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Detectives Hank Veverka and Kathleen Carlin find the body of a 34 year-old male, shot to death behind an abandoned building. His pockets are turned out, his shoes are off, and his cell phone is missing, all suggesting a robbery.

A quiet Cleveland neighborhood ignites into a war zone as a gun battle breaks out at night. Chaos ensues as neighbors duck for cover from the barrage of bullets flying back and forth.

Shortly before dawn, Investigators Tom Cassidy and CJ Dominic arrive at the scene of a homicide on a quiet, neighborhood street. A van has barreled off the road and crashed in front of a house.

In Indianapolis, Indiana, a 21-year-old man is gunned down during a violent shootout in a residential neighborhood. Detectives Chuck Benner and Todd Lappin sort through the wreckage left behind.

Rochester Investigators David Salvatore and Tom Donovan arrive at the scene of what appears to be a straightforward domestic homicide only to discover that no one who saw the suspect knows his real name or whereabouts.

In a quiet Indianapolis suburb, two men are found fatally beaten in their bedrooms. Detective Bobby Flack is called to the scene and quickly learns that the victims had been harassed for being gay. Were these murders a hate crime?

A young mother is attacked and strangled by a man she meets at a party. A snowmobiler survives a series of avalanches but loses eight of his friends. A 14-year-old boy and his best friend are attacked by a 17-year-old who cuts their throats.

A young woman is abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted. A farmer rips his own hand off to escape from a combine harvester. And a 14-year-old girl is left for dead at her home after having her throat slit.

A young woman is brutally assaulted then set on fire by her attacker. A man is forced to amputate part of leg after it is caught in a drive shaft.

A young girl is abducted and brutally raped in her car. A diver on a boat trip has a terrifying accident in the middle of the night.

In July of 1970, the brutal murder of single mom Loretta Jones leaves four-year-old Heidi Jones motherless. Nearly 40 years later, Heidi vows to solve her mother's cold case and calls on an old high school friend to help her find justice for Loretta.

When model Dawn Koons, 18, heads to California with dreams of stardom, her family back in Yonkers worry she's made a mistake. Within months, her body is found in her bathtub. Police have a suspect but unmasking her killer will take nearly 40 years.

The loving aunt of a close-knit family is stabbed to death in her home. It takes two decades for detectives to discover that a key witness was an imposter--and caused the case to go cold. When they turn back to the crime scene, they discover a clue.

When 18-year-old Shannon Siders' body is found in the woods, everyone in the small town of Newaygo, Michigan, becomes a suspect--but no one is convicted of the crime.

In late 1983, the bodies of five people abducted from a local fast food restaurant are found brutally murdered. The main suspect is long believed to be a well-connected local man, until new evidence reveals the true killers.

Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field. The investigation yields hundreds of leads but no true suspect. After more than two decades on ice, the case is revived when DNA phenotyping puts a face to the killer.

In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises--suspects are few--fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the police.

In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises--suspects are few--fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the police.

On the morning of December 26, 1996, parents John and Patsy Ramsey awoke to find a ransom note for their missing 6-year-old daughter Jon Benet before her brutally beaten and lifeless body was found in the basement of their home.

Elizabeth Vargas takes a fresh look at the most notorious cold case murder in American history.