A man tells police he shot an intruder who had attacked and murdered his wife. The husband paints a tragic picture and is dubbed a hero. Four years later, forensic evidence leads police to reexamine the motives of this so-called hero.
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A man disappeared exactly one year after beginning an affair with his friend's wife.
The body of a young woman was found under an isolated ramp of the Interstate, and a tiny, unique fiber on the victim's clothing led San Diego police straight to the most unlikely of killers.
A 19-year-old woman was found dead in her car. The scene had been staged to make murder appear to be suicide. During their investigation, police discovered the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people a motive to kill her.
After a street fight took the life of a national wrestling champion, police had to determine if he was killed in cold blood or in self-defense. A jury decided it was murder and sentenced the accused to a minimum of twenty years in prison.
A 19-year-old woman was found dead in her car. The scene had been staged to make murder appear to be suicide. During their investigation, police discovered the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people a motive to kill her.
Haunted by the disappearance of her mother, a young woman investigated her own. Her mother's diary was in the cold case file. There, she discovered a dark family secret, which might have been the reason her mother vanished.
The body of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan was discovered nine months after she disappeared. Forensic scientists found clues that painted a virtual portrait of her killer.
A young couple decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a camping trip to Mount Hood. During the trip, the husband was shot and killed, and his wife told two different versions of the events that led to his death.
Investigators try to find the cause of a woman's arsenic poisoning.
Residents of Noel, Missouri, were stunned to learn that their bank had been robbed, and the bank president was missing. His body was later found floating in a lake, securely bound to a chair with duct tape.
A beautiful young woman fell to her death from a cliff overlooking the ocean. Initially, investigators thought it was a tragic accident. But after a forensic examination, police had a very different picture of what happened.
Investigators sift through the ashes of a fire that killed a 40-year-old woman. The fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. On a closer look, forensic scientists discover the cause was far more complicated.
A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home. It appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan.
An Alaskan police officer found a woman's body while on routine patrol of a public park.
A mark found on a young woman's dead body enables police to track the killer.
Arson investigators attempt to determine the cause of a fire in the Kings Cross Underground Station.
In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history.
When a woman disappeared without a trace, there were two possible explanations: kidnapping or murder. Careful investigation, a forensic artist, and DNA profiling enabled police to find a single suspect, who was known to prey upon vulnerable women.
The decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in a Bakersfield irrigation canal. If there was trace evidence, it had been washed away.
A retired police officer is discovered in his bed, dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. His wife first says the motive was robbery; then she tells police he committed suicide.
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