HLN In a series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., a killer gags and molests prostitutes, cuts their clothes in random patterns and cuts off their hair; microscopic evidence helps solve the case. 2026-07-28 After the discovery of a skull in the forest near a boy scout camp, police use facial reconstruction to identify the body. 2026-07-28 Investigators use obscure evidence to find the person responsible for killing justice officials with mail bombs in the South. 2026-07-28 Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder. 2026-07-28 Detectives learn that a genetic disorder caused the deaths of a woman's children, resulting in an overturned conviction. 2026-07-28 When a young woman goes missing on the way to the train station, investigators use a strand of hair and a bloody pillowcase to find a suspect. 2026-07-28 Investigators reopen a case from 1984 involving the rape of a young Virginia woman when DNA testing refutes her identification of the rapist and calls everything into question, leading to the accused person's exoneration. 2026-07-28 A speck of bicycle paint and a speck of nickel left over from a collision with a twice-convicted child molester's car provide critical clues in the murder of a 9-year-old. 2026-07-28 A 2-year-old boy's brain seizures and breathing problems baffle doctors until they learn the mother exhibits signs of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare condition that led her to physically abuse her son and contributed to her daughter's death. 2026-07-28 Two years after an 18-year-old's murder in Albion, Mich., a tiny drop of blood and burned bones lead police to her killers. 2026-07-28 A mother claims that an intruder murdered her two sons, but lacking a motive, police use blood-spatter analysis and behavioral profiling to reconstruct a different scenario. 2026-07-28 A routine missing persons report leads Texas police to discover a deadly love triangle; evidence found in a suspect's home matches the murder scene and leads to the indictment of the victim's girlfriend and her lover. 2026-07-28 A 1995 fire razes the mansion of a Kansas doctor, killing two of her three children; disturbing accounts from an ex-husband lead investigators to believe the doctor set the blaze herself. 2026-07-28 A husband confesses to his wife's murder, only to be found not guilty a year later when a phone tip and forensic evidence point to another. 2026-07-28 In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappeared from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day. 2026-07-28 When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death. 2026-07-28 Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer. 2026-07-28 A new life-insurance policy sparks suspicions of murder when a Nova Scotia schoolteacher's body is found at the bottom of her basement stairs. 2026-07-28 A beverage company pleads guilty to violating federal safety laws when a baby dies from E. coli after drinking apple juice. 2026-07-28 A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging that her father killed her mother 30 years ago. 2026-07-28 The 1992 hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker leads to a groundbreaking trial as experts submit a video reconstruction of the incident, implicating a drunk driver and demonstrating the viability of video testimony. 2026-07-28 Specialists including a NASA vendor help police reconstruct a damaged surveillance video to catch the murderer of convenience store employee Wanda Mason in Lansing, Mich. 2026-07-28 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-07-28 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-07-28 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-07-28 Security guard who disappeared from his post was found a year later in a remote camp site; a decade later, a phone call and a paint smear on his boot helped scientists determine what happened during his final moments. 2026-07-28 When three students are brutally murdered close to campus, investigators must determine what the women had in common before their serial killer strikes again. 2026-07-28 A bag full of evidence recovered from an iced-over river helps to reveal the murderer of a businesswoman in her own shop. 2026-07-28 Eyewitness to real estate agent's murder is put under forensic hypnosis in an attempt to help him recall the killer's face. 2026-07-28 Police launch a search for a killer after a teenager returns home to find his father's body in a pool of blood. 2026-07-28 Pathologist examining the death of a politician who was running for re-election finds tiny puncture wounds at the autopsy. 2026-07-28 A Naval officer who threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault is brutally murdered, but when investigators find the allegations could be part of an elaborate scheme for money, they turn to forensic science. 