About this season
Award winning journalist Paula Zahn unravels shocking crimes interviewing those closest to the case including lawyers, the victim's family, detectives and the convicted murderer themselves.
Episodes (12)
1. Deep Wounds
Aired 6 March 2016 • 43 min
After Navy electrician Michael Jacobs comes home to find his wife, Suzanne, and his 3-year-old son, Colin, murdered, San Diego police race to catch a serial killer who leaves behind an unimaginable calling card.
2. Gone in an Instant
Aired 13 March 2016 • 43 min
In Lenexa, Kansas, young women disappear from their apartments as police piece together evidence showing the terrifying crimes are connected.
3. Betrayal in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Aired 20 March 2016 • 43 min
A young woman is ambushed and murdered in Utah's remote Big Cottonwood Canyon. A cryptic note leaves investigators wondering if her death was just a tragic coincidence or a brutal betrayal.
4. Tracks of a Killer
Aired 27 March 2016 • 43 min
When the body of a young woman if discovered on a cold winter afternoon in South Carolina, police retrace her final movements to find the killer.
5. Racing to Justice
Aired 10 April 2016 • 43 min
Police race to find a killer after the decapitated body of a talented chef is found near Speedway, Indiana.
6. Last Dance
Aired 17 April 2016 • 43 min
A woman's walk home from a Friday night out at a dance club in Lubbock, TX, ends in murder. Her naked body is discovered under a bush right next to a church on Sunday morning. As the investigation unfolds, detectives realize the path to justice relies on following the evidence to an unlikely suspect.
7. A Promise Kept
Aired 24 April 2016 • 43 min
A cold case detective re-opens a decades old murder and promises the young woman's family their long awaited justice.
8. Deadly Offer
Aired 8 May 2016 • 43 min
An offer of help turns deadly when a young woman and her boyfriend find themselves stranded. Investigators are soon on the trail of a ruthless serial killer.
9. Mixed Signals
Aired 15 May 2016 • 43 min
After the lifeless body of a popular teen girl is found lying on the side of the road, police look to her cell phone records to catch her killer.
10. Courage and Conviction
Aired 22 May 2016 • 43 min
A college student's courageous battle for survival may be the key to solving a vicious double homicide.
11. Half Way Home
Aired 29 May 2016 • 43 min
The discovery of a woman's brutally beaten body inside an abandoned trailer is the start of a 28-year search for her killer.
12. The Doorbell Rang
Aired 5 June 2016 • 43 min
On January 11, 1988, 16-year-old Theresa Burns' brutally murdered body was found by her brother, Stephen, in their home in Mishawaka, IN. The ring of a doorbell overheard during Theresa's final phone call may be the key to solving her murder.