People Magazine Investigates

The Lunsford family's lives turn upside down when someone snatches nine-year-old Jessie from her bed in the middle of the night. Authorities scour the area looking for her when they discover a dark truth — she is closer than they ever realized.

Virginia firefighters respond to a house fire in Upperville where they discover the body of a local journalist who had been shot two times. The fire destroys any hope for evidence, but the victim’s social media history leads police down a rabbit hole.

In 1990, a clown delivering flowers and balloons guns down a woman at home. With scant evidence and no clear motive, detectives set out to track down the killer clown, but the culprit eludes justice for thirty years before being fully unmasked.

In 2001, a mother of five is found shot in the head in her own minivan. Investigators have little physical evidence and struggle to make an arrest. As the children grow up, the family becomes divided over who killed the beloved soccer mom.

In 1996, a college co-ed vanishes over Memorial Day weekend and is presumed dead. The Sheriffs have their sights on a prime suspect but lack the evidence to prove it. Decades later, a discovery found six feet under turns this case upside down.

For years, a serial killer stalks the most vulnerable and least suspecting victims, retirees. However, when a 91-year-old woman survives, she helps break the case wide open, leading to the capture of one of the most prolific killers of modern times.

In 1972, police find a young woman fatally stabbed in her room. Police hunt for her killer, but he seemingly vanishes, and the case goes cold. Decades later, a new investigative technique emerges, and the killer's name turns up in the most unlikely place.

In 2020, Baron Li, is shot nine times in front of his home. Detectives scramble to figure out who could want this loving husband and father dead. When they hone in on two teenage suspects, police struggle to identify their motives and connection to Li.

In 2021, police find a retired couple stabbed repeatedly in their home on the New Jersey shore. They witness a mysterious figure coming and going on security footage, which leads them to a suspect who is very close to home with a desire for revenge.

Retired drama teacher Kathy Gillcrist embarks on a journey to find her biological parents. Her worst fears come to fruition when she discovers police want her father for one of the most infamous mass murders in Maryland state history.

In 2020, a deadly fire in a small Illinois town raises questions as to whether it was a tragic accident or murder. The ensuing investigation uncovers a web of lies and deceit that results in one woman and her unborn child's life coming to a violent end.

In 1975, someone abducts three young girls, stabbing them and leaving them for dead in a field. The attacker becomes known as the Indiana Slasher who evades capture, leaving his victims haunted for decades until new technology uncovers his true identity.