Episode list

The 1988 shooting death of Russell Stager by his wife is examined, also the slaying of 20-year-old Jettis Holifield at an Alabama gas station.

In January 1990, Mike and Penny Moreau learn that their 21-year-old son, Tim, a college student living in Portland, OR, has vanished without a trace. Then when Pearl Bruns of Portland, ME turns up missing her daughter Elaine takes matters into her own hands.

In July 1996, Nancy Riggins, a cashier and mother of a ten year old daughter vanished from her suburban Baltimore neighborhood. Exhaustive searches for her yielded nothing. After five years of tireless efforts by Nancy's friends and family, it was finally revealed that her husband, Paul Stephen Riggins, Jr. (Steve) had a four year affair with his daughter's baby sitter and murdered his wife. It was not clear if murder resulted from his wife's discovery of the infidelity, or the crime was committed to clear the way to marry his mistress who was only fourteen years old when the affair began. Despite the absence of a body, Steve Riggins was the first to be convicted of first degree murder in Howard County, MD based entirely on circumstantial evidence. Eleven years after the murder he admitted to missing his daughter and regretting the pain caused by her mother's death. Riggins directed police to his wife's remains buried in a wooded area. He is currently serving a live sentence and will not be eligible for parole until 2016 when he will be 58.

The 1988 murder of 32-year-old Debi Whitlock in her Modesto, California, home is discussed.

Sherrie Gladden-Davis recounts the 1991 disappearance of her sister. Also, the 1995 shooting of 16-year-old Mikey Valadez at a busy San Antonio intersection is discussed.

The murders of Chicago dermatologist David Cornbleet and California tattoo artist Michael Cory Lee are detailed in the opener of this documentary series.

The case of Clarence Elkins, who was wrongfully convicted in the 1998 murder of his mother-in-law. He was exonerated by DNA evidence in December, 2005.