The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Hollywood star Johnny Depp's career suffers after his ex-wife Amber Heard wrote an op-ed claiming to be a victim of sexual violence; what follows is a civil trial that captures the attention of the public.

Two young girls murdered and a small town shaken; with no DNA, no weapon and a suspect hiding in plain sight, will there be justice for Abby Williams and Libby German?

Four University of Idaho students are stabbed to death in the middle of the night, capturing the world's attention and putting the spotlight on a small-town police department.

Small-town plumber John Cataneo fixes other people's homes for a living, until death came knocking on his front door; to find out who wanted him dead, police investigate the contents of Cataneo's own home, and get the leak they need.

When a well-respected psychiatrist and his adult son are killed as they sleep, police are baffled by the apparent randomness until an arrest in an unrelated crime leads them to the least likely of suspects.

What begins as another sun-soaked day in Boca Raton, Fla., ends in blood-soaked violence, leaving a mother of three a quadriplegic; police find that this seemingly random act may not have been so random after all.

The night begins with a birthday celebration for Susan Sutton; it ends with a nightmare when a man breaks in and opens fire, killing Susan and blinding her husband; when police track down the shooter, they can't believe who he said put him up to it.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

When three high-schoolers are gunned down in their car, police launch an investigation into why they came to such a violent end; ten years later, that investigation reaches a dramatic conclusion in an Albuquerque courtroom.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

When a man goes missing, his friends turn to social media to track his final hours.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger found Botham Jean in her apartment; the only thing more shocking than the revelations of Botham Jean's murder was the act of forgiveness at the end of the trial.

Tommy Carlton owed his ex-wife Elizabeth $85,000 in back child support; so he allegedly paid a hit man $2,000 to make her go away permanently; the hit man was an undercover cop and Elizabeth helped stage her demise.

Aileen Wuornos sold her body to survive; this generated a deep-seeded rage for those who would pay for her services which allegedly resulted in the deaths of seven Florida men.

In Virginia Beach, VA, there is a twisted plot involving murder to try and secure a pay out from the U.S.

In a suburb of Nashville, TN, a wife's secret lover sets up home in her closet; in Cave Creek, Arizona, a couple look like they are out for a drive, but only one of them is alive.

In upstate New York a school superintendent's new relationship ends in terror; in Houston, TX a wife buries her troubled past.

In Emporia, KS, an illicit church romance leads to murder; in North Carolina, a police officer's affair leads to jealousy, rage and death.

In Green Bay, WI a wife is found drowned in her bath tub; in Melbourne, Australia, an old oil barrel contains a dark secret.

In Peru, IN, greed and lust chip away at a power couple's relationship; in rural Iowa, neighbors are at war.

In Buford, GA, a wife begins a cyber affair which has deadly consequences; in Raleigh, NC, a medical aids researcher suffers unusual medical problems his doctors can't explain.

In Oregon, a karate instructor's affair leads to some killer blows; a millionaire hides a dark secret in England.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Girly Chew had been worried about her safety; the investigation into her disappearance would take police into a world of aliens and reptiles, cancer cures and cannibalism, a world inhabited by a charismatic conman and his extra-terrestrial soul-mate.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Police charge a filmmaker with murder after investigating allegations that the plot of his latest movie was identical to recent crimes.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

In his first ever interview, notorious killer Adam Williams comes clean about the shocking double murder and international manhunt that captured the nation's attention in 2021.

In his first ever interview, notorious killer Adam Williams comes clean about the shocking double murder and international manhunt that captured the nation's attention in 2021.

A gruesome video on a stolen SD card exposes Brian Steven Smith's secret double life; David Scott confronts this soft-spoken husband and serial killer about his nighttime hunts for vulnerable Alaskan women.

A clairvoyant leads cops in coastal Florida to the body of a dead woman on a pristine beach who had been murdered by someone she loved and trusted.

A serial killer crisscrosses California until his inner demons lead him to show up at a local Sheriff's Department with a victim's body part in his jacket pocket.

