Tuesday

Mom and Dad aren't perfect -- especially when they're not even around.

In 1995, 8-year-old Maria Piceno of Lemoore, California, is abducted near her home. When her body is recovered, the search for a missing girl turns into a hunt for a vicious killer. Could one woman's searing memories be the key to a shocking truth?

In 1999, Theresa Wesolowski of Germantown, Wisconsin, is found with 46 stab wounds. Unraveling the complex mystery, investigators find a tiny clue that finally nails the killer, hiding in plain sight.

In 1985, a young military wife and two of her three little girls are viciously murdered in their home. In a twisted case filled with unusual suspects, the man who gets convicted goes free. But nothing is what it seems.

In 1994, the brutalized body of a young mother is found in a 55-gallon trash barrel. Did she get caught in a love triangle, or did a coworker's obsession go to far? When the shocking truth is untangled, a vicious killer faces final justice.

An international student is found raped and murdered in the bathroom of her high-rise apartment. Police on the scene have few concrete leads, but painstaking fingerprint analysis finally connects a Malaysian bodybuilder named Tien Poh Su to the crime scene. To bolster the circumstantial evidence, police pursue an elaborate undercover operation to get the blood sample they need to convict a rapist who practices crime Ôby the bookÕ.

A park ranger discovers the corpse of amateur boxer Corey Edge floating in a shallow creek. Lt. Joe Kenda learns the victim had ties to the criminal underworld, and investigates a rogue’s gallery of hustlers, thugs and career criminals. But the case runs cold until Kenda realizes the real killers have been hiding in plain sight.

A small town without any crime was turned inside out by the arrival of one dangerous stranger. Some killers are cold and calculating; others are impulsive, unpredictable, and hard to pin down.

In Langley, Virginia, a terrorist fired into rush hour traffic. The victims seemed randomly selected, but the motive appeared to be political, targeting employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.