The case of personnel manager Susan Fassett, who died after being shot six times in October 1999. Her attacker was housewife Dawn Silvernail who wished to prevent Fassett testifying in a legal case against water boss Fred Andros - lover of both women
Police investigate the shooting of an aspiring model at point-blank range and suspicion falls on her violent ex, with detectives believing his young bride could help solve the case
The journalist investigates the story of a man who ended up with five bullets in his neck intended for his best friend as she tries to uncover who masterminded the plot
A woman survives a brutal attack from a man she met at a nightclub but the incident triggers a manhunt for a serial killer.
The case of millionaire Las Vegas casino owner Ted Binion, who was found dead from an apparent overdose in September 1998. The eccentric 55-year-old had a known heroin addiction and police struggled to determine if his death was an accident or murder
Dr. Nyce can't cope when his wife has an affair with the gardener. In a bitter fight he kills her. Was he defending himself, as he claims, or mad with jealousy?
The case of a 35-year-old housekeeper who married her 75-year-old millionaire boss and enjoyed a life of luxury until her friend shot him dead
A woman's remains are found in a parking lot. Police race against the clock to discover the killer's identity before he gets away with murder.
The journalist investigates the case of a man jailed for murder, who is trying to prove he was framed
A lawyer calls the emergency services after he and his wife are forced off the road and shot, but police suspect the case is not as simple as it seems
Two men are convicted of murdering a newlywed couple. One faces the death penalty. Did they really do it or were they victims of small town corruption?
A teenage girl is murdered in her backyard, but the case goes cold. After more than 30 years police make an arrest, but do they have the right man?
A young woman is abducted in broad daylight.
The double murder of cake vendors Bobie and Marilyn Blewer at the 1996 Iowa State Fair, the first homicide in the 150-year history of the attraction. Jerimy Sneed was hired for the crime by the Blewers' daughter Jamie Borushaski and her husband Rodney who intended to collect their insurance policy. Paula Zahn examines this twisted story of deception
The murder of prestigious and popular Huntsville Alabama doctor Jack Wilson. His wife Betty and her twin sister Peggy Lowe quickly became suspects and were dubbed 'the black widows'. They were arrested in May 1992, and though Peggy was acquitted, Betty was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison with no chance of parole
The case of a 19-year-old college student murdered on the street in Brooklyn, New York after a night of partying. The mother of the man convicted of killing him went undercover to try to prove that her son did not receive a fair trial
Mischelle Lawless was found dead in a car. Police arrest a man who some say argued with her days before. Do police have the right man or is her killer still at large?
The case of James Dvorak, who was found beaten to death on Florida's Canova beach in August 1981. Advancements in DNA technology later proved the man convicted of the crime, William Dillon, was innocent. However by then he had served 27 years in prison
A student goes missing from her college in Texas. Her parents search for her but will they find her alive, or will the man she was last seen with be charged with her disappearance?
The kidnap and murder of Ohio postmaster Betty Mottinger in August 1982. When her body was recovered wrapped in a painter's dropcloth six weeks after her disappearance, it required the attentions of her loyal colleagues to help identify her killer
The journalist recounts a case in which two men fought for the attentions of a teenage girl they had met online, with one eventually killing the other. The teenager, however, did not exist and was a fictional persona created by a 45-year-old woman
The father of a young girl searches for the truth when his daughter's body is found burnt alive in a basement.
A twisted tale of one man's madness and one woman's quest for the truth.
A divorce pits a husband and wife team of FBI agents against each other and casts one into the arms of a crime novelist. What unfolds is a twisted tale stranger than any fiction.
The murder of welder Danny Paquette who, in November 1985, was shot through the heart while working outside in rural New Hampshire. It took two decades to bring his killers to justice, thanks mainly to the dogged determination of his brother Victor. The gunman, Eric Windhurst, claimed he was protecting himself and his then girlfriend, Paquette's stepdaughter Melanie, who claimed the victim had raped and abused her
A man is shot in his living room while his family is upstairs and there are guns all over the lawn but no assailant in site.
Police try to stop a killer from striking again when a popular student is found murdered in his dorm room.
The case of a vicious assault on a college student that threatened to tear an entire town apart
The murder of Bill Stout, who was shot in his bedroom in June 2007. The police investigation traced a string of menacing e-mails to a jilted lover, but computer experts uncovered inconsistencies on the source of the threats. The person eventually foung guilty of the crime was his embittered wife Anne, who stood to be the beneficiary of a $500,000 life insurance policy. Paula Zahn travels to a Montana prison as the convicted killer opens up for the first time about the events leading to Stout's death
A blossoming love is cut short when a young woman is found brutally murdered in her boyfriend's home.
