On the Case with Paula Zahn

A seventeen year-old student is missing and a charismatic young teacher may be involved. The investigation leads to a shocking discovery.

After a mother is gunned down in a church parking lot, police uncover a tangled web of adultery, deception and corruption that ultimately led to her murder.

When a beautiful young woman is murdered in her own home, police use high tech equipment and old fashioned police work to bring an unlikely killer to justice.

An investigation into a deadly case of mistaken identity reveals a secret love triangle and an underworld web of intrigue.

A woman meets a younger man at a night spot and survives his brutal attack. It triggers a series of investigations and leads to the discovery that a serial killer might be on the loose.

Legendary Las Vegas casino owner Ted Binion dies under mysterious circumstances. Was it murder or just an accidental drug overdose?

In 2004, a Brigham Young University student, Brooke Wilberger, mysteriously vanished from a parking lot in Corvallis, OR and the case made national headlines.

Bobie and Marilyn Blewer sold funnel cakes from their stagecoach wagon for decades at the Iowa State Fair, held in Des Moines every August. When the couple is found murdered on the fairgrounds, it becomes the first homicide ever in the 150-year history of the Iowa State Fair. Police unravel a shocking plot that leads to back to the unlikeliest killers.

When a prestigious and popular Huntsville Alabama doctor is found murdered in his own home, the investigation points to a local handyman who says the doctor's wife and her twin sister are the masterminds behind the murder.

College student Mark Fisher went out in Manhattan with friends one night and ended up shot to death outside a house party in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The puzzle of what happened to Fisher left investigators at a loss when fellow partiers put up a wall of silence.

The murder of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless sent shock waves through Benton, MO. As the investigation unfolded, police zeroed in on 17-year-old Josh Kezer who has gang ties. Was he the one who pulled the trigger?

After an alleged jailhouse confession, questionable canine scene evidence and sexual misconduct between the star witness and lead investigator, William Dillon was convicted of murdering James Dvorak in Canova Beach, FL, in 1981 and sentenced to life without Parole. But is any of it true? Did investigators convict the wrong man?

A man is shot in his living room while his family is upstairs. Guns are scattered all over the lawn, and there's no assailant in sight, but then police get a huge break when they set up an on-camera sting that ultimately leads to a conviction.

In September 2000, Eric Plunkett - a popular student known for his smile - was mysteriously murdered in his dorm room at Gallaudet University, plunging the campus into a state of shock and terror. Could police stop his killer from striking again?

When a beautiful college freshman is viciously assaulted in her dorm room, police quickly zero in on a suspect… but when he points the finger at someone else, the search for the truth threatens to tear a small town apart.

When a man is found shot to death in his bedroom, police suspect the author of a threatening series of emails the victim had received. The trail leads them to a jilted lover but will it be enough to prove murder?

A blossoming love is cut short when a young woman is found brutally murdered in her boyfriend’s home. The puzzling crime leads investigators to multiple suspects and reveals a tragic tale of senseless violence.

A woman asks her husband for a divorce but he has a very different plan for how to end their marriage… Which will prove stronger her will to survive or his desire to see her dead?

In the summer of 1996, 22-year-old Carrie Culberson was last seen driving away from her house. The timing of her disappearance was suspicious as she was about to testify in court against her abusive boyfriend, Vincent Doan. Did she simply run away from a troubled relationship or was her disappearance something far more sinister?

After a frantic 911 call in a Tampa suburb, investigators arrive to find a shaken Timothy Permenter outside the home of his girlfriend, Karen Pannell. The former model had been stabbed multiple times and police discovered the letters "ROC" written in blood on the wall next to her body. Would the victim's dying act point them to her killer?

After a September home game in the tiny town of Tatum, TX, 18-year-old David Reid jumped into his truck and drove off into the night. Meanwhile, 4 cheerleaders heading out for a post-game party pulled onto Highway 149 and suddenly, the vehicles crashed into each other. David was the only survivor, but was he to blame?

Margaret Bradley had Multiple Sclerosis and was living with her daughter, Rhonda, a nurse. A part-time aide helped Margaret while Rhonda was at work. In 2002, Margaret suddenly fell ill and died the next evening of unusual and dangerously low blood sugar levels. Rhonda, who knew her mother didn't have diabetes, looks into her mother's untimely end and wonders if her mother's death was really murder. Her search for answers would eventually lead authorities to open a criminal investigation.