2026-07-28 A man is found stabbed to death after a night in a strip club; a drop of blood on a bedspread becomes critical evidence five years later. 2026-07-28 After police identify a murder victim thanks to her butterfly necklace, they discover several co-workers had vendettas against the victim. 2026-07-28 The brutal murder of a construction site foreman looks like the work of a disgruntled employee, but forensic science points to an unlikely suspect. 2026-07-28 A shooting victim mutters the name of her apparent assailant before dying, but fingerprint comparisons, handwriting analysis, ballistics and DNA testing show someone else close to home is the true killer. 2026-07-28 A woman's story seemed far-fetched; she tells investigators that a man broke into her home wearing only underwear and gloves, killed her boyfriend and raped and terrorized her. 2026-07-28 After more than 20 people on a Native American reservation die suddenly from a flu-like disease, Navajo medicine men provide a clue that leads to a most unlikely killer. 2026-07-28 While at a real estate conference in St. Louis, a man finds his wife drowned in the bathtub in their hotel room. 2026-07-28 A cunning serial rapist who leaves no decisive evidence forces investigators to rely on geographical profiling in their search for an identity; DNA from a cigarette butt may provide the final piece of evidence needed to catch the suspect. 2026-07-28 New evidence including fibers and weather patterns point to a different killer in the 1986 case of a Pennsylvania dentist's murdered wife. 2026-07-28 Insects and a single strand of hair uncover an additional suspect in the killing of a young mother and her baby in Lehigh Valley, Pa. 2026-07-28 A decomposed body is found in a barrel, and a dilapidated address book may hold the answer, but investigators must find a way to read the pages because the passage of 30 years has turned them blank. 2026-07-28 When a policeman's home burns to the ground, he later arrests a man who confesses to arson, but the confession seems dubious. 2026-07-28 A woman identifies her husband as her attacker, but questions arise 16 years later regarding her recollections. 2026-07-28 A young girl is found dead, the victim of an apparent sex killer; there are few clues to the killer's identity, but authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim. 2026-07-29 Police charge Alan "The Zenith Man" Ridley with murdering his wife, Virginia, but following an autopsy, medical detectives believe he may not have killed his wife after all. 2026-07-29 With children dying at an alarming rate at a Texas hospital, authorities narrow down their probe to one nurse, but the murder weapon remains elusive. 2026-07-29 When the decomposed body of a young girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity, but days earlier, a stabbing victim told them she thought she might have witnessed a murder. 2026-07-29 When a doctor's wife disappears, investigators use concrete from the doctor's yard and the recollections of a child to determine what happened. 2026-07-29 Romanian archbishop Valerian D. Trifa, living in the U.S., is accused of being a Nazi war criminal, and forensic experts find evidence on an incriminating, 40-year-old postcard. 2026-07-29 Investigators look into the shooting death of Russ Stager, a popular gym teacher, and discover that his death was not an accident; a message the victim recorded before his death reveals a story of greed. 2026-07-29 A money launderer is found dead in the ocean and the only obvious clues to his identity are a Rolex watch and a tattoo; the anchor with which he is weighed down proves most helpful in solving the crime. 2026-07-29 The apparent suicide of Dr. Darryl Sutorius, a respected heart surgeon, is questioned when an investigation reveals his new wife's violent history. 2026-07-29 The 1992 hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker leads to a groundbreaking trial as experts submit a video reconstruction of the incident, implicating a drunk driver and demonstrating the viability of video testimony. 2026-07-29 Specialists including a NASA vendor help police reconstruct a damaged surveillance video to catch the murderer of convenience store employee Wanda Mason in Lansing, Mich. 2026-07-29 When a young woman goes missing, the police investigation reveals that she led a double life -- student by day, call-girl by night -- but when her body is discovered, even more strange truths are uncovered. 2026-07-29 A tiny clue inside a suspect's watchband and a popular television show help solve the case of a woman's disappearance. 2026-07-29 One year after Maine resident Pearl A. Bruns' disappearance, forensic technology helps to find her body and determine who was responsible for her death. 2026-07-29 When 4-year-old April Renee Tucker is found dead in her backyard, her parents tell the police that neighborhood dogs attacked and killed her, but the injuries on her body don't match their account of what happened. 