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For years the BTK killer plays a cat and mouse game with law enforcement and the media taunting them as he seeks the attention he craves.
The summer of 1985 was one of the hottest Los Angeles had seen in a century. But terrified residents weren't sleeping with the windows open; a killer known as the ''Night Stalker'' was on the loose.
A tip from a teenage boy leads to the identity of the Night Stalker and twenty-four hours later a mob of angry citizens track him down and capture him.
When a man dies after falling down the stairs, a witness says one thing and the evidence says another.
A wax bullet, white blanket and olive colored carpeting, tell a lot about the murder of a young woman found in a ravine.
When a house burns to the ground and a woman's charred remains are found, investigators must determine whether it was an accident or arson.
An ammunition box and fluorescent fibers reveal the betrayal that led to the murder of a millionaire's family.
The kidnapping of Adolph Coors leads to one of the most intense manhunts in US history.
A used tissue, 12 years after the murder of a young Missouri woman, may be what cracks the case with a suspect list a mile long.
When murder strikes a young girl, police quickly make an arrest, but cutting-edge technology from NASA proves they have the wrong suspect behind bars.
A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.
When two men appear to die of heart disease six years apart, police notice they have one thing in common -- they were each married to the same woman.
Casino security cameras offer the final images of a woman just before she vanished without a trace.
A squashed tomato and a pinpoint reflection of light in a photo help catch a killer.
An ATM transaction allows Texas detectives to pinpoint a suspect in the slaying of a teacher, but a shoelace stolen from the victim's home proves to be the tie that binds her killer to the crime.
Ten years after the murder of a rock singer, forensic scientists use evidence collected to finally bring her killer to justice.
After a Michigan State University grad student disappears and is presumed dead, a professor of geological sciences helps police get the ''dirt'' on her killer.
When a man's wife kills herself 14 years after his college sweetheart committed suicide, police start to get suspicious.
A woman shot in her driveway had recently rejected a co-worker half her age.
A pair of tennis shoes are found near a victim who had been stabbed on the beach, less than ten yards from her hotel.
Three fingerprints on a window screen are enough for a print examiner to uncover the work of a serial killer.
The kidnapping of Adolph Coors leads to one of the most intense manhunts in US history.
A used tissue, 12 years after the murder of a young Missouri woman, may be what cracks the case with a suspect list a mile long.
When murder strikes a young girl, police quickly make an arrest, but cutting-edge technology from NASA proves they have the wrong suspect behind bars.
A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.
When two men appear to die of heart disease six years apart, police notice they have one thing in common -- they were each married to the same woman.
Casino security cameras offer the final images of a woman just before she vanished without a trace.
A squashed tomato and a pinpoint reflection of light in a photo help catch a killer.
An ATM transaction allows Texas detectives to pinpoint a suspect in the slaying of a teacher, but a shoelace stolen from the victim's home proves to be the tie that binds her killer to the crime.
Ten years after the murder of a rock singer, forensic scientists use evidence collected to finally bring her killer to justice.
After a Michigan State University grad student disappears and is presumed dead, a professor of geological sciences helps police get the ''dirt'' on her killer.
When a man's wife kills herself 14 years after his college sweetheart committed suicide, police start to get suspicious.
A woman shot in her driveway had recently rejected a co-worker half her age.
A pair of tennis shoes are found near a victim who had been stabbed on the beach, less than ten yards from her hotel.
Three fingerprints on a window screen are enough for a print examiner to uncover the work of a serial killer.
Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.
Mike Williams mysteriously disappears on his wedding anniversary, and it looks like he may have been eaten by alligators, but looks can be deceiving; a break in the case reveals secrets.
Colorado soccer mom Paige Birgfeld vanishes and a small town is left on edge; cops dig for clues and make a shocking discovery that this devoted mom is living a secret double life.
Churchgoers know something is up when pastor Matthew Winkler doesn't show up for services: he's found dead on his bedroom floor and twisted sex fantasies and dark family secrets start to surface.
A successful lawyer, Mormon family man, and father of five is shot down in cold blood at a Walgreens parking lot, but a closer look reveals a dirty office affair that turned into a dangerous game of Russian roulette.
Tattoo shop owner Dennis Abrahamsen is found brutally murdered and naked on a massage table in his home; evidence tells a story of a wild sex party gone wrong with a famous adult actress.
With a long list of suspects, forensic experts agree on one thing in this brutal murder: the killer knew his victim.
The only lead to finding a serial killer on the loose is a bloody fingerprint on the body of a victim.
Groundbreaking tests reveal the race, eye color and hair color of the person responsible for killing two young women on Halloween night.
