Killer Cases
Upcoming episodes
Oct 1st
900p
The Exchange Student Murder
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.
Oct 2nd
200a
A Bullet In The Back
The murder trial of prominent lawyer Tex McIver transfixed Atlanta. McIver claimed his gun accidentally went off, unintentionally shooting his wife in the back as they drove home. But, did McIver have a secret motive to want his wife dead?
Oct 2nd
300a
The Boy In The Woods
After trying for 20 years to solve the mystery of a 6-year-old boy found dead in the woods, an artist’s age progression portrait of the child posted on social media leads detectives to find new clues.
Oct 2nd
400p
Murder on Middle Mountain
Colorado V Mark Redwine. 13 year old Dylan wasn’t eager to fly to Colorado for the court ordered long distance visit with his dad Mark who tried to placate his son with a visit to McDonald’s and shopping at Walmart straight from the airport. But when the boy didn’t show up for a playdate the next morning, he was reported missing, setting off a manhunt in the rough Colorado wilderness terrain. Mark Redwine and his ex-wife took to the airwaves to plead for their son’s return but to no avail. Then in a stunning twist in a national television interview Dylan’s brother Cory accused Mark of being responsible for his brother’s disappearance, a charge the father vigorously denied. But three years later when Dylan’s badly decomposed remains were found by hikers , prosecutors did indeed charge Mark Redwine with his murder, saying he killed his son out of anger and shame after Dylan confronted him with compromising photos of his sexual deviancy.
Oct 2nd
900p
The Murder of a Basketball Star
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.
Oct 3rd
200a
The Professor’s Murder
Legal scholar Dan Markel was gunned down execution style as he pulled into the driveway of his Florida home. Detectives hunted for a killer - who would hire a hitman to murder a law professor?
Oct 3rd
300a
Betrayal In Louisville
A man is gunned down on a Louisville sidewalk during Derby week. A few weeks later the bodies of two teenage boys are found burned and abandoned in a vacant lot. Detectives investigate a strange connection between the murders.
Oct 3rd
900p
The Arson Murders
Ohio v. Stanley Ford. Firefighters made a desperate effort to save a young family from a blazing fire, but rescuers were too late. Police declared the fire was no accident and began an arson investigation, which included another unexplained fire a few blocks away that killed a beloved elderly couple. Detectives found their first clue in surveillance footage from neighborhood security cameras — a hooded figure, dressed in white, with no face visible — seen dousing both homes with lighter fluid, igniting the flames and running away. Who was the mystery man?
Oct 3rd
1000p
The Mennonite Murder
Arizona v. Mark Gooch. A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park was shocked to discover the body of a young woman in a traditional long dress, wearing black dress shoes. Her Mennonite family and friends were stunned — she had no known enemies and was a beloved, studious young woman, who loved books. How did she end up dead so far from home? Using sophisticated investigation techniques, police analyzed cell phone tower records and grainy surveillance videos that led them to their number one suspect.
Oct 5th
400p
The Exchange Student Murder
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.