A woman asks for a divorce but her husband has a different plan to ending their marriage.
After the wife of a policeman was shot, investigators uncovered a murderous plot stemming from a torrid affair and feared the involvement of another officer. Zahn examines the case and meets the women responsible for the murder
The case of former policewoman Laurie Bembenek, who murdered her her husband's ex-wife in 1982. Her escape from prison in 1990 turned her into a national celebrity across America
The journalist explores a decade-old murder, and finds out how the police investigation uncovered a man's terrible secret
A mother is savagely murdered in her home and police discover a dangerous web of intrigue connected to an all American family.
The case of bar manager Kim Ancona, who was stabbed to death at her place of work in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 1991. Former Air Force sergeant Ray Krone was wrongfully convicted of the crime and later exonerated
The journalist explores the case of several missing girls, and the ensuing hunt for a possible serial killer
The case of aspiring 21-year-old actress Kristi Johnson, whose disappearance in February 2003 followed her planned attendance at an appointment for photographs to be taken in connection with a planned film. However, officers regarded this a lure after her body was recovered in a ravine in the Hollywood Hills a few weeks later
The journalist recounts the events leading to a traffic accident in Tatum, Texas, that claimed the lives of four teenage girls. The cheerleaders' were driving to a post-game party, but as their SUV pulled on the main road, a truck driven by an 18-year-old youth rammed into it. Determining responsibility soon pulled the town apart
After a woman disappears, it looks like the case will never be solved. Then, a FBI agent joins the cold case team and jump starts a 13 year old enquiry.
The case of Hazelynn Stomps, who tried to conceal her husband Jerry's murder. She had claimed they were victims of an attack, which left her with a broken hip and led to his disappearance. In reality, she had shot him twice before burning his body
The abduction of 18-year-old Lisa Kimmell from a desolate stretch of highway in Wyoming. Over the next six days the kidnapper taunted her family with phone calls and disturbing letters. He then killed her and dumped her body in a river. It was another 14 years before DNA evidence identified Dale Wayne Eaton as the man responsible
The journalist examines the case of John Smith, who was convicted of killing his first wife, Janice Hartman, and suspected of killing his second wife and possibly another woman. FBI officers confronted Smith's bewildered third wife, Diane Beasley, with the details of her husband's past before he could strike again
Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn goes beyond the headlines in search of fascinating mysteries from within America's justice system. She begins with a 50-year-old murder case in which a couple were found dead in the Arizona desert - but after decades of investigations and two trials, this controversial case still remains shrouded in mystery
The murder of young mother Rhonda Boggs, stabbed to death in her Ohio kitchen in April 2002. The incident was all the more harrowing as it was witnessed by the victim's two-year-old daughter. A man confessed to the crime, but his admission was found to be unstable, and attention switched to another suspect
The journalist recalls the investigation into the death of Wendy Kratzert. In 1995, her husband conspired with his neighbours to make it appear she had died in a road accident. Her body was found inside her van at the foot of a mountain in North Carolina, though in reality she had been killed earlier at the couple's home
A young teenage girl is responsible for trying to bring a horrifying crime spree to an end.
The killing of Patricia McDermott, an X-ray technician who died of a brutal gunshot wound in 2005. Security footage from the scene of the crime helped police identify hospital co-worker Juan Covington as her murderer. It transpired that Philadelphia resident Covington had shot people on four previous occasions, killing two
A dating service receives strange calls that help police solve a murder.
Paula Zahn looks back at a chilling unsolved murder that sent a district attorney down a trail of madness and terror
A mysterious stranger ambushes a family as they pull into their driveway. Could the memories of a five year old girl be the key to solving the crime?
Paula Zahn examines the case of a man who confessed to a double homicide, leaving police to determine whether he really was responsible for the killings
A deadly home invasion leaves a father of three dead, while the victim's wife survives as the only eyewitness.
A Midwestern community is rocked by a triple homicide which claims the lives of a man' 5-year-old son, mother and grandmother.
A mother on her way home from work vanishes; the police are sent in to the darkest corners of the justice system.
A young woman is killed in a dark parking lot.
Police track down a killer responsible for three murders.
