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When a writer lands a dream apartment, she immediately packs her bags and moves out there, but within four nights, she hears a terrifying scream.

In Madisonville, Ky., a respected businesswoman is discovered bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her home, which leads to an investigation.

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.

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.

Some people murder for love. But these killers did it for the money. When greed is the motive, investigators must make every clue pay off.

For serial killers, once is never enough. For investigators, the challenge is steep when the killers murder by numbers.

When there’s a difficult case to crack – whether it involves drugs, arson, or weapons – the investigators and scientists of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms have the means to crack it.

Gretchen Anthony’s disappearance during the pandemic baffles detectives. False messages suggest she’s safe, but clues hint at something far more sinister.

After Heidi Firkus is shot during an alleged home invasion, detectives question the only other witness. Years later, they use digital reconstructions, trajectory tests and 911 audio to see if the story of a mysterious intruder makes sense.

"Untouchable" suspects square off with police.

A motel housekeeper in Oakley, Kansas, discovers the body of her co- worker, Alice Pepperl. The room lacks hard evidence to point to any one suspect, but a special coin taken from the cash registered could be all it takes. Even after a suspect confesses, the question of responsibility looms over the town.

An international student is found raped and murdered in the bathroom of her high-rise apartment. Police on the scene have few concrete leads, but painstaking fingerprint analysis finally connects a Malaysian bodybuilder named Tien Poh Su to the crime scene. To bolster the circumstantial evidence, police pursue an elaborate undercover operation to get the blood sample they need to convict a rapist who practices crime Ôby the bookÕ.

Arson fires are set for their own sake, or to cover a different crime, such as murder. Think fire consumes all vital clues? Think again. Arson investigators can glean important clues from scorched rubble and ignite the unquenchable flames of justice.

When the victim of a violent crime is a member of law enforcement, the job of investigating becomes personal. At a United States border crossing, armed fugitives kidnapped a customs’ inspector then vanished.

New couple Leon and Valerie have one unfortunate thing in common – they both hate their exes. When Leon's ex-wife and Valerie's ex-husband are targeted for murder, it becomes a case of he said/she said. Who hired a hitman?

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.

The beautiful, blonde, highly popular Dr. Teresa Sievers, was a rising social media star when she was found bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs, Florida kitchen. It was the 3rd suspicious death of a holistic doctor in several weeks. But detectives soon came to focus on her stay-at-home husband Mark, who had taken out a multi-million dollar life insurance policy on his successful wife, in a murder-for-hire scheme.

Fire, water, earth – killers call on all the elements in their attempt to cover up their crimes. But even a body burned to ashes, sunk deep into the sea or reduced to fragments will still tell its forensic tale.

Adam Mayes' best friend has two young daughters - with whom Adam has a twisted obsession. He kills their mother and elder sister before kidnapping the two younger girls.

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

Patients place their trust in charismatic neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, only to suffer catastrophic injuries and death. As complaints mount, a small group of doctors fight to stop him, exposing one of the most shocking medical scandals in American history.

The Klaus family is getting ready for Christmas in the small town of Castor, Alberta. A fire engulfs their home in the middle the night while everyone is asleep, and the investigators suspect that it isn’t an accident. The whole case changes when the son starts seeing the spirits of his dead family.

Florida v. Grant Amato. The Amatos were a close knit, middle class family with three professional sons, who enjoyed Florida Gators football games together. So it was a shock when Margaret and Chad Amato and their youngest son Cody were found dead, shot execution-style in their suburban Seminole Florida home. Suspicion quickly turned to middle son Grant, a trained nurse, who had quarrelled with his family over money he had stolen from them to pay for the attentions of a Buglarian sex model on a pay-per-view website. Grant’s high powered public defense team argued that despite the horrific bloody scene there was no blood found on their client and no forensic evidence of any kind linking him to the murders. The drama in the courtroom heightened as Grant’s sole surviving brother, Jason Amato, took the stand.

Known as the Vampire Rapist for his distinctive modus operandi, Wayne Boden would rape, strangle and bite the breasts of his victims. It was a bite mark that he left on his Calgary victim that proved he was the person responsible for these crimes. Superior evidence gathering and the help of a local orthodontist would work to ensure his conviction for his Calgary crime, and force him to plead guilty to three similar cases in Montreal.

When a daytime robbery at a popular nightclub leaves one employee dead and two critically wounded, Arlington, TX investigators are in a race against time to find a brazen killer whose critically wounded victims can only identify.