In Rock Hill, S.C., former homecoming queen Melinda Snyder's murder embroils the town in a mystery that won't be settled until the South Carolina Supreme Court weighs in.
When Staff Sgt. Michael Severance goes AWOL, the community of San Angelo, Texas, rallies around his bride, then investigators discover a sinister side to his disappearance, uncovering a saga of treachery and passion as big as the state of Texas.
When 18-year-old college freshman Katherine Foster goes missing, rumors fly as fellow students at the University of South Alabama fear the worst.
When Veronica Bozza's body is found on her living room floor, it sends shock waves through the close-knit community of Bridgewater, Tenn., and leads investigators to uncover a bizarre murder plot right out of a Hollywood movie.
After business owner Michael Zammitti Jr. is found shot to death at his desk, police must untangle a web of lies and corruption that will rock two New England towns.
In Roswell, Ga., millionaire Lance Herndon is living the American dream, then he is found brutally murdered, and investigators must untangle a twisted web behind the gates of the town's upscale communities.
Shelley Nance is found stabbed to death, shocking the community of Lake Highlands, Texas, then her friends are stunned as police zero in on them, uncovering a case of fatal attraction.
Jimmy McClain is a teacher and coach at a Tennessee high school, then he is found assassinated in his home, and police must contend with a laundry list of suspects.
Speculation and rumors fly when 16-year-old best friends Dawn Donaldson and Crissy Campbell vanish overnight and detectives must uncover the truth behind their disappearance.
In Orlando, a woman vanishes in broad daylight, then her naked body is found dumped in the woods a few days later.
The murder of Christopher Green sends shivers up citizens' spines in the small, snowbound city of Bangor, Mich., and detectives follow the clues down a path to a chilling outcome.
In Orlando, a mysterious call to the sheriff's office draws investigators to a second floor apartment where a young woman has been brutally beaten.
In Hanover, Pa., townspeople are shocked when kindly 55-year-old Monica Schmeyer is found shot to death in her living room.
In Monrovia, Md., Debbie Fagan is found shot to death in her car, leading detectives to uncover a web of lies and deceit as they dig into her past to find out who would want to murder the loving mother of two.
In Norris, Ill., Jessica Evans and Jacob Wheeler never return home after going fishing, then Wheeler's abandoned pickup truck is found with a body in its bed.
In Omaha, Neb., stage actress Pasinetta Prince is found strangled to death in her home; police draw up a long list of admirers who are possible suspects.
In Macon, Ga., Mercer Law School graduate Lauren Giddings goes missing, and police search her apartment complex, finding a human torso in a trash bin.
As police search for missing 16-year-old Kathey Horn, they uncover an underworld in their majestic town of Traverse City, Mich., filled with nomadic hippies, witches and cults.
Police suspect foul play after high school sophomore Kiplyn Davis fails to return home from school.
Hometown paperboy David Reed seems to vanish into thin air, but an unexpected clue from the past helps solve the case two decades later.
A girl is strangled with the cord from her laptop.
Random shootings bring life to a halt in East Point, Ga., as police work around the clock to stop the mysterious gunman.
A single mother trying to settle in upstate New York vanishes without a trace.
Police receive various tips after Kathryn Hauser is murdered in her home; a pair of shoe prints help them track down the criminal.
When a man is found murdered in his apartment and the fiance is missing, police become desperate.
In Stockton, Calif., detectives struggle to catch Jessyca Arro's killer.
The murder of Dennis and Norma Woodruff in their rural Texas home sends shock waves through the town.
A community is rocked when a beloved wife and mother is murdered in the woods behind her home.
Chris Mader is shot to death on Thanksgiving eve; years later investigators are lead to an unlikely informant.
A fisherman reels in an 18-year-old Lisa Kimmell; the search for Lisa becomes the hunt for a predator.
Joel Marino, a salesman from Madison, Wis. is stabbed to death in broad daylight; the predator seems to be one step ahead of the police.
Kari Nixon goes missing in upstate New York; with no body or clues, detectives struggle to solve the mystery.
When Audrey Giannotti is found shot to death in her basement apartment, the cluttered crime scene points to a burglary gone wrong, but police suspect some close to the victim.
Panic spreads through a town as Lynette Jarrett disappears. When the case reaches a dead-end due to scant evidence, a new lead proves to be fruitful.
Three members of a church-going family are killed in a triple murder in Lancaster, Pa.
A female student is shot while on Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Fla.
At first thought to be linked to a home invasion, the death of mother-to-be Kelsey Monahon is linked to a trio of suspects which includes Kelsey's husband.
An 8-year-old girl is violently murdered in Indiana.