When a young girl goes missing from her university campus, her mother is forced to lead an investigation for the truth. Can she find her precious daughter before it’s too late?

A small town is outraged when its unofficial mayor is the victim of a attack at work. The police investigation uncovers a number of possible suspects and a confusing trail of evidence but will it lead them to the person who committed the crime?

In a small town outside Atlanta, young mother Heather Strube is gunned down in a Target parking lot in broad daylight while stunned eyewitnesses search for cover, and with her 18-month-old son just a few feet away. Police have little to go on beyond a bizarre description of the brazen killer and the surveillance video of him walking away from the crime scene. After a painstaking and difficult investigation, they come up with an incredible and surprising suspect.

Margo Prade, a prominent doctor in Akron, OH, is discovered shot and killed in her van parked outside her office. Margo was one of their own, married for 17 years to a highly respected captain in the Akron Police Department. Investigators quickly discover a videotape that documents the murder, but the most important clue is a bizarre bite mark left behind by the killer.

Cathy and Lyndel Robertson were both shot multiple times while asleep in their bedroom. Cathy died at the scene, but somehow, Lyndel survived, despite being shot in the face and chest. A mysterious fingerprint on a box of ammunition could be the key to unlocking the mystery behind the brutal crime.

18-year-old Lisa Kimmell was driving home for the Easter holiday when she vanished somewhere on the 600 miles of desolate highway between Denver, CO, and Billings, MT. Days later, her body is found, murdered. The case spans 14 years and dozens of suspects are examined, including the man in charge of the investigation, before reaching its shocking conclusion.

Norma Ates' body was discovered when firefighters responded to a fire at her house; she was shot and killed in her own bedroom. After years of searching, police finally find two mysterious strangers who were seen outside the house just before the crime took place; their story will help solve the mystery and convict the most unlikely of suspects.

When Fran Smith mysteriously disappears her sister and daughter mount their own investigation... What they uncover sends police on a cross country man hunt for a killer.

When an innocent couple is murdered execution-style in the Arizona desert, it marks the beginning of a 50-year search for the truth. After decades of investigation, the controversial case remains shrouded in mystery including a claim that an innocent man was framed by his ex-wife for both murders.

Young mother Rhonda Boggs is stabbed to death in her kitchen and the only witness is her 2-year-old daughter. What the child witnessed aids the cops to catch the killer's trail.

17-year-old Joanna Rogers disappeared from her home in the middle of the night in Lubbock, TX, and her body is later found dumped in a landfill. The investigation is aided by evidence from another brutal murder case. Police painstakingly track leads, including of all things, a barcode tag on luggage found in a landfill.

Police are called to the scene of a tragic car wreck in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But as investigators examine the crash site they realize Wendy Kratzert's death was no accident. As they follow a startling trail of betrayal back to their prime suspect, they uncover another mysterious disappearance.

Hillsborough County in Florida is in the midst of a horrifying crime spree with young women turning up dead every week. Teenager Lisa McVey's bravery helps to bring an end to a vicious killer's reign of terror.

When 17-year-old high school student Stacy Fairchild disappears from a mall parking lot in Lancaster, OH, on her way home from work, the police suspect kidnapping or murder and zero in on her suspicious soldier boyfriend, but they may be pursuing the wrong man. Later, another young woman escaped an attack inside a tanning salon and helped police link DNA from her attacker to the Fairchild mystery.

When Jackie Casseteri fails to show up for work, her friends and family know something is terribly wrong. Her sister rushed to her apartment and stumbled upon Jackie's lifeless body lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Investigators were unable to determine the cause of death and believed that the key to solving the mystery were calls made to a telephone dating service, from Jackie's cell phone... after her death.

Young marine Kevin Green comes back home from a fast food run and finds his 9-month-pregnant wife savagely beaten in their bedroom. Was he an innocent victim, or could he have been responsible for the terrible crime?

When beautiful 22-year-old Karla Brown's boyfriend returned home from work, he discovered her lifeless battered body hanging out of a barrel of water in the basement of her brand-new home. After years of trying to solve the puzzling murder, investigators decide to launch a bold and risky plan to bring an unlikely killer to justice.

