Wednesday

Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. Police found the victim in the caller’s house, lying in a pool of blood with the gun next to her on the floor. The autopsy revealed that the gunshot wound was not self-inflicted… and the evidence found on her body would give police a golden opportunity to catch her killer.

Willow Springs, Illinois, seemed like any other quiet Midwestern community. But it was really one of the most corrupt places in the nation. This tiny village, nestled just outside of Chicago, was in the hip pocket of organized crime.

In Miami, a gang of robbers targeted banks and armored cars. They carried assault weapons and weren’t afraid to use them. They struck during the day, and sometimes twice a day. For awhile, they seemed unstoppable.

A former fort worth police officer calls 911 late one evening. Emergency personnel respond to find his wife on their bed, dead from a gunshot wound to the chest, which her husband claims was self inflicted. Ballistic tests, fingerprint analysis and polygraph tests are inconclusive, finally blood splatter experts must be used before accusing the ex-cop with the death of his wife.

Charities lavished gifts on Gypsy Lee Blanchard, a sympathetic young girl confined to a wheelchair. The Make-a-wish foundation sent her on trips and Habitat for Humanity built her a home. But it all came to end when her mother was found murdered and Gypsy went missing, leaving her wheelchair behind. As the murder investigation got underway the local Sheriff reported “Things aren’t exactly what they seemed to be”.

The most annoying suspects face off with police.

Heather and Mark Arthur had been married 30 years. But their marriage wasn’t always a happy one: Mark was controlling and jealous, and eventually Heather decided she wanted out. Leaving him was bad enough, but when she confessed to finding new love, Mark’s jealousy boiled over.

Bill Taylor loved wife Angela, even when she rowed with his son about money, even when she left him, even when she met new partner Paul Cannon. But Angela hated Bill, because he refused to divorce her. The answer, in Angela and Paul’s minds, was to end the marriage by any means necessary.

Greg Williams was Michele’s knight in shining armour. A mother of three, working in the sex industry, Greg was her ticket to a luxurious life in a gated community. When an intruder managed to breach their mansion’s security and attack the couple, detectives were left to untangle a baffling mystery.

Like father, like daughter... Maria Sanutti-Spencer revelled in her dad Rocco’s criminal past, and threatened violent retribution for anyone who crossed her. Little wonder her husband Frank was wary of her. As their marriage broke down, he saw first hand what she and her father were capable of.

A beloved teacher was brutally murdered in her own home just days before Christmas, leaving a community in shock. For 25 years, the case remained unsolved—until an unexpected break in DNA technology revealed a connection no one saw coming.

When a beloved church official is found murdered in a popular public park investigators have few leads. A controversial method also fails to heat up the cold case. Then an old secret reveals a new suspect and leads Lt Joe Kenda down the right trail.

Willow Springs, Illinois, seemed like any other quiet Midwestern community. But it was really one of the most corrupt places in the nation. This tiny village, nestled just outside of Chicago, was in the hip pocket of organized crime.

In Miami, a gang of robbers targeted banks and armored cars. They carried assault weapons and weren’t afraid to use them. They struck during the day, and sometimes twice a day. For awhile, they seemed unstoppable.

Krystal, a married practicing Pagan, becomes involved in a local Wiccan-themed TV program and the host's interest in her escalates into a deadly obsession.