Murders A-Z

In 1994, Lynne Friend, a divorced mom, was about to start a new life — until her ex-husband ended hers in “a monstrous act.”

A young mom was gunned down as witnesses — and her 18-month-old son — looked on. Who could do that? The answer was found close to home. 

The murder of Sharron Erickson shook up the small town of Colon, Nebraska in 2003.

Dana Satterfield was brutally attacked and left hanging from a heater in her salon. The killer, meanwhile, hid in plain sight for years.

Police found Alicia Ray dead in her Sacramento apartment after receiving reports of a house fire.

Jennifer Clark was pregnant with her third child when she reconciled with ex-husband Donald Clark. The problem was, the baby's father was not Donald.

After finding Martre Coles' body disposed of "like trash," officials made the difficult decision not to inform his family and instead put them under surveillance. 

Margaret Douglas' murderer snuck into her home and took videos and photos of her sleeping before strangling her and abusing the body.

Jackie Johns, a former prom queen and pageant winner, was beloved in the small town of Nixa, Missouri. Who would murder her in such a vicious way?

The savage 1999 stabbing of a 20-year-old woman went unsolved until two more young women and a toddler were slaughtered by the same killer and the same knife.