Anatomy of Murder

The Fire (Jeffrey Aissa)

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A house fire takes the life of a 17-year-old. Investigators quickly discover it was intentionally set, but it would take years before they learned any...

Vicky and Ricky (Vicky Purdy & Ricky Dodson)

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One is found dead, and the other is missing. Police would need to untangle their lives before uncovering the truth about what happened to them both.Vi...

Remembering Loretta Jones

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special re-release of the very first Anatomy of Murder episode, Scott and Anna return to the story that started it all—the 1970 murder of Lo...

Truth Under Fire (The Capital Gazette Murders)

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A mass murder strikes at the heart of a community when the employees of its local paper are the targets. The preplanning and reasoning propelling the ...

A Suspicious Death (Angela Craig)

11 Nov 2025

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When a healthy mom becomes suddenly ill and dies, doctors and family are baffled. Foul play is soon suspected, but the biggest question would be, coul...

The Dream (Kelly Brennan)

04 Nov 2025

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A woman claims she had a dream that she hurt someone. After a body is found, investigators needed to uncover: was this ‘dream’ a figment of imagin...

Aisle 52 (Brooklyn Sims)

28 Oct 2025

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A young woman is shot and killed at work, in a local home improvement store. The shooter’s unlikely accomplice would prove pivotal to this crime.Vie...

The Heart of Darkness (Mark Hasse, Mike and Cynthia McClelland)

21 Oct 2025

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Two prosecutors are gunned down within a short span. A tip comes in that there will be more bloodshed. The entire justice system was on edge in a case...

Unthinkable (Tayten & Robert Baker)

14 Oct 2025

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Two young teens are found dead in their home. One family is desperate for answers. Another has to confront an unthinkable truth.View source material a...

The Fall (LeeAnn Fletcher)

07 Oct 2025

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911 is called to report a woman is found unresponsive in her bathtub. Accident or murder? Her family suspects foul play and will not give up until the...

The Money Trail (Taylor Wright)

30 Sep 2025

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A woman disappears as she navigates a recent divorce. Did she willingly disappear, or was it foul play? And if so, by whom? It would be money and chec...

The Knock (Lamont Baldwin)

23 Sep 2025

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A woman knocks on the door, and within minutes, the man she asked for is outside dead. His family wanted answers. Detectives put the pieces together o...

The Windshield Murder (Gregory Biggs)

16 Sep 2025

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A man’s body is found in the park. What happened would first center on a car. The end would involve murder.View source material and photos for this ...

Coins (Daniel Callaway and Patricia Andrews)

09 Sep 2025

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A young man is found murdered in his home. Several hours later, a woman is found dead only blocks away. Coincidence or the work of one killer? Coins w...

The Package (Ildiko Krajnyak)

02 Sep 2025

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A bomb explodes in a day spa, destroying the building, killing its owner, and seriously injuring others. Would the blast be the work of a terrorist ac...

AKA 137F Strikes Again (Brook Baker & Erika Norman)

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a small Indiana town, investigators connect the dots in the murders of young women. But sometimes, shocking coincidences are nothing more than that...

AKA 137F - Part 1 (Brook Baker)

26 Aug 2025

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A young college student is murdered, sending shockwaves through the community. But another murder, eerily similar, makes investigators question if a s...

I Did It (Jamesha Covson, Divieon Parker, Reginald Anderson, Renita Bennett)

19 Aug 2025

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A murder spree leaves 5 dead—once the killer was identified, would the motive be revealed? What he said shocked everyone.View source material and ph...

Only You (Ricardo Medina)

12 Aug 2025

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A man on a first date is soon found dead in the street. The story behind the who and why will be baffling and up the enormity of the tragedy.View sour...

A Deadly Cocktail - Part 2 (David Castor)

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This part 2 is the dramatic conclusion to a case that took two lives and almost 3. It broke all family boundaries. A prosecutor was left to unravel th...

A Deadly Cocktail - Part 1 (David Castor)

29 Jul 2025

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A husband is found dead in his bed. Items found in the home would help unwind a lethal trail and forever fracture a family.View source material and ph...

Fatality Review (Jenean Chapman)

22 Jul 2025

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A young career woman is discovered dead after a welfare check. The unraveling of what happened and who did it would strike at the heart of it all.View...

The Odyssey (Robert Vendrick)

15 Jul 2025

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A retiree disappears, and his family soon suspects foul play. A boat and an anchor might be the things that break the case.View source material and ph...

Broken (Lisa Knoefel)

08 Jul 2025

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Murder, manipulation, and a calculated plan. Untangling the pieces would be the challenge for investigators.View source material and photos for this e...

The Pawn (Don Vaughn)

24 Jun 2025

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A jewelry salesman is found murdered in his car. Would the motive be personal, business, or random? Detectives were determined to find out.View source...

