Billy Frietag is a free-spirited young man who works on his family's farm during the warm-weather months and travels when it's cold; tragically, it's his openness and generosity that lead to strange set of events culminating in his murder.
Charisse Christopher escapes her abusive husband and creates a safe home for her young children; several months later, the police are summoned to Charisse's apartment where they find a horrific crime scene which isn't quite what it seems.
It was an ordinary day at Chardon High School in Ohio, full of the fights, laughs and boisterous behavior that fill the corridors of any high school; then, all that changes when one young man shows up with violence on his mind.
College athlete Kayleigh Ballantyne is violently attacked while returning home one night; as she battles for her life, she is unaware that elsewhere in the city an investigation is already underway following the discovery of a young woman's body.
After Shirlee Sherman, 57, and Thomas Hunter, 11, are found stabbed to death in an upscale home in Omaha, Neb., suspects and clues are in short supply; it will take detectives five years to zero in on a perpetrator, but not before he kills again.
After her abusive husband moves out, Amanda Storms is grateful for the help of friend Andrew Shepherd until a night of violence turns their worlds upside down.
Accountant Botham Jean's dreams of returning to St. Lucia to become Prime Minister were cut short in 2018 when he was shot in his Dallas apartment. Now, Botham's brother relives the moment he hugged Botham's murderer in an astounding act of forgiveness.
In Colorado, a 911 dispatcher receives a call from a woman in distress. Seven-months pregnant, another woman has slashed her throat. As the dispatcher uncovers the horrific event linking these women, she forges a fast friendship with the victim.
In Newfoundland, 19-year-old Greg Parsons ushers in 1991 by wishing his estranged mother Catherine a happy new year; two days later, Greg is charged with her murder.
Corrinna Martin learns that her daughter Alyssiah is missing. After a state-wide search, a discovery confirms Corrinna's worst fears, opening a murder investigation. As a pattern of abuse against Alyssiah is uncovered, tragedy devastates the family again.