HLN Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- "The Cheater" by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott. 2026-05-14 Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer. 2026-05-14 Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers. 2026-05-14 When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away. 2026-05-14 In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone. 2026-05-14 In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island. 2026-05-14 An abandoned, still-running car leads investigators to a body with unusual marks and a DNA trail that lead to the killer. 2026-05-14 Police find fragments of deleted computer files leading them to suspect a woman's suicide is really murder. 2026-05-14 A suspicious neighbor gives police a break in a cold case. 2026-05-14 A family suspects their teenage daughter's new friends were involved in her disappearance. 2026-05-14 When a 62-year-old man opens a car restoration business and becomes seriously ill, his doctors cannot find the cause, but forensics can; identification of a highly toxic metal in the victim's blood leads to his poisoner. 2026-05-14 When a 6-year-old disappears, her father becomes the prime suspect; he fails a polygraph test and even confesses, but 10 years later, the investigation gets turned on its head. 2026-05-14 Investigators build a makeshift tent around a woman's body and use superglue fumes to lift the killer's palm print from the victim's skin. 2026-05-14 The disappearance of a mail-order bride proves suspicious when detectives learn that two of the Texas husband's previous wives had died in mysterious circumstances. 2026-05-14 A jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson. 2026-05-14 A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer. 2026-05-14 An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body. 2026-05-14 The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out murder. 2026-05-14 Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years. 2026-05-14 Forensic scientists try to find a way to "lift" the serial number from a shotgun that's their only clue in a case. 2026-05-14 A family break turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in a lake; with no idea whether it was murder, an accident or suicide, police turn to a new forensic technique. 2026-05-14 When friends see a woman in the back of a car flailing her arms and screaming, they assume she is having fun, but when they later come upon a jacket and a pool of blood, they realize they witnessed an abduction in progress. 2026-05-14 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-14 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-14 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-14 When police recover the submerged car of a missing man, they find no body; the investigation that follows uncovers a deadly obsession and the motive for murder. 2026-05-14 Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. But the wound was not self-inflicted. 2026-05-14 Investigators piece together evidence found at the scene of a Native American woman's murder; the tire tracks and shoe impressions could lead them to the killer. 2026-05-14 Experts seek answers to a young businesswoman's death just before she was to testify in a criminal trial. 2026-05-14 An anonymous caller reports the rape and murder of a dry cleaner employee; two eyewitnesses tell two similar but not identical stories. 2026-05-14 Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong. 2026-05-14 Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles. 2026-05-14 A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage. 2026-05-14 Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction. 2026-05-14 In a wealthy area of Philadelphia, police are called to the scene of what seems like a regular accidental drowning; the investigation begins to focus on one person who has many reasons to want the victim dead. 2026-05-14 Two women are murdered in the same town and police fear a serial killer is on the loose, further investigation finds that they were both close to the same man. 2026-05-14 A young woman is found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas; the grass on that course is so distinctive that it had evidentiary value; the evidence leads police to two suspects; each blamed the other, and they have to find out who the killer is. 2026-05-14 A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government. 2026-05-14 A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened, and the truth is stranger than fiction. 2026-05-14 After American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair disappears, the discovery of a mutilated body helps police catch the culprit. 2026-05-14 Two people witness a truck driving over an unconscious man and flee into a nearby bar, but when the police turn up, the truck, the man and the witnesses are gone. 2026-05-14 Insect evidence helps to solve the mystery of a woman found dead near a river bank. 2026-05-14 A girl who is abducted and then released soon afterward uses her knowledge of forensics to lead police to the kidnapper. 2026-05-14 A trash collector finds a severed human leg in a trash bin, but police cannot use conventional methods of victim identification; investigators turn to toxicology and DNA tests to find the murder-mutilator. 2026-05-14 A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers. 2026-05-14 A man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case. 2026-05-15 The murder of a young Seattle couple puzzles investigators until the victims' dog, Chief, leads police to the killer. 2026-05-15 A handsome young doctor's fiancée experiences severe illness after revealing that she is pregnant, and launches her own investigation to determine if the doctor is somehow responsible. 2026-05-15 A seemingly model citizen turns out to be a serial killer. 2026-05-15 An abandoned, still-running car leads investigators to a body with unusual marks and a DNA trail that lead to the killer. 2026-05-15 Police find fragments of deleted computer files leading them to suspect a woman's suicide is really murder. 