In Texas, a wife files a missing person's report after her husband Bobby doesn't come home one evening.
When a dependable 16-year-old girl misses her curfew, her family knows something is wrong. This episode recounts the murder of Carol Hutto through the eyes of Detective Tom Knapp.
Bill, Nancy and her 8 year-old daughter Sarah live a happy life in the Arkansas Ozarks. When their bodies are pulled from the dark murky waters of the Illious Bayou, police are devestated by the sight. Who would slaughter a family?
In Florida, when Andrea White suddenly disappears, leaving her four children behind, her concerned friends and family contact police. As detectives investigate, they uncover a twisted, two-faced killer with a double life.
When the body of a teenage girl is found dumped on the muddy banks of the Trinity River, Texas police identify her as 13-year-old Krystal Baker. Sixteen years pass before Krystal's killer is brought to justice.
Kenneth Richardson is a family man and a minister who knows the Bible by heart. When his body is found on the grimy banks of a boat ramp, detectives discover an arrow was the weapon of choice. Who would hunt a preacher for prey, and why?
Heather Strong is a responsible, well-loved mother of two. Detectives find her body rotting in a swampy overgrowth and the investigation that follows untangles a web of romance and friendship that led to obsession, betrayal and murder.
14-year-old Gina Marie's body is discovered in a marsh near an orange grove brutally raped and strangled. What follows is four decades of a game of cat and mouse. Will Gina's Marie Justi's killer ever be held accountable?
Angela Crowley's body turns up partially clothed and strangled on the murky banks of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Detectives discover shocking secrets as they unravel the mystery of who stalked and killed the innocent 21 year-old.
The headless body of 34 year old Beverly McGowan turns up near the swampy shores of the Everglades. The murder takes detectives on a 12-year manhunt for an elusive and ruthless suspect.
15-year-old Allison Tornensis disappears from the small town of Quilcene, Washington. One week later, her body washes up on the murky shores of the Little Quil River. Who in this tiny town of 500 murdered Allison?
Kathy Goble is a beloved mother of two and popular sales woman at a high end men's store in Charleston West Virginia. When she doesn't show up to work on a spring day in 2010, her co-workers and family know something's up. What happened to Kathy Goble?
Near Asheville, N.C., a young mother is stabbed four times in the chest and left for dead in the French Broad River, but she survives long enough to seek out help and to leave a cryptic clue for detectives.
The disappearance of a woman from her broken-down car in Beaumont, Texas, is investigated. Her husband left to fetch them another ride; and when he returned, just a few minutes later, she was gone.
A Lakota teenager disappears from the town of Mobridge, S.D., causing racial tensions to erupt; when her body is found in the shallows of the Missouri River, detectives are confounded on both sides of the divide.
On the morning of her 50th birthday, a woman is found face down in Suqualena Creek near Meridien, Miss.; detectives soon discover the victim's daughter and her best friend are both keeping secrets.
In Crox Springs, La., a young woman disappears from the parking lot of a roadhouse, and her frantic boyfriend suspects she has reconnected with an old flame with deadly consequences.
In Albany, N.Y., a young woman disappears after storming out of the house to find her wayward boyfriend, then her body is found on the banks of the Hudson River.
A missing persons case in Ava, Mo., turns into a murder investigation when the 47-year-old victim's body is discovered nearby Cowskin Creek.
A U.S. Army medic enjoys a night out at a dive bar near Fort Bragg, N.C., but she never makes it home; police cannot figure out what happened to her even after dogs pick up her scent in a nearby swamp.
A college student is eager to drive home to see her parents but never makes it there, then her body surfaces in the Oconee River, and detectives come to realize someone has been lying to them.
A young woman leaves home to join a Goth community in Manchester, N.H., then something truly sinister happens when she disappears from a roadside bar.
In Sheffield, Ala., 36-year-old Kimra Riley heads to a bar looking for fun but finds something far more sinister; later,. her body is found on the banks of the Tennessee River.
A judge discovers the body of 22-year-old Misty Morse, bound and floating in the marshy waters of Florida's Indian River.
When the torso of single mother Mary Stetson washes up along Manchester, NH’s Piscataquog River, police retrace her final steps. But every place along Mary’s path presents new mysteries, and people who aren’t as innocent as they first appear.
Jody Lynn Wolfe's body washes up on the banks of Dry Creek Canal in Fresno, Calif., and detectives learn more about the young teenager's life during the course of their investigation and realize her murder hits close to home.
Fifteen-year-old Linda Strait fails to return home after a trip to the store, then her body is found near the Spokane River, and detectives will spend the rest of their careers searching for Strait's killer.
After 53-year-old Barbara Hefner disappears from her Georgia residence, her body is found floating in nearby Folly Lake; during the investigation, police officers uncover a a recent inheritance and a secret affair.
The body of 39-year-old Beverly Jackson is found in a car pulled from a Florida canal; the police explore the single mother's routine and relationships, but it will take the help of a hotline tipster to track down her killer.
After a baby is found abandoned along Ohio's Scioto River, police discover the child's mother has been murdered, and then they uncover secrets about someone in the young mother's past while investigating the case.
Former beauty queen Jackie Johns' body is found floating in Missouri's Lake Springfield, and as officers pore over Johns' list of admirers, they soon discover the fine line between love and hate.
Nineteen-year-old Raquel Rayas is found bleeding to death along California's Deep Creek Spillway, then she dies before detectives can learn anything from her, and they turn to a mysterious telephone number for help.
The body of wealthy Richard Hodges is found along the Missouri River.
Twenty-three-year-old Navy veteran Raul Mendoza is found murdered after a night out in Houston, and police get a tip from Mendoza's sister pointing to someone they have met before.
In Oklahoma, the body of 18-year-old Jarret Clark is found floating in a lake, bringing a party in the woods to a tragic end; agents interview campers and come across a key witness.
The body of 18-year-old Tina Hendricks is found floating in a Florida canal.
After 32-year-old Mark Mueller's body is pulled from the shore of Lake Michigan, police wonder how his favorite fishing spot became a scene for murder; a burned-out car found miles away provides some answers.
After the body of 18-year-old Sharyn Kills Back is found in a storm drain, Arlington, Texas, detectives are left with few leads; then, a tip comes in 20 years later, and detectives band together to bring her killer to justice.
After 30-year-old Lloyd Tobin is gunned down on a lakefront beach in Texas, his family launches their own investigation to help police solve the case; then, more than 20 years later, closure comes from a surprising source.
The lives of two Georgia teenagers are lost after shots ring out on a remote Florida beach; even with officers from two jurisdictions on the case, leads are scarce, then an unexpected call comes in and promises swift resolution.
Twenty-two-year-old mother Shawn Williams heads to the store late one night and never comes home, then her body is found the following day along an Oklahoma river; investigators wonder if one of the men in Williams' life might be her killer.
The body of 20-year-old transgender woman CeCe Dove is found floating in a pond 20 miles from her Cleveland home, and detectives consider motives personal and primal as they hunt down her ruthless killer.