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Lynn Ann Jackenheimer goes on a Fourth of July vacation with her two young children and her boyfriend to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, hoping for some quality family time after a rough period in her life.

Each episode investigates a real murder that took place in an exotic locale, while the victim should have been enjoying the trip of a lifetime.

A parolee dodges prison by stealing the identity of a murder victim; a suspect conceals a crime by assuming the victim's identity.

When a woman is found dead after a date with a co-worker, analysis of her stomach contents leads to the man's arrest.

A woman goes missing in Dec., 2016; her abandoned car is found on a bridge.

A serial rapist stalks elderly women for nearly 20 years before escalating to murder.

Can you flirt your way out of an arrest?

A dead man is thought to be a victim of a hit-and-run accident; a mother requests an autopsy on her son.

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A suspicious-looking man buying a sports car turns out to be a killer; a chat room holds the key to a student's death; a couple kills three restaurant patrons.

A murder-for-hire plot takes the lives of a woman, her 8-year-old child and a live-in nurse.

A serial killer calls and taunts a victim's family.

When Sadie Beacham doesn't receive a good night call from her boyfriend, she's alarmed; she finds his screen door open and blood on the floor and walls; detectives cannot locate his body, but DNA evidence points to someone Sadie knows well.

Explosive experts sifting through bomb evidence discover a more insidious plan.

Over the years, Betty Lou Beets had multiple failed marriages, each of which ended in its own unique way. In 1983, she reported her fifth husband missing and tried to stage a boat accident.

Investigators uncover a bizarre web of lies involving a conman posing as a doctor, Lisa Henning obsessed with reptilian conspiracies-leading to one of New Mexico's strangest and most chilling murder cases.

Outside the small town of Verdigre, Neb., a domestic altercation ends in death; Frances Thompson claims to have killed Dean Frank in self-defense, but as investigators dig deeper, they're not so sure.

An army veteran dies from multiple stab wounds in a parking lot; Lt. Joe Kenda's investigation stalls but a grisly clue emerges.

An attack on two teenage girls, leaving one dead, starts a seven month siege of torment for the town of Abbotsford.

A mother of triplets is found strangled in her Washington home.

A landscaper becomes obsessed with a single mother who is one of his client's and refuses to take no for an answer.

When Diana Algar and Jose Molina are found shot to death, three letters scrawled across Algar's living room wall become the most significant clue in a nationwide manhunt.

These criminals can't escape being busted by the badge.

Citizens are in the cross hairs when brutal criminals go berserk.

A suspect's shoe print matches one left at the crime scene; a bruise on a victim's body resembles the tread of a tire.

Investigators and odontologists match bite marks with dental molds taken from suspects.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service delves into murder cases within the Navy and Marine Corps.

In Ruskin, Fla., a former ice cream truck driver is involved in a tragic shooting that results in the deaths of two brothers.

A sniper targeting abortion doctors turns murderous and a DNA "needle in a haystack" identifies the gunman.

The wildest arrests at Florida's Disney World.

The discovery of a body at a railroad crossing in Texas horrifies some locals who consider the site to be haunted.

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Diligence and technology help catch perpetrators who believe their crimes have been forgotten.

When a boy and his mother were abducted by a drug cartel, agents worked in the field to penetrate the secretive drug underworld.

FBI labs enable investigators and agents to identify a victim and establish what her activities were before she died.

Attorney Richard Merritt, had a last home-cooked meal with his mother before he was set to report to jail for embezzlement; when Merritt didn't show up on time, investigators found his mother dead in the living room.

A private school owner is kidnapped.

When an affluent couple is brutally murdered, a seemingly random home invasion unravels into a sinister plot of greed, deception, and with Kara Lounsbury shockingly close to the family circle.

A love triangle turns lethal-ending in a masked execution that uncovers just how Shawna Nelson will go to eliminate her rival.

A young couple about to be first-time parents, a trio of house guests who have long overstayed their welcome, and a hitman who maybe stole a car, or maybe didn't.

Taekwondo instructor Keith Black disappeared without a trace; years later that the truth behind Keith's whereabouts comes to light, and with it, comes the revelation of a vicious plot, one provoked by greed and resentment.

A young expectant father is killed by a single shot in daylight; Kenda recognizes sniper characteristics at the scene; Kenda must rely on traditional detective work; he aims to find the skilled shooter before another attack occurs.

David Snow, the man behind the murder of a young husband and wife.

A popular high school girl is found murdered, and the shocking truth is exposed years later.

A man begins filming Hannah through a window, then his threatening behavior escalates until it culminates in a violent confrontation.

Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, the peacefulness of Guffey, Colo., is shattered by the savage murders of Carl and JoAnna Dutcher and their 15-year-old grandson, Tony.

There's nothing to hide when these nudes hit the streets.

A crook leads police on a high-speed chase; a robber on the run through a residential area shoots at police; a fugitive's escape in a stolen RV goes up in flames.

Forensic anthropologists use art and science to give faces to victims long after their bodies have been reduced to bones.

Blood evidence speaks for victims who cannot.

DNA testing can vindicate those unjustly accused.

Officer David Ford's life seemed perfect until his shocking death. Suspicion falls close to home, revealing secrets that challenge appearances.

A small town encounters satanic rituals and a savage killer.

Suspects cry for mom and dad while being arrested by police.

A woman dies after breaking her hip; a man falls off a bicycle and dies; a stripper dies in her brother's apartment.

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Forensic artists turn witness statements into pictures as they try to recreate faces of killers.

Behind the scenes of major case investigations.

When a corrupt local government hinders the investigation of a double murder, the FBI steps in to solve the case.

James Ray, a prominent attorney, lives in an upscale home with his girlfriend Angela Bledsoe, a successful businesswoman; when Angela doesn't show up at the office, police find her dead on the kitchen floor; Ray and his BMW are nowhere to be found.

An abandoned suitcase containing a young woman's body, leads to a mystery of a second woman missing too.

In a jealous rage, 57-year-old professor George Zinkhan murders his wife, her lover and shoots other members of their amateur theatre troupe.

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop is denied tenor, and it results in deadly consequences for her co-workers.

A couple's American Dream in shatters, a killer a little too close to home, and a hitman straight out of a movie.

Victoria survives a horrific crash, wins a large settlement and then dies after an explosion.

Kenda investigates a severe crime scene; as he searches for a suspect, the investigation leads to an unexpected person; a young soldier dies from a bullet to the neck and what appears to be suicide changes direction; Kenda examines both cases.

Crimes of Ronald Glenn West, an ex-cop and a multiple murderer.

Beverly Elder is found dead in her apartment a few day before Christmas.

An introverted high school student finds a soul mate who shares her passion for fantasy and comic books, then she goes to college, and he cannot contain his jealousy.