On Thanksgiving day 2009, four members of the same family were shot and killed by another family member.  Following the murders, the shooter evaded police capture for five weeks. What caused the shooter to turn the gun on his very own family?

In November 1978, four employees of a Burger Chef fast food chain in Speedway, Indiana were murdered in cold blood. A poorly investigated crime scene led the murders to become a cold case lasting over 4 decades. Will forensic science be able to finally solve the Burger Chef murders?

In January 2013, 17-year old high school student Kendrick Johnson didn’t return home from school. The following morning, his parents learned that their son missed class the day before. Something that was completely out of character for the student. Nearly 21 hours after Kendrick Johnson was last seen, a couple students made a shocking discovery…

For three weeks in October 2002, the areas of Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia were terrorized by a series of coordinated shootings. Innocent people were being gunned down at gas stations, bus stops, and while just walking down the street.   At the end of the rampage, 17 people would be murdered and 10 people…

A 24-year old Washington D.C. intern and graduate student, who has hopes and dreams of working for the FBI, suddenly vanishes. Disappears from her apartment, leaving behind her ID, purse, cell phone, and dirty dishes in the sink.  The investigation into her disappearance would uncover a romantic affair involving a well-respected U.S. Congressman. A Congressman, who was…

On April 1st, 2014, Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers from the Netherlands went missing while hiking a trail in Panama. Their remains were discovered months later after an international manhunt didn’t turn up any leads.  Without a proper cause of death, was this a tragic hiking accident, or did the girls become victims of foul…

A 34-year old wife and mother of 2 young children is kidnapped in Redding, California while out for a jog. Her cell phone and headphones are discovered less than a mile from her house, with a clump of her long blonde hair. Her disappearance was dubbed as the kidnapping of ‘Super Mom”. A beautiful woman simply…

On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, carrying 38 passengers and 5 crew members, departed from Los Angeles for what should have been a short flight to San Francisco. Moments after reaching the standard cruising altitude of 22,000 feet, the pilots inside the aircraft signaled distress, telling air traffic controllers that shots had…

In June 2017, a young Chinese scholar, Yingying Zhang, was abducted in broad daylight while she waited at a bus stop near the University of Illinois campus. The entire encounter was caught on nearby surveillance cameras. With no body, could forensic science and good old fashioned detective work put a wannabe serial killer behind bars?