Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case

Season 2

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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10 Episodes

In Harm’s Way
E1
In Harm’s WayFamily and friends are frantic when Jeanine Harms goes out on a date and disappears into thin air. Puzzled by a lack of evidence, police desperately try to solve the case. As time passes, no one is ready for the final outcome.
Web of Lies
E2
Web of LiesEmployees at a West Virginia security company receive a bewildering SOS call from their boss and are shocked to learn he's been shot and left to die in the mountains. His missing body causes police to question the web of lies that surround his death.
Relative Suspect
E3
Relative SuspectIn 1974, Barbara Lloyd is stabbed to death in her Buffalo, NY home while her children are sound asleep. Police immediately question, how could they have slept through such a brutal murder? Could it be that her killer is someone they knew and loved?
The Body in the Bay
E4
The Body in the BayStoryline On a beautiful Monday afternoon in August 1993, a boater in Chesapeake Bay finds a woman's body floating. The woman is Nancy Lynn Manni, 33 years old, an employee of the Seafarers Union. This murder will not be solved until the winter of 1997.
Queen of Hearts
E5
Queen of HeartsBill Hassler returns home to find his high school sweetheart, Susan Schwarz, naked and shot three times under a towel. Detectives first suspect a crime of passion. Investigators are under heavy pressure to nab a suspect, but Susan's case goes cold.
Not Again
E6
Not AgainWhen Carla Larson leaves work to grab lunch, she never returns. The all-American wife and mother is discovered naked and strangled to death in a nearby swamp. The investigation stalls...until a random love triangle provides a clue to finding her killer.
Dying to Fit In
E7
Dying to Fit InSharon Bloom leaves work for lunch and vanishes. Ten days later, her body is found brutally murdered in a cornfield, her skull fractured. As years pass and pressure mounts on police, will they ever discover evidence to convict Shannon's killer?
He Came for Me
E8
He Came for MeNanine Grimes is home alone, listening to music, and doing schoolwork. Within hours, she is found murdered on her sister's punctured waterbed. She's been stabbed 86 times. As police struggle to discover a lead, they wonder...did Nanine know her killer?
Wicked in the Windy City
E9
Wicked in the Windy CityRenee heads home from the gym on a cold, rainy Halloween; her favorite night of the year. The next day, she's found strangled to death on her bathroom floor. Police struggle to identify a killer. Could Renee be a victim of a 'trick or treat' gone bad?
Crossed Dressed to Kill
E10
Crossed Dressed to KillKacy Kay Ray leaves her parents' home after celebrating Christmas and vanishes. Days later, her frozen body is found in a field bludgeoned and stabbed, the victim of a gruesome rape. Will police pin the crime on the correct murderer?