A convicted arsonist claims his innocence and with no lawyer, no money and only a fifth-grade education, sets out to prove it.
A canine behaviorist uses the family dogs, who are the only witnesses, to find the murderer of their owner.
Investigators see through a killer trying to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene to learn what really happened.
A young girl beaten after watching her grandmother killed, identifies the wrong person; years later she tries to change her statement.
In 1984 police failed to convict the murderer of a college student. New technology may finally help the police to catch her killer.
Police investigate a young woman found murdered two weeks after reporting a road rage incident; evidence leads not to the aggressive driver, but one of their own.
When a single mother is murdered, her brother vows to find the person responsible for the death of his sister -- even if it takes more than 30 years.
A husband and wife get shot and their 16-year-old daughter manages to escape, but investigators suspect she may be involved in the murder.
After 10 years, a witness decides to do the right thing about the rape and murder of a young hairdresser.
Police investigate the possibility of a hate crime when two women go missing and are later found murdered.
When a human skeleton is found on marshland and determined to be at least 18 months old, an inventive computer consultant gives her a face and name.
A killer places all the incriminating evidence to the murder in a plastic bag, hoping it will float down the river.
A woman's body is found inside a burned mobile home and the autopsy reveals she was beaten, making this a murder.
Security guard who disappeared from his post was found a year later in a remote camp site; a decade later, a phone call and a paint smear on his boot helped scientists determine what happened during his final moments.
When three students are brutally murdered close to campus, investigators must determine what the women had in common before their serial killer strikes again.
A canine behaviorist uses the family dogs, who are the only witnesses, to find the murderer of their owner.
Investigators see through a killer trying to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene to learn what really happened.
A young girl beaten after watching her grandmother killed, identifies the wrong person; years later she tries to change her statement.
In 1984 police failed to convict the murderer of a college student. New technology may finally help the police to catch her killer.
Police investigate a young woman found murdered two weeks after reporting a road rage incident; evidence leads not to the aggressive driver, but one of their own.
When a single mother is murdered, her brother vows to find the person responsible for the death of his sister -- even if it takes more than 30 years.
A husband and wife get shot and their 16-year-old daughter manages to escape, but investigators suspect she may be involved in the murder.
After 10 years, a witness decides to do the right thing about the rape and murder of a young hairdresser.
Police investigate the possibility of a hate crime when two women go missing and are later found murdered.
When a human skeleton is found on marshland and determined to be at least 18 months old, an inventive computer consultant gives her a face and name.
A killer places all the incriminating evidence to the murder in a plastic bag, hoping it will float down the river.
A woman's body is found inside a burned mobile home and the autopsy reveals she was beaten, making this a murder.
Security guard who disappeared from his post was found a year later in a remote camp site; a decade later, a phone call and a paint smear on his boot helped scientists determine what happened during his final moments.
When three students are brutally murdered close to campus, investigators must determine what the women had in common before their serial killer strikes again.
A young Texas teenager and her boyfriend are brutally attacked on Valentine's Day; she is found dead while her boyfriend escapes; the case goes cold for nearly 50 years before a new forensic test exposes a family man with a dark secret.
Three Indiana construction workers are found shot on a work site.
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.
Desperate for answers community members live in terror waiting for the man dubbed the Co-Ed Killer to strike again.
In April 1973, Edmund Kemper, 24, murders six coeds in and around the city of Santa Cruz, Calif., shaking the community to its core.
The story of the millionaire heir to a vast real estate fortune who has been linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend, and his neighbor.
Six weeks after jumping bail in Galveston, Texas, Robert Durst is caught on a store security camera in Pennsylvania shoplifting a sandwich and is quickly sent back to Galveston to stand trial for the murder of his neighbor, Morris Black.
Police get a big break when Mother Nature aids their investigation into the murder of a woman at her business.
Eyewitness to real estate agent's murder is put under forensic hypnosis in an attempt to help him recall the killer's face.
Police launch a search for a killer after a teenager returns home to find his father's body in a pool of blood.
Pathologist examining the death of a politician who was running for re-election finds tiny puncture wounds at the autopsy.
A Naval officer who threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault is brutally murdered, but when investigators find the allegations could be part of an elaborate scheme for money, they turn to forensic science.
A few drops of blood are the only clues a man's female killer leaves behind, but years later and hundreds of miles away investigators hear an intriguing story about an exotic dancer who got away with murder.
After police identify a murder victim thanks to her butterfly necklace, they discover several co-workers had vendettas against the victim.
The brutal murder of a construction site foreman looks like the work of a disgruntled employee, but forensic science points to an unlikely suspect.
