Just after midnight on May 10, 1996, a motorist in Brown County, Texas called 911. They report that they’d been driving along Farm Road 2126 when they saw a burning car. It was parked just off the road, near the entrance to a gun range.
Minutes later, a second motorist called 911 to report they had spotted a body lying near the burning car.
When the fire de ... Show More
Jan 30
Esther “Lizette” Galez and Karen Grajeda
We are going to step back to the mid 1990s in Tucson, Arizona, to examine two cases that have haunted the city’s south side for three decades. In December 1994, 6-year-old Lizette went missing from her apartment complex. About 13 months later, 7-year-old Karen Grajeda went missin ... Show More
48m 3s
Jan 22
Leonard Dirickson
On March 14, 1998, at a farmhouse in Strong City, Oklahoma, 39-year-old Leonard Dirickson sat down for breakfast with his teenage son. As they were cleaning up, they were interrupted by a mysterious stranger in a truck, inquiring about a horse for sale. It had been a tough few ye ... Show More
39m 16s
Apr 2024
Unsolved Homicides: Updates In The Case Of Juan Leon Laureles
In 2021, we brought you a then little-known story: the unsolved case of Leon Laureles, a beloved brother and uncle who was murdered on the side of a rural Texas highway. Since then, his case has become a focus for cold-case advocates—especially his own niece, Arlene. At every tur ... Show More
41m 24s
Jan 2021
The Murder of Juan Leon Laureles
The first episode in our intermittent National Series covers the unsolved murder of Leon Laureles, who was living and working in Brown County, TX, at the time of his 1996 murder. Though it has never been officially labeled as such, many view his unsolved homicide as a hate crime. ... Show More
50m 50s
Feb 2024
the Story of Lionel Desmond
On Jan. 3, 2017, Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond bought a semi-automatic rifle, dressed himself in camo, and snuck through the woods to his family home.
Inside he shot his mother, his wife, and his 10-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself.
The factors that le ... Show More
1h 10m
May 2023
The Missing Dead: Sarah Stern
On a December evening in 2016, a man called 911 when he spotted an abandoned car on a bridge. Police discovered that 19-year-old Sarah Stern of Neptune City, New Jersey, usually drove the vehicle. She was now missing, and police needed to determine if she had left the car volunta ... Show More
37m 37s