Twenty-year-old Tashan Daniel was waiting for a train to take him to a football match when a fateful encounter on the platform changed everything.
After missing her bus, Yingying Zhang is offered a lift by a man posing as a policeman. This fateful encounter would lead to her horrific murder.
The story of 11-year-old Jeralee, who was lured into the car of James Edward Wood - a man with no reason to harm but a strong desire to kill.
Two teenage girls have the misfortune of crossing paths with a cold-blooded killer, one year apart.
As Robin Chard makes his way home to his wife, he crosses paths with two men who carry out a brutal and unprovoked attack on him.
While walking her dogs at a local beauty spot, Debbie Buxton is killed in a frenzied and unprovoked attack by David Bond.
In 2015, a bizarre home invasion leaves 69-year-old pastor Ron Browning dead when he opens his door to 19-year-old Camille Brown.
When Matthew accepts a ride home from two men, his case makes headline news when he is tortured and left for dead in a hate-fuelled attack.
19-year-old Celine accepts a ride from a lorry driver, but never makes it to her destination. Ten days later, her body is found.
After a night out, 20-year-old India is lured to her death by man who was overheard telling her he would 'get her home safe'.
The shocking case of a woman stabbed more than 70 times by a teenager who researched murder and serial killers on the internet.
A teenager starts a new life to provide for his young daughter, but his dreams are cruelly dashed while hitchhiking in the US.
In 1984, Jonelle Matthews is dropped home after a Christmas performance. But when her father returns, she isn't there.
A father-and-son duo are approached by a stranger who is in the middle of a killing spree in a small Michigan city.
Things end in tragedy when 27-year-old Michael Hoolickin steps in to defend a woman being hit by her brother.
As 13-year-old Lauren walks home from school, a loner is getting ready to ensure that if he can't have her, no one can.
When 18-year-old Conner Marshall is enjoying a holiday with friends, he's approached late at night by a stranger.
As Mikey Rainsford gets ready to meet his girlfriend, he's unaware that two strangers are lurking outside, out for revenge.
14-year-old Jermaine Cools is walking home when a fight breaks out involving an older boy brandishing a huge machete.
Reagan, a 21-year-old psychology student, is kidnapped by a 32-year-old sex offender with devastating consequences.
Sean McKay, 23, is randomly stabbed in Scotland in 2021 by violent criminal Gary McVey. After killing him, McVey bragged to a friend about the act with no remorse
In December 2004, security guard Michelle Gunshon vanishes after a shift in Birmingham. Years later, DNA ties violent offender Martin Stafford to her murder, though her body is still missing.
Breck Bednar, 14, is murdered in 2014 by online predator Lewis Daynes, who groomed him via a gaming group. Breck's family believed the friendship had ended, until it was too late.
In 2004, 11-year-old Carlie Brucia is kidnapped while walking home in Sarasota, Florida. Her body is found days later. The killer is Joseph Smith, a released convict on probation.
After being followed from a store, the Petit family are targeted in a brutal home invasion. Three family members are murdered, and only Dr. William Petit survives the horrifying ordeal.
In Overland Park, Kansas, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith vanishes after a routine shopping trip. Her body is later found, revealing a horrific case of stranger violence by Edwin Hall.
19-year-old Mandy Stavik vanishes while jogging in 1989. Her body is found in the Nooksack River. In 2013, DNA leads to Timothy Bass, a local with a dark secret.
Real estate agent Beverly Carter vanishes after a showing in 2014. Her body is found days later. Police track and arrest Arron Lewis, a career criminal with violent motives.
24-year-old Philip Walsted is brutally murdered in 2002 by neo-Nazi David Higdon in Tucson. Attacked with a bat over 50 times, his killing is revealed to be a hate crime.
On Independence Day 2017, Jorge Rodriguez is shot in his car while shopping in Pasco, Washington. He dies from his injuries. Teen Pedro Cardenas is arrested two days later for the killing
