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A wild fire in a secluded parking lot leads police to discover a dreadful homicide, with the suspect's image caught by security cameras.

After a prominent Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death outside his office, investigators uncover an unlikely suspect with deep pockets and an even deeper hatred for the doctor.

Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.

A masked gunman kills two members of a family and wounds two others after they interrupt his burglary at their upscale suburban home.

A killer leaves equally incriminating evidence at the scene when he meticulously wipes away his fingerprint and shoe impressions.

After a woman is found dead at a yacht club in California in an apparent case of love gone wrong, investigators discover her home life was as dramatic as films made in nearby Hollywood.

The brutal murder of a state park employee over $2,000 rattles her co-workers and tourists while leaving police to sift through hundreds of leads.

When evidence shows a woman's rape and murder, police must find the killer as well as the victim.

A week after a couple disappears from the beach, police get a mysterious lead from a robbery.

Fifteen years later, DNA technology leads to justice for a murdered woman and her savagely beaten 4-year-old daughter.

A quiet waitress who hasn't been to work in two days vanishes without a trace; police suspect a date gone wrong.

The search for a missing exotic dancer led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated, thus destroying all evidence... almost; piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile and positive ID.

After years of suffering domestic abuse, a young woman is found murdered in her bathtub; among numerous clues, a hamburger bun proves the most incriminating.

Evidence that includes threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a woman's suspected killer, but they don't have the victim's body.

Who put a bomb in the home of a 29-year-old woman and killed her?

A killer tried to destroy everything which could link them to the crime; but in doing so, they inadvertently created new forensic evidence, evidence which came to light using a technique never before used in a criminal investigation.

After a tycoon's wife is found dead in her SUV submerged in a half-frozen creek, police begin to suspect it wasn't an accident.

A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.

Physical evidence intially condemns a prime suspect to a double homicide, but DNA from a discarded spoon points to another.

A young girl falls ill and dies; forensic investigators search for evidence halfway around the world to shed light on the tragic death.

Two bodies are discovered, shot to death in their car; the car windows are broken, but there's no sign of shattered glass.

Key suspect has a solid alibi in the murder of a war veteran; but police get a lead by finding a new suspect with a sweet tooth.

A woman who appeared to have taken her own life told her sister that, if anything were to happen to her, there was a note in the china cabinet.

When an aspiring model turns up dead, police suspect her boyfriend. But must dig deeper for clues when he is cleared.

Tiny fibers and an asthma inhaler are the clues that lead officers to the killer of an off-duty policeman.

Investigators search the world of high rollers and offshore betting to solve the first triple homicide in Verona, Wisc.

Police search every apartment building in town when the body of a young girl found on an isolated farm holds a set of keys but no ID.

A man denies killing a pedestrian in hit-and-run, claiming he sold the car in question; authorities track down the car to find critical evidence.

A woman is killed weeks before testifying against the man who sexually assaulted her.

New York police hunt the Zodiac killer after a series of deadly attacks.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

A college student turns up dead and her boyfriend becomes a prime suspect when blood splatters are discovered on his wall.

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.

When detectives find a mismatched button in relation to a woman's death, they know they can follow the clue back to the killer.

A woman heads home after church, but never makes it there alive, triggering a homicide investigation.

Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found.

Forensic investigators try to stop a killer who is apparently responsible for two slayings in a community in South Carolina.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

A woman has an accidental fall down a flight of stairs and appears to have hit her head, but the lack of blood splatter and misplaced shoes lead police to believe the fall was staged.

A church member gets gunned down after leaving choir practice; although witnesses see little and not much evidence exists, investigators learn that she had been having affairs for years.

When a man perishes in a fire while working in his garage, his death is initially ruled an accident until a forensic odontologist changes the direction of the case.

Lack of evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious when a woman is beaten to death at her in-laws house.

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide. But soon after, information emerges which reveals a much more menacing scenario.

A dismembered body is dumped on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike and before police realize it, bodies are turning up between two states.

A young bride-to-be is gunned down in her own home. The attack is personal and as investigators start digging, they uncover the man she loved was living a lie.

Tara Munsey went missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant and it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play.

An Ohio woman and her two daughters go missing while vacationing in Florida; their corpeses are found floating in Tampa Bay with a hand-written note by one of the victims; putting it on five billboards helps them find the killer.

Four young adults are murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, with little evidence but two people walking by dressed in black.

A young college student is found dead in her apartment and the autopsy rules the death a homicide by an unknown male suspect.

The killer removed the computer that links him to the murder of a woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband that he had met online.

A community is shocked when police discover a woman raped and murdered in broad daylight on a public trail.

A real estate developer is shot and his wife becomes the prime suspect, until the bullet is linked to a weapon reported missing 20 years ago.