A woman is found dead in her rental property.
A 10 year old boy runs into trouble on his way to the store.
Alan Waters is found shot to death inside his Baton Rouge mansion.
The mayor's wife and former teacher is found dead in her Alabama home.
The corpse of Krystal Baker, 13, is found off Galveston Bay.
A teen turns up dead after a visit to the nail salon.
A small community is shocked by the murder of Christine Schurman.
Mary Stetson goes out to her favorite local spot and ends up dead.
A mother and her two daughters are murdered in their home on Christmas Eve; police are shocked by the killer's identity.
A man is battered and killed by one of his friends.
A tourist turns up dead on the beach near her hotel and a hurricane hinders leads in the case.
Store manager, Mary Peterson, is found in her bed stabbed to death.
Prison nurse, Tammy Watts, is brutally murdered on April 15, 2004.
Tammy Petrin is found shot to death at the local hamburger restaurant.
When missing 12-year-old Michelle Winter's body is found in a wooded area, evidence found on her clothing points to her killer, giving police their big break.
A small community is shocked when the body of Cynthia Epps is found inside a cabinet; it takes nearly 20 years to catch her killer.
After 58-year-old Martin Byerly disappears without a trace in Jasper, Texas, police investigate his ex-girlfriends but draw a blank, then an unlikely tipster offers up new information.
In North Carolina, the grisly discovery of a woman's body has everyone puzzled; police must take a wild ride through the victim's past in order to finally catch the killer.
The residents of St. Albans, West Virginia reel from the murder of Stacie Ann Smith; the police are baffled by the crime scene message.
In a sleepy town, newlyweds are found shot dead in their home.
Chaos comes to the city of Warren, Mich., after the horrific murder of Charles Taylor, 84; researchers discover the identity of the cruel perpetrator and are shocked.
A beloved custodian is found stabbed to death in his Kansas home leaving a town in shock.
The small Wisconsin town of Tomahawk is stunned when Tracy Maurer is stabbed to death and it takes a tip from the rumor mill to close the case.
A woman's body is found deep in the Pennsylvania forest; years of fuzzy clues lead to a close suspect.
Years pass before Billie Cunningham's killer confesses.
It takes the police over a decade to gain enough evidence to bring Cindy Pavey's killer to justice.
A young Wisconsin woman's body is found and the town is in shock; police look to a cell phone and video to help solve the case.
The murder of Beth Grosskopf leaves her Pennsylvania town full of fear, especially when the initial suspects in the case do not pan out.
Police finally get a break in a case 26 years after the woman was murdered.
After a night out in Maine, a young woman vanishes; no body is found, but a discovery proves murder.
A pillar of his Texas community, Lonnie Turner Sr. is found shot to death in his home and police discover evidence it may be a family matter.
A speck of blood makes a big splash during the investigation of the stabbing death of Debra Rawls in Summerfield, Fla.
Police search for a missing New Hampshire woman's body and learn of a resident's grudge.
A woman and her young daughter are slain in their home; police find a mysterious photograph that exposes the killer.
The horrifying discovery of a man's charred remains leaves an Ohio town rattled; at first police are led astray, but after 6 years, the sinister plot finally comes to light.
A 9-year-old girl does not show up for dinner, leaving her mother fearing the worst; a tip comes from unexpected witnesses and leads directly to the killer.
A Washington town is shattered when a woman is murdered and her house goes up in flames; when the predator strikes again, police fear they are dealing with a serial killer.
Man found gunned down in his home and it takes more than two years to nail a killer from his past.
The body of an eight-year-old is found near a rural country road.
Police use the little evidence they have to catch the killer of a woman found murdered in her driveway.
A double homicide hits a small town and DNA proves the killer lives among them.
A Korean-American business owner and his family are brutally attacked.
Monica Massaro is found stabbed to death in her Bloomsbury, N.J., home, rocking the residents of the quintessential small town to their core.
A woman disappears and found raped and murdered in a land fill the next morning.
Woman's murder takes years to clean up and ends in a shocking outcome.
After Nikki Halpin is beaten to death in her Safety Harbor, Fla., home, a mysterious voice on a 911 recording leads detectives to an unlikely suspect.
When Brittany Loritts is murdered, the investigators find that the family home is built on buried secrets.
Eyewitness testimony proves key in a three-year investigation into the deaths of four people found in a Texas home.
Investigators don't have enough evidence for a conviction in the case of a woman strangled to death.
Woman found stabbed and beaten to death and there is little evidence at the scene but her financial records provide the break authorities need to catch the killer.
A closer look at a peeping tom provides police the break they need on an old case of a 23-year-old who was raped and murdered in her apartment.