A serial predator targets men at gay bars, leaving a trail of dead bodies along the southeastern United States. Cops struggle to play catch up, until the perpetrator leaves behind a key piece of evidence at a crime scene.

The disappearance of a wealthy retiree in South Florida quickly turns from a missing person's case to a full blown homicide investigation focused around an unexpected perpetrator and her convoluted plan to get away with murder.

The murder of a man inside his suburban Los Angeles home sets off a chain reaction of murder, conspiracy, and furious cover ups, which ultimately point back to a mastermind who's in it for the money.

Law enforcement investigates a series of unsolved murders in the state of Colorado over the course of a year, only to realize all the seemingly isolated incidents all point back to a single FBI informant.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

A bride-to-be disappears; a Mexican drug lord says his cartel protects people from even more violent rivals.

Patients die unexpectedly at California hospitals; a bride-to-be lies to escape her impending marriage.

Though admitting to abusing drugs and stripping for money, Nevada's Kirsten Lobato denies being a killer; a real-life soap opera turns into a twisted, lethal tale.

Jerad and Amanda Miller take their extremist views on a violent rampage; a teacher's husband goes over the edge when she begins dating one of her former students.

A young wife and mother thinks murder is easier than divorce; a suspected terrorist is accused of plotting to detonate a dirty bomb.

An Englishman uses household tools to commit murder; a woman is accused in the death of her husband.

After his wife is murdered, mild-mannered chemist Mark Barton uses the life-insurance money to dive into the risky world of day-trading; a designer turns his young models into victims of sexual abuse.

A California arsonist ignites a fire that kills five firefighters; a Texas mother will do anything to get her high school daughter a spot on the cheerleading squad.

Although Hemy Neuman is on trial for executing Rusty Sneiderman in the parking lot of his son's daycare, the prosecution turns on their star witness, Rusty's wife Andrea, who they suspect to be the real mastermind behind her husband's death.

The cold-blooded murder of Ron Stovall, chased down and killed inside his own home, has signs of a mob hit; police believe they have their suspect after arresting a criminal with alleged ties to organized crime who possessed the murder weapon.

Sixty-four-year-old Thurman Martin ruled his family with an iron fist, brutally beating anyone who dared stand up to his emotional and physical abuse; then one day he vanished, his family telling police he'd left with just a few changes of clothing.

Christopher Coleman, former head of security for televangelist Joyce Meyer, is convicted of murdering his wife and two children.

A teenager makes a discovery that could prove his mother's death was not suicide.

A detective who is haunted by the case of two missing women finds herself on the trail of a killer.

An apparent suicide in a Pennsylvania church exposes a pastor's secret.

An Oregon man who was accused of pushing his fiancée off a cliff during a hike tells his side of the story.

A little girl is terrorized when a killer targets her family.

Police say a mother implicated her son in a murder.

The person responsible for the savage beating of a woman refuses to give an explanation.

Todd Winkler, a former fighter jet pilot, claims he was defending himself when he stabbed his wife to death with scissors.

After leaving a work party late at night, Ramona Krotinea's body gets discovered in the trunk of her own car the next day, and police need to reconstruct who and what happened in the intervening hours.

Rosemarie Essa appears to die in a car crash; when police learn this was no more than a low-speed fender bender, they begin to suspect foul play by someone who knew what they were doing.

Ashley Biggs thought it was just another pizza delivery, and didn't know who was waiting on the other end; she didn't come back, and police found the delivery address abandoned, with a pool of blood on the ground.

In Kentucky a husband's marriage is threatened by the wild parties thrown on his luxury boat; a mistress plots to eliminate her romantic rival in England.

In Missouri, a preacher falling for a parishioner has deadly consequences; a washing line provides clues as to what happened to a troubled wife in Canada.

Twisted lovers terrorize a pizza store in California; in England, a man's mistress takes matters into her own hands when he won't leave his wife.

In West Virginia a marriage goes up in smoke after an affair; in Raleigh, NC, a romantic stroll in the park turns to terror.

In Silverthorne, Colorado, a photographer's wife seems to have mysteriously vanished in the night, until detectives learn he has a violent past; in Darby, Montana, a husband is dead, and Police have two suspects - his wife and mistress.