A shooting victim mutters the name of her apparent assailant before dying, but fingerprint comparisons, handwriting analysis, ballistics and DNA testing show someone else close to home is the true killer.
A woman tells investigators that a man broke into her home wearing only underwear and gloves, killed her boyfriend, and raped and terrorized her.
After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells a story that's so improbable police think it can't possibly be true.
A family vacation turns into a terrifying search for a missing wife and baby, then becomes a manhunt for a killer who committed a horrific crime.
A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma.
A nosy neighbor with a disturbing obsession becomes a suspect in a woman's murder at an upscale apartment complex; police discover an incredible link to an unrelated murder thousands of miles away.
A college student turns up dead and her boyfriend becomes a prime suspect when blood splatters are discovered on his wall.
Texas police hunt frantically for a brutal rapist. No one knows where he'll strike next, but given the increasingly violent nature of his crimes, he must be found soon.
An ATM transaction allows Texas detectives to pinpoint a suspect in the slaying of a teacher, but a shoelace stolen from the victim's home proves to be the tie that binds her killer to the crime.
A squashed tomato and a pinpoint reflection of light in a photo help catch a killer.
Casino security cameras offer the final images of a woman just before she vanished without a trace.
When two men appear to die of heart disease six years apart, police notice they have one thing in common -- they were each married to the same woman.
A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.
When murder strikes a young girl, police quickly make an arrest, but cutting-edge technology from NASA proves they have the wrong suspect behind bars.
A used tissue, 12 years after the murder of a young Missouri woman, may be what cracks the case with a suspect list a mile long.
The kidnapping of Adolph Coors leads to one of the most intense manhunts in US history.
An ammunition box and fluorescent fibers reveal the betrayal that led to the murder of a millionaire's family.
When a house burns to the ground and a woman's charred remains are found, investigators must determine whether it was an accident or arson.
A wax bullet, white blanket and olive colored carpeting, tell a lot about the murder of a young woman found in a ravine.
When a man dies after falling down the stairs, a witness says one thing and the evidence says another.
A tip from a teenage boy leads to the identity of the Night Stalker and twenty-four hours later a mob of angry citizens track him down and capture him.
The summer of 1985 was one of the hottest Los Angeles had seen in a century. But terrified residents weren't sleeping with the windows open; a killer known as the ''Night Stalker'' was on the loose.
For years the BTK killer plays a cat and mouse game with law enforcement and the media taunting them as he seeks the attention he craves.
He calls himself ''B.T.K.'' which stands for ''Bind, Torture, Kill'' and for decades this bloodthirsty serial killer terrifies Wichita as he murders again.
In 1977, the city of New York is stalked by a seemingly faceless serial killer known as ''Son of Sam''; after his final shooting takes him to Brooklyn, a twist of fate and a little luck leads to his capture.
From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorizes New York City under his creepy self-given moniker: the ''Son of Sam''; he is among the most infamous serial killers in American history.
A device intended to save lives proves to be the only witness to a mans death.
DNA profiling reveals clues leading to a killer's identity 20 years later.
How the bombs were made leads investigators in Colorado to find the perpetrator.
A woman is abducted and a month later found dead, then a tip leads investigators in the right direction.
When a high school athlete is killed in a hit and run accident, investigators hoped tiny paint chips and shards of plastic would lead them to the driver.
A killer is careless when using a murder weapon that is unique and easily traceable.
Detectives discover new clues left by a stalker's letter to his victim.
Forensic science is used to determine if a woman's death was a botched robbery or intentional murder.
The murder of 53-year-old Paul Gruber is examined and the evidence points to Darryl Robin Kuehl, who was later convicted of the crime.
Tipster is found dead after revealing that a woman's death 16 years ago was murder.
For ten years, the disappearance of a college co-ed remained a mystery; new scientific testing cast a different light on a man who had been a suspect all along.
A clue no bigger than a thumbtack leads investigators to a trio of killers.
A flawed envelope is an unlikely clue to identifying a killer who laced a water cooler with cyanide and caused the death of a woman.
A decade old case reopens, and a few seconds of a 911 call enable investigators to determine who is responsible for a murder.
A device intended to save lives proves to be the only witness to a mans death.
DNA profiling reveals clues leading to a killer's identity 20 years later.
How the bombs were made leads investigators in Colorado to find the perpetrator.
A woman is abducted and a month later found dead, then a tip leads investigators in the right direction.
When a high school athlete is killed in a hit and run accident, investigators hoped tiny paint chips and shards of plastic would lead them to the driver.
A killer is careless when using a murder weapon that is unique and easily traceable.
Detectives discover new clues left by a stalker's letter to his victim.