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Ruthann Aron was an overachiever. The wife of a respected urologist in the upscale D.C. suburb of Potomac, Maryland, Ruthann was a successful real estate developer and aspiring politician. In 1994, she made a run to be the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, but lost, partly due to a local attorney who dogged the campaign with allegations of shady business deals. Ruthann, however, was undeterred. In 1997, she was gearing up to run for a Montgomery County commission seat. But her political ambitions were thwarted yet again when a local landfill operator went to the police claiming she'd approached him about finding a hit man. After an elaborate sting operation, Ruthann was arrested for soliciting the murders of, not just her old political nemesis, but her husband as well. At trial, prosecutors claimed Ruthann feared her marriage was heading for a divorce, which might hurt her political career. In addition to the testimony of the landfill operator and the undercover cops, the prosecution had Ruthann's own voice on surveillance tapes literally spelling out the names of her intended victims. Faced with overwhelming evidence, Ruthann's attorneys argued that Ruthann was mentally ill. The trial resulted in a hung jury. Ruthann then pled no contest and served three years in the county jail.

A family's life is turned upside down when a ghost from their past returns for revenge.

An investigation into the murder of a military hero tests the bonds of military camaraderie and unravels a myriad of secrets, lies and hidden identities.

The family of a former soldier questions whether or not his death was a tragic coincidence when they learn of a suspicious detail from his wife's past.

After a beloved father vanishes, his family and the police work tirelessly for four years to find him, until a After a witness comes forward, detectives are finally able to expose a diabolical conspiracy which may have been paid for by sexual favours.

The discovery of a victim's burning body disrupts the peace one February night and puts investigators on the trail of an elusive criminal whose desire for financial gain led to murder.

When the body of a newlywed is spotted at the base of a cliff in Glacier National Park, local and federal authorities join forces for an investigation that will put their skills to the ultimate test.

As the years slip by without an arrest, investigators worry the killer will never be found.

When a man goes missing in a rural small town in Tennessee, family members and detectives band together to uncover scandalous secrets fuelled by greed and lust.

When a household is targeted by gunfire twice in a short amount of time, investigators in rural Missouri sift through a community in search of a family's enemies which leads them to a mastermind pulling strings.

When a devout single mother vanishes from her home, investigators fear she's been abducted by a group of teens hell-bent on a devilish plan... and race to find her before it's too late.

Police find reason to question the natural death after rumours about drugs and embezzlement come to light.

After an endearing World War II veteran and family man is laid to rest from apparent natural causes, a surprise witness surfaces with murder accusations, sparking a police investigation into a devious predator.

The discovery of a body in a wildlife management area launches a murder investigation that forces a group of friends into the hot seat. When police think they find a surprising clue and possible hidden message the case breaks wide open.

A woman's innocence is called into question after her husband dies from a mysterious malady and encourages detectives to take a deep dive into her past.

A newlyweds hunting trip becomes lethal when a woman finds her husband shot dead, sending investigators to track a muddy trail of bullet holes, deception, and dirty laundry left by a devious murderer.

When a beloved family man is found brutally murdered in his home, authorities must follow a trail of clues that exposes a strange and unlikely killer guided by gluttonous urges that led to murder.

The murder of a U.S. Airman leads Las Vegas investigators down a twisted path to one woman's offbeat oasis and ties to an unusual fan club.

The wild investigation features a high-speed car chase, dangerous gang members and a twisted murder plot that betrays family loyalties.

After a single mother is found murdered in her Kentucky home, detectives must follow a twisted trail littered with lies to identify the mastermind behind this vicious killing.

The murder of a U. S. Airman leads Las Vegas investigators down a twisted path to one woman's offbeat oasis and ties to an unusual fan club.

After a woman reports that she and her husband were attacked, authorities launch an investigation into the crime and unravel a complex scheme.

A decorated soldier falls in love with a beautiful model online. Tragically, after he returns home from serving two tours overseas, he's brutally murdered in his own home.

After police discover a philanthropic entrepreneur shot dead in his home, a surprise visit from a stranger attending his funeral takes detectives down an unexpected path to reveal a sweet yet deceptive killer.

An investigation into the murder of a successful business manager and expecting father leads Texas detectives to a seedy underworld and a spiteful killer.

A young mother of two on her way to a birthday party is gunned down on the side of a rural highway. The ensuing investigation reveals fraying within a tight-knit family.

The 1988 roadside murder of a man in Virginia sends investigators down a path fraught with doubts and dead ends, until a long-buried secret is unearthed hundreds of miles away revealing decades old secrets.

