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When messages for two wealthy sun-seekers start piling up at their luxury Acapulco hotel, police scout the area – but the breakthrough clue comes from a letter sent back home.

A German woman and her boyfriend vacation in Miami Beach, Florida. But a late night drive through a sketchy part of town leads to murder – and the mystery of who pulled the trigger.

When lovers turn on each other, or marriages fail, some ruthless spouses find a grisly way to gain an uncontested divorce – with no paperwork. When murder tears lovers apart, forensic science must put piece together the mystery to catch the killer.

These cases took a decade or more to solve. There’s no statute of limitations on murder. As a case turns cold, the clues become scarce, investigators must rely on science to close cold cases.

Amanda Plasse’s life was taken suddenly, but the real horror comes in the form of disrespect and betrayal after her death. The quest for justice exposes disturbing actions within the community.

The murder of a gay couple in rural california has police stymied – who would want to hurt the well-liked pair? As investigators and forensic scientists dig deeper, they suspect that the killings are linked to a series of arsons that have destroyed several synagogues and an abortion clinic. The trail leads them to the sinister world of hate crimes -- and a chilling plan that must be stopped.

Alleged shoplifters are busted by police at Walmart and Target.

52-year old John Walker is discovered dead in bed, riddled with bullets and his wife bound in the closet. Dr. G must consider all evidence to solve this complicated case. After a long struggle with addiction, 38-year old Isabel Sanchez dies soon after falling ill. With few clues, Dr. G is tasked with finding Isabel’s cause of death.

A state park employee is murdered in the park office in the middle of the afternoon. There’s a wealth of evidence at the scene, but it doesn’t implicate the prime suspect, it clears him. Six years -- and 600 leads -- later, advances in DNA technology enable investigators to identify and convict the killer.

The evidence suggested the woman had been bound, sexually assaulted and murdered. Afterwards, the killer spent hours at the crime scene, wiping away his fingerprints and disposing of everything which might incriminate him, including the woman’s body. Police now face a daunting task: They not only have to find the killer, they also have to find the body of the victim.

The couple spent Memorial Day weekend at the beach, and then they simply vanished. Their clothes and personal items were still in the rented condo, their car was parked outside, and there were no signs of forced entry or foul play. A week later, police would get an unexpected lead from a robbery in progress, and the evidence they found helped them to solve a crime of unparalleled violence and brutality.

Whoever stabbed the young mother to death had also savagely beaten her four-year-old daughter. Police had a suspect, but not enough evidence to tie him to the crimes. It would take 15 years and advances in DNA technology to bring the killer to justice.

Every family has its secrets, and sometimes blood relations lead to bloodshed. When murder becomes a family affair, investigators must turn to forensics to uncover family plots.

On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home.  The FBI was immediately called in.  Agents collected fibers from her bedroom and discovered, through the use of laser light sources, a palm print on Polly’s bed, previously invisible to the naked eye.  After a massive two-month investigation, the FBI arrested Richard Allen Davis.  Palm prints and fibers matched and Davis was convicted of abduction and murder.

California Highway Patrolman George Gwaltney discovered the body of 23-year-old Robin Bishop near her car on a remote desert highway. Through the match of hairs and fibers and a unique test for detecting and identifying sperm, Gwaltney was placed at the scene of the crime. The FBI was able to convince a jury that Gwaltney was the killer. 

Ohio v. Brian Golsby. When Ohio State senior Reagan Tokes failed to respond to messages from her parents, they feared the worst. Their nightmare became a reality when a 911 caller reported the discovery of a female body in the local park. She had been shot execution style. Knowing a brutal killer was on the loose, detectives raced to solve the crime, gathering surveillance video and photos that tracked Reagan's last moments. Brian Golsby, a previously convicted sex offender, was arrested. Golsby confessed to abducting Tokes, admitting he forced her to withdraw money from ATM accounts, but he adamantly denied killing her, insisting an accomplice he called "TJ" committed the murder. At trial Golsby continued to maintain his innocence; but even his highly regarded defense team couldn't produce TJ.

Caretaker larry mallory notices something unusual while on his way to work. Lying in the middle of the highway is a leg from a department store dummy. When he gets closer, mallory sees two crows feeding on it. The leg is not plastic, it is flesh, and it has been severed from a female human body with surgical precision. The discovery of four more body parts in the area touch off a murder manhunt that involves seven police forces in four countries

After a night of drinking, 45-year-old Ana Trujillo bludgeons her on-again-off-again lover Stefan Andersson to death with a blue suede stiletto shoe.

Former Deputy Sheriff of Colbert, Georgia, Tracy Fortson shoots her boyfriend Douglas Benton as he sleeps, then abandons his body in a cement-filled trough in the woods.

James and Doug are locked in a legal battle in Washington State over an oil deal gone wrong, both hoping to buy the other out. When one of them ends up dead, a surprising link is discovered to the seemingly unrelated disappearance of a North Dakota man.

Keith is known in his small community as a quiet but a highly skilled artisan who takes good care of his mother. When she becomes mysteriously ill and Keith is not heard from for three weeks, all eyes turn to Keith’s girlfriend. As detectives look deeper into the case, and further into Betty’s background, a final, brutal discovery is uncovered.

When officers respond to a shooting in the southeast part of town, they discover the body of a young man they know all to well -- police informant Jimmie Stevenson. But Jimmy’s loose lips made him a potential target for a laundry list of killers, and it’s up to Lt. Joe Kenda to determine who pulled the trigger.

After confessing to the brutal murder of Clarence Pellet in Shelby, Montana, Frank Dryman, a mysterious hitchhiker, is sentenced to hang. DrymanÕs verdict attracts considerable attention and the public outcry results in DrymanÕs penalty being reduced to life behind bars. After serving 18 years Dryman is paroled but disappears in 1971. In 2009, discovering that Dryman is alive and still at large, victim Clarence PellettÕs grandson Clem finally sees justice done.

In April 2004, the dismembered body of a chef is found in trash bags along a highway. Detectives grill everyone from an estranged wife to a blade-happy sous-chef. Finally, the bones give investigators the twisted answer to a bloody puzzle.

Patty decides to go on a date with a customer, Vietnam veteran Dale, but things quickly spiral out of control when he becomes unexpectedly violent.

In a small town in Kansas, Patricia Kimmi has disappeared from her home, and residents begin a search party, but police fear she may not be found alive.

In this episode, a dangerous drunk runs from the law…and then runs himself over. Also, an intoxicated sword swinging madman stages a violent protest on a rooftop…and a liquor store thief opens fire on police and meets a sobering end. Tv-14-lv