Thursday

When victims of murder know their killers, they are often caught off guard. But even the best-laid plans leave traces of the forsaken trust.

In the 1980’s the federal penitentiary in Atlanta held some of the country’s most notorious prisoners. Castro called them undesirables. The U.S. government called them detainees. In 1987 they staged a bloody revolt.

Young pregnant couple Elizabeth and Tony are viciously attacked in their home, just hours after evicting three down-on-their-luck men who had been staying with them. Is it a home invasion motivated by revenge, or something even more sinister?

Dr. G works on unexplained deaths in orange and osceola counties in florida, as well as similar deaths from her previous employment as an associate medical examiner in bexar county, texas. The show features dramatic re-enactments of the events leading up to the person's death as well as the autopsies. Interviews with dr. G, family members, and other people connected to the deaths are also shown.

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.

One quiet afternoon, two women are brutally murdered while two small children watch and hide. The case goes unsolved for years until investigators wonder if the murders match another killing on the other side of the country.

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop is denied tenor, and it results in deadly consequences for her co-workers.

While her 10-year-old daughter listens upstairs, failed self-help guru Derek Medina shoots his wife during an argument, then casually posts pictures of her dead body on Facebook.

When Sheila Jo Hanks is found dead inside her home, investigators uncover a history of domestic abuse and escalating violence. The tragic case becomes a powerful examination of coercive control, warning signs and a family left searching for answers.

On New Years Eve, 2010 in Cooperstown ND, an intoxicated Kurt Johnson is given a ride home from a local bar. When it’s discovered that Kurt never arrives home authorities begin their search and what they uncover will shock them to their core.

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.

On a rainy night in Edmonton, Alberta police are called to a trucking yard where the body of a 6-year-old girl laying face down in the mud rattles the most seasoned homicide detectives. Few clues are left at the crime scene, and a mysterious marking left in the soft ground is the only lead that police have to follow. The city residents are overcome with fear for their children, which prompt an immense response of tips from across the province. However, despite the thousands of tips and leads that are processed, the investigation enters its 10th year, and the police are no closer to finding the killer. Finally, an officer unexpectedly finds the one clue that ties a man by the name of Clifford Sleigh to the crime committed almost a decade earlier. Revolutionary DNA analysis conclusively determines that he is the Boogeyman that police have been searching for.

The day began like any other for Cheryl and Paul Chapman, until the silence of a peaceful Sunday morning was shattered with a phone call.

Linda is a teacher that has attempted to help Todd for years, but now at 17-years-old, Todd begins to have feelings for her that turn into an obsession.