True Crime Files

In 2008, Detective Steve Smith reopened a 7-year-old Met case after a tip from Europe linked a second murder to a prime suspect. Could they finally bring him to justice?

Vincent Brothers, a vice-principal with a loving wife and three children, faced tragedy when an intruder with a .22-caliber pistol entered their home one Sunday and killed them before church.

James Fairweather is Britain's youngest serial killer.

n 1971, US Marine Elijah Butler was murdered four days after marrying his fiancee, Geraldine. His killer remained unknown until a cold case unit reopened the investigation in 2011.

In April 2004, Melanie and Bill McGuire, married five years with two sons, planned to move to a new home. Instead, Bill was found shot, dismembered, and discarded in a suitcase.

What possesses a child to kill another child?

Delia Balmer began dating John Sweeney in Camden Town, unaware he was a murderer. Three and a half years later, he aimed to make her his next victim with an axe.

Tony Antonucci began an apprenticeship with contractor John Wayne Gacy, unaware he was a serial killer. Months later, Tony found himself handcuffed, facing the same fate as Gacy's 33 victims.

In December 2006, five sex workers were found dead in Ipswich. Jade Reynolds, working in the area, realized the killer, Steve Wright, was one of her clients.