In Easton, Pennsylvania, a lesbian love triangle spins out of control; in Gillette, Wyoming, a desperate housewife has a shocking tale of murder and revenge.

A teen claims a masked intruder killed her stepfather; a young bride dies while scuba diving near the Great Barrier Reef.

Maurizio Gucci's scorned ex-wife hires a hit man to save a family fortune; when parents stand in the way of young love, a teen hatches a shocking plan.

A right-wing organization in South Africa tries to overthrow the democratic majority by force; teens don't believe a classmate when he threatens to kill his parents.

An Army psychiatrist goes on a shooting rampage in Texas; a young wife disappears after learning she is pregnant.

Ex-policeman Christopher Dorner declares war on law enforcement officers and goes on a cop-killing spree.

Young co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally crashes a German airliner into the remote French Alps, killing all 150 passengers aboard.

Texas teen Ethan Couch kills four people while drinking and driving and is sentenced only to probation.

College athlete George Huguely goes on a drinking binge which leads to a deadly encounter with his ex-girlfriend.

A Spanish court convicts 21 people for the Madrid subway train bombings, but acquits a lead suspect and six others.

Collin Ferguson walks onto a Long Island Rail Road train and fires methodically at passengers, killing six and wounding 19.

A world-renowned writer and human rights activist is shot and killed in the elevator of her Moscow apartment block.

Three bomb blasts tear through a tourist district on the peaceful island of Bali, killing 202 people and seriously injuring 209 more.

Discussion with an important witness in a murder case against an Arizona stockbroker.

A young alcoholic woman seeking help with her addiction falls in love with a killer.

Ryan Ferguson spends a decade in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

A car crash kills a young Air Force veteran, but not her boyfriend.

A businessman seeks a killer for hire.

Police question whether a young wife's apparent suicide was really a murder committed by someone involved with the alleged cult run by her husband.

A Florida sheriff's office may have solved the case of a college student who went missing 25 years earlier.

Authorities suspect a woman's involvement in her parents' murder.

A teen ends up dead after an intense breakup.

A cold case turns hot when police charge one of their own.

A court decision changes everything in the investigation into the murder of a couple and their daughter.

Two days after going on "Dr. Phil" to talk about his son's missing mother, a Texas man tells the police a completely different story.

A woman stands a second trial for killing her husband, claiming it was an accident after the two of them re-enacted a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

In a case that shocked the nation, a mother and son stand trial for the unthinkable; Shanda Vander Ark, once a promising law clerk, now faces murder charges in the death of her own child.

Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one bothered to report him missing when he disappeared; when his wife Marilyn vanished fifteen years later, it became clear that the evil in their father had been passed down.

Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teen with Nestor 'Chino' de Jesus; his manipulative and abusive behavior turned their romance into a nightmare that ended with Paula facing life in prison for a murder that she didn't commit.

Luca Rocco Magnotta's horrifying Internet videos of small animals are the just the beginning of his road to a prison cell.

Diana Whipple is brutally mauled to death by dogs just outside her San Francisco apartment, and evidence leads to a murder trial.

Wealthy young newlyweds' cab is hijacked and their honeymoon ends in murder.

Domestic terrorists the Symbionese Liberation Army take hostage Patty Hearst, the daughter of a well-known media mogul.

In London, a prim and proper millionaire who leads a double life as an escort begins a deadly relationship with a gambling swindler.

A relative's traffic violation helps police to find the murderer of a teen girl, 25 years before.

When a popular young student goes missing, her boyfriend tells police he last saw her with a mysterious stranger.

During the investigation into a serial killer, police become aware that there is a second serial killer on the loose; the second killer believes he is sacrificing people to save humanity.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Terri Gilbert said she didn't know who was coming down the basement steps; she shot and killed him; turned out to be her husband whom she was divorcing; twenty years earlier, she told a similar story, about her first husband.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Twenty years after a Palm Beach socialite killed her husband, the same gun is used in another shooting in the family.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one bothered to report him missing when he disappeared; when his wife Marilyn vanished fifteen years later, it became clear that the evil in their father had been passed down.

Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teen with Nestor 'Chino' de Jesus; his manipulative and abusive behavior turned their romance into a nightmare that ended with Paula facing life in prison for a murder that she didn't commit.

Tyler Edmonds was just thirteen when he confessed to helping his half-sister Kristi Fulgham kill her husband, Joey; did he really commit murder, or was he just one more in a long line of men that Kristi had manipulated to do her bidding?

By 18, Sean becomes New York's number one club drug plug; one year later, he runs an international ecstasy smuggling operation and makes millions.

Human trafficking was not something 23-year-old Max set out to do, but once he got a taste of the wealth and power that came with being a coyote, he never looked back.

Yaser Said breaks his silence about the night he fatally shot his teenage daughters near Dallas, Texas, the events leading up to the tragedy, and how he managed to evade capture for over a decade.

Denali Brehmer agrees to kill her best friend for a man she met online offering millions for murder, but an interview with Brehmer reveals she's far from a naive teen led astray by an outside influence.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

When Kathryn Hauser was found brutally murdered in her Albuquerque home, friends and family immediately thought it was her estranged husband; but the DNA points elsewhere.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

A former beauty queen becomes a suspect in the death of a married father of two.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

After accepting a plea deal in a missing teen's death, Kat McDonough admits to authorities that she offered up the girl for sex with her dominant boyfriend, Seth Mazzaglia.

Charles Whitman randomly guns down students and pedestrians from atop the University of Texas clock tower in 1966.

When the body of 41-year-old Marsha Spicer is discovered in Missouri, police discover her links to an ex-con who had a fantasy to make a snuff film.

A man arrested at his bachelor party says he murdered his friends because his marriage expenses were getting out of control.

Yvonne Baldelli and Marine Corps veteran Brian Brimager fall in love and move to a Caribbean island; when Yvonne emails that she's left Brian for another man, her family discovers that the email comes from the United States, and suspect foul play.

A Minnesota man kills two teens who have broken into his home, and a jury must determine whether he is a hero or a murderer.

After the murder of a grandmother in the suburbs of Cincinnati, it takes nearly a year, a microscopic clue, and a piece of jewelry as unique as a fingerprint for law enforcement to bring the murderer to justice.

In Southern California, law enforcement hunt for a serial killer who is targeting elderly women within a few mile radius; after weeks of searching, a survivor comes forward with a description that blows the case wide open.

A serial predator terrorizes Southeastern Louisiana, strangling men to death and disposing of their bodies like trash for nearly a decade until a potential victim escapes his clutches, and then leads police right to the killer's doorstep.

Police follow the trail of a young Southern California woman who vanishes without a trace for years until a random encounter turns them onto a chilling discovery and an even colder criminal.

The discovery of a Jane Doe underneath a New Jersey bridge kick starts an intensive investigation to figure out who she is and how she died.

The murder of a respected college professor sends shockwaves through suburban Richmond, Virginia; cops investigate the homicide nonstop until evidence reveals a cold-blooded killer's premeditated plot.

A church-going mother with no known enemies suddenly disappears from Northeastern Texas; as cops investigate, they uncover a serial predator from the shadows and rush to stop him before he kills again.

The clock is ticking as police in northern Minnesota rush to rescue a kidnapped college student; it takes NASA technology for law enforcement to uncover the identity of the abductor, who turns out to be a serial predator.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

John Harper terrorized his neighbors on Dictionary Hill; he hurled curses, threw stones and drove cars off the road; when local police failed to stop him, one resident took matters, and a pistol, into his own hands.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Relatives of a beauty queen who was murdered more than 50 years ago suspect a priest committed the crime.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

When ex-con Scott Nelson looked at middle-aged nanny Jennifer Fulford he allegedly saw a target for his rage; Nelson had other plans when he entered the courtroom for his trial.

William Coday fell in love with Columbian immigrant Gloria Gomez; when he lived in Germany, he'd thought he had a similar love; Gloria Gomez's life would come to a similarly brutal end.

