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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.

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.

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.

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 wildfire 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.

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 corpses are found floating in Tampa Bay with a handwritten 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.

Stories from across the world and refreshing conversations with Audie Cornish.

Stories from across the world and refreshing conversations with Audie Cornish.

Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.

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.

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.

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.

Fingerprints taken from a piece of cloth help solve the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Henrico County, Va.

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.

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.

A murder mystery theater performance in Easton, Md., turns into a real-life mystery when a body is found after the performance ends.

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.

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.

Missouri police are thrust into a bizarre web of homeless drifters and cattle auctions when they are called to retrieve a dead body.

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.

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.

When a young doctor is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting two of his female patients, DNA tests show him to be innocent, but the women persist with their claims; seven years later, a private investigation leads to a surprising discovery.

The search for the killer of two teenagers in Texas shows a behavioral study on how most serial killers also have a history of abusing animals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When a farmer's wife disappears, the tests of a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist lead to a surprising revelation.

A son who is convinced of his mother's innocence in the death of his father enrolls in law school to try and clear her name.

The pornography empire cultivated by brothers Artie and Jim Mitchell crumbles when one turns up dead and his brother confesses to shooting him; investigators question whether the shooting was premeditated.

When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a "signature" clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier.

When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case.

The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine.

A young woman goes missing without leaving many clues, but the advanced technology on offer makes it possible for cat hairs and insects to help build an image of the abductor.

Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a pregnant woman is found dead in her home.

A mother is determined to discover what happened when her daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident.

Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree.

Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- "The Cheater" by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott.

Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer.

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.

Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder.

Detectives learn that a genetic disorder caused the deaths of a woman's children, resulting in an overturned conviction.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.

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.

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.

When a young doctor is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting two of his female patients, DNA tests show him to be innocent, but the women persist with their claims; seven years later, a private investigation leads to a surprising discovery.

The search for the killer of two teenagers in Texas shows a behavioral study on how most serial killers also have a history of abusing animals.

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.

Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers.

When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away.

In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone.

In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island.

A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government.

A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened, and the truth is stranger than fiction.

After American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair disappears, the discovery of a mutilated body helps police catch the culprit.

Two people witness a truck driving over an unconscious man and flee into a nearby bar, but when the police turn up, the truck, the man and the witnesses are gone.

Insect evidence helps to solve the mystery of a woman found dead near a river bank.

A girl who is abducted and then released soon afterward uses her knowledge of forensics to lead police to the kidnapper.

A trash collector finds a severed human leg in a trash bin, but police cannot use conventional methods of victim identification; investigators turn to toxicology and DNA tests to find the murder-mutilator.

A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fingerprints taken from a piece of cloth help solve the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Henrico County, Va.

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.

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.

A murder mystery theater performance in Easton, Md., turns into a real-life mystery when a body is found after the performance ends.

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.

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.

Missouri police are thrust into a bizarre web of homeless drifters and cattle auctions when they are called to retrieve a dead body.

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.

When a farmer's wife disappears, the tests of a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist lead to a surprising revelation.

A son who is convinced of his mother's innocence in the death of his father enrolls in law school to try and clear her name.

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 man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case.

The murder of a young Seattle couple puzzles investigators until the victims' dog, Chief, leads police to the killer.

A handsome young doctor's fiancée experiences severe illness after revealing that she is pregnant, and launches her own investigation to determine if the doctor is somehow responsible.

When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a "signature" clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier.

When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case.

The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine.

A young woman goes missing without leaving many clues, but the advanced technology on offer makes it possible for cat hairs and insects to help build an image of the abductor.

Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a pregnant woman is found dead in her home.

A mother is determined to discover what happened when her daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident.

Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree.

Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- "The Cheater" by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott.

Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer.

Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers.

When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away.

In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone.

In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island.

A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government.

A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened, and the truth is stranger than fiction.

After American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair disappears, the discovery of a mutilated body helps police catch the culprit.

Two people witness a truck driving over an unconscious man and flee into a nearby bar, but when the police turn up, the truck, the man and the witnesses are gone.

