The community of Belton, Missouri seeks answers after two young women: Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions disappear a decade apart.
Deanna Cremin just celebrated her 17th birthday when in 1995 she was brutally murdered in Somerville, Massachusett. As police began digging into the murder of Jacquelyn Smith in Baltimore, they made a stunning discovery.
Two serial killers whose chilling crimes left their communities devastated. Between 1982 to 1983, John Joubert murdered three boys in Maine and Nebraska. Albert Flick killed two mothers in front of their children in Lewiston, Maine.
Examine two cold cases that were finally solved thanks to advancements in DNA technology. The 1992 murder of school teacher Christy Mirack in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the 1990 murder of Genevieve Zitricki in Greenville, South Carolina.
The Golden State Killer, also known as East Area Rapist, remained a mystery for years.
Girl Scouts at Camp Scott settle into their tents one evening, eerie footsteps and distant cries haunt the campers throughout the night. The unsettling sounds turn out to be one of the largest murder investigations in Oklahoma's history.
Known as one of the first cases of the digital age, Maura Murray's mysterious disappearance continues to confound investigators and internet sleuths.
A missing Milwaukee woman's family and her community push for answers about her disappearance. what authorities learn a week later sends shockwaves through the city.
After eight members of one family were killed in their homes in a single night, residents of the devastated Ohio community were left to wonder if they were next.
Three brutal cold cases remain unsolved for decades until advances in forensic technology bring investigators closer than ever to finding answers for the victims' families and friends.
Weeks after a pregnant woman is shot and killed in Orlando, a shootout between here suspected killer and a police officer sparks a manhunt.
It's the day after Thanksgiving 1992 in Drake, Iowa, and few want to cook. Locals head to the popular Drake Diner instead. In front of a packed restaurant, an armed man shoots and kills two diner employees.
After a South Carolina couple vanishes, social media posts begin cropping up claiming they are fine and eloped. Their loved ones are convinced they're not the ones who penned the posts, and the truth is more shocking than anyone imagined.
A 14-year-old paperboy's disappearance during his Sunday morning route shocks a peaceful Iowa city. Panic sets in when a second paperboy goes missing.
One vacation. Two teens. Thousands of text messages. What sounds like the beginnings of a typical modern romance turns to tragedy-and controversy- for a coastal Massachusetts town.
A beloved University of Kentucky football player is murdered on the porch of his house during his 21st birthday party in an assassination-style killing. What leads to the shooter's capture is equally shocking.
When homesick college student Miya Marcano books a flight to south Florida for the weekend, her family is thrilled. But when the plane lands, Miya is nowhere to be found.
One evening in 1999, Cynthia Jaramillo shows up at a home wearing nothing but a dog collar. She had been tortured and sexually assaulted for days. Her escape leads investigators to discover a gruesome string of kidnappings and murders.
After a snowy day in Western Pennsylvania, a horrifying discovery leads investigators down a heartbreaking and twisted path. They'll seek swift justice for an innocent victim deceived.
When bones are discovered burned in a rural New Hampshire community, a horrific story begins to emerge...one that exposes the secrets of a charming killer living among them.
A young boy and his family's housekeeper are brutally killed in an upscale Omaha, Nebraska neighborhood. Their case goes cold for years, until another double homicide reveals the link and unmasks a serial killer.
Single father Kendal Fenwick murdered in Baltimore in 2015. Family and investigators wonder whether his efforts to curb drugs and violence in his neighborhood made him a target. Or is it something else entirely?
The brutal murders of two trans women of color just 48 hours apart in New Orleans unsettle the community, leaving many wondering if the cases are connected. Detectives uncover clues, yet justice remains elusive.
Sierra LaMar leaves for school one morning and vanishes with barely a trace, setting in motion one of the largest searches in U.S. history. The community and investigators of Morgan Hill, California still have unanswered questions.
The disappearance of 16-year-old JaRay Wilson spawns rumors of human trafficking in her small town of Weatherford, Oklahoma in 2012. Investigators find her body and the truth, after an unlikely informant provides new details.
Jessica Dishon vanishes from her home one fall morning in 1999. Her body is discovered 17 days later, seven miles away. It takes more than 15 years for the heartbreaking truth to come out.
Detectives are baffled after a mother and daughter are murdered outside Louisville, Kentucky. A year later, a triple homicide in Winston-Salem, North Carolina sends them on a search, linking the two cases through an unlikely suspect.
A serial killer preys on women from a hardscrabble section of Daytona Beach, Florida. Detectives have boxes of DNA and ballistic evidence - they just don't have a suspect. It took almost 15 years to finally reveal his identity.
In 1977, people across Pittsburgh live in fear as a string of brutal killings sends detectives on a chase to catch the shotgun slayer. He invades homes and senselessly attacks with a shotgun, knives and hammers in the dead of night.
When body parts wash ashore in the Gulf Coast over several days in 2012, investigators must identify the victim before they can find the killers. Even then, justice is elusive.
Growing up, two siblings hear unsettling stories about their family's history. They don't know what to believe about the ones who went missing in 1992, until, decades later, the haunting truth comes out.
Three-year-old Kamille McKinney, affectionately known as "Cupcake," is abducted while playing outside a relative's Birmingham home. The ensuing search unifies the city, as residents pray she will be found alive.
In 1990, an 18-year-old driving across Wisconsin to a job conference never arrives. After her van and later her body are discovered, the mystery surrounding Berit Beck's death persists for more than two decades. What happened in that van?
Six people are slain in a home in a quiet Iowa town. One person survives a gunshot to the head and claims to have no memory of the incident. The tragedy and eventual trial shred the social fabric of the neighborhood.
In a serene community, a beloved doctor is bludgeoned in her own home. Investigators uncover a conspiracy that rocks the close-knit neighborhood to its core.
A man vanishes from a boarding house in 1988. The fight to find him uncovers one of the most shocking cases in Sacramento history and the surprising revelation of a grandmotherly-looking serial killer hiding in plain sight.