Stewart Weldon was a career criminal operating in plain sight with convictions for kidnapping, burglary and sexual assault. It would take a routine traffic stop for the darkest depths of Weldon's crimes to be revealed.
Genetic genealogy brings answers to the families of two little girls who were murdered in 1986 in Tacoma, WA.
Genetic genealogy brings answers to the families of two little girls who were murdered in 1986 in Tacoma, WA.
In 1996, a woman takes her life in a Virginia cemetery and leaves a note that she wishes to remain unidentified. Still, detectives are legally bound to identify her. Only genetic genealogists can bring long-awaited answers, decades later.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Richard Shepherd investigates the case of Marta Ligman, whose body was found in a suitcase in a London canal after a fatal beating by her abusive boyfriend.
Dallas Augustine had wealth, a wife she loved and a fledgling political career. But drinking and violence caused it all to fall apart.
Imprisoned after a botched robbery that ends with the fatal shooting of an innocent man, Craig Wissink later kills a corrections officer with a fire extinguisher in a brutal attack.
Willing to kill for just $20 and drugs, Joshua Gardner commits his first murder at 24. Even behind bars, he can't contain his rage, brutally beating a fellow inmate to death.
Violent armed robber Michael Dutcher brutally murdered two people while attempting a prison escape. He remains a threat to anybody who stands in his way.
Highway 16 in British Columbia has been dubbed "The Highway of Tears" due to the amount of reported missing peoples. Growing up near this notorious road was young serial killer Cody Legebokoff.
Jason Scott was a master of disguise, but he held many secrets: at night, he was a serial home invader and a killer linked to five cold-blooded murders - including those of two mother-daughter pairs.
Detectives in Houston, Texas search for a killer with an everyday job and a signature method. Though he evades capture for years, it's an in-the-family atrocity that brings him to justice.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Richard Shepherd investigates the cold-case murder of Linda Curry, whose husband poisoned her with nicotine - a truth that came to light decades after her death.
In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered. 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.
DNA science finally identifies both killer and victim from a murder that took place back in Florida in 1991.
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?
When a woman is found dead in her home, detectives are left with more questions than answers.
This episode follows an extensive investigation and how the revolutionary science of familial DNA revealed a perpetrator's identity.
Police are stumped when a toddler's body is found in Escatawpa River, leading to a decades-long mystery.
"Scottsdale Spree Shooting" follows a fast-paced police and forensics investigation into a killing spree that claimed six innocent victims.