Three years later, a second autopsy determines who's right when a medical examiner and detectives disagree on the cause of death.

Hit-and-run boating accident that kills a popular young man causes investigators to search for one boat out of thousands.

A woman is found dead on her bedroom floor, the only clue is a bloodstained sheet; breakthrough forensics enable police to identify the killer.

A young man is killed in a mysterious car crash, but the evidence at the scene lead investigators to believe it is not an accident; forensic science reveals what really happens, and the truth devastates three families.

A woman is found dead, police use blood evidence and computer forensics to convince a jury that the murderer is guilty.

When an elderly woman dies in an apparent robbery-homicide, evidence suggests the suspect broke out of the house rather than breaking in.

Wealthy man is shot dead while his wife is forced to open their hidden safe, but they couldn't be identified because they were wearing ski masks.

The bomb was constructed to cause as much damage as possible and it did, killing the victim with deadly force and flame; a painstaking search yielded tiny clues, which identified the killer as surely as if he'd signed them.

A twelve-year-old girl claims that she was abducted and sexually assaulted; her story seems unbelievable until police discover fibers on her clothing.

A man calls for help when his wife has a fatal fall down the stairs; numerous amount of bloodstains make police suspicious.

A decade old case reopens, and a few seconds of a 911 call enable investigators to determine who is responsible for a murder.

A flawed envelope is an unlikely clue to identifying a killer who laced a water cooler with cyanide and caused the death of a woman.

A mussel diver and his fiancée are found dead in their burnt home; a tiny clue points to arson and murder.

For ten years, the disappearance of a college co-ed remained a mystery; new scientific testing cast a different light on a man who had been a suspect all along.

When a healthy young man dies mysteriously in his sleep, toxicology tests reveal that it may have been foul play. Could a `suicide note' hold the key to solving the case.

A child's memory, a diary and a forensic psychologist help investigators solve a young woman's murder.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

Detectives search for the bombers of two churches in Illinois, hoping that the materials used in the remnants of the handmade bombs will offer the clues to catch the culprits.

There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead; but when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel the mystery of betrayal and revenge.

A woman is stabbed a hundred times and her body positioned in a suggestive manner. This could be a hate crime against women.

Police are able to create a composite sketch of a man burnt beyond recognition. But tracking the killer is more challenging.

By cutting a strand of a murdered man's hair into sections, forensics reveal a record of his last six months alive, and find he was frequently ingesting huge amounts of arsenic.

A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses, an ambush or a random attack; the clue was something so tiny, it was measured in millionths of a meter.

Teenager is found half-naked with her throat slit; a single foreign hair found on her thumb may finger the killer.

Two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered; the similarities of the crime scenes led police to believe they were dealing with a serial killer who hated women, and they had to find him before he struck again.

Weeks after a student vanishes, the body of an unknown female is found in the ashes of a fire 700 miles away; an alert policeman realizes the crimes could be connected.

Investigators face a growing list of suspects after a beautiful flight attendant is brutally murdered in her own home.

The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death; police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000 was missing from the safe. As to who was responsible, his family and friends couldn't even imagine who'd want to hurt him.

Florida authorities rely on DNA evidence to try to nail the killer of a woman who was abducted from her late-night job at a convenience store, raped and strangled.

A body is found stuffed into a suitcase forcing the police to search though the landfill for another missing victim.

A woman goes missing for a month with the only clues being a set of keys, a fingerprint and a code.

Police discover a mask near the crime scene and hope that it leads to the killer of a funeral director.

A killer assaults a young mother in her home, but despite meticulous washing of the crime scene, a single hair remains to lead authorities to the culprit.

The investigation into the disappearance of flight attendant Helle Crafts leads to the murder conviction of her pilot husband.

Scientists and detectives use DNA to solve a string of rapes and murders.

Police use DNA profiles of seed pods from a truck to catch a killer.

Police believe they have a serial rapist and murderer, but DNA testing and research leads to another arrest and conviction.

In 1976, 182 war veterans in Philadelphia become hospitalized with pneumonia-like symptoms and 29 die; the disease resurfaces every few years.

After a wealthy Southern physician gets murdered with a baseball bat, his wife and a handyman become convicted of the crime.

In 1971, John List disappears after murdering his mother, wife and three children; he eludes the law for years until an age-scaled sculpture of the suspect and a true-crime TV program helps lead to his arrest in 1989.

An 11-year-old boy comes down with a fever and diarrhea after eating an undercooked burger; when his condition worsens, his mother drives him to a hospital and doctors discover E. coli destroying his body.

Florida police search for a serial rapist and murderer who left small red fibers on each of his 10 victims.

