Friday

A father in Hawaii tackles setback after setback in his fight for justice for his murdered daughter.

A prominent attorney claims to have accidentally shot his wealthy wife.

A woman whose ex-husband killed six people in Arizona, allegedly targeting individuals with connections to their divorce. Interviews with experts on the topics of domestic violence and mass murder.

In this episode, politicians go berserk and bash each other with everything within reach; a drunken madman takes on two men and a woman, and then goes after the cameraman; and, a scrappy fighter silences all with jaw jolting knockout blows. Tv-14-v

Best of season 3

In this episode, a man soaks his ex-girlfriend with gasoline and threatens to light her on fire. Plus, a 300 pound ex-con beats a fellow pizza patron senseless. And, a kidnapper drops his own child into the path of a speeding cruiser. Tv-14-lv

Forensic entomology: Bugs have roamed the earth for 250 million years, but their intimate association with death is just now coming to life. The kinds of insects on bodies, along with their stage of development, can pinpoint time of death and help identify victims.

A series of over sixty spectacular fires rips through california’s san joaquin valley, killing four people and devastating the landscape. An extensive investigation by the atf, police and forensic scientists reveals a common pattern among all the blazes, and to their horror, authorities soon realize that a serial arsonist is on the loose. As they painstakingly study the evidence from each crime scene, a single fingerprint leads them to one suspect. He is john leonard orr, a respected arson investigator for the glendale fire department in southern california and one of the worst serial arsonists of the 20th century.

A double homicide in hudson, wisconsin leaves a small town reeling and two young detectives with little to go on. The victims are upright citizens, shot execution style, with no apparent motive. In agatha christie-like fashion, a tantalizing array of suspects emerge but after two years, there are still no arrests. Richard walter, the famed criminal profiler, becomes intrigued by the cold case and narrows the suspect list down until only one man is left standing. And no one can believe who that person is. A combination of expert crime scene analysis, computer forensics and the perpetrator’s own pathological urge to talk… the bereaved families finally see justice served.

When the body of a beautiful young woman was found beneath a bridge, investigators wondered if she’d committed suicide. Evidence at the scene proved not only that she’d been carried to the bridge and thrown over the side, but also that she was alive when she fell. Police had to determine who the victim was... and who wanted her dead.

The huge amount of blood at the crime scene spoke of the violence of the attack; investigators describe it as “overkill,” and it’s usually an indication that the victim knew the attacker. Police hoped that, during the struggle, the killer had left some of his own blood – and his DNA -- behind. Their challenge was to find it.

The man called 911 to report his wife had been shot; she was badly wounded and they were on their way to the hospital. When she died, he became the prime suspect. The investigation would prove two things: He was innocent, and he’d been only moments away from being a victim in the most bizarre crime police had ever seen.

The woman’s story seemed farfetched: A man wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed her boyfriend to death, and raped and terrorized her for hours afterwards. But the evidence at the scene supported her story, and investigators turned for help to the FBI and their criminal profilers

Police are skeptical when a man claims his mother was murdered by the hitchhiker he picked up. Their suspicions are heightened when he refuses to take a polygraph test, and they turn to forensic science. Would the blood and fingerprint evidence at the crime scene support the man’s story, or prove his guilt?

When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find them... and the clock is ticking.

Forensic sculpting: Forensic sculptors retrieve people from oblivion. Using clay and an intricate knowledge of anatomy, forensic arts place a face on an unidentified skull, recreating the victim's likeness, which often leads to his name.

An in-depth look at the journalists who exposed the dangers of cult leader Reverend Jim Jones.

A popular high school student is found murdered in her bed. Two students help police solve the case.

Surprising details from Amber Frey, the other woman in Scott’s life, and rare police video of Scott.

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.

Florida v. Kimberly Kessler. Hairstylist Joleen Cummings, a mother of three, was last seen working at Tangles Hair Salon on Mother’s Day in 2018. But when she failed to pick up her children for a planned celebration, she was reported missing by her ex-husband. Investigators discovered a bloody scene at the salon – Cummings and her SUV were gone. The next day, authorities found the car but not Joleen, parked outside a nearby Home Depot. Soon, police were on the hunt for Joleen’s killer and would first arrest the suspect for Grand Theft Auto and later for first degree murder.

When Noreen Rudd died shortly after her wedding, it seemed like a tragic accident. Decades later, a new investigation casts doubt on her husband’s intentions and unearths long-buried truths.

For three years, investigators searched for the wife of a prominent farmer, who disappeared from her home without a trace. Eventually, a former lover of the missing woman’s estranged husband came forward with a fantastic tale of rage, murder, mutilation and cremation, but there was no way to test the validity of her story... that is, until a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist conducted some tests on the plant life on the farm, which led to a surprising revelation.

When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individual at the time of their death. This is the story of a woman convicted of her husband’s murder, whose son was so convinced of her innocence that he enrolled in law school; he studied all of the evidence to learn the truth of what happened between his mother and father that fateful night.

When a patient in a hospital emergency room said he cut his hand on a dumpster, the doctor recognized the injury as something else. That doctor became the chief witness in a crime involving the murder of a 67-year-old grandmother.

Two of America’s premier pornographers happen to be brothers. When one turns up dead, his brother confesses to shooting him. The question for investigators is whether the shooting was pre-meditated. A 911 call in which the fatal shots can be heard, and a computer reconstruction of the crime scene, provide the answer.

Tara receives a chilling text from an unknown sender, threatening to cause her harm, and she fights to protect herself from this unidentified adversary.