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Some cases simply can’t be solved with current technology or with the evidence at hand. But that doesn’t mean they’ll remain unsolved forever. Over time, a witness may be ready to talk, a new dna technique might offer more precision, an overlooked clue might be discovered. Forensic scientists reevaluate unsolved crimes and apply new methods to solving them.

When the streets of New York flooded with crack cocaine in the 1980’s a wave of violence threatened to drown the city. Colombian cartels brought the coke in and ran their operations with an iron fist.

In the 1980s, the drug trade in New York City was a nightmare. Dealers made millions. Street violence was out of control. The NYPD battled the drug gangs only to become their target.

Florida v. Euri Jenkins. Makeva Jenkins seemed to have it all. A successful businesswoman and mother of three, she boasted on Facebook that she had grown her business to six figures. But just hours later, she was shot dead with a bullet to the head. Her husband, Euri Jenkins, told police a masked intruder had shot and killed his wife. Her close-knit family held a press conference, pleading for information about her killer. But the tale of the happy family fell apart when police arrested her husband in a murder-for-hire plot. Detectives also arrested 19-year-old Joevan Joseph, who told investigators Jenkins had hired him to kill his wife for the life insurance money.

Weapons are the hallmark of violent crime, tools designed to harm – or kill. Forensic science has developed a world of techniques for tracking and identifying these devices. Blood spatter, explosive residue, ballistics and trauma wounds tell crime scene investigators their deadly story

Natavia Lowery was celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein's personal assistant. But then Linda found out that Natavia was stealing money from her.

Over the course of two decades, history repeated itself as 'black widower' Robert Spangler strove to free himself from marriage and children.

When wealthy couple Ted and Corey are attacked by an intruder in their home in the middle of the night, robbery seems like the most likely motive. But a suspicious open window at the back of the house leads police in another unexpected direction.

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.

War hero Carl Taylor is beaten to death in the back of an empty semi truck, for no apparent reason. The crime scene offers few clues, but Lt Joe Kenda notices an unusual pattern in the victim’s head wounds and enlists a team of engineers to help him identify the murder weapon and crack the case.

Nancy, David and Susan Spangler are found shot to death in their home - the brutal slaughter is deemed a murder suicide. Over the next fifteen years, two more Spangler spouses, Sharon and Donna die in similarly suspicious circumstances. After an exhaustive investigation by numerous agencies, authorities finally get a confession from psychopath Robert Spangler as he reveals his role as a serial spousal killer.

In 1985, a young military wife and two of her three little girls are viciously murdered in their home. In a twisted case filled with unusual suspects, the man who gets convicted goes free. But nothing is what it seems.