Hometown Tragedy

Unmasking the Golden State Killer

Examine two cold cases that were finally solved thanks to advancements in DNA technology. The 1992 murder of school teacher Christy Mirack in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the 1990 murder of Genevieve Zitricki in Greenville, South Carolina.

Two serial killers whose chilling crimes left their communities devastated. Between 1982 to 1983, John Joubert murdered three boys in Maine and Nebraska. Albert Flick killed two mothers in front of their children in Lewiston, Maine.

Deanna Cremin just celebrated her 17th birthday when in 1995 she was brutally murdered in Somerville, Massachusett. As police began digging into the murder of Jacquelyn Smith in Baltimore, they made a stunning discovery.

The community of Belton, Missouri seeks answers after two young women: Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions disappear a decade apart.

It's the day after Thanksgiving 1992 in Drake, Iowa, and few want to cook. Locals head to the popular Drake Diner instead. In front of a packed restaurant, an armed man shoots and kills two diner employees.

Weeks after a pregnant woman is shot and killed in Orlando, a shootout between here suspected killer and a police officer sparks a manhunt.

Three brutal cold cases remain unsolved for decades until advances in forensic technology bring investigators closer than ever to finding answers for the victims' families and friends.

After eight members of one family were killed in their homes in a single night, residents of the devastated Ohio community were left to wonder if they were next.

A missing Milwaukee woman's family and her community push for answers about her disappearance. what authorities learn a week later sends shockwaves through the city.

Known as one of the first cases of the digital age, Maura Murray's mysterious disappearance continues to confound investigators and internet sleuths.

Girl Scouts at Camp Scott settle into their tents one evening, eerie footsteps and distant cries haunt the campers throughout the night. The unsettling sounds turn out to be one of the largest murder investigations in Oklahoma's history.

One evening in 1999, Cynthia Jaramillo shows up at a home wearing nothing but a dog collar. She had been tortured and sexually assaulted for days. Her escape leads investigators to discover a gruesome string of kidnappings and murders.

When homesick college student Miya Marcano books a flight to south Florida for the weekend, her family is thrilled. But when the plane lands, Miya is nowhere to be found.

A beloved University of Kentucky football player, Trent DiGiuro, is murdered on the porch of his house during his 21st birthday party in an assassination-style killing. What leads to the shooter's capture is equally shocking.

One vacation. Two teens. Thousands of text messages. What sounds like the beginnings of a typical modern romance turns to tragedy-and controversy- for a coastal Massachusetts town.

A 14-year-old paperboy's disappearance during his Sunday morning route shocks a peaceful Iowa city. Panic sets in when a second paperboy goes missing.

After a South Carolina couple vanishes, social media posts begin cropping up claiming they are fine and eloped. Their loved ones are convinced they're not the ones who penned the posts, and the truth is more shocking than anyone imagined.

Detectives are baffled after a mother and daughter are murdered outside Louisville, Kentucky. A year later, a triple homicide in Winston-Salem, North Carolina sends them on a search, linking the two cases through an unlikely suspect.

Jessica Dishon vanishes from her home one fall morning in 1999. Her body is discovered 17 days later, seven miles away. It takes more than 15 years for the heartbreaking truth to come out.

The disappearance of 16-year-old JaRay Wilson spawns rumors of human trafficking in her small town of Weatherford, Oklahoma in 2012. Investigators find her body and the truth, after an unlikely informant provides new details.

Sierra LaMar leaves for school one morning and vanishes with barely a trace, setting in motion one of the largest searches in U.S. history. The community and investigators of Morgan Hill, California still have unanswered questions.

The brutal murders of two trans women of color just 48 hours apart in New Orleans unsettle the community, leaving many wondering if the cases are connected. Detectives uncover clues, yet justice remains elusive.

Single father Kendal Fenwick murdered in Baltimore in 2015. Family and investigators wonder whether his efforts to curb drugs and violence in his neighborhood made him a target. Or is it something else entirely?

A young boy and his family's housekeeper are brutally killed in an upscale Omaha, Nebraska neighborhood. Their case goes cold for years, until another double homicide reveals the link and unmasks a serial killer.

When bones are discovered burned in a rural New Hampshire community, a horrific story begins to emerge... one that exposes the secrets of a charming killer living among them.

After a snowy day in Western Pennsylvania, a horrifying discovery leads investigators down a heartbreaking and twisted path. They'll seek swift justice for an innocent victim deceived.