Betty Broderick was a socialite who led a perfect life with a successful husband and kids until it all came crashing down in divorce, and murder.

When teenager Dennis Lewis is killed fighting off home invaders, all police have to go on is a single handprint; when lab results reveal who the print belongs to, no one wants to believe it.

HS football coach Ed Thomas is a legend in Parkersburg, Iowa, who had mentored multiple players into the NFL, and kids even had a poster of him on their walls; when he is gunned down during an early morning workout, the entire town is shocked.

On the surface the Carters seemed like a happy family of Iowa farmers, but when they discover Shirley Carter shot to death in her kitchen, the family begins pointing fingers at each other.

Iowa farmer Tom Lyon is excited when a nearby plot of land goes up for sale, but he isn't the only one. When Lyon's body is discovered at the bottom of a well, the trail of blood leads through that very land.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Aissa Wayne, daughter of John Wayne, was in the middle of a messy divorce and bitter custody battle when she and her new boyfriend were assaulted by a pair of gunman.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

After being drawn into the world of bondage and domination, a college student ends up dead, leaving authorities to investigate whether it was an accident or murder.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

David Scott follows Delgadillo into the criminal underworld as he explains how a thousand-dollar robbery of crystal meth kicked off an evening of mayhem that ended with the drug thief branded with a tattoo gun and left for dead.

Tyler Hadley discusses how he, as a troubled 17-year-old, bludgeoned his mother and father to death with a hammer.

A gruesome video on a stolen SD card exposes Brian Steven Smith's secret double life; David Scott confronts this soft-spoken husband and serial killer about his nighttime hunts for vulnerable Alaskan women.

In Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a mortician falls in love in his funeral parlor; while in Mustang, Oklahoma, a sexual obsession turns deadly.

In Lebanon, Maine, an estranged wife trying to start a new life can't escape her violent past; while in Vincennes, Indiana, a married engineer falls for the babysitter, but it leads to murder.

In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Police respond to a report of a vicious home invasion; in Olathe, Kansas, a brutal murder sends shockwaves through Bible country.

At Lake Mohave, Nevada, a fisherman stumbles across a human skull; in the North West of England, a husband claims his wife has left him for another man, but no one can find her.

In Lexington, Kentucky, a newly wed wife parties like there's no tomorrow, until a body is dumped on a golf course; in Brisbane, Australia, there are fears for the safety of a missing wife.

In Poughkeepsie, New York, a police officer discovers his wife is cheating on him, leading to a deadly encounter; in Orlando, Florida, a woman gets herself a boy toy with fatal results.

In Pleasant Grove, Utah, a former beauty queen goes under the knife to look sexier for her husband, but the romance quickly comes to a horrifying end.

In Alpena, Michigan, a neighborhood recluse winds up dead after developing a special bond with a much younger cleaner who enjoys spending his money.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

By all accounts, Richard Carno had no enemies; so when he was found dead in his car with a bag taped over his head, investigators wondered who could done it; a trail of evidence would point to those closest to him: his wife and brother-in-law.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

A millionaire's wife changes her story multiple times after he is shot to death, complicating the investigation.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

The people of Defiance, Iowa, find it strange when Scott Shanahan disappears, leaving his wife and kids, but Scott is always unpredictable and no one gives it much more thought.

Austin, Texas, TV executive Steven Beard is shot as he sleeps; with only a single shotgun shell to go on, police follow a trail from mansions and country clubs to bookstores and hospital psych wards.

Penny Scaggs believes in being a dutiful Christian wife and even teaches local women how to build harmonious relationships; she is later found brutally beaten and stabbed beside her beloved yellow piano.

When cops investigate the slaying of a casino worker in Las Vegas, they uncover a murder conspiracy that was months in the making.

The random murder of a woman in Central Montana sends law enforcement on the hunt for a killer; using a network of informants and good old fashioned methods the authorities track down the mentally unstable man behind the motiveless crime.

When a Southern California high school teacher suddenly dies, it appears his death was due to natural causes, but once law enforcement starts looking into his widow, they uncover her treacherous past and her preference for using poison to kill.