Murder in the Heartland

In Aurora, IN, the townspeople are horrified when beloved mother and hairstylist Leigh Jennings is killed in her own home. In a case where everyone liked the victim, anyone could be the killer.

In Payette, ID, teacher Elizabeth Baune is the pillar of her community until she is stabbed to death in her own home. Townspeople suspect her kindness may have been behind her death.

In German Village, OH, Alyce Seff's body is found in a wishing well, and the townspeople are shocked to learn the elderly landlady had as many enemies as she did friends. It will take police nine years to solve her case.

In Hayti, MO, Tray Phelps is found beaten to death in his driveway. The townspeople are stunned to discover that a web of evil lurks just beneath the surface of the seemingly idyllic hamlet.

Jill Walker finds her daughter, Emma, cold to the touch in her own bed in Fountain City, TN. Quickly ruling out suicide, investigators search for a suspicious man in black caught on a neighbor's home surveillance camera.

In Wasau, WI, Hugo Ramirez is hysterical after he finds his brother Sebastian's girlfriend, 18-year-old Breanna Schneller, beaten and stabbed to death. The brothers appear to be devastated, but the discovery of Breanna's missing phone casts doubt on their alibis.

Bubbly college student and waitress, Mindy Morgenstern, is found strangled and stabbed in her own apartment. Family, friends, and the entire town of Valley City, ND, help law enforcement identify who could have committed this violent crime.

When a local resident of Dunlap, TN, is picking up cans, he makes the shocking discovery of a murder victim's body floating in the river. Authorities must discover first who the deceased is and then who could have committed the horrendous crime.

When twenty-something Patricia Richmond is found tied up, and murdered in her future in-laws' home, the resort town of Steamboat Springs, CO, is at a loss. Who would have taken this bride-to-be's life in such a brutal way?

Emmett, ID, a cowboy town where a person's word is everything, is shaken forever when a murderer beats local saddle maker D.L. Carpenter to death. Investigators and locals band together and uncover layers of betrayal and deceit.

A missing grocery clerk, 20-year-old Christina Ross, sets the town of Neenah, WI, in a panic after a gruesome discovery. An unlikely resident comes forward with information that leads detectives to the people in her tangled love life.

Tourist town Traverse City, MI, is turned upside down when 18-year-old Kalee Bruce lies bludgeoned to death at her workplace. Investigators feel the pressure to get this killer off the streets before they strike again.

The community of Kankakee, IL, comes together to aid police in uncovering the vile killer of up-and-coming model, Sarah Washington, who was shot dead in broad daylight.

Ruiz Stone, a woman working for a plant in Camden, AR, goes missing. When a local stumbles upon her abandoned van, her family fears the worst, and some speculate she fled town with a lover, but detectives reveal something far more sinister.

A local in Algona, IA, stumbles upon a smoldering truck with the body of a young mother inside. Investigators and family trace the last movements of Nicole Berte to uncover her killer.

A young mother's murder engulfs an Ohio town under a cloud of suspicion.

In rural Missouri, a hunter is found slain in his car near the popular deer trails. This could be a hunting accident gone wrong, or something more sinister.

In the small town of Twinsburg, OH, Charlene Puffenbarger's 3-year-old son is the only witness to her brutal murder. Investigators continue to follow every tip that comes in, and an unexpected source leads them to the killer.

When someone stabs Trina Langenbrunner to death and leaves her on a road in Cloquet, MN. Her family, community, and law enforcement work together for over 12 years to find her killer.

After James Skinner turns up dead in his own bedroom, the agricultural community of Brownstown, IL, enters into a paranoid spiral, unsure who would want to kill this beloved local rodeo rider and cattle rancher.

College junior Emily Murray, a popular religious studies major, goes missing late one night after quitting her job at a local bar. A month later, someone finds her body in a remote trailer, leading police to another gruesome discovery.

An inexperienced police department handles the tragic murder case of young mother Jessica Currin, leading to critical errors and false accusations. The case goes cold until Jessica's father protests the state of Kentucky to re-investigate.

The shooting of local ladies' man Jim Cornwell outside his home takes July Fourth festivities on a tragic turn. After multiple suspects tied to Jim's romantic life emerge, a confession arises that shatters the image of an Ozark community.

Brandi Mathews goes missing, and only her mother seems interested in searching for her. When her remains turn up over two years later, police dig into Brandi's work and romantic partners to find her killer.

Beth Kutz leaves work in Poynette, WI, and never comes home. Her disappearance sets off a firestorm of searches for this mother of two by the small-town community while investigators unearth the uncomfortable truths behind this beloved family.

After a young father goes missing from work, the small town of Challis, ID, is abuzz with tales of infidelity and finger-pointing, leaving investigators to decipher what is fact and what is fiction.

The burnt body of Sara Summer, a mother of three, turns up in a cornfield. News of this grim discovery sends the people of the quiet town of Trenton, TN, fearing for their safety while investigators search for clues to hunt down her killer.