A young mother's mysterious disappearance is the start of one of Memphis' most notorious criminal investigations.
A 15-year-old girl vanishes in the middle of the night. Would a friend's terrifying secret be the key to solving the mystery?
A 25-year-old aspiring model vanishes and the only clue police have is her empty car found in a nearby cemetery parking lot.
A mother of five is found murdered in her bedroom. Will a grainy videotape reveal the identity of her killer?
A blood stained dollar bill is the first clue in a terrifying murder investigation. Will the frightening story of two college students unravel the mystery behind Bradley Perry's murder?
A beautiful young woman vanishes without a clue. Can police solve the mystery or will it take another terrible tragedy to reveal the truth?
A young woman runs out to buy salad dressing and never returns. Can police provide her fiancé and family with answers to a tragic mystery?
The investigation into Sandra Iverson's stabbing death goes cold until a police canine team uncovers a trail leading them to an unlikely young suspect.
The eyewitness accounts of neighbors may help or hinder investigators as they seek to solve the murder of a young woman.
Police follow a trail of broken cornstalks and blood to the body of a beautiful young girl.
After a college student is found stabbed to death in her off-campus apartment, it may take a second murder to solve her case.
It was just after 6pm on a warm summer night when 14-year-old April Millsap left with her dog for their nightly walk. Two hours later, her mother Jennifer was speaking with police who had just found the teenager's lifeless body on the side of a popular community bike trail. Several witnesses had seen April that night involved in what appeared to have been an argument with a mysterious motorcycle rider along the trail. Scent dogs were brought to the area and miraculously, the canine team was able to find the teenager's missing phone. When law enforcement analyzed the cell phone, it revealed a series of shocking and heartbreaking clues that would ultimately lead investigators straight to her killer.
A teenager is murdered the night before her college career was about to begin.
A look at three cases in which the quest for justice rages on after the verdict has been delivered.
A young girl's killer sends police a series of mysterious riddles and the key to catching him are hidden within the answers.
When a young girl disappears from a quiet suburban streeat, it marks the beginning of a terrifying game of cat and mouse between police and her abductor.
A young girl is abducted while playing outside her grandmother's house.
An 8-year-old girl disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night.
While searching for a missing mother, police discover evidence that puts them on the trail of a deadly sexual predator.
A young girl is kidnapped from her bed in the middle of the night; later, she is found dead in a nearby canal, marking the beginning of one of Salt Lake City's most notorious child murder investigations.
Two girls take a trip to the mall and never come home; less than 24 hours later they are found shot to death in a desolate field; investigators ask whether they were killed by someone they knew or a notorious serial killer.
A teenager vanishes during a bike ride through Point Defiance Park. The investigation into her disappearance leads police to fear that a serial killer is on the loose in Tacoma.
When a young woman's car is found abandoned on a bridge, police must consider three possibilities, including suicide, foul play or an intentional disappearance.
An unlikely pair of investigators strive to solve Elaine Fogle's murder after the case goes cold for four decades.
A young schoolteacher is savagely murdered in the doorway of her own home.
Police uncover a trail of terrifying clues while investigating a couple's disappearance; they come to suspect that the couple has fallen victim to a carefully laid trap in the classified pages of the newspaper.
After Wendi Brant, 45, is found murdered at her horse ranch, investigators study the crime scene and realize that Brant must've been killed by someone she knew and trusted.
When an Air Force Major is found beaten to death just outside his home police wonder, was it a random act of violence or was his top-secret job at a nearby military base the motive for his murder?
A beloved detective is killed during a shoot out in at a downtown Atlanta hotel. Can his fellow officers, including his own son, bring the two shooters to justice?
After Michael Brinkman is murdered in his home, police must figure out why the two masked home invaders stole nothing and left a series of strange clues at the crime scene.
A young woman's body is found at a popular campsite in the Rocky Mountains, marking the beginning of a terrifying murder mystery.
A young girl disappears on her way home from school, and the police investigate a series of terrifying calls her family received before she went missing.
After an FBI agent's daughter disappears from an airport parking lot, law enforcement officers from across the country rally to help; however, the case quickly evolves into one of the bureau's most difficult and heartbreaking homicide investigations.
A couple walks into their home during a robbery, and a deadly shootout erupts, leaving two people dead; when police begin an investigation, they discover that the home invasion may not have been what it appeared to be.
