Killer Cases

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.

A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park was shocked to discover the body of a young woman.

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

Ten days after NBA player Lorenzen Wright went missing, the player's body was found in a swamp, shot 11 times. Police search for clues to identify who killed the basketball star.

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.

An heir to the Halliburton oil dynasty fortune, Jill Halliburton Su was found by her son Justin dead in the bathtub at her upscale home in a Florida gated community in 2014.

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.

In the spring of 1993, two newspaper carriers driving down a rural road spotted what they thought was a doll but which turned out to be, in fact, a newborn baby's body. His origin was a mystery.

Todd Kendhammer called 911, describing a freak accident that occurred while he was driving with his wife, fatally injuring her. But police were suspicious of Todd's responses in the interrogation room, when his story continued to change.

In 2015, Amanda Colley and her friend Lindy, a mother of three, were both shot dead and another was injured. The gunman took off. Her ex, James was arrested 600 miles away and brought back to Florida to stand trial for double murder.

Jazz trumpet player Scott Sessions failed to show up for a gig. A well-known local musician, his body was found a few days later, wrapped in plastic, partially burned and hidden in a forest.

When Ohio State senior Reagan Tokes failed to respond to messages from her parents, they feared the worst. Their nightmare became a reality when a 911 caller reported the discovery of a female body in the local park. She had been shot execution style.