling out.

Two sisters, with little in common, cope with their overly protective mother in very different ways and with very deadly consequences.

A long-simmering family feud turns deadly when life-threatening secrets are exposed; the dark family history reaches a tipping point that ends in murder.

A man returns to his hometown after years away; he receives a warm welcome from the residents until the noise from a new neighbor's puppies turns him into a vengeful menace who goes to war with the entire community.

Two rural families get along famously until one claims the other's dog killed their goat; when the dog goes missing, accusations fly; both families get locked in conflict, with outrages piling up until human blood spills.

A gospel radio host and her son get into a minor street parking dispute with their next-door neighbor; yet the neighbor's anger is anything but minor, and soon, the whole community bears witness to his unleashed wrath.

A family moves one house over and closer to neighbors they've been friendly with for years; however, things go sour when they start renovations; the noise and waste ignite a vicious feud, ending in a frenzy of bullets and bloodshed.

The story of two families whose initially warm welcome curdles into something far more sinister.

In a small Midwest town, three women bond over their love of Wicca and witchcraft, but when one of them becomes convinced that a more powerful witch has placed a curse on them; she vows to break the spell by killing the one who supposedly cast it.

A gunman kills a University of Kentucky football player at his birthday party; despite a house full of witnesses, no one saw the shooter; as police investigate, suspicion closes in on his closest friends who were there that night.

Will a heartbroken mother's quest for justice lead police to solve the murder of her daughter and a close friend?

In a small Midwest town, three women bond over their love of Wicca and witchcraft, but when one of them becomes convinced that a more powerful witch has placed a curse on them; she vows to break the spell by killing the one who supposedly cast it.

A gunman kills a University of Kentucky football player at his birthday party; despite a house full of witnesses, no one saw the shooter; as police investigate, suspicion closes in on his closest friends who were there that night.

Will a heartbroken mother's quest for justice lead police to solve the murder of her daughter and a close friend?

The story of two families whose initially warm welcome curdles into something far more sinister.

A 28-year-old man becomes incensed after being deceived by an online prankster, and he seeks revenge against the only person he can think of - the young woman in the pictures.

When high school boys are harassed online by a new girl in a California town, secrets unfold that tear the community apart; one mother has heard it all before and won't stop until justice is finally served.

Tempers flare outside a home where Savannah police officers discover three bodies; one argument may offer a vital lead in the case.

When devoted mother Danielle Pruett goes missing in Tazewell, Virginia, police launch an investigation to find her. But when her lifeless body is discovered in an open field, what starts as a web of lies and deceit becomes a race to track her killer.

Police rely on an unlikely source of information as they search for the person responsible for shooting 28-year-old D'Angelo White.

A late-night shooting at an apartment complex in Hot Springs, Ark., leaves a young man dead in a bad drug deal and police question the person responsible for luring the victim to his death.

A young Ohio man vanishes without a trace, detectives embark on an investigation involving a love triangle, drugs and murder.

Las Vegas Detectives find themselves on the hunt of their careers as they try to track down those responsible for the horrific murder of a young woman after her body turns up in a concrete and wooden box in the middle of the desert.

When a young couple goes missing in Eureka, Utah, detectives from neighboring counties work together to track down their killer and, with the help of a highly trained dive team, recover their bodies in an abandoned mineshaft.

A 17-year-old boy is shot in the early hours of the morning on a suburban Kansas City street; detectives race to uncover who is responsible for the murder.

A 30-year-old gay man is shot dead on a busy street; the victim's family believes his mysterious new boyfriend may be responsible for the killing.

KCKPD's Narcotics Squad ensnares a low-level drug-dealing couple; to help stop the flow of meth into Kansas City, they try to flip a local drug kingpin and go all the way to the top of the drugs supply chain.

Police find an accomplished U.S. Forest Service worker executed beneath a mound of snow in Northern California; a missing wallet and a pair of jumper cables send Investigator Greg Hagwood on a multi-state manhunt for the killer.

A farmhand goes missing from a sprawling cattle ranch, but the case takes a sinister turn when his body shows up miles down the Coweeman river.

