Examines the turbulent life of Diane Downs--filled with sexual obsession and violence--and chronicles the police investigaton that ended in her conviction for the 1983 murder of her seven-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her other young children.
A collection of true stories recounting murder cases in which the victims were killed for money, including the case of former Marine sergeant Roland Pitre Jr., who hired someone to kill his wife in 1988.
Tells the story of the bludgeoning death of attorney Cheryl Keeton in 1986 and the subsequent arrest and trial of her husband, Brad Cunningham, who was convicted of murder.
The authors follow a trail of secret contracts, false leads, confessions, tips, and new evidence in their reinvestigation of the Marilyn Sheppard murder.
Evan's father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, so high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.
Forensic criminalist Henry Lee describes the intimate details of his work through five homicide cases, explaining the investigation process and his own thoughts on the cases.