Thursday

An armed robbery is a terrifying ordeal. When a gang descended on a Los Angeles cash vault, they threatened to kill anyone who resisted. The violent assault was the largest heist in U.S. history and a piece of plastic was the only evidence.

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.

The murder trial of prominent lawyer Tex McIver transfixed Atlanta. McIver claimed his gun accidentally went off, unintentionally shooting his wife in the back as they drove home. But, did McIver have a secret motive to want his wife dead?

Suspects will do anything to avoid arrest, including hiding in bizarre places.

Investigators are shocked when Melissa White is discovered murdered in her backyard, but they discover a troubling secret about her neighbors that could help.

Dedicated mother Carla Fuqua disappears after going out with friends at night, causing her family to panic as she usually never leaves her son behind.

John Tarwacki Sr. finds the dead bodies of his son and daughter-in-law, but the only evidence to the brutal crime is found in the snow.

A well-known local in the small town of Auburn, N.H., is found murdered, and rumors start up since the suspects are his three closest friends.

Women are being attacked in their beds at night. At each crime scene police find no trace of forced entry and are baffled as to how this intruder is gaining access to apartments sometimes more than 15 stories up. Unraveling the killerÕs modus operandi and eyewitness accounts lead detectives to Russell Johnson Ð a handsome and well-built man who actually scales apartment balconies to find his victims. Pressured into a hasty and premature arrest, detectives must gain the evidence they need from the killers unstable mind, otherwise this balcony climber could walk free to hunt again.

When a group of friends discover the corpse of small time entrepreneur Jamie Foster hidden under a blanket, police initially think they’ve caught the killers dead to rights. But when Lt. Joe Kenda digs deeper, he discovers that Foster’s business put him in close quarters with a host of unsavory characters.

Wealth has its rewards, but it also brings its dangers. Kidnapping is one of them. No ordeal is more horrifying for a family than to have a child taken.

An armed robbery is a terrifying ordeal. When a gang descended on a Los Angeles cash vault, they threatened to kill anyone who resisted. The violent assault was the largest heist in U.S. history and a piece of plastic was the only evidence.