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A masked shooter opens fire at a house party, killing three. Initial fears of a hate crime shift as detectives uncover a twisted motive driven by self-hatred and personal betrayal.

Psychological profiling: Journey into the dark recesses and calculated madness present only in our worst nightmares...And in the minds of serial killers. Renowned fbi profiler robert ressler can reveal unseen clues about a killer simply by learning details about the crime. From motives to habits, social traits to taste in cards, investigative profiling discloses a killer's hidden motives.

Forensic photography: Forensic photographers are among the first people at a crime scene, capturing vital clues on film. What do the cameras capture that can't be seen first-hand, and who are the men and women who analyze the camera's clues?

Dna analysis: With the advent of dna analysis, just a few microscopic cells found at a crime scene can be used to put a murder behind bars. Forensic scientists can analyze droplets of blood, hair fiber, or a piece of chewed gum to determine the identity of a victim or killer or to prove innocence.

In 1999, Jacksonville store owner Saad Kawaf was attacked in his driveway, leading to a brutal murder and robbery. His wife survived, bound and terrorized. The case went cold for two decades until DNA technology exposed shocking suspects—one a former homicide detective.

A reign of terror that spans more than eighteen years. A serial rapist who stalks and preys on elderly women living in isolated southern ontario. With the victim count pushing ten, the attacker’s thirst for violence suddenly escalates to murder. Who is this monster that continues to elude colchester police? Only a revolution in forensic science can strike fear into the heart of this predator.

From judges to city council members, sometimes officials who are given authority take it too far.

A young Jackson, Michigan police officer investigates a missing woman and finds that her husband has just had brain surgery and is acting strangely. When the officer follows his instincts and inspects the couple’s restaurant, he finds their kitchen has a become a slaughterhouse. But who could be responsible for such atrocity?

A common-law couple was found guilty of the 1990 rape and murder of taunja bennett near portland, oregon. However, a letter signed with a happy face sent to a portland newspaper claimed responsibility for the murder of taunja and others. The happy face letter remained a mystery until keith jesperson was arrested on an unrelated murder charge. Investigators unraveled the truth, convicted jesperson of taunja’s murder, and freed the wrongfully convicted couple.

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.

In the 1990s, neighborhoods in Detroit were terrorized by a gang of robbers. Impersonating police officers, they invaded over 100 homes robbing, raping and torturing their victims.

When a vicious attack leads to the death of a young parent and child, investigators are stumped. Years later, they arrest the gunman surprisingly close to home – but a change in the law puts the case in jeopardy.

A devastated mother finds her baby dead in his crib. Can Dr. G solve this heartbreaking case and save the twin from a similar fate? Then, a young father dies under mysterious circumstances. Now Dr. G must uncover what took a father from his children in the prime of his life.

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.

Can the sound of a suspect’s voice reveal his lie? Can the crucial moment of crime, buried deep in damaged video, be revealed? Can computers isolate a guilty face in a crowd? No longer science fiction, these are the high-tech tools of the forensics trade.

Over the years, Betty Lou Beets had multiple failed marriages, each of which ended in its own unique way. In 1983, she reported her fifth husband missing and tried to stage a boat accident.

Investigators uncover a bizarre web of lies involving a conman posing as a doctor, Lisa Henning obsessed with reptilian conspiracies—leading to one of New Mexico's strangest and most chilling murder cases.

When three employees at a Fort Worth car dealership suddenly disappear, detectives uncover a brutal triple murder linked to a dispute over a vehicle sale. As investigators painstakingly reconstruct the victims’ final hours, they build a case against Lamont Cousins and expose a calculated act of violence that devastates three families.

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.

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.

Like many Alaskans, bakery owner Robert C. Hansen was known for his hunting abilities. In the early 1980Õs, however, his taste for hunting took a sinister turn. A growing list of missing persons and the discovery of two dead bodies led the police to begin the search for a killer who raped his victims before turning them loose and hunting them down like animals

For nearly two decades a mathematical genius with delusions of single-handedly destroying industrial society, planted or mailed powerful bombs to unsuspecting innocent victims.

A marriage is falling apart and the husband can't stand to see her with another man, so he decides to kill her in front of all of her colleagues.

The small police department of Galax, Va., continue to follow leads in the case of a double homicide, involving a young mother and her 21-month-old daughter.

Teen Susana Morales vanishes on her way home. Months later, her remains and a stolen gun lead police to a shocking suspect—an officer once trusted to protect her neighborhood.