American Justice

When 19-year-old Sarah Stern goes missing, prosecutors face the uphill task of trying to secure a murder conviction without a body for only the second time in the state's history.

When a beloved 60-year-old chiropractor falls violently ill and dies, her autopsy report reveals she didn't die of natural causes. Police soon realize it may be murder.

On October 20, 2014, white Chicago PD Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shoots 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald in an act that he and the Chicago PD called "self-defense".

Veterinarian Valerie McDaniel and her boyfriend Leon look like they have it all. But in February 2014, Houston police receive a tip that a murder-for-hire plot is in the works.

An 18-year-old is found asphyxiated in his pickup truck. But as detectives retrace his final moments, a trail of texts left behind on his cellphone reveal a toxic teenage romance.

On November 13, 2012, 37-year-old single mother Cari Farver mysteriously vanishes into thin air.

In a murder case that makes headlines around the globe, a professional football player stands accused of killing his friend in cold blood.

When a hostile online feud turns deadly, detectives' hunt for a mysterious CIA operative leading to the discovery of a jaw-dropping and vengeful catfishing scheme.

Model and mother Samira Frasch glamorous life ends unexpectedly in her mansion pool, and investigators turn their eyes toward the web of her heated relationships.

A string of murders targeting prominent law officials leaves a small Texas town gripped in fear and investigators in a race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again.

When a woman is found brutally murdered in her workplace, there is a long list of suspects and a lack of DNA evidence.

After a devoted mother and her two children vanish suddenly, investigators work to expose the truth behind why they never came home.

When a brutal triple-homicide case with alleged ties to witchcraft heads to trial, questions about religious bias and the real motive-to-kill take center stage.

When a white off-duty police officer, Amber Guyger, kills an unarmed black man, Botham Jean, in his own home in Dallas, racial tensions and calls for justice rise.