Fri, Oct 28, 2016
Florida, 2012: Kim Dorsey is found stabbed and bludgeoned to death in her home in a gated community in an especially brutal assault. Starting with her husband Derrick, a litany of suspects are investigated including a sound system repair person. The question is: how close-to-home is the murderer?
Fri, Nov 4, 2016
New York, 2011: Tom Kolman, a supervisor, is found dead in his car. Tom's a relatively healthy 40-year-old, so investigators rule out a health condition as the cause of death. But there's no obvious cause of death. Until the toxicology reports come back: Tom had Midazolam in his system, a sedative only available to medical professionals. This opens the door for the investigation.
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Fri, Nov 11, 2016
California, 2000: Michelle O'Keefe is found dead in her car in a parking lot. Raymond Lee Jennings, a security guard patrolling the parking lot, says he saw her after she was shot. He seems to know things only the killer would know. But, due to lack of any forensic evidence (and even blood evidence that seems to rule him out), he isn't arrested until nearly six years later. A cautionary tale on the recent trend of too-heavy reliance on circumstantial evidence follows.
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Fri, Nov 18, 2016
Missouri, 2011: Betsy Faria is found stabbed. Her husband Russ is convicted of the murder. He gets a re-trial four years later in 2015 and the case is featured in Dateline's 'Return to Game Night.' This time, the trial is decided only by a judge and Russ is found innocent. But a person who contributed so much to the state's case, Pam Hupp, would have surprises of her own.
Fri, Dec 2, 2016
California, 2014: Erin Heavilin Corwin, a Marine wife, lives safely on a Marine base. Or so she thinks. She goes missing after visiting Joshua Tree, a vast national park in the Mojave desert. Her husband Jon is suspected first, of course, but he seems to be genuine in his grief for his lost spouse. During the investigation, a web of infidelity, lies and intrigue reveals itself.
Fri, Dec 16, 2016
New York, 2001: Michele Harris, wife of millionaire car dealer Cal Harris, goes missing on 9/11/2001 but police can't find a body or a murder weapon. The case is featured on Dateline's 'The Mystery at Empire Lake.' Cal is charged with murder after four years. A mistrial is declared twice due to shocking circumstances. What verdict will the third trial bring? Florida, 2009: Dalia Dippolito plots to kill her husband Michael Dippolito. The police record the exchange with an informant after setting up a sting. She claims she and the informant, her former lover Mohammed Shihadeh, were acting in a video project in an ill-conceived attempt to get their own reality TV show. She makes the same claim about her husband. The men deny it. She's convicted in 2011 but wins an appeal. More surprises are in store for the re-trial.
Fri, Jan 20, 2017
45th President (elect) Donald J. Trump's inauguration ceremony and simultaneous anti-Trump protests; The Phillipines, 2011: Mother Gerfa and son Kevin Lunsmann and a cousin are kidnapped by terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf. Gerfa and the cousin are eventually released but not Kevin. This is the story of their abduction and escape from terror.
Fri, Jan 27, 2017
Georgia, 2014: 22-month-old Cooper Harris is found dead after being in a hot car for about 7 hours. His dad, who was the only one in the car with Cooper, and his mother exhibit suspicious behavior in reaction to their son's death. His dad, Justin Ross Harris, says he forgot to drop Cooper off at daycare and totally forgot about him being in the car. He forgets about Cooper on multiple occasions even though there are numerous things that could have (and perhaps should have) jogged his memory. Leanna Taylor, Cooper's mother, is worried and starts searching for Cooper but she seems more concerned about her husband upon learning of her son's death. The prosecution believes this is intentional homicide on the part of Ross. The defense believes it was a tragic accident and Taylor is the star witness for the defense.
Fri, Feb 3, 2017
Texas, 2012: Mollie Olgin, a high school graduate, is found dead by a beach. Alongside her is Kristene Chapa, shot but miraculously alive. She regains consciousness a few days later and is able to give a description of her unknown attacker to create a police sketch. Suspects are investigated, but the case grows cold. Then, two years later, a letter arrives that points to a new suspect and re-ignites the case.
Fri, Feb 10, 2017
Kansas, 1989: Sarah De Leon, in her first year of community college, is found stabbed and bludgeoned by some railroad tracks. Five years later, another murder of a female nearby seems similar and possibly linked but police don't make a connection. The case goes cold for more than 20 years due to lack of a crime scene, a murder weapon and forensic evidence. After persistence and pressure by the original investigator and the family, the case is re-opened and suspects are finally identified. Then, in 2016, an arrest is made.
Fri, Feb 17, 2017
Wisconsin, 2017: Teresa Halbach, murdered in 2005, was the victim in the Netflix 10-part documentary Making a Murderer (MaM), which became a Netflix binge-watching phenomenon in 2015. Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey were convicted in 2007 to life in prison for the murder. This updates the case with surprising information not included in MaM. Lead investigator Tom Fassbender, who interrogated Dassey and some believe produced a false confession, is on camera for the first time defending his actions and the prosecution's evidence. He says Avery's blood found in Halbach's car didn't have EDTA in it so it's not planted. Ken Kratz, who wrote a book defending his view of the two as guilty, presents new circumstantial evidence. Avery's high-profile attorney Kathleen Zellner says she has new evidence to acquit Avery. The appeals status of Avery and Dassey are also presented.
Sun, Feb 26, 2017
Florida, 2009: Quinn Gray, a homemaker, calls her husband Reid and tells her she's kidnapped, she doesn't know where she is and three men want $50,000 to release her. The Grays are wealthy, so Reid has no problem getting the money together quickly. She calls him repeatedly with money drop locations but the directions are so rushed and chaotic that no money is exchanged. Quinn's mom takes over and drops the money in a parking lot. Three random guys pick it up and call 911 so they don't get into trouble. The money drop is a bust. But, as investigators dig and dig, a sighting of a kidnapper on a security camera leads to a bomb blast of a revelation.
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
The House in the Woods: A former hockey player discovers his wife murdered in their home. His young daughter says she saw a robber, but the killer's true identity turns out to be far more complicated. Andrea Canning reports. Frantic: A twenty-three year old woman goes missing from a high-end shopping mall in Plano, TX. Her family members search for her, while police try to find out who might have been responsible for her disappearance. Josh Mankiewicz reports.