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Just outside the sleepy town of Athens, WI., Kenneth Kunz returns to his family farm to find four of his family members murdered and one missing.

The chief of police in Sparta, MI leads an investigation into what happened to his family friend and babysitter, Julia Dawson. Julia is reported missing when she doesn't come from Christmas shopping, and her body is found beneath a snowbank, weeks later. While evidence mounts against one suspect, it would take more than three years before investigators are able to make an arrest.

Forensic entomology: Bugs have roamed the earth for 250 million years, but their intimate association with death is just now coming to life. The kinds of insects on bodies, along with their stage of development, can pinpoint time of death and help identify victims.

Dr. G works on unexplained deaths in orange and osceola counties in florida, as well as similar deaths from her previous employment as an associate medical examiner in bexar county, texas. The show features dramatic re-enactments of the events leading up to the person's death as well as the autopsies. Interviews with dr. G, family members, and other people connected to the deaths are also shown.

After a mother is found murdered on a deserted road outside of town, four years go by with investigators linking evidence to an air force base where a standardized testing scheme helps link the murderer to the crime.

The beauty of the Grand Canyon turns to horror when Donna Spangler falls over the edge to her death while hiking with her husband. Her husband, Robert, claims it was a terrible accident, but bad luck seems to have a way of following Robert Spangler around. Fifteen years earlier his first wife and their two children were found dead in their home. At the time, it was deemed a murder-suicide, but Robert’s wives certainly have a tendency for meeting violent ends. Is Robert just unlucky, or is there something more sinister afoot?

Mark Winger enters his dining room to find his wife Donnah being attacked by an intruder. Mark gets his gun and shoots the attacker, but he is too late – both his wife and her alleged killer are pronounced dead. The intruder is later identified as Roger Harrington, a driver who may have been harassing the Wingers. It appears to be an open and shut case for police – a crazed Roger attacked Donnah and her husband heroically tried to stop it. But Roger Harrington’s family refuses to believe that he was capable of such insane behaviour, and for at least one detective, there’s one piece of evidence that doesn’t quite fit.

Payette, Idaho is a quiet farming town where everyone knows everyone. There hasn’t been a homicide there for a decade until teacher Libbi Baune is found stabbed to death in her bedroom. It looks as though she may have interrupted a robbery in progress, because who would intentionally target Libbi? According to all who knew her, she was a kind soul who always did whatever she could to help people. But if Libbi was adept at giving, it’s looking like she may have crossed paths with a killer who only understands how to take.

Successful businessman Ben Novack Jr. is the organiser for a large convention in New York, until he is shockingly found dead in his hotel room, his face beaten by barbells and his eyes gouged out with a knife. Someone really wanted Ben to suffer. Ben was an extremely wealthy man, so any number of people could have wanted him dead if there was money involved. At first, clues are scarce, but then police receive an anonymous letter, and it may just contain the answers they are looking for. It seems that while Ben planned a convention, someone else was planning his murder.

After growing up in a tiny coal town and pulling herself up by her bootstraps, a FBI secretary had a whole lot to live for. But out of nowhere, her promising life is cut short leaving friends wonder who would snuff out such a vivacious woman in her prime?

Two double homicides committed five years apart lead police to suspect a serial killer is to blame.

When a murder is committed and deceit clouds the evidence, investigators turn to science and technology to uncover the truth and expose a murderous lie and capture the killer.

In criminal investigations, a simple clue can provide the missing link by placing a suspect at a crime scene. Dirt left on shoes, tires or clothes, or even a tiny piece of plastic can pinpoint a crime scene. But it takes the keen eye of the forensic investigator to follow the trail of evidence that leads to the killer.

Arizona v. Mark Gooch. A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park was shocked to discover the body of a young woman in a traditional long dress, wearing black dress shoes. Her Mennonite family and friends were stunned — she had no known enemies and was a beloved, studious young woman, who loved books. How did she end up dead so far from home? Using sophisticated investigation techniques, police analyzed cell phone tower records and grainy surveillance videos that led them to their number one suspect.

Dr. G works on unexplained deaths in orange and osceola counties in florida, as well as similar deaths from her previous employment as an associate medical examiner in bexar county, texas. The show features dramatic re-enactments of the events leading up to the person's death as well as the autopsies. Interviews with dr. G, family members, and other people connected to the deaths are also shown.

Dr. G works on unexplained deaths in orange and osceola counties in florida, as well as similar deaths from her previous employment as an associate medical examiner in bexar county, texas. The show features dramatic re-enactments of the events leading up to the person's death as well as the autopsies. Interviews with dr. G, family members, and other people connected to the deaths are also shown.

A microscopic clue and a stroke of luck help authorities solve the murder of a young woman that took place inside her Jacksonville Beach, Fla., home.

A man dies in a shooting incident after tempers flare in a confrontation in Montana's Glacier National Park.

A look at the crimes committed by Charles Manson and his followers in 1969, including archival footage and interviews with those close to the events.

The investigation into a newlywed's disappearance focuses on her job as a CIA employee as a possible clue.

When an Iowa man is gunned down in his sleep, suspicions swirl around his fiancée. But the list of suspects soon expands to include her two ex-boyfriends and a mysterious case of stolen identity.