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Arson investigation: Insurance torchings, mob burnouts and arson murders: These crimes are designed to take all clues with them. But a solid case can be built from a heap of ashes. Arson investigators do everything from gathering physical evidence to mounting undercover and sting operations.

When a divorced woman married to a verbally abusive husband is found murdered in her bed, all signs point to him until his alibi rules him out, forcing the investigators to hunt for two years until they stumble across the murderer with a shady past that’s closer than expected to the victim.

When a young FBI employee is found strangled to death in her own home, all signs point to her abusive ex until her diligent co-workers piece together the clues over several years to reveal the killer is someone very unexpected and has a past of violent behaviour.

After a mother is found murdered on a deserted road outside of town, four years go by with investigators linking evidence to an air force base where a standardized testing scheme helps link the murderer to the crime.

When the clan-like Amish circle their wagons around a brutal murder amongst their own, investigators must dig deep to unearth the chilling secrets behind the simple façade of Amish country.

A carjacking murder is far more than it appears when police piece together surveillance videos and track the killer who parked the car and walked away.

In a jealous rage, 57-year-old professor George Zinkhan murders his wife, her lover and shoots other members of their amateur theatre troupe.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop is denied tenor, and it results in deadly consequences for her co-workers.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

While her 10-year-old daughter listens upstairs, failed self-help guru Derek Medina shoots his wife during an argument, then casually posts pictures of her dead body on Facebook.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

After a night of drinking, 45-year-old Ana Trujillo bludgeons her on-again-off-again lover Stefan Andersson to death with a blue suede stiletto shoe.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

On New Years Eve, 2010 in Cooperstown ND, an intoxicated Kurt Johnson is given a ride home from a local bar. When it’s discovered that Kurt never arrives home authorities begin their search and what they uncover will shock them to their core.

Outside the small town of Verdigre, Nebraska, a domestic altercation ends in death. Frances Thompson claims to have killed Dean Frank in self-defense, but as investigators dig deeper, they’re not so sure.

In a city awash in narcotics the drug lords have all the power even over the police. Corruption in New Orleans grew like cancer, eating away at public safety and threatening to destroy the city. Crooked cops break the laws they were sworn to uphold.

When the small community of Noel, Missouri discovered their bank was robbed, they’re shocked. When the bank president turned up missing, they’re outraged. And when clues began to surface the facts were more terrible than anyone could have guessed.

A wife discovers that her husband is a serial rapist. When the police won't help her its up to her to get the proof she needs.

Jenn Carson loved her dad more than anything but this heavenly match was headed for hell. Jenn’s own flesh and blood turned out to be one of America’s most notorious serial killers.

Sean Vincent Gillis has been described as one of America's most depraved serial killers, killing eight women and dismembering some of his victims at home. But Gillis was happily married to an unsuspecting wife. This is her story.

Caitlin Atwater’s life was shattered when her mother died in an accident. After an investigation, police charged Caitlin’s stepdad with murder. It turned out that Michael Peterson was hiding a terrible secret & it wasn’t the first time he’d killed.

Florida v. Russell Holbrook. The quiet community of Crestview, Florida was shaken following the vicious murder of beautiful 33 year old nurse Melissa Howard, described as a caring angel, found with her throat slashed in her own living room. Friends were immediately suspicious of Melissa’s ex-husband who had just lost a nasty custody battle over their son Taylor but he had a strong alibi. The case remained unsolved for ten years, until Florida State Agent Detective Meaghan Palumbo, newly assigned to the homicide squad, took a personal interest in the cold case. Using modern day forensics, Palumbo re-tested Melissa’s sweatshirt preserved all those years and found clues to lead them to the DNA of her ex-husband’s best friend, Russell Holbrook, and a dramatic trial as witnesses recounted the true story of Melissa’s last days.

Michigan v. Kemia Hassel. New Year’s Eve and a seemingly random murder, in the small town of Benton Harbor , on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Police body cam video captured the heartbroken cries of young Army Sergeant Kemia Hessel as she cradled her handsome, dying young husband in her arms, as he was loaded into an ambulance. But despite the happy outward appearance of the attractive young military couple, investigators soon accused Kemia of directing a murder-for-hire plot with the help of a lover she met while deployed in Korea. Her boyfriend quickly confessed and in a dramatic, videotaped jail house phone call, laid out the murder plot to the victim’s father. Kemia at first denied involvement and despite admissions in a lie detector exam, strongly defended her innocence, claiming her comments to police came from exhaustion and grief. She pointed the finger of blame at her jealous boyfriend who she said acted alone.

High profile politician Kathy Augustine married nurse Chaz Higgs after a whirlwind romance. They were an unlikely match: she was wildly ambitious, while he hated politics. When their marriage hit the rocks, Chaz decided to use his medical training to commit an undetectable crime.

Denise Williams was devastated when her husband Mike disappeared on a duck hunting trip. He was feared drowned, perhaps even eaten by alligators. But Mike’s mother Cheryl didn’t buy it, and after years of relentless campaigning, she finally uncovered the devastating truth about her son’s death.