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Virginia 'Gina' Cantero's body was discovered by her estranged husband and children shortly after they returned from a trip to Mexico.

UPDATE: The LAPD has confirmed that Tanya Fear was found alive on Monday, according to NBC News. The case is closed and there is no crime to be investigated.

Authorities believe that 42-year-old Tonna Davis was dead weeks before she was reported missing in April.

The 1994 kidnapping of an informant tied to a relatively small New York drug bust opened the floodgates to the kidnappings and murders of two California men.

Margaret Rudin was convicted of shooting and decapitating her millionaire husband, though her conviction was overturned years later. 

A woman was shot and stabbed at her Florida home before the eyes of her toddler-aged children. With many players involved, could this have been the work of a murder-for-hire?

In "Blood & Money," LAPD investigators recall the Christmastime 2000 murder of Susan Berman and the cases ties to the 20-year-old disappearance of the wife of Robert Durst. 

Despite Hollywood tropes, contract killings aren't reserved only for mobsters and high-profile targets. In fact, murders-for-hire are closer to home than many think. 

Prosecutors say Jerry Jay struck Cecilia Finona in the head with the blunt end of an ax handle before driving her across several states as she lay dying. 

Prosecutors hope to keep R. Kelly behind bars for the rest of his life because "it's the only way to ensure" he cannot re-offend.