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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.

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.

An irrigation canal murder remains unsolved until a similar murder occurs.

The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident.

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 beverage company pleads guilty to violating federal safety laws when a baby dies from E. coli after drinking apple juice.

A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging that her father killed her mother 30 years ago.

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.

While at a real estate conference in St. Louis, a man finds his wife drowned in the bathtub in their hotel room.

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.

New evidence including fibers and weather patterns point to a different killer in the 1986 case of a Pennsylvania dentist's murdered wife.

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.

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.

When a policeman's home burns to the ground, he later arrests a man who confesses to arson, but the confession seems dubious.

A woman identifies her husband as her attacker, but questions arise 16 years later regarding her recollections.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma.

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.

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?

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 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.

On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events.

Weed analysis and photogrammetry are used to help solve the 1995 murder of a California teenager is found dead after disappearing from her home.

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.

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.

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.

When a doctor's wife disappears, investigators use concrete from the doctor's yard and the recollections of a child to determine what happened.

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.

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.

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.

The apparent suicide of Dr. Darryl Sutorius, a respected heart surgeon, is questioned when an investigation reveals his new wife's violent history.

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.

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.

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.

A tiny clue inside a suspect's watchband and a popular television show help solve the case of a woman's disappearance.

One year after Maine resident Pearl A. Bruns' disappearance, forensic technology helps to find her body and determine who was responsible for her death.

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.

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.

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.