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When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.

For homicide investigators, it's a race against time as they track their deadliest foe: A serial killer for whom killing is the only way to feel alive.

While camping with her family in Montana, a seven-year-old girl was abducted from her tent. No one in the campground witnessed the crime and the kidnapper left no clues.

When a paramilitary faction used bombs and robbery to further their cause, they crossed the line. The well-organized terror cell was difficult to define, and even harder to stop.

Missouri v. Joseph Elledge. An exchange student found a career and a love match in the idyllic Missouri university town of Columbia. It was a shock to their friends and family when she disappeared, leaving both her child and cell phone behind. The missing persons case made headlines as police divers painstakingly searched a nearby river without success. But then a discovery - hikers stumbled on the remains of a corpse in the woods, and forensic experts confirmed it was Mengqi. The “no body” case was now officially a murder case with strong forensic evidence matching dirt on the killer’s boots to the dirt at her gravesite.

An 86-year-old woman is stabbed and strangled in her home, within the secure walls of the upscale gated community of canyon lake, california. Before the body is cold, another elderly woman is brutally slain. Investigators can’t find a motive, and the violence against the frail victims is so shockingly over-the-top, they fear there’s a psychopathic serial killer on the loose. While the community cowers in fear, and people move their elderly parents out of canyon lake, police race to stop the killer in time. In their investigation, they dig deep for the scanty forensic evidence, befriend potential suspects, and are appalled by a callous post-kill ritual that becomes the murderer’s trademark.

Nicole Abusharif, 26, murders her partner Rebecca Klein for the insurance money, then leaves her body in the boot of her car for a night of drinking with her young lover, Rose.

Law student Adrienne Hickson fatally stabs her boyfriend Shawn Washington with the knife for her birthday cake when he helps his friends move instead of spending the day with her.

New couple Leon and Valerie have one unfortunate thing in common – they both hate their exes. When Leon's ex-wife and Valerie's ex-husband are targeted for murder, it becomes a case of he said/she said. Who hired a hitman?

The small town of Enderby, British Columbia is shattered after well- loved residents, Derk Roelfsema and Audrey Foster-Roelfsema, are found murdered in their own home. As rumours fly about the violent crime, authorities struggle to solve a case with multiple theories, little evidence, and no clear suspects.

When mother of two Shaundra Murr is run over in front of her house, officers initially suspect a hit and run. Until Lt. Joe Kenda uncovers evidence proving Shaundra’s murder was a crime of passion, and the killer was driven by jealousy and rage.

Dorothea Puente spent much of the 1980Õs providing shelter for the elderly and infirm in her Sacramento boardinghouse. It wasnÕt until the first body was found in her backyard that authorities realized Dorothea was not the sweet old woman she first appeared to be.

Fear grips the students of Southern Illinois University when the violated body of senior Susan Schumake is discovered near a popular campus trail. Years of tireless investigation finally reveals a remorseless killer.

When police reveal that a slew of murders are the work of a serial killer, a 36-year-old woman believes the killer could be the man who is stalking her.