As Pauline Card returned home from work to have dinner with her 17-year-old daughter Shauna, she found her daughter lying dead on the floor of the bathroom; Shauna had been stabbed more than 70 times. The mention of a mysterious boyfriend in the pages of Shauna's diary may point to the person responsible for murdering her.

A beautiful young mother is found murdered in the bedroom of her home. The only witness was her five year old son. Would he be able to help police solve the crime?

A high school student vanishes into thin air during a day studying in the park. Will a photograph from a nearby celebration help solve the case?

A wife discovers her husband's body lying in a pool of blood in front of his truck on Valentine's night. While she pointed investigators toward a prime suspect, they uncovered a love triangle that stood between them and the truth.

When a retired professor is found murdered, police must figure out whether the victim’s son and daughter in law were eyewitnesses or the killers.

A beautiful bride-to-be is murdered when a bomb explodes as she enters her home and investigators must piece together shards of glass to solve the case.

Lee Sehorne, a beloved husband and father is found executed in front of his home. Police officers strive to determine if a dark secret is the reason for the execution-style shooting.

After a single mother is viciously attacked and left for dead, she still manages to help police track down her assailant.

A 9-year-old girl disappears while delivering cookies to a neighbor, and Paula takes a look at the mystery that took Nashville on a 30 year journey to the truth.

A beloved mother of four is stabbed to death in her bathroom. A mysterious V-shaped wound on her forehead finally leads police to her killer decades later.

A deadly home invasion leaves a father of three dead. Why was the victim’s wife, the only eyewitness to the crime left alive?

A sexual predator viciously murders a 16-year-old girl. Can investigators catch him before he kills again?

When a young woman’s pizza delivery car is found abandoned in the middle of the desolate stretch of road, a twenty three year mystery begins.

A son discovers his mother’s violent murder and police must track down the killer who committed a deadly betrayal.

When 25-year-old Laci Hill vanishes without a trace; police receive the key to solving the mystery from her kidnapper’s wife.

A cloud of smoke leads two truckers to a shocking discovery; the smoldering remains of a teenage girl.

After Peter Caltury discovers the body of his 23-year-old daughter, Janet Walsh, murdered in her bed, a dedicated investigator spends more than 30 years pursuing her killer.

When Mary Ringer returns to her family-owned wedding chapel, she finds her daughter, Deborah McCormick, lying on the floor covered in blood.

While performing work on a Missouri farm, two brothers stumble upon the partially clothed body of 21-year-old Judy Spencer.

A daughter spends 25 years pursuing the truth behind her mother’s mysterious murder.

A father launches a relentless hunt for the killer of his 19-year-old daughter after finding her beaten and strangled to death.

Steve Kendall arrives home to find his wife, Kimberly, sexually assaulted, strangled and stabbed to death in their bedroom. Detectives process the scene and come to the realization that it points to a killer who is hiding in plain sight.

Firefighters respond to a house fire and discover the blaze is a cover-up for 16-year-old Beth Bosworth's savage murder. Will the charred remains of the house provide clues needed to solve this mysterious homicide?

In Memphis, TN, young mother Deborah Grose tells police that she had a terrifying encounter with a stalker outside her work. Before police have a chance to investigate, her husband calls the next morning saying she never made it to work. Her mysterious disappearance launches one of the city's most notorious criminal investigations.

A 15-year-old girl vanishes in the middle of the night. Would a friend's terrifying secret be the key to solving the mystery?

A 25-year-old aspiring model vanishes and the only clue police have is her empty car found in a nearby cemetery parking lot.

A mother of five is found murdered in her bedroom. Will a grainy videotape reveal the identity of her killer?

A trail of blood and broken cornstalks leads police to the body of a beautiful young girl.

A 19-year-old clerk is abducted from a Del Ray Beach convenience store while eyewitnesses watch in horror.

A 14-year-old girl's shortcut home from school puts her on the path of a savage killer.

A 14-year-old girl is found stabbed to death in an empty campground more than 50 miles away from where she was last seen.

A college student is found stabbed to death in her off campus apartment. Will it take a second tragic murder to solve her case?

Police must track down a vicious killer on his deadly cross-country killing spree.