A Pane of Glass (Eveline Aguilar)

17 Jun 2025

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A ransacked apartment and brutal assault left a young woman dead. One pane of glass would help solve the case- but it would be anything but quick.View...

Tracking the Truth (George Young)

10 Jun 2025

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A man is shot at his doorway as he comes home from work. Tracking the truth would take the detective down an unexpected, twisty trail.View source mate...

Hot Air (Cassandra Robinson)

03 Jun 2025

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The search for a missing young mom would take police into the world of hot air balloons and bees. Once her body was found, those same connections woul...

Alarm Bells (Ammar Al-Yasari)

27 May 2025

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A wife calls police after finding her husband dead inside their home. The couples' security system leads investigators to answers.View source material...

Last Shift (Savannah Gold)

20 May 2025

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A young woman disappears as she heads in to work. Unraveling what happened to her would take skilled detectives and an unexpected piece of video.View ...

A Tangled Web - Part 2 (Kevin James & George Taylor)

13 May 2025

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The murder of a young father soon uncovers a tangled web of deceit. A second murder is discovered and just may be linked to the first. View source ma...

A Tangled Web - Part 1 (Kevin James & George Taylor)

06 May 2025

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A father is shot during a home invasion. Was it random or did he know his killer? Investigators would need to untangle a twisted web to find the answe...

Non-Responsive (Maria Muñoz)

29 Apr 2025

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A woman is found dead in her home. A syringe found nearby would lead to answers, and her death being ruled a homicide. View source material and photo...

Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A brutal crime scene… three lives lost… and forensic evidence in question… Here’s how a short trip to Florida changed a woman’s life forever...

Around the Corner (Dwight Grant)

15 Apr 2025

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An 18-year-old disappears and is found brutally murdered. His mother discovers the first clue that helps police find her son, and then identify his ki...

Unsuspecting (Milana Li)

08 Apr 2025

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A 13-year-old teen disappears and her body is soon found in nearby woods. An interaction at a yogurt shop would set police on the path to finding her ...

Boots in the Snow (Yvonne Menke)

01 Apr 2025

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A woman is gunned down outside her home. Jealousy and greed were suspected motives, but it would take many years, and a prosecutor willing to take a r...

Posted (Bianca Devins)

25 Mar 2025

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A photograph is posted online. It would set off an investigation into a brutal homicide, photographs of which were being broadcast online. View sourc...

The Caretaker (Logan Atkins)

18 Mar 2025

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A seven-month-old baby dies while being cared for by a family friend. The question becomes, was this an accident or a crime? And if a crime, who is re...

My Name Is Gloria (Gloria Pointer)

11 Mar 2025

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The day a school's perfect attendance award was set to be given, instead ended in tragedy. This case is about a terrible murder, unbreakable determina...

Eerily Calm (Bobbie Jo Stinnett)

04 Mar 2025

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A horrific homicide of a mom-to-be and the abduction of her unborn child leave investigators baffled. The clock was ticking to find the newborn and to...

The Sting (Somaya Hussein Ahmed)

25 Feb 2025

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After a young woman is found dead, police are quick to identify her killer. Gathering the proof wasn't quite as fast. A phone, a camera, and a police ...

Double Indemnity (Michelle Young)

18 Feb 2025

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A young mom is brutally murdered. Her husband is suspected, although he was away on business at the time of the crime. Would shoes and other physical ...

67 Steps (The Amato Family)

11 Feb 2025

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Three members of one family are found murdered in their home. The internet would be the centerpiece for investigators tasked with solving this brutal ...

Justice Delayed (Vickie Lynn Belk)

04 Feb 2025

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A woman leaves work and would never be seen alive again. For decades, her murder remained a mystery. Patience paid off, and over 40 years later, answe...

Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Jamal Drummond)

28 Jan 2025

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A by-chance exchange leads to murder. What led to an innocent man being gunned down was both baffling and infuriating. View source material and photo...

Free To Be Me (Nikki Kuhnhausen)

21 Jan 2025

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A teen disappears and social media leads police to her last known contact. Tracking him down would only be the beginning of unwinding what happened. ...

Waiting for Answers (Kathy Halle, Pamela Maurer, Deborah Colliander, Charles Huber)

14 Jan 2025

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The 1979 homicide of one young woman would be linked to additional brutal crimes decades later. But justice for the crime would prove elusive. View s...

Unsolved: Silent Night (Aaron Anthony “Antone” Breaux)

07 Jan 2025

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A raw look inside an unsolved case. Helping a family get answers would be the gift they need this new year. If you have information, please call Frem...

Behind the Mask (Ernest Ibarra)

31 Dec 2024

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A social media blogger is tied up in her home and her husband is abducted, and later found dead. Police soon have a web of suspects, and learn that ap...

