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When abduction turns to murder, forensic science is the only key to finding justice for the victims of a kidnapper's deadly intentions.

In 1992, a woman disappeared from her Memphis home. When the ransom went uncollected, the FBI suspected a desperate amateur and feared the worst.

The average bank robbery yields roughly 3,000 dollars. Yet some criminals risk everything for the take. In suburban Chicago, a disguised gunman began a series of robberies, growing more violent with each one.

Tennessee v. Billy Ray Turner. Ten days after NBA player Lorenzen Wright went missing, the player's body was found in a swamp, shot 11 times. His death made headlines – Wright had played in the NBA for 13 seasons, was a first-round draft pick in 1996, and played for the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers. But police initially had no clue who killed him and reporters speculated it was a drug deal gone bad. Lorenzen’s mother was tireless in her pursuit for justice and kept the case in the headlines as the murder went unsolved for a half dozen years. Finally, a break in the case led police to a suspect who had been hiding in plain sight.

Days after christmas 2005, the desert city of phoenix, arizona is shocked by a drive-by shooting rampage that injures multiple people and leaves two men dead. Forensics determines that this isn’t the first time the shooters have struck. It appears that phoenix police have a unique serial killer team on their hands. But just as the trail of the bloody christmas shootings is going cold, the killers come back with a vengeance. In the heat of the summer, the city is tormented by the murderous duo who get their thrills stalking and shooting innocent people under the cover of night. A challenging investigation is made worse because the shooters use a gun that’s virtually untraceable forensically. As the bodies continue to pile up, detectives race to put the pieces together to find the two killers and end their reign of terror. When at last police get the serials shooters in their sights, they must endure an agonizing night of surveillance as they follow them on the hunt. Can detectives and forensic scientists ensure that both serial shooters are convicted and taken off the streets forever?

Applebee's waitress Rachel Wade, 19, stabs 18-year-old Sarah Ludemann to death in a vicious teen-girl cat fight over shared bad boy boyfriend Josh Camacho.

Submissive 'good wife' Mary Winkler takes fate into her own hands, before fleeing the scene for a day at the beach with her children.

Bob and Farah are locked in a messy custody battle over their three young children. When one of them ends up dead, the men accused of the murder point the finger at the surviving spouse. But when a judge rules that the gunman's testimony can't be admitted at trial, will the killer escape justice?

Eighteen-year-old Taylor Van Diest is on her way to meet friends and go trick-or-treating when she is assaulted and left for dead. She is discovered by her mother and friends and succumbs to her injuries the following day. Now investigators in Armstrong, B.C. must work tirelessly to bring her killer to justice and restore a sense of peace to the fractured community.

When the son of a prominent politician is murdered in his basement, Lt. Joe Kenda feels pressure from City Hall to solve the case. To do so, Kenda must sort through a list of nefarious suspects, and delve deep into the victim’s eccentric lifestyle.

Like many Alaskans, bakery owner Robert C. Hansen was known for his hunting abilities. In the early 1980Õs, however, his taste for hunting took a sinister turn. A growing list of missing persons and the discovery of two dead bodies led the police to begin the search for a killer who raped his victims before turning them loose and hunting them down like animals

When a daytime robbery at a popular nightclub leaves one employee dead and two critically wounded, Arlington, TX investigators are in a race against time to find a brazen killer whose critically wounded victims can only identify.