People Magazine Investigates

In 2014, business millionaires Brad and Andra Sachs are shot multiple times. Police are left with a series of clues that take them on a chase to find the killer, who turns out to be much closer than anyone could have expected.

A Washington community is shocked when a PTA mom is arrested for the murder of her fiance a decade earlier in Alaska. The question is whether the suburban mother is a cold-blooded temptress or wrongly accused.

Horror strikes a small Wisconsin town in 1980 after a young couple disappears and are later discovered in a field. Almost 30 years later, a woman comes forward saying her family holds the key to unlocking the case.

In 1984, the body of a 14-year-old girl is discovered on the beach in San Diego, California. The parents are convinced that the man who discovered her is the killer, but years later, DNA results point to two different suspects.

In 2016, the parents of a young couple are terrified when they go missing. Police find a clue that leads them to a woman chained inside a storage container and information that unlocks secrets of a monster hiding in plain sight.

Friends and family are stunned when an esteemed criminal-law professor is executed in his garage. Investigators follow a series of leads that take them on a statewide hunt though Florida in search of the murderous masterminds.

The town of Craig, Alaska, is stunned when a fishing boat explodes into flames just offshore. After fighting the flames, state troopers discover the remains of a young family and few clues as to who could have set the ship ablaze.

On a night in 1986, John Ruetten returns home to find his wife murdered. Police believe the case is a robbery gone wrong, until decades later when DNA evidence leads detective to a killer too close for comfort.

A summer night in 2007 becomes a nightmare for the Petit family when two strangers enter their quiet, peaceful Connecticut home. Suddenly, the family of four finds themselves held hostage and in a fight for their lives.

When a young family suddenly vanishes from their Fallbrook, California, home, friends and family are left with dozens of unanswered questions. Authorities suspect they fled the country, until an unlikely source uncovers the truth.

A young couple enjoys a camping trip in Leadore, Idaho, until their two-year-old son vanishes. Investigators and private detectives work around the clock to find the missing boy, only to point the finger back at the parents.

The Golden State Killer's reign of terror ends after law enforcement finally locate and apprehend the suspected serial murderer who has held the United States in a grip of paralyzing fear since the 1970s.