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When a jogger stumbles across a woman and her dog who have been brutally attacked and killed in the park, the detectives are called to the scene and determine that the victims were mauled by an animal, possibly another dog.

A man is found stabbed to death in an alley. His hands reveal his profession, he shined shoes.

Ronald Buck is found shot to death in a parking lot. He is a career criminal with an extensive rap sheet.

Two people are shot on the sidewalk and a diamond dealer is kidnapped. The suspects escaped in a van and the victims were shot by Uzi machine guns.

Virginia Boone looks like a bag lady but lives in a penthouse with a spectacular view on the Upper East Side. She is found stabbed to death inside her apartment building, but robbery is not the motive.

Johnny Vega (Gary Busey) used to be a huge singer, and he still gets recognized on the street. He is a regular at Noonan's, a local Irish pub, and has been patronizing the establishment every Friday night for the past ten years.

James Foley is found dead in his apartment from head trauma.

An apartment building, under construction at the former site of a well-liked community park, is ablaze.

The red-hot Mega-Fly Club is in full swing, it's packed and wannabes are turned away at the door by an officious bouncer. Suddenly, shots are fired inside and clubber Jerome Cabey is killed.

Thomas Reddick, an African-American CEO of a publishing company, is found dead in a stairwell on the Upper West Side.

Father Grady, a priest at the Don Bosco Church, is found murdered in the confessional booth.

Warren Slater is found dead by a street sweeper on Riverside Drive. He had told his wife he was working late but when he didn't come home she was extremely worried.

Two young women are found murdered in their apartment. A party was in progress across the hall and the police question several possible suspects, but eventually realize their killer is still at large.

Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) are called to the scene to investigate the disappearance of a young, bright, and attractive intern named Lisa Edwards.

Tracy Conley is found stabbed to death and buried under piles of garbage in front of an apartment building.

Paula Weston is found dead near the swings in Central Park. A joint is found near the body, and the police suspect she's the victim of foul play.

Julie Cade, a high school student, is found dead in the laundry room of her upscale apartment building.

A well-dressed businessman is found dead near a ferry landing.

A young man is found stabbed to death outside a pizza parlor, with no identification.

Kate Hollis Snyder, an attractive 28-year-old woman, has plunged to her death. Her new husband, Don Snyder (William Atherton), is a powerful and rich businessman.

Mike Drucker, a private investigator, is found shot to death in a vacant apartment in Washington Heights.

Marjorie Jensen, the well-to-do wife of successful defense attorney Harold Jensen, is shot point blank in her car as she's leaving her apartment building.

The body of a scantily clad woman is found on the Upper East Side.

A tenement building explodes and the lone victim is Joseph Haden.