In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident.
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When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others.
In 1987, the death of Crystal Purcell was considered an accident. Then in 2001, Barbara Purcell called police to suggest that her estranged husband had killed Crystal.
In 2007, Shamaia Smith disappeared from the strip club she worked at in East Hartford, CT. Police look at various customers of the strip club, but focus on local businessman Kenneth Otto.
A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the "dirt" on her killer.
Police get a clue about a couple who disappeared on Memorial Day weekend during an in-progress robbery.
When a college co-ed vanished without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety and their own.
In 1995, Palm Beach waitress Denise O'Neill is abducted and murdered. Her neighbor Luis Caballero arouses suspicions by his odd behavior toward TV crews covering the crime.
Rachael Mullenix, 19, was convicted of stabbing her mother and then packing her bloodied corpse in a box.
A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other.
The prime suspect had a criminal record and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal double homicide.
There was no clear reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the coroner discovered a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to uncover a mystery.
The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farmland near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox keys in the pocket of her jeans.
The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body.
When a man's story of a killing contradicted physical evidence, investigators turned to forensic science.
In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars.
The medical examiner ruled a death an accident, but the detectives thought the evidence indicated otherwise.
A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site.
Police get a clue about a couple who disappeared on Memorial Day weekend during an in-progress robbery.
Police are able to create a composite sketch of a man burnt beyond recognition. But tracking the killer is more challenging.
In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident.
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