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Following her divorce, a woman buys a new home that needs work and hopes that a handyman can fix it up, she ends up getting more than she bargained for.

From the tips of their ears to the soles of their feet - criminals are betrayed by the clues their own bodies leave behind. A killer’s ear against a wall, his hand on a door, the path that he walks – even the slightest impressions left at the scene help crime fighters find their man.

Wisconsin v. Todd Kendhammer. Todd Kendhammer called 911 in a panic, describing a freak accident that occurred while he was driving with his wife, Barbara, in the passenger seat. He said a metal pipe had fallen from a passing truck, piercing the windshield and fatally injuring his wife. But police were suspicious of Todd's responses in the interrogation room, when his story continued to change, and his alibi didn't check out. Forensic details from the autopsy report cast further doubt on his story. Detectives came to believe Kendhammer strangled Barbara and staged the accident to cover his crime. He was convicted of first-degree murder. The couple's two children, Jordan and Jessica, continue to believe their father is innocent. Jessica speaks in his defense in this episode.

Florida v. James Colley Jr.. In Florida in 2015, Amanda Colley was starting her life over after a contentious divorce and an ongoing custody battle with her ex-husband, James. The 36-year-old mother of two was excited about a new love interest, Lamar Douberly. Then, one summer night, she returned to a ransacked house. Lamar and two girlfriends arrived to join her as police were called. Then, gunshots rang out; glass shattered. After more shots, Amanda and her friend Lindy, a mother of three, were both dead and Rachel was injured. The gunman took off. James Colley was arrested 600 miles away and brought back to Florida to stand trial for double murder, with both Lamar and Rachel giving dramatic firsthand testimony.

Lies and deceit can often throw investigators off the trail of justice. But when hard evidence contradicts a killer’s story, police must use the clues to piece together the truth. Follow investigators as they unravel a web of lies to track down and catch the killers.

Sometimes when a death seems to be accidental or the result of a tragic accident, it is up to forensic scientists to reveal the deception lying just below the surface. Watch as law enforcement officials uncover the hidden betrayals that reclassify cases from accidents to homicides.

There are several things that can suggest murder; jealousy, anger, poison…when everyday substances reveal hidden clues that break a homicide case, those substances become the elements of murder.

After a young woman's corpse is found and the evidence points towards her abusive husband, it takes 30 years until a mysterious woman surfaces explaining how the true killer behind the gruesome murder is actually her own husband.

When two members of the powerful Murdaugh family are murdered near, law enforcement is faced with a town swirling with gossip, grudges and lies. Without an obvious suspect, police turn to digital forensics to find evidence.

Just because some people are young, doesn’t mean they’re above the law.

When hardware store clerk Sydney Loofe vanishes after an online date, the entire state of Nebraska finds themselves on high alert. Investigators race against the clock to find her as her family clutches onto the hope that Sydney is unharmed. But as the days wear on, a horrible truth emerges from the darkness – one that shakes a small town to its very core, and leaves an innocent life shattered.

Near Montreal, a husband comes home from work and finds his wife bound, gagged and shot in the head. There is no evidence of sexual assault or theft and police are left without a lead to go on. Some years later, police are called out to a crime scene very similar to the scene four years earlier, but this time they find that the killer has stolen the victimÕs bankcard. They trace the card to a convenience store and by ingeniously matching the security camera to the bank records detectives acquire an image of their prime suspect. Police quickly locate and arrest the man who promptly admits to both murders as well as the murder of a woman gone missing 7 years earlier.

Most victims of multiple murderers are meticulously chosen because of a mutual connection with the killer or because they match an intricate set of criteria that fits the killer’s mo. The most frightening cases of murder occur when the killer appears to choose victims at random, without an apparent connection.

The United States is one of the most profitable drug markets in the world. For ruthless and sophisticated drug traffickers, it is truly the land of opportunity.

Fred and Pat live a quiet life in North Carolina. When one of them is shot and killed in a robbery on a stretch of rural highway, the crime goes unsolved for years. But an arrest in another case leads police to a letter detailing the crime – and a shocking family connection.

45-year-old Natalie Hagan is found dead on her bedroom floor after a heated argument with her brother-in-law. Now, Dr. G is the only one who can provide police with answers./ Eugenie Ademola, a healthy and vibrant teenager, dies after experiencing flu symptoms. Dr. G must find out what took her life so suddenly.

A former state trooper claims his wife died by suicide. But detectives uncover a bitter divorce, odd behavior, and bodycam footage that lead them to question if this was murder staged as tragedy.

For 23 days in october, 2002 a sniper terrorizes the washington dc area, shooting thirteen people and killing ten. The victims are ordinary people doing routine activities.

Submissive 'good wife' Mary Winkler takes fate into her own hands, before fleeing the scene for a day at the beach with her children.

Encouraged by life insurance money, 33-year-old Kimberly Hricko takes her 35-year old husband Stephen on a romantic murder mystery weekend.

Angela Craig repeatedly falls mysteriously ill before dying in hospital. Detectives soon suspect her husband, dentist James Craig, has been poisoning her. Secret affairs, suspicious internet searches and an alleged murder plot transform the case into a national true-crime sensation.

In a tiny hamlet just outside the town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada, 58-year-old Doreen Bradley, owner and operator of a successful fast food restaurant, is found murdered in her rural home. Authorities are unable to find any clues that point them toward possible suspects. When they uncover a small amount of DNA from an unknown person, investigators must get creative to try to match it to possible killer – and the entire town is shocked and horrified by the results.

After trying for 20 years to solve the mystery of a 6-year-old boy found dead in the woods, an artist’s age progression portrait of the child posted on social media leads detectives to find new clues.

The brutally beaten body of First Nations sex trade worker Pamela George is discovered on a cold spring morning just outside Regina, Saskatchewan. Initial investigators focus on men known as Ôbad tricksÕ, but three weeks later, new information changes the direction of the investigation. Popular university students Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky, white boys from successful families, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ms. George. They are ultimately convicted of manslaughter in a sensational case that divides the public along racial lines.

When a family was murdered in Arkansas, it seemed like an isolated event. But soon the crime was revealed to be part of an ever-widening circle of violence that defined a new age of domestic terrorism.