Insect evidence helps to solve the mystery of a woman found dead near a river bank.

A girl who is abducted and then released soon afterward uses her knowledge of forensics to lead police to the kidnapper.

A trash collector finds a severed human leg in a trash bin, but police cannot use conventional methods of victim identification; investigators turn to toxicology and DNA tests to find the murder-mutilator.

A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers.

A man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case.

The pornography empire cultivated by brothers Artie and Jim Mitchell crumbles when one turns up dead and his brother confesses to shooting him; investigators question whether the shooting was premeditated.

When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a "signature" clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier.

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 jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson.

A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer.

An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body.

A family suspects their teenage daughter's new friends were involved in her disappearance.

When a 62-year-old man opens a car restoration business and becomes seriously ill, his doctors cannot find the cause, but forensics can; identification of a highly toxic metal in the victim's blood leads to his poisoner.

When a 6-year-old disappears, her father becomes the prime suspect; he fails a polygraph test and even confesses, but 10 years later, the investigation gets turned on its head.

Investigators build a makeshift tent around a woman's body and use superglue fumes to lift the killer's palm print from the victim's skin.

The disappearance of a mail-order bride proves suspicious when detectives learn that two of the Texas husband's previous wives had died in mysterious circumstances.

A jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson.

A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer.

An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body.

The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out murder.

Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years.

Forensic scientists try to find a way to "lift" the serial number from a shotgun that's their only clue in a case.

Investigating the worst arson spree in U.S. history -- a rash of more than 75 fires near Seattle.

Computers aid the police and FBI in solving a string of crimes.

Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist, and a cleverly obtained DNA sample confirms their suspicions.

When a young boy has serious respiratory problems and his father shows signs of early Alzheimer's disease, a chance encounter with a stranger kicks off an investigation into the cause.

Police in St. Petersburg, Fla., use cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of forensic evidence to find a surgeon's killer.

A woman wins her release after being imprisoned for allegedly killing her mother in a car fire.

Authorities are able to apprehend a kidnapper because he allowed his victim to write a will on a telltale pad of paper.

Experts debate whether an apparent heart attack victim died from natural causes or alleged poisoning by his girlfriend.

When a 12-year-old was found dead in her home, police were left clueless until a string of burglaries months later. A trail of stolen goods may help solve a murder.

When 15-year-old Marlene Miller was murdered, it would take 24 years and several retrials before forensic scientists discovered the evidence to bring her killer to justice.

Detectives use a forged signature to find a woman's abductor.

When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case.

The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine.

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 20-year-old woman sets out on her bike and never returns; her body is found a few miles from her house with a gunshot wound to the head; years go by without any evidence or leads, until new investigators and technology breaks the case.

A navy lieutenant is murdered while deployed out to sea; arsenic poisoning is the cause of death; investigators discover he had more than his fair share of enemies, but it takes years before investigators discover what really happened to him.

A building manager finds the lifeless body of a young woman in the bathtub; when questioned, an ex-con living downstairs lies to police; the lies do not prove murder and the case goes cold, then a new forensic tool examines the evidence.

An obscure print found at a crime scene.

A diner in a small town, an endocrinologist and a forensic botanist help destroy a prime suspect's alibi.

Neighbors do not hear the gunshots when a union official is killed in his home.

A man tells police he shot an intruder who murdered his wife; forensic evidence leads police to re-examine the man's motives.

A police officer claims his estranged wife's shooting death was a suicide, but investigators think it was a murder.

When firefighters find a family dead inside their home, it appears to be a murder-suicide; clues at the scene lead investigators to believe otherwise.

A couple's murder leads investigators into the world of white supremacists and a string of hate crimes.

A rare gun and a victim's beloved dog help investigators trying to solve a multi-year-long murder case where most of the witnesses were admitted drug users.

A search in Virginia's DNA databank reveals the identity of a news producer's murderer.

A homicide detective claims his wife accidentally shot herself in the head, but the evidence indicates otherwise.

Officials probe the death of a woman investigating the possible side effects of the drug she was prescribed for bipolar disorder.

A chip of stainless steel brings a killer to justice 20 years after a woman's body is found in a ravine.