Paskiel Wolfe seeks revenge for the dismemberment of his son; 18-year-old Brook Weber desperately tries to escape from the metal footlocker in which she has been imprisoned; a rookie detective is assigned to a case that will define his career.
An 11-year-old girl makes a gruesome discovery in her own home; a woman is desperate to reach her mother but has a sickening feeling that something horrible has happened; a murder case rattles a homicide detective to her core.
In Middle River, Md., 1994, a murder rocks a family's Christmas celebration; a woman prepares a holiday dinner for a son who never arrives; a detective unearths a dark secret that shatters a town's faith.
In Portland, Ore., a young woman survives a vicious attack; a mother sees her worst nightmare come true; a detective investigating a series of murders finds out the killer is someone he's met before.
In New Castle, Del., 1994, a deadly fire claims a victim, leaving a woman shaken by her sister's death; a detective learns the fire was not an accident, while a man discovers his brother's true nature.
In Rockville, Md., 1993, a woman finds her sister and nephew killed in cold blood; a daughter becomes an unwitting pawn in a brutal murder plot; a prosecutor makes it his personal mission to bring a killer to justice.
A district attorney grapples with multiple gruesome homicides in Wichita Falls, Texas; a grieving man meets his daughter's killer face to face; a man is accused of murdering his wife.
In 1981, a teenager forms a search party to find his missing 5-year-old sister; in 1995, a woman searches for her young son who disappeared while playing near the river; an officer prays when she recognizes the prime suspect in both cases.
In 2001, a man's visit home turns into a desperate search for his missing father; a detective uncovers a murder with a stunning revelation about a group of children; a woman struggles to believe her son could be involved in a vicious crime.
In 1990, a teenage boy vanishes; nearly two decades later, there's still no trace of him, dead or alive; it's a mother's worst nightmare, but one detective refuses to stop looking until he's able to solve this mystery.
A 13-year-old girl escapes her captors, then lives in fear they'll return to kill her; a young boy learns his father's fate and realizes his nightmares are memories; a prison break leads a rookie cop on the hunt for two ruthless murderers.
In 1991, Brandi McClain falls in love with a handsome skateboarder known as Gator; though Gator claims to find God with the help of a well-meaning preacher, no one knows that his dark side lurks dangerously close to the surface.
In Santa Claus, Ga., a 10-year-old girl is kidnapped from her bed in the middle of the night; a woman fears something terrible has happened at her friend's home; while making a routine welfare check, a deputy discovers a house of horrors.
In 1994, a high school student holds his class hostage at gunpoint; as students, teachers and police face impending disaster, they have no idea that the worst of the day's carnage is yet to be discovered.
When a woman's marriage takes a violent turn, her daughter seeks refuge at the nearby home of a caring neighbor; however, she has no idea that her safe haven is not at all what it seems.
In 1996, Larry Schlegel visits his elderly mother at the hospital one last time before she succumbs to pneumonia; years later, police inform Schlegel that his mother's death was not at all what it seemed.
In October 1980, one brave woman falls victim to the notorious South Hill rapist. While a desperate detective hunts down the vile attacker, another man has no idea that the suspect they're all looking for has been under his nose the entire time.
In 1993, a child in need of help leads to a shootout in broad daylight, and an officer down. The gunmen flee the scene, but Alabama police are not about to let them get away.
A woman is attacked in Harrisburg, Pa., and police eye a local family man as the suspect; however, one detective believes this attack isn't a one-off but perpetrated by a serial killer.
When Grant Hardin is arrested for murder, his wife, Linda, believes police have the wrong man; then, officers show up at Linda's door with evidence of another crime, and her devotion is put to the test.
In 2005, a woman interrupts the murder of her grandson; the investigation reveals that the witnesses know more than they are letting on.
In 1986, Geri Muck desperately searches for her missing daughter, but she has no idea that she's too late; the prosecutor wants justice, the brother wants revenge, but Geri just wants her daughter back.
In 2006, Officer Mike Kerman is the first to arrive at a house on Hamilton Avenue where neighbors heard possible shots fired; as he enters the quiet home, he has no idea that he'll find a crime scene that will change his life forever.
In 1991, a woman takes her daughter to a busy electronics store to buy a boom box; nearly 9 hours later, she walks out -- a battered survivor of one of the largest hostage crises in U.S. history.
In 2004, a concert is interrupted when a man pulls out a gun, opens fire at the band and takes a hostage. As fans flee, a local police officer must face an active shooter before backup arrives.
In 2009, one woman's long and painful struggle to overcome addiction and help others ends in a way no one ever saw coming.