2026-05-15 Investigating the worst arson spree in U.S. history -- a rash of more than 75 fires near Seattle. 2026-05-15 Computers aid the police and FBI in solving a string of crimes. 2026-05-15 Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist, and a cleverly obtained DNA sample confirms their suspicions. 2026-05-15 When a young boy has serious respiratory problems and his father shows signs of early Alzheimer's disease, a chance encounter with a stranger kicks off an investigation into the cause. 2026-05-15 Police in St. Petersburg, Fla., use cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of forensic evidence to find a surgeon's killer. 2026-05-15 A woman wins her release after being imprisoned for allegedly killing her mother in a car fire. 2026-05-15 Authorities are able to apprehend a kidnapper because he allowed his victim to write a will on a telltale pad of paper. 2026-05-15 Experts debate whether an apparent heart attack victim died from natural causes or alleged poisoning by his girlfriend. 2026-05-15 When a 12-year-old was found dead in her home, police were left clueless until a string of burglaries months later. A trail of stolen goods may help solve a murder. 2026-05-15 When 15-year-old Marlene Miller was murdered, it would take 24 years and several retrials before forensic scientists discovered the evidence to bring her killer to justice. 2026-05-15 Detectives use a forged signature to find a woman's abductor. 2026-05-15 A woman is killed two days before she was scheduled to testify against a man accused of assaulting her and the prime suspect has an alibi. 2026-05-15 A bite mark is all the evidence needed to convict a suspect who was robbing tourists in Florida. 2026-05-15 Technology able to analyze human bite-marks yields information on a woman's death. 2026-05-15 An attack on a couple's home leaves the husband dead, the wife gravely injured and their son as a prime suspect; hundreds of miles away, a DNA sample may lead to the killer. 2026-05-15 Detectives think they've solved a murder when they find the weapon and victim's blood in a man's flat, but the evidence may have been planted. 2026-05-15 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-15 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-15 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-15 A 20-year-old woman sets out on her bike and never returns; her body is found a few miles from her house with a gunshot wound to the head; years go by without any evidence or leads, until new investigators and technology breaks the case. 2026-05-15 A navy lieutenant is murdered while deployed out to sea; arsenic poisoning is the cause of death; investigators discover he had more than his fair share of enemies, but it takes years before investigators discover what really happened to him. 2026-05-15 A building manager finds the lifeless body of a young woman in the bathtub; when questioned, an ex-con living downstairs lies to police; the lies do not prove murder and the case goes cold, then a new forensic tool examines the evidence. 2026-05-15 A murder victim's final moments are caught on tape; the crime scene looks like a clear robbery-murder; text evidence at first points to a jilted lover, but police identify a second suspect with a motive. 2026-05-15 A wounded woman calls 911; her husband, who wants a divorce, gets a hard look from police, but he has an airtight alibi during the murder; forensic science of ballistics draws a direct connection. 2026-05-15 A religious woman is shot execution style in the suburbs of Michigan; surveillance video reveals it was a trio of killers; eventually, detectives get a break: a handwritten note. 2026-05-15 Three sex workers are murdered and left along a river; a serial killer was on the loose and for years the perp was never identified. 2026-05-15 He is a sex offender and a murderer who attacks in a terrifying rage; this predator manages to evade capture for years, but he leaves evidence behind, his palm print; detectives are determined to put a face to the print. 2026-05-15 When a house fire kills the only doctor in a small town, an arson investigation leads to the son of the doctor's nurse; the prosecutor worries this might have been a miscarriage of justice. 2026-05-15 A young woman is found murdered on the side of a rural driveway; the victim had been out with friends; the investigation would remain unsolved; until three decades later, when forensics from an unrelated crime helps break the case. 2026-05-15 A hearing impaired 77-year-old on a road trip is shot to death because the man cannot hear his assailant's demands; random murders are among the hardest crimes to solve, but investigators are determined to bring this case to justice. 2026-05-15 A massive explosion claims the life of a California farmhand, and authorities think it's an accidental death, but analysis of debris shows it's a bomb; investigators have few suspects until they hear ominous rumors about a jealous rage. 2026-05-15 A suspicious neighbor gives police a break in a cold case. 2026-05-15 A family suspects their teenage daughter's new friends were involved in her disappearance. 2026-05-15 When a 62-year-old man opens a car restoration business and becomes seriously ill, his doctors cannot find the cause, but forensics can; identification of a highly toxic metal in the victim's blood leads to his poisoner. 2026-05-15 When a 6-year-old disappears, her father becomes the prime suspect; he fails a polygraph test and even confesses, but 10 years later, the investigation gets turned on its head. 2026-05-15 Investigators build a makeshift tent around a woman's body and use superglue fumes to lift the killer's palm print from the victim's skin. 2026-05-15 The disappearance of a mail-order bride proves suspicious when detectives learn that two of the Texas husband's previous wives had died in mysterious circumstances. 2026-05-15 A jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson. 2026-05-15 A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer. 2026-05-15 An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body. 2026-05-16