A Tennessee woman lets tensions with her estranged husband get out of hand and, as her children watch, shoots him the head in the hopes of ending his life.
A San Diego teacher and coach is gunned down on the street; detectives swiftly retrace the suspect's steps to unveil a sick, obsession-fueled murder plot.
After a hospital employee mysteriously dies, the police find surveillance footage of a suspected serial killer rumored to be connected to many unsolved crimes.
A determined father seeks justice for his murdered daughter after her official murder case turned up no results, even though the police questioned two men.
A woman is found dead in an elevator and Barbara retraces the chain of evidence and she uncovers a domino effect of violence that leaves a trail of bodies.
When a body surfaces in the icy East River, Barbara joins detectives in a race to reconstruct the victim's identity using the few fragile clues left behind.
A cherished grandmother is found murdered in her Bronx apartment; Barbara Butcher decodes how the victim's body holds clues to a carefully hidden motive.
Barbara Butcher steps back into the 1997 murder of Jonathan Levin, a beloved Bronx teacher, and reveals how her Death Investigation withstood intense scrutiny.
A missing man's search ends with the discovery of his body inside his own car; the brutality is unmistakable, and to Barbara Butcher, so is the staging.
When suitcases of dismembered remains wash ashore, the investigation leads back to New Jersey, where a facade of a perfect family man breaks to reveal reality.
In a desperate effort to take her lover's wife out of the picture for good, a Houston mistress attempts to end the woman's life by shooting her in the stomach.
After a daughter is beaten and her mother is stabbed to death, police must wait 15 years until DNA technology helps finally bring the culprit to justice.
When remains of a waitress's body are investigated by the detectives, they analyze fingerprint & DNA evidence to determine the details surrounding her murder.
A man is questioned about the death of his wife after her body is found in his parents' house with signs of a home invasion, but there is conflicting evidence.
The discovery of a dismembered body on the side of the New Jersey turnpike marks the start of a hunt for a serial killer targeting Manhattan's gay community.
After a woman is killed and her unfaithful fiance becomes the prime suspect, a man comes forward claiming to own the murder weapon and know who used it as well.
When a rebellious teenager disappears, a search turns up clues that lead investigators on a hunt for a killer, and forensic evidence will reveal the truth.
While vacationing in Florida, a mother and her two daughters disappear and are later found dead in Tampa Bay, leaving no evidence behind until five years later.
When four teenagers are murdered in an otherwise peaceful suburban town, their killings go unsolved for three years until a composite sketch sparks new leads.
After a young college student's death is ruled a homicide, police immediately suspect the victim's boyfriend, but DNA points them in a different direction.
Despite a man's claim to have accidentally shot himself, authorities uncover a different story at a crime scene, where a love triangle is beginning to unfold.