Killer Cases

Dr. Teresa Sievers was a rising social media star when she was found bludgeoned to death in her kitchen. Detectives quickly came to focus on her husband Mark, who had taken out a large life insurance policy on his successful wife, in a murder for hire scheme.

Shayna Hubers called 911 to report she had killed her boyfriend in self-defense after he attacked her. However, investigators soon learned he was planning a date with another woman and suspected Shayna killed him in a jealous rage.

Nicole VanderHeyden is found shot to death in a Wisconsin farm field; police immediately arrest her live-in boyfriend, who waited 18 hours to report her missing and has a history of domestic violence.

For decades, the mystery of Michelle Martinkos murder haunted her town and her family as police searched for her killer without success. 39 years later, through creative detective work and modern investigative techniques, the case took a new twist, leading to an arrest and first-degree murder charges in a long awaited, dramatic trial.

After a woman is found murdered in her kitchen, the members of a jury are forced to decide if the woman’s abusive husband is the culprit or if the man might be telling the truth as he lays the blame at the feet of his son.

New Years Eve and a seemingly random murder, in the small town of Benton Harbor, on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Police body cam video captured the heartbroken cries of young Army Sergeant Kemia Hassel as she cradled her handsome, dying young husband in her arms, as he was loaded into an ambulance. But despite the happy outward appearance of the attractive young military couple, investigators soon accused Kemia of directing a murder-for-hire plot with the help of a lover she met while deployed in Korea. Her boyfriend quickly confessed and in a dramatic, videotaped jail house phone call, laid out the murder plot to the victims father.

When Victoria Prokopovitz went missing in 2013, her three grown children were beside themselves with worry. Her husband, James, seemed oddly unconcerned, telling police she often wandered off and had twice tried to commit suicide. Despite a massive search, Victoria was never found. But a private detective who saw news reports of the missing woman offered his help. Conducting his own investigation, the detective learned James had been carrying on a secret affair and both he and his mistress had lied to police about their relationship. Now armed with a motive, eight years after her disappearance police charged Victorias husband with first degree murder. But without a body, what detectives call a "no body case," the jury would have to decide.

When Brandi Peters and her three children were found murdered in Tallahassee in 2010, prosecutors pointed the finger at her ex-boyfriend, Henry Segura, who owed her more than $20,000 in child support. But as the trial got underway, an imprisoned drug dealer came forward, saying he had ordered the murders from prison, that Peters had worked as a drug mule and helped herself to more than $90,000 worth of drugs and cash. It sounded like an outlandish claim, but DNA evidence found in her bedroom came back as a possible match to a Colombian cocaine trafficker.

Popular Dallas dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher was in a deep romance with fellow doctor Ricardo Paniagua when she was brutally murdered in the garage of her apt building in what appeared to be a robbery gone wrong. Police arrested drug dealer Kristopher Love and his friend Crystal Cortes for the horrific crime which shocked the upscale community. But facing murder charges, the couple revealed a more sinister and stunning murder plot saying they had been hired by Paniaguas jealous and obsessed ex-girlfriend Brenda Delgado who police discovered had been secretly stalking him since their breakup. Delgados arrest shocked her family and friends who knew her only as an upstanding, hardworking young woman from a blue-collar family on a path to professional success.

Thirteen-year-old Dylan wasnt eager to fly to Colorado for the court-ordered long-distance visit with his dad, Mark, who tried to placate his son with a visit to McDonalds and shopping at Walmart straight from the airport. But when the boy didnt show up for a playdate the next morning, he was reported missing, setting off a manhunt in the rough Colorado wilderness terrain. Mark Redwine and his ex-wife took to the airwaves to plead for their sons return, but to no avail. Then in a stunning twist in a national television interview, Dylans brother, Cory, accused Mark of being responsible for his brothers disappearance, a charge the father vigorously denied. But, three years later when Dylans badly decomposed remains were found by hikers, prosecutors did indeed charge Mark Redwine with his sons murder.

Firefighters made a desperate effort to save a young family from a blazing fire, but rescuers were too late. Police declared the fire was no accident and began an arson investigation, which included another unexplained fire a few blocks away that killed a beloved elderly couple.

An exchange student found a career and a love match in the idyllic Missouri university town of Columbia. It was a shock to their friends and family when she disappeared, leaving both her child and cell phone behind.

When a hairstylist failed to pick up her children for a planned celebration, she was reported missing by her ex-husband. Investigators discovered a bloody scene at the salon, but the hairstylist and her SUV were gone.