After Navy electrician Michael Jacobs comes home to find his wife, Suzanne, and his 3-year-old son, Colin, murdered, San Diego police race to catch a serial killer who leaves behind an unimaginable calling card.

In Lenexa, Kansas, young women disappear from their apartments as police piece together evidence showing the terrifying crimes are connected.

A young woman is ambushed and murdered in Utah's remote Big Cottonwood Canyon. A cryptic note leaves investigators wondering if her death was just a tragic coincidence or a brutal betrayal.

When the body of a young woman if discovered on a cold winter afternoon in South Carolina, police retrace her final movements to find the killer.

Police race to find a killer after the decapitated body of a talented chef is found near Speedway, Indiana.

A woman's walk home from a Friday night out at a dance club in Lubbock, TX, ends in murder. Her naked body is discovered under a bush right next to a church on Sunday morning. As the investigation unfolds, detectives realize the path to justice relies on following the evidence to an unlikely suspect.

A 12-year-old girl is kidnapped, following a brutal home invasion... Can police find her and her abductor before its too late?

When an 8-year-old girl vanishes on the way home from school, her family and police are sent on a tormenting search for answers. [also marked as S13:E14]

Two women are found stabbed to death three days before Christmas. A third person, a male coworker, is wounded and claims an intruder attacked them. As investigators study the evidence, it looks like the crime scene was staged.

Police try to retrace a young mother's last known movements in a desperate attempt to solve her mysterious disappearance.

When a young woman mysteriously disappears before her final shift at a Maryland hospital, her family begins a decades long search for answers.

A loving mother of three is found mysteriously shot to death just steps from her home. There are few clues at the crime scene beyond a single bullet fragment and two unknown fingerprints. Will they be enough to find the killer?

After a father of four is gunned down, police investigate, discovering that nothing about the crime is what it appears to be.

A Las Vegas man claims his wife mysteriously vanished during a visit to a local spy store. Police question the odd story until they make a shocking discovery in a desolate and windblown stretch of the desert.

Will law enforcement ever catch a sexual sadist whose crimes have tormented the state of California for decades?

When a college student goes missing from a mall parking lot, police are convinced foul play is behind her disappearance.

A young woman is murdered inside the video game store she managed by a mysterious intruder.

When a teenager vanishes during a visit to her hometown, it becomes the beginning of a terrifying 30-year mystery.

A brutal double homicide shatters two Idaho families. The murders appear to ritualistic, but remarkable police work and insight from loved ones reveals the stunning truth.

A young woman is found savagely murdered in her new home. Will the trail of clues police discovered lead them to her killer?

In Las Vegas, a few teens on their way to school come across an abandoned car with a 41-year-old mother of four handcuffed and murdered in the passenger seat. Investigators have a solid theory of the crime but no suspects until a records clerk in the insurance fraud unit blows the case wide open.

The murder of a beloved and talented church organist sends police on a disturbing search for answers.

A successful car salesman is killed in a hail of gunfire on his front porch. Investigators follow a trail of money that leads them to the mastermind behind the murder.

A mother finds her teenage daughter savagely murdered inside their own home. A few drops of blood discovered decades later could be the key to solving the tragic mystery.

When a young girl disappears from a quiet suburban street, it marks the beginning of a terrifying game of cat and mouse between police and her abductor.

It takes decades for investigators to follow the evidence to the long-sought-after truth behind the terrifying abduction and murder of 20-year-old Leslie Long, a young mother of three.

After leaving home with a baseball mitt on a sunny afternoon, 14-year-old Barbara Rowan disappears, never to be seen alive again. A neighbor informs the police that she left to speak with her coach, even though she wasn't signed up for a team.

After a young mother goes missing during a Fourth of July weekend, it marks the beginning of a disturbing mystery, one that will devastate a loving family and tear a small community apart.

A young girl's mother reported that her daughter had disappeared while playing outside her mother-in-law's home. Investigators immediately descended on the community, searching cornfields and creeks in the area hoping for clues.

A mother discovers that her young 8-year-old daughter has been abducted from her bedroom in the middle of the night.

When a hero firefighter is found savagely murdered in his own home, the trail of evidence police find takes them on a twisting and tension filled journey to justice.

When a young girl kidnapped from her bed in the middle of the night is found dead in a nearby canal, it marks the beginning of one of Salt Lake City's most notorious child murder investigations.

