When a beloved son and brother is murdered just feet from his home, his grieving family has one burning question: why?; it's up to a determined team of Gwinnett County investigators and the prosecutor to get their defiant suspect to talk.
The latest in a string of brazen robberies leaves a beloved, retired sheriff's deputy brutally gunned down, and a survivor of the assault terrified.
A beloved mother is found stabbed to death in a vacant lot and, when New Orleans detectives investigate the case, their only suspect seems an unlikely killer; with the help of the victim's daughter, prosecutors fight to restore her dignity.
After a beloved teacher is gunned down in broad daylight, Gwinnett detectives must track down the suspects, with only their getaway car's description; in the pursuit of justice, the prosecution must overcome the threat of a mistrial.
After a barrage of gunfire leaves three men dead in a residential neighborhood, Gwinnett detectives use every available resource to identify the killer; at trial, the defendant claims he acted in self-defense.
In Tulsa, two men are murdered in a parking lot, but a gun from another shooting incident leads detectives to their suspect.
After a violent melee leaves two young men brutally gunned down, Mobile detectives track down multiple suspects to piece together what happened; without an eyewitness, the prosecution must rely on the defendants themselves to reveal the truth.
In Tulsa, there's little evidence and no clear motive after a beloved 24-year-old is gunned down in the backseat of a car; in a tragic case of mistaken identity, it's up to his friends to help detectives and prosecutors deliver justice.
In Atlanta, when a young father is gunned down, a rookie homicide detective draws from her own experience of losing a family member to murder, to track down his killers; the prosecution's case hinges on a witness grappling with survivor's guilt.
After a beloved Mobile man is gunned down in his front yard, conflicting eyewitness accounts leave detectives wondering if the suspect acted in self-defense; the prosecution needs the community the victim stood up for to come forward at trial.
After an immigrant, lured by a woman, is beaten to death, Gwinnett County Police discover that one of the three suspects believes no one will care about him because he's Mexican. The prosecution is determined to prove the assailant wrong, but..
After New Orleans detectives find a woman's burned body in her car's trunk, they discover that her desperate 911 call went unheeded; but her determined mother won't be silenced, as she turns to prosecutors to bring her daughter's killers to justice.
In Mobile, Ala., a woman in a volatile relationship is found dead in her car; detectives suspect her boyfriend, but at trial, he takes the stand to brazenly claim she was actually the victim of a drug deal gone bad.
A massive, gang-related melee outside a nightclub leaves Gwinnett County detectives struggling to identify just who shot a young murder victim; the death of one of the witnesses makes that challenge even harder for prosecutors.
When a Mobile mother of four is shot just blocks from her home, detectives look to her loved ones to identify her killer.
In Mobile, Ala., a professor is murdered in his own home; it takes a missing gaming console, and a strategic game of cat and mouse with the suspects, for detectives and prosecutors to get justice.
When three people are gunned down in a Tulsa home, detectives face two suspects, and a web of lies; prosecutors are left with circumstantial evidence to clinch the case against a calculated, cold-blooded killer.
When a transient man is gunned downed, the only eyewitness Mobile detectives have is also a suspect; reluctant witnesses, defendants pointing fingers at each other, and a surprise ruling leaves a novice prosecutor struggling to clinch his case.
A rapper gets gunned down during a drive-by shooting in Gwinnett County; with little hard evidence, detectives and prosecutors turn to a tipster for help despite the risks involved.
A man shoots four people in broad daylight, leaving Tulsa detectives, attorneys and everyone impacted struggling to explain his mental state; his case hangs on the question and on the heated reaction of the victims' families to the course of justice.
In Tulsa, a party becomes the scene of a murder; for investigators and prosecutors, the case is riding on two accomplices betraying their friends, despite the risks.
Tulsa detectives investigate how a young rapper was found shot dead on the street of an affluent suburban neighborhood; at trial, the defense accuses the prosecutions key eyewitness of pulling the trigger.
Gwinnett County detectives investigate the murder of an innocent fifteen-year-old caught up in a petty crime; the prosecution takes on a witness who claims the shooter acted in self-defense.
Detectives in Tulsa, Okla., have only one witness -- a 12-year-old girl -- to a domestic dispute that has escalated to a double homicide; at trial, their case hangs on whether or not she will be able to testify.
When Gwinnett County detectives find a mother stabbed to death, the job of identifying her killer falls to her young son; testifying at trial could be difficult for the child, putting the prosecution's case at risk.
When a Tulsa man is killed by a bullet to the head, detectives discover guns hidden in the garage next door; the neighbor's role becomes a question in a case of cousin against cousin.
When two boys find their mother in the back of her car, Tulsa detectives turn to her family for help catching her killer; at the defendant's trial, his explosive testimony leaves the prosecution's case hanging on one key piece of evidence.