Makeva Jenkins seemed to have it all. A successful businesswoman and mother of three, she boasted on Facebook that she had grown her business to six figures. But just hours later, she was shot dead with a bullet to the head. Her husband, Euri Jenkins, told police a masked intruder had shot and killed his wife. Her close-knit family held a press conference, pleading for information about her killer. But the tale of the happy family fell apart when police arrested her husband in a murder-for-hire plot. Detectives also arrested 19-year-old Joevan Joseph, who told investigators Jenkins had hired him to kill his wife for the life insurance money.

Todd Kendhammer called 911 in a panic, describing a freak accident that occurred while he was driving with his wife, Barbara, in the passenger seat. He said a metal pipe had fallen from a passing truck, piercing the windshield and fatally injuring his wife. But police were suspicious of Todds responses in the interrogation room, when his story continued to change, and his alibi didnt check out. Forensic details from the autopsy report cast further doubt on his story. Detectives came to believe Kendhammer strangled Barbara and staged the accident to cover his crime. He was convicted of first-degree murder. The couples two children, Jordan and Jessica, continue to believe their father is innocent. Jessica speaks in his defense in this episode.

Jazz trumpet player Scott Sessions fails to show up for a gig. A few days later, his body is found, wrapped in plastic, partially burned and hidden in a forest.

Kay Baker, a school teacher and mom, was found lying in her neighbors yard bleeding to death. Soon after discovering her body, police spotted a wounded man on the run in the woods, leading to a suspenseful chase, arrest, and a possible suspect.

Police officer Brian Fanion frantically called 911 for an ambulance, saying his wife Amy had shot herself and lay dying. But when Fanions fellow officers arrived at the house, the crime scene posed more questions than answers.

Andreen Mcdonald and her husband had a beautiful home and successful business they built together; when Andreen went missing, detectives uncovered her husbands secret love affair and realized this was much more than a missing persons case.

Attorney Richard Merritt, had a last home cooked meal with his mother before he was set to report to jail for embezzlement. But when Merritt didnt show up on time investigators found his mother dead in the living room. Merritt claimed an intruder had attacked them both and he had fled for his life.

When Becky Bliefnick failed to pick up her boys from school, a family member went to check and found her dead in the living room. Detectives found a major clue in an unlikely place–on an episode of the game show "Family Feud."

The middle-aged couple were on a routine evening stroll with their dog when a man attacked out of nowhere, injuring the wife and fatally shooting her husband. What was behind the mystery attack?

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The murder trial of prominent lawyer Tex McIver transfixed Atlanta. McIver claimed his gun accidentally went off, unintentionally shooting his wife in the back as they drove home. But, did McIver have a secret motive to want his wife dead?

Legal scholar Dan Markel is gunned down execution style as he pull into the driveway of his Florida home. Detectives hunt for a killer, asking themselves who would hire a hitman to murder a law professor.

Border patrol agents discovered the bodies of a young mother and her toddler son along the Rio Grande. Detectives closed in on a surprising suspect.

When school teacher Catherine Edwards missed a family outing, her worried parents went to her apartment to check on her. There, they made the horrifying discovery: Catherine had been restrained with law enforcement style handcuffs and murdered. Investigators followed dozens of leads as the alarmed community worried about a killer on the loose. Given the handcuffs, investigators even looked at fellow police officers but the case remained a mystery. Nearly three decades later, a team of dedicated detectives, a Texas Ranger, and forensic genealogists teamed up to catch an unlikely killer, finally bringing justice to the Edwards family and the city of Beaumont.

In 2002, a blueberry farmer in Ottawa County, Michigan, made a shocking discovery in his fields: the severely burned and beaten body of a man inside a trunk. Despite exhaustive efforts, investigators were unable to identify him, and he became known only as "Jack in the Box." The case sat cold on investigators desks until 2015, when a detective started receiving emails with clues about the victims identity. Investigators followed the tips, finally unraveling the chilling details of a gruesome crime, and a calculated cover-up, leading to an international manhunt and an ultimate betrayal by family.

Rap musician Martell DeRouen, known as "Kardone," was found shot to death in his luxury apartment, the door locked from the inside. Detectives faced a challenging mystery as they investigated the puzzling murder.

A tearful Sarah Boone tells police she awoke to find her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jorge Torres Jr., dead and zipped inside a suitcase after a night-time drinking game of hide-and-seek. Cell phone videos turned the bizarre death into a homicide investigation.

TikTok star Ali Abulaban and his beautiful wife were stars on social media, happy and in love. Hidden cameras in their apartment revealed a dark side to their relationship and a shocking double homicide was caught on tape.

Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was shot and killed execution style in his own driveway in broad daylight in a murder that shocked the town. Security camera footage showed a mysterious person in a big hat running away.