7 Seasons | 115 Episodes
Man in the Shadows / The Hitchhiker
Aired on Aug 25, 2005After running DNA tests on more than 50 suspects, Ohio police finally get a lead on a serial rapist suspected of attacking at least 14 women. And a cigarette butt found at a murder scene helps investigators to smoke out the killer 29 years later.
A Sister Lost / Rumors of Murder
Aired on Sep 15, 2005A high school janitor is suspected in the murder of a young girl, but with only circumstantial evidence to go on, police must let the case go cold. And a woman asks police to reopen the 24-year-old case of her cousin’s disappearance.
Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood
Aired on Sep 29, 2005A North Carolina man looking to clear his conscience gives police the information they need to solve a murder. And Indiana police are baffled by the murder of an 86-year-old woman, found dead in her bedroom.
98 - Rear Window/The Peeper
Aired on Jun 04, 2002The brutal stabbing murder of a Florida woman is solved when police find crucial DNA evidence in spit left on a pavement. And a man is put away for rape and murder when his footprint matches the footprint he left at the crime scene 18 years before.
99 - The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash
Aired on Jun 11, 2002A bloody dagger and a phone tap help detectives solve a 20-year-old murder case. And DNA taken from an eyelash found on a dead prostitute’s body brings a killer to justice.
Snatched/A Detective's Promise
Aired on Nov 17, 2005
Manhunt
Aired on Nov 24, 2005A look at the case of James Allen Selby, a serial rapist who eluded police for years while attacking 11 women in five states – Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Arizona, and Colorado.
Finding BTK
Aired on Dec 01, 2005
Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer
Aired on Dec 15, 2005
Death of a Deacon / A Wife's Mission
Aired on Jan 14, 2006When a church deacon is found shot to death it looks like police may have stumbled upon a multi-party murder plot. And, a wife remains a key suspect in her husband’s murder case for six years, until she attempts to prove her own innocence.
The Sunday Morning Slasher
Aired on Feb 04, 2006Law enforcement officials fear they may have to release a serial killer from prison until a 24-year-old murder case gives them a chance to lock him up for good.
The Tourniquet / Burning Desire
Aired on Feb 04, 2006DNA evidence found on a murder victim whose body had been dumped in a Dairy Queen drive-thru leads to the arrest of Houston’s notorious tourniquet killer.
Caught on Tape / A Son Remember
Aired on Feb 11, 2006A video tape made at an ATM machine helps police in Louisville, KY, to nab a man suspected of raping 13 women. And a DA investigator in Georgia helps crack a murder case that his father, a police chief, first worked on 30 years before.
On the Case: Nacole's Killer
Aired on Mar 11, 2006
107 - Killer on Campus / The Bow Hunter
Aired on Apr 02, 2006Thirty-two years after the killing of University of Michigan law student Jane Mixer, police use DNA found on her pantyhose to finally track down the killer. And psychologists help solve a cold case by suggesting the lead detective take a page from the game of romance, and play hard to get with the killer.
Something Snapped / A Killer's Dream
Aired on Apr 08, 2006
The Family / The Clue That Stuck
Aired on Apr 15, 2006A detective vows not to shave until he solves the murder of a young Oregon woman. It takes three years and a string of Mexican Mafia informants to crack the case and allow the dedicated detective to shave his beard. And in a California case, investigators track down a killer with the help of DNA found on the duct tape used to wrap the murder victim’s head.
A Confession for Carmen / The Girls
Aired on Apr 22, 2006A forensic scientist’s painstaking examination of a rape kit helps solve the 15-year-old murder of a teenage girl. And when California investigators probe the murder of a 71-year-old man, they get help from the top suspect’s former therapist.
Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife
Aired on May 06, 2006Nine years after the murders of a mother and her teenage daughters, a wiretapped conversation between the suspected killer and his sister helps police to crack the case. And the baffling murder of a Virginia woman is solved when human bones are discovered by a geologist working in North Carolina.