Arson investigators find a man dead in a burned-out home; the police investigation quickly uncovers victim number two; it's up to Detective Meroni to catch the killer before he strikes again.

In the Miami suburbs, a hard working mother from Trinidad vanishes into thin air; detectives Danny Smith and Jonathan Zeller soon uncover her secrets but then are stalled until they come up with a highly unusual way to smoke out the perpetrator.

Retirees Malcolm and Lindy Robertson leave their family behind to sail the open seas together; Lindy eventually learns to love Malcolm's dream of sailing to Thailand, but paradise soon turns into an unfathomable nightmare.

Two couples arrive on the same remote and uninhabited island in the Pacific looking for paradise, but only one couple leaves; the FBI deciphers what happened years later.

Kelley Branam's husband, Jake, is a charter boat captain with high aspirations; Jake works long hours to support his family, but Kelley's suspicions run deep; out of the blue, she decides to join Jake on a charter, and she is never heard from again.

Two couples arrive on the same remote and uninhabited island in the Pacific looking for paradise, but only one couple leaves; the FBI deciphers what happened years later.

Kelley Branam's husband, Jake, is a charter boat captain with high aspirations; Jake works long hours to support his family, but Kelley's suspicions run deep; out of the blue, she decides to join Jake on a charter, and she is never heard from again.

Retirees Malcolm and Lindy Robertson leave their family behind to sail the open seas together; Lindy eventually learns to love Malcolm's dream of sailing to Thailand, but paradise soon turns into an unfathomable nightmare.

Haley McHam decides to leave her abusive partner, Jamie, but he returns the next day to incite terror and leaves her pleading for her life.

In Alabama, teenager Haley craves her independence, but her protective mother, Teresa, worries about the company she's keeping; Teresa convinces Haley to end a toxic relationship with a young man, but he won't let go until he gets what he wants.

Fifteen-year-old gymnast Kayla Berg fails to return home after a night out, and her loved ones believe she's staying with friends, then six days pass, and the details of her last known whereabouts raise suspicion in her close-knit town.

Thirteen-year-old Tabitha Tuders vanishes while walking to her bus stop in Nashville, Tenn.; police think she's a runaway, but there are disturbing circumstances surrounding her disappearance, leaving her family desperate to find the truth.

Fun-loving 14-year-old Ashley Summers vanishes in 2007; the mystery deepens when the FBI connects her case to two other young women missing from her neighborhood.

In 2001, sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanish from their Chicago apartment; after 22 years, Detective Pam Childs gains access to the family, revisiting critical scenes, interviews, and inconsistencies.

Will a heartbroken mother's quest for justice lead police to solve the murder of her daughter and a close friend?

Can police use a blurry image taken just seconds before a California woman's disappearance to find the man responsible for her gruesome murder?

Veteran journalist Paula Zahn unravels criminal investigations by featuring the opinions of law enforcement officials, the families of the victims and the incarcerated, lawyers from both sides and first-time TV interviews with convicted murderers.

A teenager sleeps through the murder of her father, Ken Eaton, at their home; as detectives probe into the beloved teacher's secret love life, they unravel a web of heartbreak, deceit and desire.

In June 2009, 61-year-old Wendy DiRodio's elderly mother discovers Wendy's body in the bedroom of their shared Ventura County, Calif., home; another murder weeks earlier leads investigators to wonder if a serial killer is on the loose.

After Greg Fleniken checks into a Texas hotel, police find him murdered in his sleep; when the case runs cold, a Long Island PI joins the investigation and uncovers a chilling conspiracy that no one saw coming.

Wilda Gadd dismissed rumors she heard about Howard Willis when she married him, but it wasn't until she found herself wearing a wire and risking her life that she finally realized the truth.

Christian Fuhr receives a life sentence, and his girlfriend, Ammie Turos, believes he is innocent; when she discovers he's guilty, her conviction is replaced by uncertainty, and she wonders if her life had been in danger the entire time.

Joylynn Martinez sometimes wakes up and cannot remember what happened the night before; she thinks she must've had too much to drink, never suspecting that her husband, Robert Howard Bruce, was responsible, and that he was just getting started.