When Long Island newlywed Lisa Solomon disappears on Christmas Eve, family and friends search for her tirelessly; investigators wonder whether she left her husband of two months in the middle of the night or was the victim of foul play.
In Libertyville, Ill., a wealthy couple is shot dead while in bed; shocked townspeople ask whether they fell victim to a robbery or to dark secrets harbored by a family member.
In Wylie, Texas, young teacher Betty Gore is hacked to death on Friday the 13th, causing investigators to wonder whether a copycat killer is trying to create his own real-life "slasher" film.
Young actress Rebecca Schaeffer is gunned down in her doorway in Hollywood, Calif.; detectives investigate, wondering if there's a copycat killer in their midst.
Thirty-one-year-old violinist Helen Mintiks goes missing during a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, then her naked corpse is discovered in an air shaft at the opera house.
In Biloxi, Miss., Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, Margaret, a city councilwoman, are shot to death in their home; the murdered couple's oldest daughter sets out on a 10-year quest to find her parents' killer.
When 24-year-old Diane Delia is found dead in the Hudson River, detectives are surprised to realize she was once a man; an investigation leads police to New York's disco and gay club scenes, and a dramatic love triangle that could expose the killer.
Vaudeville producer Roy Radin's bullet-riddled body is found in a canyon in 1983; police attempt to determine if he was the victim of a vicious drug cartel or a movie deal gone wrong.
When 13-year-old Sarah Rairdon vanishes from an isolated road in tiny Underwood, Minn., the entire town launches an exhaustive search; the discovery of her body leads to terrifying fears of child abductions and reveals a tragic secret.
In Boston, Carol Stuart and her unborn child are shot dead, while her husband, Charles, survives the shooting to describe their black assailant and inflame racial tensions, then a witness comes forward with a story that blows open the case.
Teenager Jennifer Levin is found strangled to death in Central Park, and a prep school heartthrob, Robert Chambers, is arrested for the crime; the press seizes on Chambers' claim that Levin's death happened during rough sex.
Fifteen-year-old cheerleader Kirsten Costas is stabbed to death in a California suburb, and a teenage girl is seen fleeing the scene; as months pass without an arrest, the police are stumped.
Stockbroker Joe Pikul and his wife, Diane, are living the high life, then Diane discovers Joe's been leading a double life, and within days of the stock market crash on Black Monday in 1987, their marriage comes to a violent end.
Single mother Linda Culbertson lands a dream job as a legal secretary in a Kansas City, Mo., law firm, and falls hard for her married boss, Donald Pierce; the fallout is deadly as Culbertson draws bystanders into a shocking and vicious crime.