After a woman disappears from her home, police work tirelessly to track her last known movements, following a trail of videotape.
A young woman travels to California in pursuit of a Hollywood dream and winds up the victim of a savage homicide.
A young records clerk at a police department is murdered on her way to work her overnight shift.
An independent young woman starting out in life on her own, becomes the victim of a bizarre and vicious homicide in her apartment.
A young woman getting ready to be a bridesmaid at her best friend's wedding is found viciously stabbed to death in her own home.
Investigators must identify a gunman who murdered a young mother but spared her child asleep in her car seat in the back of her minivan.
A young woman is found stabbed to death locked inside a locker at a storage facility.
A young woman is found drowned in her bathtub and the evidence at the crime scene indicates her killer was someone she knew and trusted.
When a teenage girl is found murdered after a night out with friend, Police must retrace her final steps to find her killer.
When a young mother disappears, a series of text messages from her phone lead police to believe she left on her own. Then, her family uncovers evidence that she may have actually been the victim of foul play.
Two young girls are lured into a deadly trap by a vicious sexual predator. Can the lone survivor of the attack help police bring her best friend's killer to justice?
A daughter's quest to see her birth mother's murder solved is complicated when police discover the prime suspect is in the wind.
A jeep swerves off a dark stretch of road and takes the life of a loving mother. But when law enforcement arrives, they discover evidence that the accident wasn't the cause of her death.
When the body of a teenage girl is found in the Columbia River, police wonder if she was the victim of an accident or suicide. But the evidence reveals it was the beginning of disturbing murder mystery.
The unsolved murder of a teenager torments a small midwestern city for decades until a relentless team of investigators finally finds the clue that breaks the case wide open.
When a young mother disappears police painstakingly retrace her last known movements. The trail of clues they uncover leads to a shocking and heartbreaking discovery.
A compassionate and friendly woman's dream vacation turns into a deadly nightmare when she crosses paths with a wolf in sheep's clothing.
A beloved mother of four disappears just days after her stepdaughter vanishes. Police must investigate if their complicated relationship has led to tragedy.
After a young girl disappears on her way home from school, police find her blue raincoat 30 miles away. It marks the start of a heartbreaking homicide investigation.
A young woman's strange encounter with a man outside her home becomes the thread that unravels a terrifying murder mystery.
A teenager vanishes during a walk to the store on a cold winter night. The next morning police find her lifeless body in a snowbank six miles away.
When a loving father is found murdered execution-style in his own home, investigators must follow the trail of his missing car to find his cold-blooded killer.
When a young girl is found murdered in Caledonia NY, police struggle to identify her. The tragedy leads the town make her one of their own, with the name Cali-Doe.
A young woman riding her bicycle is forced off the road and murdered. Police chase her killer for decades until an overlooked clue ultimately leads to justice.
A female active-duty soldier dies in a brutal attack during a night out with members of her unit. Police try to determine if a secret fear she mentioned to her mother is the motive for her murder.
Investigators must overturn a shocking decision before they can solve the hauntingly familiar murder of a teenager.
As police investigate the gruesome murder of a mother and child, they realize all the evidence indicates the killer was someone the victims knew and trusted.
A beautiful young woman turns up savagely murdered in a bar parking lot. As investigators retrace her last known steps, several suspects with possible motives come on their radar.
Police wonder if a young woman's personalized license plate, FLRT 12, makes her a target for murder or if a far more sinister plot is behind the crime.
Police find a giant sword bent in half, alongside a victim who has been savagely murdered. Investigators must sort through the details of his complicated life in order to bring his killer to justice.
After a loving mother is murdered inside her own home, police focus on their two best clues - a blood-stained hammer and a dust footprint.
A romantic date at a high school Valentine's dance turns into a night or terror when a beautiful teenager is abducted from her boyfriend's arms at gunpoint.
An unidentified woman is found callously murdered in an off-campus apartment. Police have no leads on the case until her terrified neighbor shares a chilling story.
The baffling murder of a beautiful young woman leads police to zero in on two potential suspects: her new boyfriend and an obsessed stalker.
The search for a man who murdered a single mother might lead police to the perpretrator of a second brutal crime with chilling similarities.
A college co-ed disappears, and her family launches a desperate investigation to find her. What they discover will change their lives forever.
A murdered teenager's body mysteriously turns up in a rural Iowa countryside. Will the smallest clue be the key to bringing her killer to justice?