2026-07-29 San Diego police investigate the murder of a missing person whose hands turn up in a dumpster; an anonymous letter, containing details only the killer would know, offers clues to solving the case. 2026-07-29 One year after her father's death, a teen's role in a high school production of "Hamlet" causes her to reveal the chilling truth behind her family's tragedy. 2026-07-29 A mother puts her hope on the internet and an independent investigation to clear her name after authorities charge her with murdering her 17-month-old son in a fire considered to be intentionally set. 2026-07-29 When a man dies unexpectedly in the office of a noted California doctor, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation, but discoveries of false identities and insurance fraud raise questions about the doctor's role. 2026-07-29 A forensic scientist uses his skills to preserve a footprint left in snow to help authorities nab two men suspected of robbing an Ontario couple and shooting the husband in the head. 2026-07-29 When a young woman goes missing, the police investigation reveals that she led a double life -- student by day, call-girl by night -- but when her body is discovered, even more strange truths are uncovered. 2026-07-29 A tiny clue inside a suspect's watchband and a popular television show help solve the case of a woman's disappearance. 2026-07-29 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-07-29 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-07-29 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-07-29 After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells a story that's so improbable police think it can't possibly be true. 2026-07-29 A family vacation turns into a terrifying search for a missing wife and baby, then becomes a manhunt for a killer who committed a horrific crime. 2026-07-29 A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma. 2026-07-29 A nosy neighbor with a disturbing obsession becomes a suspect in a woman's murder at an upscale apartment complex; police discover an incredible link to an unrelated murder thousands of miles away. 2026-07-29 A college student turns up dead, and her boyfriend becomes a prime suspect when blood splatters are discovered on his wall. 2026-07-29 Texas police hunt frantically for a brutal rapist. No one knows where he'll strike next, but given the increasingly violent nature of his crimes, he must be found soon. 2026-07-29 When detectives find a mismatched button in relation to a woman's death, they know they can follow the clue back to the killer. 2026-07-29 A woman heads home after church, but never makes it there alive, triggering a homicide investigation. 2026-07-29 Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found. 2026-07-29 Forensic investigators try to stop a killer who is apparently responsible for two slayings in a community in South Carolina. 2026-07-29 When DNA proves that a man who practically admits to a brutal attack is innocent, police wonder why he is willing to take the blame. 2026-07-29 When a businessman is murdered, motives and suspects are plentiful. Was it simply a disgruntled employee or client? Or do some racy photos hold the clue to the crime? 2026-07-29 Fingerprints taken from a piece of cloth help solve the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Henrico County, Va. 2026-07-29 The FBI profiles a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old girl during an evening church service; a witness leads authorities to the likely killer, but then becomes a victim herself. 2026-07-29 Photographs found in a dumpster lead to the killer of Los Angeles model Linda Sobek; the man claims he did not intentionally kill her despite evidence to the contrary. 2026-07-29 A murder mystery theater performance in Easton, Md., turns into a real-life mystery when a body is found after the performance ends. 2026-07-29 When a woman dies in a horseback riding accident, police uncover a web of lies in her husband's background after his suspicious behavior prompts a closer look. 2026-07-29 A serial killer in Tampa, Fla., taunts police by strangling prostitutes and leaving their bodies in plain sight, but tire marks and fibers lead to the culprit. 2026-07-29 Missouri police are thrust into a bizarre web of homeless drifters and cattle auctions when they are called to retrieve a dead body. 2026-07-29 A killer wants to outwit the police and keep the identity of his victim secret so he removes the teeth; however, lab tests on the skull reveal not just the horrific nature of the murder, but the identity of the victim too. 2026-07-29 When a fundamentalist group is accused of robbing banks, authorities know they are dealing with experienced criminals and overwhelming evidence, but the defense is very well-funded. 2026-07-30