Killer Cases
Upcoming episodes
Oct 30th
900p
Murder on Wheels
At first it seemed like a horrible teenage tragedy when the car with 3 friends careened into a brick wall at 100 miles an hour, killing two of them. But after a lengthy investigation police charged the young driver MacKenzie Shirilla with murder.
Oct 31st
200a
The Exchange Student Murder
Missouri v. Joseph Elledge. An exchange student found a career and a love match in the idyllic Missouri university town of Columbia. It was a shock to their friends and family when she disappeared, leaving both her child and cell phone behind. The missing persons case made headlines as police divers painstakingly searched a nearby river without success. But then a discovery - hikers stumbled on the remains of a corpse in the woods, and forensic experts confirmed it was Mengqi. The “no body” case was now officially a murder case with strong forensic evidence matching dirt on the killer’s boots to the dirt at her gravesite.
Oct 31st
300a
The Murder of a Basketball Star
Tennessee v. Billy Ray Turner. Ten days after NBA player Lorenzen Wright went missing, the player's body was found in a swamp, shot 11 times. His death made headlines – Wright had played in the NBA for 13 seasons, was a first-round draft pick in 1996, and played for the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers. But police initially had no clue who killed him and reporters speculated it was a drug deal gone bad. Lorenzen’s mother was tireless in her pursuit for justice and kept the case in the headlines as the murder went unsolved for a half dozen years. Finally, a break in the case led police to a suspect who had been hiding in plain sight.
Oct 31st
900p
The Professor’s Murder
Legal scholar Dan Markel was gunned down execution style as he pulled into the driveway of his Florida home. Detectives hunted for a killer - who would hire a hitman to murder a law professor?
Oct 31st
1000p
Betrayal In Louisville
A man is gunned down on a Louisville sidewalk during Derby week. A few weeks later the bodies of two teenage boys are found burned and abandoned in a vacant lot. Detectives investigate a strange connection between the murders.
Nov 2nd
400p
Victim Or Killer?
Police receive a frantic 911 call about a woman who witnessed a murder. But during her interrogation, detectives begin to wonder - was she the victim or was she the killer?
Nov 2nd
900p
The Sex Therapist
Shortly after midnight on Valentine’s Day, police found Amie Harwick, a prominent sex therapist and Drew Carey’s former fiancé, dying on the patio under the balcony of her Hollywood Hills apartment. Detectives began to investigate — did she fall, or was she murdered?
Nov 3rd
200a
Murder at the Beauty Salon
Florida v. Kimberly Kessler. Hairstylist Joleen Cummings, a mother of three, was last seen working at Tangles Hair Salon on Mother’s Day in 2018. But when she failed to pick up her children for a planned celebration, she was reported missing by her ex-husband. Investigators discovered a bloody scene at the salon – Cummings and her SUV were gone. The next day, authorities found the car but not Joleen, parked outside a nearby Home Depot. Soon, police were on the hunt for Joleen’s killer and would first arrest the suspect for Grand Theft Auto and later for first degree murder.
Nov 3rd
300a
Murder in Broward County
Florida v. Dayonte Resiles. An heir to the Halliburton oil dynasty fortune, Jill Halliburton Su, was found by her son Justin dead in the bathtub at her upscale home in a Florida gated community in 2014. The security cameras weren't working, a glass door had been shattered, and at least one room of the house had been ransacked. Police quickly focused on Justin as the prime suspect, grilling him intensely for hours. But despite the dramatic interrogation room sessions, the son never admitted guilt. A few days later, when crime scene DNA forensic tests were finally processed, Justin was cleared; and investigators were after a new suspect.
Nov 3rd
400p
A Mother’s Tears
Border patrol agents discovered the bodies of a young mother and her toddler son along the Rio Grande. Detectives closed in on a surprising suspect.