As police try to solve a disturbing homicide, each step of the investigation reveals another layer in a spiderweb of tragedy.
A young mother vanishes, leaving behind nothing but puzzling clues and disturbing questions. Will a needle in the mud reveal the truth behind her disappearance?
Puzzling clues and odd witness accounts create huge challenges for investigators trying solve a young girls murder. Will finding lost evidence be the key to identifying her killer?
Police investigating the brutal murder of a young woman ask themselves a chilling question: Was the ambush style shooting that ended the victim's life, actually a terrifying case of mistaken identity?
A homicide and its disturbing details devastate a teenager's loving family, leaving a tight-knit community to wonder if their loved one could become the next victim.
After the murder of a young girl walking to school, police race to catch her killer before he can destroy another loving family.
The chilling murder of Lee Rotatori and the bizarre crime scene evidence police found inside her motel room mark the beginning of a heartbreaking homicide investigation with multiple victims.
When a young girl vanishes under mysterious circumstances, police must discover if she simply ran away or was actually the victim of something far more sinister.
The murder of a young college student in her off-campus apartment leads police to believe the killer may be someone she knew and the investigation into the crime threatens to tear her grieving family apart.
Puzzling evidence and shifting witness accounts hide a terrifying crime.
A teenage girl discovers her mother's true identity, along with a telegram that says she's been murdered; her crusade to bring a killer to justice may also bring her closer to the woman she never knew.
Police must solve the murder of a young mother who was savagely strangled to death in her bed while her two young sons slept just steps away; decades of investigating reveal an unthinkable betrayal of trust.
After police find a young mother bound and murdered in her bedroom, her family challenges police to bring a heartless killer to justice.
Police try to make sense of the confusing crime scene and find the person who killed a young mother.
Police must analyze a long emotional and rage-filled 911 call to see if it was made by by a distraught husband or a killer trying to cover his tracks.
A woman finds a young mother murdered following a festive New Year's celebration.
The police must identify the killer of a young mother based only on her frantic words in a disconnected 911 call.
To solve a brutal murder police must challenge confessions and lies.
A young girl vanishes on a trip to the mailbox; her abandoned pink bicycle may be the key to solving the disturbing mystery.
Blood spattered from a young woman’s apartment balcony to the parking lot below could lead police to her coldly calculated murderer. Season Premiere.
A mysterious late-night call requesting last rites for a loved one leads to the shocking murder of a beloved priest.
The police look to find the killer of an unidentified woman found bound, frozen and shot to death in the mountains of Utah.
Painful questions torment a loving husband after his wife's brutal murder; in particular, the community's doubts about whether he had been her killer.
Police must track down the vicious killer of two separate Jane Doe victims, murdered in a shockingly similar way.
The abduction of a young girl sends a relentless detective on a quest to bring justice to her heartbroken family.
A young mother is murdered inside her home, and her family hopes to help put her killer behind bars.
A daughter receives an odd text from her mother's phone claiming she left town with a new man, which is the first clue that something is very wrong. The ensuing investigation uncovers more troubling evidence proving her worst fears have come true.
Someone abducts a 12-year-old girl returning home from her church choir recital, staying alone for less than one hour.
Did a woman's crusade to teach children to read lead to her murder? Police ultimately realize their only hope of finding an answer is to follow the clues left behind by the victim.
A look at a witness account that could lead a small-town police department in the wrong direction as it tries to solve the murder of a friend.
Will the chilling evidence found inside a quaint Utah bookstore bring the killer of its beloved owner to justice?
Police investigate the terrifying mystery behind the murder of two teenage girls; either they were victims of a targeted attack, or they had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Police must connect the crime scene evidence from two eerily similar murders to put one vicious killer where he belongs - behind bars.
Police struggle to dissect the love triangle that led to the murder of a young woman. Was her jilted husband responsible, or was it her jealous new boyfriend?
Can police solve the murder of a young woman killed while celebrating her graduation from U.S. Naval training?
Police discover that the successful wife of a popular DJ has been murdered; the array of video cameras in the neighborhood could help bring her killer to justice.
Police use a revolutionary new technique to sort through a long list of guests and employees at the Paradise Ranch to find the one person responsible for a savage murder.
A look inside the homicide investigation of a well-regarded reality star; the bitter truth behind a murder perpetrated by a "Welcome to Sweetie Pies" cast member.
Police uncover a trail of evidence that indicates that a missing young woman has been the victim of foul play.