Killer Cases

Dr. Teresa Sievers was a rising social media star when she was found bludgeoned to death in her kitchen in Bonita Springs, FL. Detectives quickly came to focus on her husband Mark, who had taken out a large life insurance policy on his successful wife, in a murder for hire scheme.

When Richard Smith failed to show up for work, police discovered the murdered bodies of Smith, his mother and brother in their home in Pensacola, FL. Sheriff's deputies told the media they were investigating possible ritual links to the Wiccan religion and the timing of the killings with the "blue moon sky."

Shayna Hubers called 911 to report she had killed her boyfriend, Ryan Post on, in self-defense after he attacked her. However, investigators soon learned he was planning a date with another woman and suspected Shayna killed him in a jealous rage.

A New Year's Eve shooting in the small town of Benton Harbor, MI, and police body cam captures the heartbroken cries of Army Sgt. Kemia Hassel as she cradles her dying husband, Army Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III, who was on leave during the Thanksgiving holiday; he died from multiple gunshots. Despite the happy outward appearance of the attractive young military couple, investigators soon uncover a murder plot.

The Amatos were a close-knit, middle-class family with three professional sons. So, it was a shock when Margaret and Chad Amato and their youngest son Cody were found dead, shot execution-style in their suburban Seminole, FL home. Suspicion quickly turned to middle son Grant, a trained nurse, who had quarreled with his family over money he had stolen from them.

When 63-year-old Wisconsin wife and mom Victoria Prokopovitz went missing in 2013, her three grown children were beside themselves with worry. Her husband of 24 years, Jim, seemed oddly unconcerned, telling police she often wandered off and had tried to commit suicide twice. Despite a massive search, Victoria was never found. A private detective was brought in by her daughters; conducting his own investigation, he learned of a secret affair.

Firefighters made a desperate effort to save the Huggins family of seven, 2 adults and 5 children, from a blazing fire in Akron, OH, but rescuers were too late. Police declared the fire was no accident and began an arson investigation, which included another unexplained fire a year earlier on the same block that killed a beloved elderly couple, Gloria Hart and Lindell Lewis.

A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park was shocked to discover the body of 27-year-old Sasha Krause in a traditional long dress, wearing black shoes. Her Mennonite family and friends in New Mexico were stunned--she had no known enemies and was a beloved, studious young woman, who loved books. How did she end up dead so far from home? [also shown as S3:E3]

Mengqi Ji, a Chinese exchange student, found a career and a love match with Joe Elledge in the idyllic Missouri university town of Columbia; they married and started a family. It was a shock to her loved ones when she disappeared in October 2019 apparently to be with another man, leaving both her child Anna and her cell phone behind. Her remains were eventually found by a hiker in February 2020. [also shown as S3:E2]

Kay Baker, a 3rd grade school teacher and divorced mom of two in Lithia, FL, was found lying in her neighbor's yard bleeding to death with her throat slashed. Soon after police arrive and search her house, they find a trail of blood outside and use a K-9 and then helicopter infrared leading to a suspenseful search. They spot a wounded man in the woods, and arrest him as a possible suspect.

In 2021, Alexander 'Alex' Jackson, an Eagle Scout, called 911 to report a mysterious intruder killed both his parents, Jan and Melissa, and his younger sister, Sabrina, and shot him in the foot. But as they interviewed Alex in the hospital, detectives began to suspect Jackson wasn't telling the whole truth.

In May 2018 in Westfield, MA, detective Brian Fanion, 30-year police veteran, frantically called 911 for an ambulance, saying his wife Amy had shot herself and lay dying. But when Fanion's fellow officers arrived at the house, the crime scene posed more questions than answers.

When Ilene Gowan, a popular waitress at a local bar in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was found dead by the side of the road, her family called in famous forensic examiner Dr. Michael Baden to help solve the case.

The murder trial of prominent lawyer Tex McIver transfixed Atlanta. McIver claimed his gun accidentally went off, unintentionally shooting his wife in the back as they drove home. But, did McIver have a secret motive to want his wife dead?

When school teacher Catherine Edwards missed a family outing, her worried parents went to her apartment to check on her. There, they made the horrifying discovery: Catherine had been restrained with law enforcement style handcuffs and murdered. Investigators followed dozens of leads as the alarmed community worried about a killer on the loose. Given the handcuffs, investigators even looked at fellow police officers but the case remained a mystery. Nearly three decades later, a team of dedicated detectives, a Texas Ranger, and forensic genealogists teamed up to catch an unlikely killer, finally bringing justice to the Edwards family and the city of Beaumont.

The sheriff's office responds to a 911 call from a distraught husband, who said his wife had killed herself with a gun. Once on the scene, detectives uncover chilling evidence that turned the case into a murder investigation.

In 2002, a blueberry farmer in Ottawa County, Michigan, made a shocking discovery in his fields: the severely burned and beaten body of a man inside a trunk. Despite exhaustive efforts, investigators were unable to identify him, and he became known only as "Jack in the Box." The case sat cold on investigators' desks until 2015, when a detective started receiving emails with clues about the victim's identity. Investigators followed the tips, finally unraveling the chilling details of a gruesome crime, and a calculated cover-up, leading to an international manhunt and an ultimate betrayal by family.

A tearful Sarah Boone tells police she awoke to find her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jorge Torres Jr., dead and zipped inside a suitcase after a night-time drinking game of hide-and-seek. Cell phone videos turned the bizarre death into a homicide investigation.

Lynn Hernan died at home in the care of a longtime friend. The coroner's report found Lynn had been poisoned with an overdose of Visine eye drops. Detectives uncovered a sinister murder plot to steal her money and real estate.

TikTok star Ali Abulaban and his beautiful wife were stars on social media, happy and in love. Hidden cameras in their apartment revealed a dark side to their relationship and a shocking double homicide was caught on tape.