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A Family Torn Apart

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Dec 31, 2021

Portageville, Missouri in 1998. The bodies of Megan and Sherri Scherer are found lifeless in their sitting room. Both had been shot in the head several times.

Full Episodes

Season 2, 20 episodes

Body in the Stairwell,

In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered. 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Sacrilege in Sacramento,

In Sacramento, three women are brutally assaulted by the same man. Investigators use genealogy technology to track down the suspect.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Montana Murders,

A young couple is murdered in Montana in 1956. In 2019, investigators use voluntary genealogical databases to catch the killer.

42m Dec 31, 2021

A Sinful Act in St George,

A small community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is brutally attacked in her own home. Detectives use innovative techniques to solve the case.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Left for Dead in Logan County,

In 1993, a 19-year-old woman is kidnapped and raped. A private forensic genealogy company is able to track down the suspect.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Alameda Attacker,

In 1997, a woman is attacked on her route home. A suspect is arrested over 20 years later with the help of a genetic genealogical search.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Murder of Siobhan McGuiness,

In 1974, a 5-year-old girl disappears while walking to her friend's house. 46 years later, detectives are able to put the case to rest using modern DNA technology.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Cold Case Twist,

A woman out for a walk is attacked and sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant. 14 years later, police trace a family tree using genetic genealogy and find the rapist.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Montana Creek Murders,

When a woman is found dead in her home, detectives are left with more questions than answers.

42m Dec 31, 2021

San Bernadino Bodies,

A woman takes a genealogy test to learn what happened to her estranged mother and is shocked to learn her DNA helped law enforcement identify a Jane Doe that remained a mystery for over 40 years.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Murder Mystery of Mary London,

In 1981 a young woman is found murdered on the side of the road. Who killed her remains a mystery for decades until law enforcement can utilize genetic genealogy to crack the case.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Knifepoint Rapist,

A young woman out jogging is attacked and viciously raped at knifepoint. The perpetrator continues his reign of terror by raping another five times over the next nine years.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Gunpoint Horror,

In Alexandria, Virginia in 2016, a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool. Police soon learn of a similar incident in Fairfax, two years previously.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Hunt for Precious Jane Doe,

In August 1977, the body of a young girl was discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, WA. She had been strangled and shot. Investigators launched a two-tiered investigation.

42m Dec 31, 2021

The Rapid City Rapist,

February 1968 in South Dakota, 60-year-old pharmacist Gwen Miller fails to show up for work. Despite co-workers discover her body soon after, the case goes cold and remains so for decades.

42m Dec 31, 2021

A Family Torn Apart,

Portageville, Missouri in 1998. The bodies of Megan and Sherri Scherer are found lifeless in their sitting room. Both had been shot in the head several times.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Justice for Leslie,

In 1976, Leslie Penrod Harris storms out of a restaurant after an argument with her husband. She never returns. Hours later, her naked body is found near El Toro Air Base twenty miles away.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Cuyahoga Falls Mystery,

December 1987 in Ohio, the nude body of 17-year-old Barbara Blatnik is found face down on a rural road. She had been violently raped and strangled.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Chilling Notes from a Killer,

In 1988 in Fort Wayne, Janet Tinsley reports her 8-year-old daughter April missing after she fails to return home. Three days later, a man out jogging makes a gruesome discovery in a nearby ditch.

42m Dec 31, 2021

Remembering Stevie,

On June 11th, 1963, a man fishing in Oregon reels in the body of a toddler. The child had been wrapped in blankets and weighed down by iron molds.

41m Dec 31, 2021