Friday

A life-long resident of the tiny town of Lefroy, Tasmania was murdered outside his own home. Robbery appeared to be the motive, but with no suspects, the investigation came to a halt. Then the victim’s autopsy turned the investigation into a landmark forensics case: The device intended to save his life proved to be the only witness to his death.

When a wealthy socialite died after falling down the stairs, the eye witnesses said one thing and the evidence seemed to indicate another. To find out what really happened, investigators turned to forensic science, a physicist and an expert in accident reconstruction.

Hiding a body can be difficult; it’s sometimes easier to obscure or disguise the circumstances of the death, turning murder into suicide, or pinning the blame on someone else. The truth is told through subtle clues taken from the crime scene.

A burning body in a dark alley shed light on a cold-blooded killer. His partners in crime would tell the story, if they lived. In the underworld of the drug trade, even a childhood friend can quickly become an enemy.

New York City is not stranger to gang violence. But when a 12-year-old child was kidnapped, the gangs had crossed a line. Law enforcement raced to find the missing boy before it was too late.

Arizona v. Mark Gooch. A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park was shocked to discover the body of a young woman in a traditional long dress, wearing black dress shoes. Her Mennonite family and friends were stunned — she had no known enemies and was a beloved, studious young woman, who loved books. How did she end up dead so far from home? Using sophisticated investigation techniques, police analyzed cell phone tower records and grainy surveillance videos that led them to their number one suspect.

On the outskirts of hamilton, ontario, a jogger makes a gruesome discovery – the partially mummified remains of a human body. Using state of the art forensics, police are able to identify the body as that of a suburban wife and mother of two. She has been brutally bludgeoned to death, but no missing person’s report has ever been filed. As police investigate, they discover evidence of domestic strife, including a love triangle and charges of assault. Determined to find the killer, police dig further into the victim’s life, doggedly tracking down a former lover to new york city, where they uncover another crime. But it is a forensic entomologist and her knowledge of the minute lives of insects that leads investigators back to ontario and the arrest of the woman’s husband for murder.

Nicole Abusharif, 26, murders her partner Rebecca Klein for the insurance money, then leaves her body in the boot of her car for a night of drinking with her young lover, Rose.

Law student Adrienne Hickson fatally stabs her boyfriend Shawn Washington with the knife for her birthday cake when he helps his friends move instead of spending the day with her.

When three employees at a Fort Worth car dealership suddenly disappear, detectives uncover a brutal triple murder linked to a dispute over a vehicle sale. As investigators painstakingly reconstruct the victims’ final hours, they build a case against Lamont Cousins and expose a calculated act of violence that devastates three families.

On the outskirts of Nashville, Michigan, a small town two hours west of Detroit, Rodney Fancher’s bullet-ridden body has been found in a ditch. The hunt for a killer begins, pulling in police forces from across the state. But with a lack of evidence, suspects, and motive, the case starts to turn cold…until a startling confession untangles an intricate plot woven together by envy, greed, and jealousy.

At the bottom of a steep ravine, joggers discover a body mutilated beyond recognition. To catch a ruthless maniac, Lt. Joe Kenda must first solve the puzzle of the victim’s identity, then piece together the ill-fated love triangle that led to his demise.

Multiple murders in rural communities are always a shocking occurrence, but never more so than in Livingston County, Missouri in the late 1980Õs. Ray and Faye Copeland, an elderly farmer and his wife, would become AmericaÕs oldest couple on death row when a simple livestock scam escalated into murder.

In 1999, Theresa Wesolowski of Germantown, Wisconsin, is found with 46 stab wounds. Unraveling the complex mystery, investigators find a tiny clue that finally nails the killer, hiding in plain sight.