A college freshman was found brutally beaten, a crime scene so bloody police couldn’t ID the victim. But identifying the killer wasn’t nearly as hard. He admitted what he did. It was why he said he did it that became the foundation for his defense.
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Queen of The County
S10/EP10
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Aired: 05/20/2021
The Harkey name was famous for pecan harvesting in Texas. So when the matriarch with a powerful grip on the family fortune went missing, investigators focused on the family tree. Turns out, the plot was more tangled than the branches of a pecan tree.
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Shining Star
S10/EP9
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Aired: 05/13/2021
Chiquita Tate was growing her reputation as a tenacious defense attorney but her promising career was cut short when she was murdered. Police had a challenge. At work, she dealt with tough clients, and at home, she was going through a rough time.
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Fatal Attraction
S10/EP8
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Aired: 05/06/2021
A top doctor known for saving lives found himself fighting for his own after he was poisoned. Investigators immediately started looking into the women in his life, wondering if one relationship was toxic.
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What Lies Beneath
S10/EP7
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Aired: 04/29/2021
Lynn Friend was a devoted mother with wedding plans when she vanished. The question was whether she was a runaway bride, or if she ran into trouble. Investigators searched land and sea, going to unexpected depths to solve the mystery.
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Secret Lives
S10/EP6
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Aired: 04/22/2021
Missing wife. Grieving husband. Turns out, both had secrets. Jen Ramsaran vanished just before Christmas and detectives needed to know if her online life held the key to this mystery or if the answer was closer to home.
43:54
S10/EP13
On August 14, 2012, someone placed a 911 call saying they had found a girl dead in the motel bathroom. Police in Pendleton, Oregon were shocked.
S10/EP13
“The case haunted me,” a law enforcement officer recalls while discussing the murder of Amy Jane Brandhagen, described as a young woman “who loved adventure and people.”
S10/EP12
Orlando Mesa succumbed to his injuries after being shot, but he was able to protect his toddler son, Noah, and save his life. Here’s how he did it.
S10/EP12
Orlando Mesa’s wife, Cindy, remembers what it was like to find her husband shot and her son injured on that fateful night in April 2008 and the tough choice she had to make.
S10/EP12
On an April evening in Miami, Orlando Mesa, described as a “doting” dad, took his 18-month-old son, Noah, for a walk. It would be the last walk Mesa ever took with him.
S10/EP11
Police recall what their initial theories were after discovering Alex Kogut, as her close friend remembers the fear and confusion of trying to determine what exactly had happened before the news broke.
S10/EP11
Alex Kogut’s friend says her mother called her in the middle of the night looking for her, distraught. Why was her mom so convinced something had happened to Kogut?
S10/EP10
Police recall that Karen Johnson’s death seemed unusual when they arrived at the scene -- and they were very concerned that Bonnie Harkey, who had dementia and health issues, was missing from the home.
S10/EP10
On March 25, 2012, a young boy called 911 to say his mother, Karen Johnson, appeared to be dead at the Harkey residence where she worked as a caretaker. What happened to her?
S10/EP10
The Harkey family was well known in their small Texas town. They’d made a fortune in pecans, but a double murder would expose a vicious power struggle.
S10/EP9
After Chiquita Tate is found stabbed to death in her work office, investigators find shocking evidence that could possibly lead to a potential suspect.
S10/EP9
On a weekend night, a Lousiana criminal defense lawyer was working on a murder trial that was set to go to court the following Monday. But, later that night she was found stabbed to death in her office.
S10/EP9
Although police don’t have any photographic evidence of a potential suspect from the night of Chiquita’s murder, evidence at the crime scene helps investigators make a shocking development.