In Tulsa, a rookie detective is pushed to the brink searching for a beloved man who ultimately turns up brutally murdered; after a grinding two-year investigation, bringing the killer to justice could hang on the testimony of a jailhouse informant.
When a Tulsa father of two is shot just blocks from his ex-girlfriend's house, detectives have to decide which of two persons of interest should be charged with his murder; a conflicting account challenges the result of the court case.
After a former Marine is gunned down in broad daylight, Tulsa detectives must track down a family of three, suspected in the killing. But, at trial, justice hangs on whether the gunman and victim are actually who they appear to be.
Evidence at the crime scene leads detectives in Mobile, Ind., to believe that a young victim was murdered by two gunmen; a high-stakes trial leaves the jury wrestling with the question of whether one of the suspects could be found not guilty.
After a man is gunned down at an after-hours club, investigators and the prosecutor are left with no witnesses who are willing to say they saw the shooting; that leaves the case hanging on the defendant's claim of self-defense.
In Tulsa, Okla., a father is gunned down on the side of a road; years after the trial, his mother finds the courage to face the killer in court again.
A young mother and her friend are murdered in a parking lot, sending Tulsa detectives and prosecutors on a mission to put the shooter behind bars.
After a man is killed and several others are injured, the Tulsa Police Department and District Attorney's Office team up with the homeless community to convict a potential spree killer.
After an elderly man is murdered, the suspect shocks prosecutors when he goes against his lawyer's advice in court.
In Gwinnett County, Ga., after a hard-working father of three is murdered at his doorstep, his family and friends must process a horrifying betrayal to bring the killers to justice.
In Tulsa, Okla., a 19-yr-old woman is killed in a drive-by shooting, but the bullet was meant for someone else; at trial, justice hinges on a witness with close ties to both the victim and the suspect.
When a homeless woman is raped and murdered, Tulsa detectives team up with prosecutors and the suspect's previous victim, hoping to stop him before he strikes again.
Just before Christmas, a man is killed during an armed robbery gone wrong; Tulsa detectives and the district attorney's office try and convince a jury to convict one of the armed men for murder, even if he didn't fire the fatal shot.
After a homeless man is ambushed and murdered on a dark trail in Tulsa, Okla., prosecutors, and police struggle to track down their key witness, who is living on the streets.
After a devoted father is gunned down in Georgia, detectives uncover a string of shootings that terrorized the community; police and prosecutors must rely on circumstantial evidence to put the shooter behind bars.
Gwinnett County Homicide investigates a parking lot brawl that leaves two young men shot dead and could cost four others their lives in prison despite three of them never firing a shot, all because of one bad decision.
A youth minister is killed during a carjacking; a suspect in the crime turns on his accomplice; a last-minute change of heart impacts the case.
Rochester, N.Y., investigators suspect a prostitute is not telling them the truth about her estranged husband's murder; two witnesses with credibility issues testify when the case goes to trial.
A tip provides valuable information in the case of a professional dancer who mysteriously vanished; the prosecution brings loads of evidence and an eyewitness to the trial.
An East Cleveland, Ohio, single mother is shot twice and ran over in the street; a dark secret about the victim's husband comes to light.
A former gang member who dedicated himself to ending the violence in his neighborhood is shot dead; police hunt for the elusive culprits in a deadly home invasion.
Prosecutors hope that a name mentioned during the last moments of a murder victim's life will be enough to convict the alleged killer.
Prosecutors work to convict the suspected shooter in a fatal robbery, but the defendant's violent reputation frightens potential trial witnesses.
The trial of accused killer, Jeffrey Mundt, got underway just eight weeks after his former lover, Joey Banis, was convicted of the 2010 murder of drag queen and meth dealer.
A Houston woman is beaten, set on fire, and left to die in an attack that police investigators suspect was committed by someone the victim knew.
A mugging turns deadly for a man at a gas station; police detectives arrest two young men for the crime.
Prosecutors seek a capital murder conviction for the person who fatally stabbed an Alabama woman, her son and her niece, then set them on fire.
A 14-year-old Cleveland girl is killed when rival gangs open fire at her birthday party; a Miami woman identifies the man who shot her over one dozen times and killed her boyfriend.
A residential Houston neighborhood is rocked by an armed robbery and a vicious murder; four years pass before justice can be served.
Police bring the suspects in the killing of a Cleveland convenience-store clerk to trial, but the alleged killers turn on each other after they enter the witness box.
A young man claiming to be an eyewitness in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Texas girl makes an unusual deal with prosecutors.
A 10-year-old girl who witnessed the ambush shooting of her parents gives an emotional testimony during the suspected killer's trial.
