Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case

Season 5

TV-14
Baffling crimes and the clues that lead to the killer. Chilling reenactments of the victim's last days and the toll the deaths took on family and friends along with interviews and commentary from the real life detectives that tracked down the killer and crack the case.

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13 Episodes

  • Identifying Remains
    E1
    Identifying RemainsWhen a work crew uncovers a woman’s skull on a stretch of Florida highway, investigators try to determine who she is and find her killer. But it will take a bizarre discovery over a thousand miles away before the grizzly truth is finally revealed.
  • What Happened in Vegas?
    E2
    What Happened in Vegas?Single mom Donna Kitowski decides to bake cookies late at night and heads to her local Las Vegas supermarket. But she never comes home. And before long, the local TV news is reporting that a woman's near-lifeless body has been found in the desert.
  • If Dogs Could Talk
    E3
    If Dogs Could TalkWhen Cathy Lamb is brutally murdered in her Palm Beach, Florida home, the only witnesses are her three blood-soaked dogs. The gruesome scene baffles detectives. And with no suspects and no murder weapon, they have only their suspicions to go on.
  • Who Took Polly Klaas?
    E4
    Who Took Polly Klaas?Twelve-year-old Polly Klaas and two friends are having a sleepover and playing board games, when a man brandishing a knife appears at the door, ties them up, nabs Polly, and then disappears into the night.
  • Where Murders Go Unsolved
    E5
    Where Murders Go UnsolvedIn an Indiana college town, a 19-year-old journalism student is raped and murdered in her own bed. The case becomes the latest of several unsolved homicides in the area. And it will take years - and yet another murder - before the sinister truth emerges.
  • Highway to Hell
    E6
    Highway to HellInvestigators believe a serial robber, rapist, and murderer is terrorizing cities up and down the west coast. And as the death toll rises, police jurisdictions in three states join the hunt for the 'I-5 Killer.'
  • Have You Seen Our Sister?
    E7
    Have You Seen Our Sister?A hard-working single mom is murdered in a Michigan town where violent crime rates are nearly four times the national average. And while a TV celebrity leads a major media campaign, the search is on for a mysterious man known only as 'B'.
  • Texas Massacre
    E8
    Texas MassacreThe residents of Kilgore, Texas are reeling from the execution-style slaying of five people abducted from a fast-food restaurant. But it will take several decades and major advances in DNA technology before the perpetrators can be brought to justice.
  • The Ballad of Melissa Love
    E9
    The Ballad of Melissa LoveCountry singer Melissa Haferman has just recorded her first CD in Nashville when her lifeless body is found in a vacant lot near the Louisville, Kentucky bus depot. And it will take four years and a macabre discovery before police close in on her killer.
  • A Chance Encounter
    E10
    A Chance EncounterA 20-year-old woman is gunned down in a Maryland suburb and the random crime is a mystery from the start. With few leads and virtually no evidence, the case goes cold. And it will take 25 years before investigators finally close in on the killer.
  • Who Do You Trust?
    E11
    Who Do You Trust?The severely mutilated body of 17-year-old Shauna Card is discovered in her Orlando, Florida home. And though it takes years to crack the case, detectives eventually unravel a grizzly tale and find a killer closer to home than anyone expected.
  • When the Smoke Clears
    E12
    When the Smoke ClearsAuthorities in Washington are stunned when a mother of three dies from cyanide poisoning. And the resulting murder investigation eventually reveals a pattern of tampered boxes and blister packs, more deaths, and a reptilian story of greed and betrayal.
  • Three Times the Pain
    E13
    Three Times the PainA popular college student is brutally stabbed to death during her first-ever night shift at a convenience store in Great Falls, Montana. And it will take a decade before an informant comes forward with a story that leads the cops to her killer.

 

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