Ohio State freshman Stephanie Hummer is killed on her way to a party, and it will take police more than a decade to navigate dead ends and fake confessions—before DNA evidence reveals Stephanie’s killer.

On May 15, 2016, Bensalem police and firefighters were called to the Lincoln Inn Motel, where a room was engulfed in flames. As crews battled the blaze, they made a horrifying discovery—a body burned beyond recognition lying in the wreckage.

In January 1994 in Salisbury, North Carolina, Swedish immigrant Victor Gunnarsson was found shot to death in a wooded area after disappearing weeks earlier.

In Mobile, two men are killed after their car is sprayed with bullets on the highway, leading detectives across the country in search of answers.

On a quiet November day in Tucson, Arizona in 2010, retired paratrooper William Herr is brutally gunned down in his home during an apparent home invasion, witnessed only by his son Benjamin.

In Northern California, an anonymous 911 caller tells Shasta County police there’s a body at Campsite 47. In a remote alpine wilderness they discover the battered body of 20-year-old Lora Sinner.

A strange 9-1-1 call leads police to the scene of a gruesome murder, that of 43-year-old, Patrick McRae. He is found dead in his home, with violent stab wounds to his neck and shoulders.

When police respond to a 9-1-1 call in the mid-afternoon of April 7, 2003 they arrive on a badly beaten 21-year-old Eric Huffman and his older sister Monique. Claiming to have been beaten in the neighbouring town of Antioch.

Two strangers meet while backpacking through Thailand and sparks fly. But this budding romance in paradise ends in a horrific tragedy.

A brutal assault on a hiking trail claims the life of an Arizona college student, and the case goes cold for nearly 40 years. But with advances in forensic science, a DNA profile finally reveals the identity of Cathy Sposito’s killer.

Police are dispatched to the New Falls Motel after receiving a call about an unresponsive female. Upon arrival, officers quickly disregard the story that she suffered a cardiac arrest when they see the extent of her injuries.

Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tragically disappeared in June 2017. She was last seen entering a car on campus, leading to a widespread search and investigation.

When an elderly care home resident is discovered dead, staff members sense that something is amiss. A murder investigation begins into a nurse at the home, but when she becomes a victim of violent attacks, could someone else be responsible?

A beautiful woman and caring mother has a facelift, but while on the road to recovery, dies at home. An unsuspicious death to the authorities, some of her daughters begin to suspect their father - a Doctor - of playing a deadly part in her demise.

On December 31, 2015, Michael Deangelo Daniel's grandmother heard the doorbell ring. She saw a figure outside and called Michael. Michael and his girlfriend returned from church. She received a text from her ex-husband saying 'I’m outside.'

In 2021, Rosemary Espinoza was divorcing her husband, Ignacio Espinoza... Ignacio, jealous of Rosemary's rumoured new relationship, threatened to kill her, claiming entitlement to her retirement savings.

Before her tragic murder on August 26, 2011, Amanda Plasse lived as a vibrant young woman. The murder itself was a horrific and violent event, marked by a gruesome crime scene. However, what followed added more pain to her family's grief.

In this tragic case, Tiara Pool, a 21-year-old Navy wife from Jacksonville, Florida, met David Sparre on Craigslist. Their encounter took a horrific turn when Sparre brutally stabbed Tiara 89 times in her apartment in July 2010.

In 2012, Erik Poltorak, a father from Los Angeles, was murdered on Halloween night to prevent him from testifying in a trial against Michael Thomas, who had robbed him the previous year.

The murder of Afrikka Hardy in October 2014 was a chilling catalyst for the investigation that ultimately exposed the heinous crimes committed by Darren Deon Vann. Afrikka, a 19-year-old woman, fell victim to Vann's predatory tactics.

Heather Strube's life took a tragic turn during a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband, Steven Strube. In April 2009, as she went to a Target parking lot for a custody exchange of their son, Carson, she was brutally shot in front of Carson.

Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tragically disappeared in June 2017. She was last seen entering a car on campus, leading to a widespread search and investigation.

Investigative series examining murder cases told through the personal experience of retired Colorado detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda.

Investigative series examining murder cases told through the personal experience of retired Colorado detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda.

On December 31, 2015, Michael Deangelo Daniel's grandmother heard the doorbell ring. She saw a figure outside and called Michael. Michael and his girlfriend returned from church. She received a text from her ex-husband saying 'I’m outside.'

A frightening assault ends in tragedy, when teenagers shoot splat ball guns at two brothers playing a nighttime basketball game. A fight ensues between the youths, leaving a 17-year-old dead at the scene.

In Mobile, a man is gunned down in front of his family, and it's up to Det. Jermaine Rogers to sift through differing accounts of the incident to find the truth.

Investigative series examining murder cases told through the personal experience of retired Colorado detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda.

Investigative series examining murder cases told through the personal experience of retired Colorado detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda.

Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tragically disappeared in June 2017. She was last seen entering a car on campus, leading to a widespread search and investigation.

A beautiful woman and caring mother has a facelift, but while on the road to recovery, dies at home. An unsuspicious death to the authorities, some of her daughters begin to suspect their father - a Doctor - of playing a deadly part in her demise.