Similarly Tragic (Leslie Perlov & Janet Taylor)

24 Dec 2024

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A young woman left the law library and was never seen alive again. It would take years of persistence and advancements in technology to finally get th...

Something to Fix (Emmett Corrigan)

17 Dec 2024

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After her husband's murder, his wife has to grapple with multiple revelations. For episode information and photos, please visit: anatomyofmurder.com/...

X2 (Jenna Pellegrini & Christine Sullivan)

10 Dec 2024

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Two young women are found murdered. Paint on garage windows would prove an unlikely clue. For episode information and photos, please visit: anatomyof...

Unfriended (Billy Payne & Billie Jean Hayworth)

03 Dec 2024

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An online feud is examined closely after a young couple are murdered. Would the CIA be the key? For episode information and photos, please visit: ana...

The Vacation Home (Telma Boinville)

26 Nov 2024

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A woman checking on a Hawaii vacation home is brutally attacked and murdered. Her young daughter would be the key in helping find her killers. For ep...

The Secret (Joy Hibbs)

19 Nov 2024

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The murder of a young mom in her home goes cold, leaving her family wanting answers. An unexpected visitor to a local precinct decades later would ope...

The Envelope (Jocelyn Peters)

12 Nov 2024

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A woman dead. No quick answers. Suspicions and a car, but not much more. Information about an envelope just might lead detectives to the answers that ...

The Car in the Ditch (Barbara Kendhammer)

05 Nov 2024

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A frantic 911 call leads police to a car in a ditch, and a woman dead inside. Her husband relays a harrowing tale. The car itself would help police un...

Key To Your Heart (Katelyn Markham)

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An unexpected phone call breathes life into the decade-old murder investigation of a 21-year-old. Two investigators are determined to get answers for ...

The Music Stopped (Scott Sessions & Heather Frank)

22 Oct 2024

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A musician is murdered. A new romantic partner and her ex quickly become suspects. A farm and a fire lead to a gruesome discovery no one expected. Fo...

The Young Farmer (Dylan Rounds)

15 Oct 2024

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A young farmer disappears. His family is convinced that he has met with foul play. A video captured on a cellphone would prove eye-opening for investi...

NYC's Only Murder on 9/11 (Henry Siwiak)

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly 25 years have passed since that fateful day in New York, and while the major events of the day will always be remembered, there was one more li...

A Deadly Path - Part 2 (Justis Marie Garrett)

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A 16-year-old's body is discovered weeks after she disappeared. Police soon suspect who is responsible, but proving it would not come as quickly. For...

A Deadly Path - Part 1 (Justis Marie Garrett)

17 Sep 2024

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A 16-year-old disappears after leaving for school. The path to finding out what happened to her would be long, and dark. For episode information and ...

Decades and DNA (Sarah Mobley Hall & Derrick Mobley)

10 Sep 2024

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A mother and young son are found dead in their apartment. Local law enforcement hit wall after wall, for decades. New technology and a family tree led...

Doomsday (JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan)

03 Sep 2024

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Two missing children quickly lead to an investigation into multiple murders, including theirs. The world was watching as detectives pieced together th...

Ambushed (Seath Jackson)

27 Aug 2024

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A missing teen leads to a group of friends. When they speak with police, no one's story is the same. It will be up to law enforcement to unravel the b...

Close to Home (Pam & Helen Hargan)

20 Aug 2024

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A mother and daughter are found dead in their home. A surprise phone call to detectives would lead to who did this, and why.For episode information an...

Footprints in the Mud (Alex Woodworth)

13 Aug 2024

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A web of relationships led to murder. The question of who was the victim and who was the perpetrator loomed large. Muddy footprints would help untangl...

Betrayed (Nathan Paet)

06 Aug 2024

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A father is gunned down in his garage. Investigators unlocked answers quickly, but untangling the full truth proved trickier.For episode information a...

The Fire Burned (James Coppola)

30 Jul 2024

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A house fire uncovers a body, soon identified as the homeowner. Was it the fire that killed him or was the fire a cover for an even more terrible crim...

Lie 'til You Die (Lynn Hernan)

23 Jul 2024

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A retiree dies by poison and the circumstances raise flags from the start. But gathering the evidence to prosecute would become the challenge, and res...

Shattered Glass (Sumei Chen)

16 Jul 2024

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Decades after a woman is murdered in her car, police receive an out of the blue letter about the crime. It led down an unexpected road that ultimately...

The Final Bow (Pasinetta Prince)

09 Jul 2024

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A local actress is murdered in her home, leaving her family reeling. A trio of suspects would be investigated before one was revealed as the killer.  ...

The Letter (Desiree Thompson)

25 Jun 2024

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A woman’s murder went unsolved for years. An anonymous letter sent to police gave chilling details of the crime, but would it actually solve the cas...