After a four-year-old girl finds her mother's lifeless body, police must try to unravel a puzzling mystery. A murder investigation in which they must rule out multiple solid suspects before they arrive at the unlikely killer.

After two sisters are found murdered, police find evidence painting a grim picture of the heartbreaking double homicide.

When a 16-year-old girl disappears on her way to visit friends, the police retrace her last known movements and uncover a terrifying possibility that she may have been kidnapped by an international human trafficking ring.

Police investigate a residential house fire and discover it was intentionally set to cover-up a savage murder. Had the killer managed to destroy all the evidence or was there a clue he overlooked?

When police find a beautiful young woman run over by her own car it marks the beginning of a terrifying murder mystery.

A teenager vanishes during a bike ride through Point Defiance Park. The investigation into her disappearance leads police to fear that a serial killer is on the loose in Tacoma.

When a young woman's car is found abandoned on a bridge, police must consider three possibilities. Had she run away, committed suicide, or been the victim of foul play?

An unlikely pair of investigators strive to solve Elaine Fogle's murder after the case goes cold for four decades.

A young schoolteacher is savagely murdered in the doorway of her own home.

Police uncover a trail of terrifying clues while investigating a couple’s disappearance; they come to suspect that the couple has fallen victim to a carefully laid trap in the classified pages of the newspaper.

A young woman travels to California in pursuit of a Hollywood dream and winds up the victim of a savage homicide.

A young records clerk at the Seattle police department is murdered on her way to work her overnight shift. Can police find the evidence to catch the killer of one of their own?

An independent young woman starting out in life on her own, becomes the victim of a bizarre and vicious homicide in her apartment.

A young woman getting ready to be a bridesmaid at her best friend's wedding is found viciously stabbed to death in her own home.

Investigators must identify a gunman who murdered a young mother but spared her child asleep in her car seat in the back of her minivan.

A young woman is found stabbed to death locked inside a locker at a storage facility.

In February 1976, 19-year-old Michelle Mitchell vanished from a well-lit parking lot in Reno, NV; the young woman's disappearance would quickly be at the center of one of the most complex and disturbing cases in the state's history.

When a couple is found shot down in front of their home in the suburb of Thunderbolt, the entire community hears the barrage of gunfire. As police sift through the evidence they must determine if one of the neighbours is a witness or the killer.

After a young mother is found murdered in her own home, investigators must untangle a web of lies using wiretaps and secret recordings to ultimately pick up the trail of her cold-blooded killer.

When a 15-year-old girl vanishes from her front porch, police must uncover when she was last seen, where she might have been going, and who would have wanted her dead.

When the lifeless body of a young girl is found on the shore of the Feather River, police hope that following a trail of footsteps and discarded articles of clothing will lead them to her killer.

When a young girl vanishes while walking her dog on a military base, it marks the beginning of a missing persons case that would capture the hearts of the entire county.

A compassionate and outgoing woman's dream vacation turns into a deadly nightmare when she crosses paths with a wolf in sheep's clothing.

A beloved mother of four disappears just days after her stepdaughter vanished; police investigate their complicated relationship.

After a young girl disappears on her way home from school, police find her blue raincoat thirty miles away. It marks the start of a heartbreaking homicide investigation.

A young woman's strange encounter with a man outside her home becomes the thread that unravels a terrifying murder mystery.

A teenager vanishes during a walk to the store on a cold winter night; the next morning police find her lifeless body in a snowbank six miles away.

When a loving father is found murdered execution-style in his own home, investigators must follow the trail of his missing car to find his cold-blooded killer.

A young woman is found bound and strangled to death on the side of a road. As police retrace her final steps, they discover she was last seen being followed by a suspicious man in a cowboy hat.

The murder of a respected health care aide sends a chill through her community. When the investigation reveals several shockingly similar crimes, police realize they've uncovered the trail of a monster.

A tourist takes a photo of vultures in Joshua Tree National Park and inadvertently discovers a gruesome homicide.

When a 15-year-old boy vanished under mysterious circumstances police feared the worst. It appeared the case had terrifying connections to a serial killer who had left a trail of bloodshed across the region.

