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When two women from the same town were murdered in the same way, police feared a serial killer was on the loose. At first they thought the victims had nothing in common… and then they found tiny clues linking them to the same man.

A young woman was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The grass on that course was so distinctive, it had evidentiary value. The evidence led police to two suspects. Each blamed the other, and they had to find out who the killer was.

A teenager went missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body was found a month later, three miles from her home. The killer unknowingly left trace evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues which pointed to him and him alone.

When a popular disc jockey was found murdered in a community garden, police swung into action. A sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer… and he’d been much closer than they realized.

In Buffalo, New York, a sniper targeted African-American men. He held a city hostage, and threatened to ignite a racial powder keg. And it looked like others might be following his bloody example.

A serial rapist targeted women. His dark urges raged out of control and led him to murder. He followed a path so random it was impossible to trace, and all that tied him to his crimes were his access to the highways and a bizarre sexual fetish.

A real estate agent is found beaten and strangled in the basement of a home that was for sale. Police and crime techs find boot and finger prints on the woman’s body. The agent’s car is searched; a pad with her name on it reveals a fingerprint. Some of the agent’s jewelry had been pawned, and investigators link fingerprints from the jewelry to those found on the victim, and a massive search is undertaken for the murderers.

Iowa v. Cristhian Rivera. When 20 year old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts went missing during her regular evening jog, her disappearance was headline news. Police had few clues until a local resident shared his garage surveillance camera which had captured a brief glimpse of Mollie running down the street and later a black car driving by. Following the lead Police moved quickly to arrest undocumented immigrant Christhian Bahena Rivera who worked at a nearby dairy farm and charged him with murder.

Water and police chases DO mix!

Over a four month period, the nude bodies of three women were discovered in the remote hills near Sacramento. All of the victims had been strangled, and their clothing had been cut in a random pattern with a knife or scissors. It appeared a serial killer was on the loose, and police needed to find him before he killed again.

A mapmaker was surveying the grounds of a boy scout ranch when something caught his eye. At first, it appeared to be a turtle shell, but it proved to be a human skull. Investigators had to find a way to put a face on the victim, believing that when they knew who she was, they’d be able to determine what had happened to her.

A serial bomber was on the loose, and he appeared to be waging a vendetta against the legal profession: A judge, two attorneys and even a courthouse had been targeted. The bombs were sophisticated and deadly, and investigators hoped they contained enough evidence to lead them to the person who built them.

Robert Sims returned home after working the night shift, and found his wife, Paula, unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their two-year-old son, Randy, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, was missing. Paula Sims was the only witness to a crime that baffles investigators to this very day.

Stephen Scher and Martin Dillon went skeet shooting in rural Pennsylvania on a beautiful Spring day in 1976. Martin was shot dead that day, and Scher maintained a freak accident had cost his friend his life. It would take more than 20 years for the truth to be revealed, and for the jury to rule on who was responsible for the death of Martin Dillon.

When four-month-old Ryan Stallings died under suspicious circumstances, his mother was arrested, charged, and ultimately convicted of his murder. An explanation for Ryan’s death would come five months later from the most unlikely of sources: his newborn brother.

Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda home and walked to the station to take a train to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura’s hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

On the strength of eyewitness testimony, 34-year-old Edward Honaker was arrested, charged, and convicted of rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual battery; he was sentenced to three life terms in prison. Honaker steadfastly maintained his innocence. After spending years in prison and writing countless letters, he finally found someone who believed him, and was willing to pay for DNA testing which could prove he was telling the truth.

Two days before Christmas, a Connecticut mother is found murdered in her home. Her husband claims a masked intruder did it—but digital footprints tell a different story. A tangled web of secrets, lies, and betrayal unravels, revealing a truth no one saw coming.

Mother of three, Dianne Hood is shot to death by a masked gunman on her way home from a Lupus support meeting. Police initially assume it’s a robbery, but Lt. Joe Kenda uncovers a sordid web of lust and greed, revealing a killer no one ever expected.

In Buffalo, New York, a sniper targeted African-American men. He held a city hostage, and threatened to ignite a racial powder keg. And it looked like others might be following his bloody example.

A serial rapist targeted women. His dark urges raged out of control and led him to murder. He followed a path so random it was impossible to trace, and all that tied him to his crimes were his access to the highways and a bizarre sexual fetish.