At a Fourth of July party in the small town of Traveler's Rest, SC, twenty-year-old Brooke Henson is young and pretty with her whole life ahead of her. But after a fight with her boyfriend, Brooke walks away and vanishes without a trace. And police are left with only witnesses who have conflicting stories and foggy memories.
The sadistic murder of storeowner Lynnea Gran shocks a small Wisconsin town. Police question her son, who found her and called 911, but can develop no solid leads. Then, they catch a break when a nearby town reports a crime remarkably similar in circumstances. But another twist means the case will not be as easy to close as investigators had hoped.
Shelby, Montana: a small town amid stark hard-scrabble land is home to the strange story of Walter Sullivan. Sullivan is a tax collector for the state of Montana, and one morning he's doing his job when he simply disappears. A missing person case quickly turns to a homicide investigation when his car and his body are found at the bottom of a ravine.
In a small Wisconsin town, investigators must solve a baffling mystery. Three members of the Krnak family and their dog have all vanished. The detective's only link to the missing family is the oldest son, Andrew. And police soon realize that this is not a typical missing persons case. There's something more sinister at work.
The vicious and seemingly random murder of housewife Barbara Warthan breaks the peaceful veneer of Cassopolis, Michigan. As police investigate, they dredge up a dark underbelly of crime and drug traffic and discover that Warthan's husband knows more than he's admitting.
When a quiet young Idaho schoolteacher named Kacy Ray is found stabbed to death on a remote country road, investigators are hard-pressed to find anyone with a motive to do her harm. But in the tiny town of Burley, the rumors begin to fly - and police soon have a promising lead on who killed her.
Chicago thug Alejandro Rivera comes to Superior, Wisconsin to build a gang, but it all goes wrong when police catch him in a sting. From jail, Rivera tries to barter his freedom with information on a murder, leading investigators into a web of lies and intimidation that crescendos with an attack against one of their own.
Roswell, Georgia is a quiet suburb removed from the fast pace of neighboring Atlanta. Quiet, that is, until wealthy businessman Lance Herndon is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom. Though there are no signs that point to robbery, a missing laptop may be the key to finding his killer.
In the small town of Ohio, Evelyn Howard, a 72-year-old grandmother has gone missing. Police are left with only cryptic and ominous clues as to what might have happened. Howard's mattress is missing, and blood is found in her bedroom. Investigators chase every lead, but it seems Evelyn has simply vanished. But then, police get a tip that turns this missing person case into a murder investigation.
Law student Doug Norwood is a man with no enemies, or so he thinks. But when someone tries to murder him twice, his girlfriend Cathy has a hunch who it could be ... her ex-husband. Neither Cathy nor Doug has any proof, however, and police in the small university town of Fayetteville Arkansas refuse to take Norwood's claims seriously.
When 24-year-old Tameka Huston goes missing, her hometown of Spartanburg South Carolina goes on high alert. Everyone seems to have a tip about the missing woman, and investigators soon have their hands full running down leads. Before long, their suspicions settle on Huston's boyfriend - but with no crime scene and no body, the investigation stalls.
An elderly couple in Ohio are found slain in their home, and the violence of the crime strikes fear into the small community. Detectives race to track down the killer or killers before they can strike again. But what seems like a simple burglary gone wrong leads investigators to a mysterious, confused woman, and finally to a terrible secret that could tear the shattered family apart again.
When a mutilated body turns up on the side of the road in Palm Beach, Florida, investigators work day and night to discover the identity. The key lies in a piece of jewelry, which is traced back to 50-year-old Isabelle Pedroza, an unassuming wife and mother. As the clock ticks, police sift through her complicated home life to find her killer and find that the final clue lies in a fresh paint job.
In Washington, Jamie Sherer vanishes suddenly. Police can find no trace of her, and the two men in her life- though suspicious- offer little help. The case goes cold for ten years, until another look at it yields new clues. Frustrated by the lack of material evidence, investigators struggle to build a case to put her killer behind bars and bring closure to Jamie's family.
Young medical school student Anthony Proviano disappears on Christmas Eve, and police begin an intense search between his school and his home in Baldwin, Pennsylvania. His body is found near a motel in Ohio, and officials suspect foul play. But they have no leads as to who is responsible, and the case goes cold. 10 years later, an inmate comes forward with new information.
The peaceful community of Monroe, Georgia is shocked when 95-year-old Tom Daniels is found murdered, execution style, in his home. When the autopsy reveals that two guns were used; police fear they have a pair of heartless killers roaming their town. Everyone begins locking their doors at night, praying they aren't next.
In a small Indiana town Brett Dobbins is ambushed and gunned down in his own driveway on his way to work. It's an execution style murder that has the whole town of Greenfield wondering who could be next. And when investigators learn that the Dobbin's home phone lines were being recorded the mystery deepens. Police must unravel a web of lies to uncover a bizarre murder plot.