The Reading Man (Warren Barnes)

18 Jun 2024

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A chilling discovery and call to police led to a murder that shocks the conscience. Recorded statements became critical evidence at trial.      ...

10/10/10 (Unique Harris)

11 Jun 2024

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A mom disappears while her children sleep in their beds. A piece of missing couch cushion would prove pivotal in the investigation, decades after the ...

The Daily Planner (Leo Beauregard)

04 Jun 2024

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A retiree is found murdered in his Florida home. A sole beer can and a daily planner would be the best clues to finding his killer. It was a mystery t...

The Call (Rita Gutierrez-Garcia)

28 May 2024

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A single mom goes missing after a night out with friends. A momentary call placed to 911 proved to be the first key, that would eventually help unlock...

Inconvenient (Martre Coles)

21 May 2024

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Family members are suspected of foul play when a young man goes missing. The tangled web of complex relationships would not be easy for investigators ...

The Plan (Angela Brosso & Melanie Bernas)

14 May 2024

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A turquoise bodysuit and a notebook entry became key in finding the killer responsible for two brutal and bizarre murders from decades before. View s...

Benton Jane Doe (Donna Sue Nelton)

07 May 2024

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Human remains found in a field lead an investigator on a decades-long quest. He was determined to uncover whose remains were found, and how they had g...

Money Play - Part 2 (Makeva Jenkins)

30 Apr 2024

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A successful entrepreneur and mother is killed in bed while sleeping. Untangling the web of who committed the crime started with a car. View source m...

Money Play - Part 1 (Makeva Jenkins)

30 Apr 2024

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A home invasion leads to the murder of a young mother and entrepreneur. With a community up in arms, the recovery of a car taken from the home might p...

Death by Gaslight (Julie Jensen)

23 Apr 2024

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A woman dies and the question soon becomes: murder or death by suicide? It’s a case with twists and turns that would take years to unravel. View so...

Barbara Jean Jepson

16 Apr 2024

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A 60-year-old murder lands in the lap of a brand-new homicide detective. The journey to its solve would become her career challenge and personal missi...

Double Take (Joleen Cummings)

02 Apr 2024

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When a woman disappears, the search soon turns into a homicide investigation. Who was responsible and the motive for the crime caught everyone by surp...

The Run (Mollie Tibbetts)

26 Mar 2024

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A jogger disappears and all eyes turn to her Iowa town as they search to find her. After her body is found, a car would prove to be key in identifying...

Room 708 (George Kehoe)

19 Mar 2024

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A motel room shows signs of violence - but there’s no victim inside to prove that any crime had actually occurred. A body is soon discovered and lin...

Home Invasion (Heidi Firkus)

12 Mar 2024

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Police are called to a couple’s home after they report an active break in. The wife lay dead and her husband shot. An unlikely motive leads police t...

A Disastrous Plan (Lisa Straub & Johnny Clarke)

05 Mar 2024

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A young couple are bound and killed and the question of ‘why’ and ‘by who’ swirled. The likely answer to the ‘why’ could never have been e...

Where is Christina? (Christina Morris)

27 Feb 2024

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A woman disappears after a night out with friends. A car wash would be key to finding her killer. But the mystery still remained: where was Christina’...

Sea of Uncertainty (Samira Watkins)

20 Feb 2024

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A young mom goes missing and after her body is found, police are left with more questions than answers. Disinfectant wipes would prove pivotal in solv...

Lockdown (Jamie Faith)

13 Feb 2024

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A husband is gunned down in a quiet neighborhood as he walks with his wife. A variety of communications would help solve the crime and bring to light ...

House Reality (Shanti Cooper-Tronnes)

06 Feb 2024

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A young wife was found dead in the family home. Did her husband just find her or was he responsible? The home itself would prove to play an unexpected...

Race Against Time (Beverly Carter)

30 Jan 2024

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There's a race against the clock after it's learned that a local realtor has been abducted after a house showing. The plot that took her life is stunn...

The Van (Berit Beck)

23 Jan 2024

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A young woman heads out for job training and disappears before she arrives. Two decades pass with no answers but soon after, that would change. For e...

The Promise - Part 2 (Robin Cornell & Lisa Story)

16 Jan 2024

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26 years after 2 brutal murders, the killer is identified by DNA. A promise would be fulfilled, but not without some startling turns along the way. F...

The Promise - Part 1 (Robin Cornell & Lisa Story)

09 Jan 2024

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A predator entered a condo, assaulting and murdering an 11-year-old and a young woman. A mother's promise was made the day they died. She would not gi...

The Quest (Christie Wilson)

26 Dec 2023

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The quest by a mother, and investigators, to find out what happened to her missing daughter would last for many, many years. Even after her killer was...