Matthew Hoffman was a seemingly ordinary tree trimmer in the sleepy town of Mount Vernon, Ohio, but he concealed an obsession with trees and a brutally violent side.
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A high?flying attorney's secret abuse ends in murder and an international flight from justice.
The stories of one woman who was convicted of the death of her adopted daughter after a beating, and a handicapped man who was pushed into a river by his wife.
Profiles include a woman who shot her husband who had been abusing her. Then, a woman who suffers from a bipolar disease killed her 5-year-old step-daughter after giving her a beating.
A woman recalls her story of being accused of stabbing a teen she befriended while staying at a mental health facility.
In 1987, the body of Darlene Krashoc is discovered behind a Colorado Springs restaurant. She had been savagely beaten, raped and strangled. Investigators struggle to identify this barbaric killer. 30 years later, science provides a breakthrough.
A killer evades justice for the murder of Diana Hanson for 38 years until genetic genealogy can identify him.
In 1985, the body of 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found lying on a street in Pensacola, Florida. Detectives can't find the killer. Decades later, a new forensic science technique finally reveals who murdered Tonya that fateful New Year's Eve.
Police are stumped when a toddler's body is found in Escatawpa River, leading to a decades-long mystery.
In 1985, the body of 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found lying on a street in Pensacola, Florida. Detectives can't find the killer. Decades later, a new forensic science technique finally reveals who murdered Tonya that fateful New Year's Eve.
This episode follows how with the help of familial DNA detectives were able to track down a serial rapist.
In 1989, 14-year-old Stephanie Isaacson's body is found in the Las Vegas desert. The case goes cold for decades until a nonprofit organization provides funding for the last DNA sample recovered to be used in genealogy research. Will it succeed?
In 1997, a woman is attacked on her route home. A suspect is arrested over 20 years later with the help of a genetic genealogical search.
The stories of one woman who was convicted of the death of her adopted daughter after a beating, and a handicapped man who was pushed into a river by his wife.
A woman who was convicted of murdering her lover while in a drug induced fight and a woman who killed her grandmother are featured.
A woman tells her story of why she hired a hit man to kill her fourth husband. Next, an addict served watch as a fellow gang member robbed and murdered an unsuspecting man.
Ann Marie and Anthony Anastasi had four kids, a house, and a young lover living in their basement.
Steven McDowell refused to accept that his marriage to Crystal was over. When she disappeared during a hurricane, efforts to uncover foul play were hampered.
When Arlene Fraser disappeared, her husband Nat had a watertight alibi. But local cops weren't to be fooled.
Matthew Hoffman was a seemingly ordinary tree trimmer in the sleepy town of Mount Vernon, Ohio, but he concealed an obsession with trees and a brutally violent side.
Richard Beasley, the Craigslist Killer, lured desperate job seekers to the woods with promises of employment at his fictional ranch.
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