The FBI Files

A hopeful teenage immigrant came to the United States to realize her dream of being a doctor but she found herself an innocent victim of drug trafficking. Agents discovered a trail of drugs, hit men and murder as they attempted to solve her kidnapping.

After bank robbers raided cities across seven states, the FBI discovered that the criminals had a hidden agenda beyond their personal wealth. They were tasked with capturing the leaders before the violent organization grew out of control.

A cross-country crime spree over a Labor Day weekend terrorized the nation. In a small Ohio community, an elderly woman and teenage boy disappeared with hours of one another; when police suspected the cases were linked, they called in the FBI to assist. A trail of stolen vehicles and murder victims led agents on a hunt for two suspected killers.

A class field trip ended with an 11-year-old girl missing. When the parents failed to locate their daughter in their quiet Illinois town, the FBI joined the investigation, working with friends and family in an urgent search to find the missing girl. Faced with conflicting witness reports and false leads, agents wouldn't stop until they uncovered the truth.

In the summer of 1998, a wealthy woman disappeared from her home in Jackson, Mississippi. The only clue was a mysterious ransom note listing twelve names but no specific instructions. The FBI and local police struggled to find answers in the cryptic message so they could find the kidnapper and retrieve the victim before her time ran out.

In Arizona, a shipment of money vanished without a trace, along with the two men hired to guard it. Agents didn't know if the guards were willing participants or victims of an ambush. When the vehicle was recovered -- but with hundreds of thousands of dollars and the drivers missing - suspicions grew that the crime was an inside job.

A pair of convicted felons escaped the custody of a local deputy and fled across the country in a wave of abductions and car thefts. When a foreign military officer disappeared along the trail, police and the FBI believed the pair were growing more violent and raced to stop the criminals before other innocent people came to harm.

In 1992, a young mother was gunned down in front of her children and police were left baffled. The crime seemed unmotivated and random. But family members hinted that the victim, who had been married to a prominent attorney, harbored a dark secret that may have led to her death. Agents untangled an intricate web of money, drugs and murder.

When a wealthy young woman was abducted in front of her in-laws' home, the police had no shortage of suspects. The victim left behind a tumultuous marriage, an ex-husband and several spurned lovers. But to find the woman and her abductor, agents would have to first determine the motive.

In 1997, Jamie McMahan and Christopher Kauffman went on a crime spree of robbery, kidnapping and murder; then they disappeared. The pursuit for the two killers would take FBI agents on a chase across six states.

In the 1980s, Florida's cocaine imports were among the highest in the nation and regional territories were enforced with intimidation and murder. One dealer would stop at nothing to keep FBI agents from building a case against him and began targeting the government itself.

A young woman went missing from her home on a bright spring morning. After several days of searching, agents suspected a paroled criminal who frequented her health club may have abducted her.

In July 1997, three people were shot to death at a Georgetown coffee shop. Investigators could find no immediate suspect or no clear motive for the murders. Was this a hate crime, a robbery gone wrong or an act of cold-blooded vengeance?

In 1986, a psychotic killer shot and killed a police officer at point-blank range, leading investigators in a wild chase across the Midwest. As his tally of murders and abductions grew, the FBI raced against time to put a stop to this deranged gunman before he killed again.

Angered by the government's policy in the Middle East, Mir Qazi brutally gunned down two members of the CIA as they waited in their cars at a stoplight. With the nation stunned, the killer fled the country and was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list with a $2 million reward for his capture.

On the day before Thanksgiving, a mother discovered her young son was missing from school. Within hours, the boy's entire family was frantically searching for him. But when the few leads quickly turned cold, the FBI was called in to assist in the investigation. The search covered thousands of miles and led agents to an unlikely suspect.

In the upscale town of Lodi, California, a 12-year-old girl was taken from her home. When the kidnapper's car was discovered in a field near the town, the FBI and local police teamed up with hundreds of volunteers in their search for the missing girl.

In rural Texas, a millionaire's teenage daughter was kidnapped on her way to school. Local authorities and the FBI conducted a massive search for the girl while her father attempted to deliver the ransom cash to a drop the kidnappers kept changing. The search for the missing teen would end in a dangerous firefight.