When 39-year-old Tina Marie Hill goes missing from Social Circle, Georgia, police begin a search that leads them to every corner of the town. They even dig to the bottom of an old well hoping to find her. The case goes cold until a local woman comes forward with disturbing information that sheds new light on an old lead.
In Rockford, Michigan, Ean French is found tortured and shot to death in his home. A search reveals that French was secretly selling drugs and police believe the murder is part of a drug deal gone bad. And eventually a tip from the crime ridden city of Detroit has them tracking not one, but three dangerous killers.
A kind and popular young woman, Sandra Iverson, is found violently murdered in her home in scenic Black River Falls, Wisconsin, leaving the small town on edge and every friend and neighbor suspect. A morbid song leads police all the way to Alaska but it's a pair of pants left at the crime scene that leads police to the killer next door.
On a cold winter night in Sparta, Michigan, Julia Dawson fails to return home from a shopping trip. The police, along with her family and friends frantically search for her for three weeks, but no one can find the missing woman. Finally, a winter thaw hits the town, and a passerby discovers Julia's body, beaten and strangled, near an overpass.
In Cushing, Wisconsin 15-year-old Bruce Brenizer tells police that his whole family left to go shopping and never returned. Officers launch a search party for the missing family, but weeks go by, and no one has seen or heard from the Brenizers. Tragically, police find their station wagon in the woods burned almost beyond recognition. What was once a missing persons case becomes a homicide investigation.
On the side of a deserted highway in California, Kenneth Stahl and his wife Carolyn are found shot to death in their car. Police comb the area for clues but find little evidence, and they are left wondering who could have wanted the upstanding couple dead. With a brutal killer on the loose, police dig into their victim's lives and uncover a rocky marriage full of lies and betrayal.
Firefighters in Winter, Wisconsin respond to a raging blaze at the home of Robert Clark. When they enter the house, they find Clark lying dead in his living room. But to their surprise it was not the fire that killed him, Clark has been shot. Investigators must entire a seedy world of drug dealers and con men to track his killer.
The small town of Hill Country Village, Texas, has its first homicide in over a decade. 69-year-old Edith Camp, family matriarch and pawn shop owner, is found sitting in her chair at home with a bullet hole in the back of her head and a deep gash on her ring finger. Police work to chase down missing heirlooms and family rumors.
In the quiet Syracuse suburb of Van Buren, New York, businessman, Daniel Herbert, is found murdered in his home. Checking into Herbert's books, investigators begin suspect Herbert was caught up in an international financial scam. Police will need to follow the money to catch these cold-blooded killers.
The disappearance of a teen girl sends police and her stricken family on a difficult 20-year search to a final fight for justice.
A sophomore is found raped and strangled in her dorm room and police link DNA to her killer but he may get away with murder.
A college student goes on a bike ride and never returns and after years of false leads police get a break that could crack the case.
A killer is stalking young prostitutes on the streets of OR and police use one of their own to bait him.
A race against the clock in search of their fellow officer when shots echo through Lincolnville, South Carolina.
A 21-year-old student dies in a house fire set by an arsonist on the campus of the University of Maryland.
Allen Ross vanishes without a trace; family and friends dig into his disappearance.
Kristen Laurite pulls into a rest-stop in Morrilton, Arkansas and is never seen alive again.
The execution style murder of a young woman and a small child sends shockwaves through a town.
In Lake Barrington, Illinois, police and fire fighters respond to a deadly blaze.
A tragic house fire claims the lives of four people and it is learned this fire was arson.
Class ring found on badly beaten body and police realize the victim is not who they thought it was.
A fortuneteller and her daughter are found brutally murdered in their home and investigators follow a disturbing trail of clues that takes them deep into the world of Asian occult.
A toddler is rescued from a burning house but 16 year-old Beth Bosworth is found dead and police discover blood at the scene and stab wounds on her body.
The search for a killer takes police into the criminal underworld of a small town, where police uncover the shocking truth.
Teen vanished without a trace until a hard working investigator uncovers a hidden clue.
Fire fighters respond to car flames and when the smoke clears, they discover burnt human remains.
Police fear a serial killer is on the loose after discovering a woman's body on the roadside in TN and another in VA at an earlier time.
Modern science leads to the killer of April Jones years after her body was found rolled up in a carpet in the trash.
The disappearance of a couple send police on a search learning of the strange behavior of a neighbor and a dramatic shoot-out.
A mother and two sons are gunned down in their home and investigators uncover a web of secrets, lust and betrayal.
The investigation into the unexplained death of a firefighter leads to his estranged girlfriend.
Donna Paradis vanishes and her body is found in a wooded area behind a local mall changing this from a missing persons case to a murder investigation.
A fireman vanishes and a week later police receive a 911 call about a body found in a field turning the case into a homicide.
Cold case is blown wide open decades after a father is shot dead while hunting for deer.
The police believe they have the wrong man behind bars for the murder and rape of a 58 year old woman.