A man claims self-defense when his brother, a Honduran immigrant, is found stabbed to death in his Miami apartment.
The case of a fatal shooting in Cleveland takes a strange turn when a witness comes forward claiming the victim was shot by his best friend.
Cleveland police detectives investigate the case of a young woman whose body was burned beyond recognition; a key witness to the crime becomes a problem to the prosecution.
A man spends six years trying to learn who murdered his son; after a close friend is arrested for the crime, the victim's family worries if there is enough evidence for a conviction.
Updates on the case of a missing 20-year-old single mother and the manhunt for the person who shot and killed a motorist.
Prosecutors seek a conviction in the case of a Cleveland mother of five who was shot to death in her apartment, but their key witness falters on the stand.
An Alabama mother is found stabbed to death in her bedroom; two Cleveland teens are shot and killed during a party in an abandoned house.
The alleged killer of a young Texas mother stands trial; investigators need the help of witnesses to convict the killer of a Birmingham, Ala., man.
Police responding to a domestic dispute in Louisville, Ky., are shocked to discover a body buried in the home's basement.
Four masked men kill a 41-year-old woman in her Texas home; the tables are turned on the Harris County Sheriff's Office during the trial of one of the defendants.
Two Dallas-area men are shot inside a drug house, and their burned bodies are later discovered in the trunk of a car.
When one of three suspects in a store owner's murder turns on the others, the alleged killers possibly go free.
Revisiting the Memphis, Tenn., murders of an elderly neighborhood resident and a female tattoo artist.
In Miami, Detective Freddie Ponce arrests a man who tortured and killed his childhood friend; in Birmingham, a young mother is killed in front of her children, and the killer is a young woman with no criminal history.
Revisiting the case involving the murder of Louisville, Ky., celebrity LaShawn "Sugar Shizz" Talbert in August 2010; the alleged drug dealer in the crime claims self-defense in a post-trial interview.
Detective Fernando Bosch investigates a murder that takes him across state lines and what he finds out surprises them all.
Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law is used as a defense in a fatal stabbing; an alleged killer is finally apprehended four years after fleeing over the Mexican border.
A woman's dismembered body is discovered beneath an Arizona underpass; a woman is shot to death by her cousin's boyfriend during a weekend getaway.
John Craig Froelich II was shot and killed, but there is no forensic evidence and an eyewitnesses has credibility issues.
A young prosecutor faces off against a power veteran defense attorney in a Louisville murder case.
Homicide revisited two years later: unforeseen twist of fate threatens to let alleged murderer walk.
Two cases in Louisville, Ky., involve suspects whose criminal activities were caught on surveillance tapes.
A Texas father of three is murdered in a botched robbery, and the two main suspects in the killing point the finger of guilt at each other.
Homicide detectives uncover a link between two seemingly unrelated slayings.
A love triangle implicating 4 men surfaces when a college football star is murdered.
Follow-up on two shooting cases.
Detectives find charred remains of a woman in a car in 2006.
Detectives are led to an unusual suspect when a young man is murdered.
Prosecutors concerned about getting convictions in two seperate murders.
Cases involving a football game murder and a shooting at an illegal dentist office go to court.
In 2008, 19-year old Mikael Hudson was shot in Texas, two suspects were arrest. In 2005, Virginia Rodriguez was murdered, and her husband was caught and extradited to the US, but Prosecutor Treena Kay had concerns about getting a conviction.
Additional information on a murder at a Kentucky housing project and the subsequent court trial.
A robbery gone bad leaves a man dead in Memphis, Tenn.; five years after the deadly shooting, a young witness to the crime must decide whether to testify.
A Louisville, Kentucky family awakes before dawn as a barrage of gunfire rips through their home. When the smoke clears, three teenage boys are bleeding from bullet wounds.
Prosecutors have one shot at putting away a man linked to several murders but on trial for only one.
A stray bullet kills 15-year-old Juanita Payne.
Sixteen-year-old Lonny Bassett is accused of killing his two friends with a shotgun and claims self defense.
Detective Robert Arredondo and his team find themselves involved in a cross-country manhunt for suspects in the brutal shootings of three young men.
A father of five is found stabbed over 50 times, shocking his friends and family; Cleveland homicide detectives follow a bizarre trail of evidence.
The case of Christian Marton, whose two-hour journey to Dallas to buy a second-hand car resulted in his brutal murder.
Investigators search for the evil killer of an innocent grandfather, who was looking after his grandchildren when strangers knocked on the door and shot him.
Two homeless crack addicts are the Dallas DA office's key witnesses in the 2006 murder of a 29-year-old mother of four.
Suspects in the case of a cab driver who was robbed and murdered face their day in court.
Will justice be served for the two men charged with the second-degree murder of 9-year-old Sherdavia Jenkins?