When an English couple go missing, police suspect their son killed them and must rely on mud and blood samples found in the couple's two cars to find their bodies.

Tipster is found dead after revealing that a woman's death 16 years ago was murder.

The murder of 53-year-old Paul Gruber is examined and the evidence points to Darryl Robin Kuehl, who was later convicted of the crime.

A man states that a robber shot and killed his wife while they were on the beach, but a song he downloaded makes investigators suspicious.

Detectives discover new clues left by a stalker's letter to his victim.

The body of an insurance assessor is found in a river in Tampa, Fla.; a unique murder weapon and blatant clues lead the police straight to her careless killer.

When a high school athlete is killed in a hit and run accident, investigators hoped tiny paint chips and shards of plastic would lead them to the driver.

A woman is abducted and a month later found dead, then a tip leads investigators in the right direction.

How the bombs were made leads investigators in Colorado to find the perpetrator.

DNA profiling reveals clues leading to a killer's identity 20 years later.

A murder in Australia baffles police, until they find a device intended to save lives is the only witness to the man's death.

When a man dies after falling down the stairs, a witness says one thing and the evidence says another.

A wax bullet, white blanket and olive colored carpeting tell a lot about the murder of a young woman found in a ravine.

When a house burns to the ground and a woman's charred remains are found, investigators must determine whether it was an accident or arson.

An ammunition box and fluorescent fibers reveal the betrayal that led to the murder of a millionaire's family.

Investigators weigh several theories while probing the death of a retired police officer, including a botched robbery and suicide.

The bodies of two young women are found in the ashes of an apartment fire.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

A wild fire in a secluded parking lot leads police to discover a dreadful homicide, with the suspect's image caught by security cameras.

After a prominent Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death outside his office, investigators uncover an unlikely suspect with deep pockets and an even deeper hatred for the doctor.

Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.

A masked gunman kills two members of a family and wounds two others after they interrupt his burglary at their upscale suburban home.

A killer leaves equally incriminating evidence at the scene when he meticulously wipes away his fingerprint and shoe impressions.

After a woman is found dead at a yacht club in California in an apparent case of love gone wrong, investigators discover her home life was as dramatic as films made in nearby Hollywood.

The brutal murder of a state park employee over $2,000 rattles her co-workers and tourists while leaving police to sift through hundreds of leads.

When evidence shows a woman's rape and murder, police must find the killer as well as the victim.

A week after a couple disappears from the beach, police get a mysterious lead from a robbery.

Fifteen years later, DNA technology leads to justice for a murdered woman and her savagely beaten 4-year-old daughter.

A quiet waitress who hasn't been to work in two days vanishes without a trace; police suspect a date gone wrong.

The search for a missing exotic dancer led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated, thus destroying all evidence... almost; piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile and positive ID.

Experts attempt to discover the source of heavy fog on Highway I-75 in Tennessee, which caused a 99-car accident and 12 deaths.

When a woman goes missing from her home, police focus on her husband when an airline luggage tag and luminol point to an affair and murder; footage from a TV crew and Coast Guard photographs lead investigators to the suspect's missing boat.

When a woman exhibits strange flu-like symptoms before dying, investigators discover someone added thallium to her soda; detectives initially suspect her husband, but the case takes a sinister turn.

Handwriting and simple doodles complicate a car-bomb case and an alleged self-defense shooting in a peaceful British farming village as police uncover a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money.

When dozens of infants develop serious breathing problems in the Cleveland area, doctors and investigators search high and low for the cause.

A well-liked bank vice president collapses and dies after taking pain pills laced with cyanide; the search for a motive reveals a callous suspect who had murdered once before.

Evidence reveals a teacher who complained of being stalked and harassed by another teacher was scamming police.

A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back, but authorities catch onto him and he becomes sentenced to life with no chance of parole.

A man arrested for the sexual assault and attempted murder of a boy in a European country becomes linked to a murder in Zurich, Switzerland, through analysis of microorganisms.

Heavy rains and snow run-off carry manure into Milwaukee's water supply in 1993, leading to an epidemic of gastrointestinal illness affecting 400,000 people.

Autopsies reveal that a string of unexplained deaths in Omaha resulted from poison-induced liver disintegration.

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.

After the discovery of a skull in the forest near a boy scout camp, police use facial reconstruction to identify the body.

Investigators use obscure evidence to find the person responsible for killing justice officials with mail bombs in the South.

The 1960 kidnapping and murder of brewery heir Adolph Coors III leads to one of the most intense manhunts in U.S. history.

A used tissue, 12 years after the murder of a young Missouri woman, may be what cracks the case with a suspect list a mile long.

When murder strikes a young girl, police quickly make an arrest, but cutting-edge technology from NASA proves they have the wrong suspect behind bars.

A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.