A 14-year-old girl's mysterious runaway note raises difficult questions for police. Had she really left home on her own or had someone close to her pieced together writing from her journals to cover-up an unthinkable crime.

When a young college student is abducted from her campus parking lot it marks the beginning of a terrifying crime wave on a quiet college campus. Can police catch a serial predator before he strikes again?

A young female soldier is found slain after a night out in Colorado Springs, CO. The investigation into her torture, molestation and murder eventually goes cold. It takes decades and advances in DNA processing to finally land her killer and bring him to justice.

Hauntingly Familiar: Investigators must overturn a shocking decision before they can solve the hauntingly familiar murder of a teenager.

Police investigate the gruesome murder of a mother and child, only to realize all the evidence indicates the killer was someone the victims knew and trusted.

A beautiful young woman turns up savagely murdered in a bar parking lot; as investigators retrace her last known steps, several suspects with possible motives come on their radar.

Police wonder if a young woman's personalized license plate, FLRT 12, makes her the target for murder or if a far more sinister plot is behind the crime.

Police find a giant sword bent in half, alongside a victim who has been savagely murdered. Investigators must sort through the details of his complicated life in order bring his killer to justice.

Police investigating the brutal murder of a young woman start to wonder if the ambush-style shooting that ended the victim's life resulted from a terrifying case of mistaken identity.

A homicide on May 27, 1994, and its disturbing details devastate 14-year-old Jenny Lin's loving family, leaving the tight-knit community of Castro Valley, CA, to wonder if their loved one could become the next victim.

On the morning of June 7, 1995, in Atlanta, GA, 14-year-old Nacole Smith is taking a shortcut back home, through a path in the woods, to get a forgotten project for school. Her body is discovered brutally murdered in those woods later that morning and police race to catch her killer before he can destroy another loving family.

The gruesome murder of horse ranch owner Wendi Brant traumatises her friends and family; Police focus on her estranged husband, but there are other potential suspects that muddy the investigation and throw the case into a decades-long tailspin.

The chilling murder of Lee Rotatori and the bizarre crime scene evidence police found inside her motel room mark the beginning of a heartbreaking homicide investigation with multiple victims.

When a young girl vanishes under mysterious circumstances, police must discover if she simply ran away or was actually the victim of something far more sinister.

Blood spattered from a young woman's apartment balcony to the parking lot below could lead police to her coldly calculated murderer.

A mysterious late-night call requesting last rites for a loved one leads to the shocking murder of a beloved priest.

The police look to find the killer of an unidentified woman found bound, frozen and shot to death in the mountains of Utah.

Painful questions torment a loving husband after his wife's brutal murder; in particular, the community's doubts about whether he had been her killer.

Police must track down the vicious killer of two separate Jane Doe victims, murdered in a shockingly similar way.

The abduction of a young girl sends a detective on a quest to bring justice to her heartbroken family.

Can police find the killer of two teenagers discovered inside a car?

Police must connect the crime scene evidence from two eerily similar murders to put one vicious killer where he belongs: behind bars

Police struggle to dissect the love triangle that led to the disappearance of 21-year-old married college student and mother Bethany Decker in Ashburn, VA; her jilted husband, Emile, and her jealous new boyfriend, Ronald Roldan, are prime suspects.

Can police solve the murder of a young woman killed while celebrating her graduation from U.S. Naval training?

In 2014, police discover that Tiffany Pugh, the successful wife of a popular DJ, has been murdered in her home in East Point, GA; the array of video cameras in the neighborhood could help bring her killer to justice.

Police use a revolutionary new technique to sort through a long list of guests and employees at the Paradise Ranch to find the one person responsible for a savage murder...

Will a heartbroken mother's quest for justice lead police to solve the murder of her daughter and a close friend?

Can police use a blurry image taken just seconds before a young woman's disappearance to find the man responsible for her savage murder?

Police are baffled after two young women are murdered during strikingly similar crimes along the same scenic bike trail just months apart.

Can police sift through a maze of phone records and grainy video to pick up the trail of the man who murdered a beloved preacher's wife?

When a young woman turns up murdered, police desperately try to retrace her last known movements; however, what they discover reveals two shockingly different possibilities of how she was killed.

When a young woman turns up murdered, police desperately try to retrace her last known movements. However, what they discover reveals two shockingly different possibilities of how she was killed.