Friday

When a hit-and-run boating accident caused the death of a popular young man, investigators faced the daunting task of searching for one boat among 1,200 others. They asked anyone who had seen the accident to come forward. The man who responded did much more than witness the crash; he was a passenger in that other boat.

A woman was found dead on the bedroom floor of her apartment. The crime scene yielded little of value, and investigators wondered if they would find enough evidence to make a case, much less catch a killer. But a bloodstained sheet and a breakthrough forensic technique enabled them to identify the murderer, and convince the jury of his guilt.

A young man was killed in a mysterious car crash, but the evidence at the scene led investigators to believe it was not an accident. Forensic science revealed what really happened, and the truth devastated three families.

Forensic sculpting: Forensic sculptors retrieve people from oblivion. Using clay and an intricate knowledge of anatomy, forensic arts place a face on an unidentified skull, recreating the victim's likeness, which often leads to his name.

Shirley Russell was determined enough to reach the rank of Captain in the United States Marine Corps. When this officer turned up missing, her colleagues refused to believe she had gone AWOL. It was unclear whether Captain Shirley Russell was alive.

A businessman went to Florida to make one last deal before he retired-he never returned home to his millions. Authorities examined who was closest to him and who stood to gain from his disappearance. But this time conventional rules didn’t apply.

Wisconsin v. Prokopovitz. When Victoria Prokopovitz went missing in 2013, her three grown children were beside themselves with worry. Her husband, James Prokopovitz, seemed oddly unconcerned about his wife’s disappearance, telling police she often wandered off and had twice tried to commit suicide. Despite a massive search, Victoria was never found. But a private detective who saw news reports of the missing woman offered his help to Victoria’s eldest daughter Marsha who kept up a Facebook campaign over the years hoping for clues about her mother’s disappearance.

The 1996 summer olympics in atlanta, georgia are rocked by a massive pipe bomb explosion. A woman is killed and hundreds injured. Subsequent bombs at an abortion clinic and a gay bar show a similar m.O., And increasing refinement. Police have no clue who is behind the bombings until they receive a letter signed by ‘the army of god’, an anti-abortion, anti-gay, white supremacist group. When another abortion clinic is bombed in birmingham, alabama, a witness sees a suspicious man leaving the scene and gets his license number. Police are soon on the trail of christian extremist eric rudolph, but it will take a five year manhunt through the rugged terrain of the natahala national forest before they can catch america’s most wanted criminal.

When 71-year-old Colleen Harris discovered her 73-year-old husband Robert was having a long-distance affair with a 35-year-old woman in Mongolia, she decided to teach him a lesson.

Adam Mayes' best friend has two young daughters - with whom Adam has a twisted obsession. He kills their mother and elder sister before kidnapping the two younger girls.

Reality TV personality Andre Montgomery is shot dead in St Louis. As detectives investigate, they uncover a stunning murder-for-hire conspiracy that leads back to a member of his own family, revealing a betrayal almost beyond belief.

Fredrick Banks is an eccentric senior who loves to show off his vintage cars and wallet stuffed with cash. When he is found slain in his garage, authorities hunt for the mysterious stranger who has recently been spotted lurking in town. And it turns out, the drifter has a lot to hide.

When carefree restaurant worker Donald Ott is found shot to death on Christmas Day, friends tell police he didn’t have an enemy in the world. But when Lt. Joe Kenda speaks with family, he learns of a relative with a long criminal history who might hold the key to the mystery.

In the winter of 1968, the prairie city of Saskatoon is ravaged by a string of savage rapes. A few months later, fears are bolstered when a young nurse is found raped and murdered in an alley near her home. Police attention is brought to a young man named David Milgaard - the evidence on him is thin, but the court finds him guilty. After spending nearly 20 years in prison, David continues to plead his innocence. Through the undying faith of his mother, the real killer is slowly discovered to be a man named Larry Fisher. Approaching the turn of the century new DNA technologies finally exonerate David and plant the real killer, Larry Fisher, behind bars for life.

A Maine father of four is found shot to death after going out for a beer. Is he the victim of a family squabble? Did he run afoul of local crooks? Years later, an unrelated cold case and a guilty conscience help bring the killer to justice.