The rumour sets off an explosion of brutal violence so gruesome that not even a house fire can hide the truth.

Investigators weed through information about a disgruntled neighbor and an illicit affair only to find that seeds of resentment are often planted close to home.

When a man's body is found in his own garage, investigators must sort out fact from fiction with help from his wife.

After the brutal attack of a single mother in her own home, authorities work for two decades to uncover an unlikely criminal who uses the power of lust as a deadly weapon.

Pretty, ambitious, 24-year-old law student Adrienne Hickson was looking forward to a career in criminal law, and to spending her life with her college sweetheart, Shawn Washington. After college, she got into a prestigious law school in Washington, D.C. while Shawn got a full-time job in Atlanta. They stayed together despite the 600 miles separating them. But, after a year apart, the long-distance relationship was showing signs of strain. When Adrienne went to Atlanta to visit Shawn in December, 2005, they fought constantly. She began to time him when he went out and called constantly to keep tabs on him. On December 21, after a loud argument in the parking lot of Shawn's apartment, the two decided to take the fight inside. Ten minutes later, Shawn stumbled back out, covered in blood and clutching his shoulder. While friends rushed him to the hospital, Adrienne got in her car and went home to her family in South Carolina. She came back on Christmas night to visit Shawn in the hospital but discovered he was dead -- and there was a warrant out for her arrest. In June, 2007, the former law student found herself in a courtroom, not as an attorney, but as a defendant. Her defense claimed she was a battered woman; the prosecutor said that Adrienne was the one with a history of violence. When the jury deadlocked, Adrienne took an Alford plea, which meant she accepted punishment, without admitting guilt. She was sentenced to five years in prison.

Jessica McCord and her ex-husband Alan Bates had a bitter divorce, and an even more bitter custody battle over their two young daughters. Both Jessica and Alan had remarried: Jessica to a police officer she met while working as a secretary for the Birmingham Police Department, Alan to a co-worker in a Maryland theater company. In the seven years following their divorce, Jessica had repeatedly tried to deny Alan visitation and contact with his daughters, moving frequently and having her phone number changed so he couldn't call. When Alan flew to Birmingham from Maryland in February of 2002, he and Jessica would have their final showdown over their daughters. They met in a lawyer's office to hammer out a new custody agreement. Later that afternoon, Alan and his wife went to the McCord's home to pick up the girls, but Jessica had a different plan. She lured them into the back of the house, where her police officer husband shot them both multiple times. The McCords then set out to create an alibi, buying theater tickets and visiting Home Depot. Afterwards, they drove the Bates' rental car several hours into Georgia, with the bodies in the trunk, and torched it. When police discovered the bodies, it didn't take long to trace the Bates' movements back to the McCord home. Crime scene techs found traces of blood, a bullet that matched a bullet found in one of the bodies, and evidence of a cleanup. At her trial, prosecutors claimed that Jessica was a vindictive woman with a history of violence against her ex. The defense could only find one character witness to speak in Jessica's favor: her mother. The jury found her guilty and sentenced her to life.

Matthew and Mary Winkler were well known in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee. Matthew was the popular young pastor of the Fourth Street Church of Christ, and Mary was his cheerful wife, a stay-at-home mom who kept busy caring for the couple's three young daughters. But, the Winkler's 10-year marriage would come to a quick and violent end in March, 2006. When Matthew didn't show up for a Wednesday night service, several congregants went to the Winkler home to check on him. They found Matthew dead in the bedroom, shot in the back. Mary and the girls were nowhere to be found. An Amber alert for the girls led police to Alabama, where they found Mary and her daughters safe. Then, authorities promptly arrested Mary for Matthew's murder. She confessed, telling police that she and Matthew had argued the evening of March 20th, and the next morning, she retrieved a shotgun from the closet and shot Matthew in the back while he lay in bed. Mary said that between Matthew's constant criticism and arguments over money, she had finally "snapped." Police later learned that, unknown to Matthew, Mary had deposited more than $17,000 worth of bad checks into the family's account. At trial, her attorneys claimed she was an innocent victim of a notorious check scam operation. Prosecutors contended that she knew exactly what she was doing, since she had withdrawn most of the money before the checks cleared and deposited the cash into a private account. In April 2007, Mary was acquitted of murder but convicted on the charge of manslaughter. She served 60 days in a mental health facility, and was released on August 14, 2007.

Indiana investigators learn just how manipulative and deadly a person's envy can be, when a devoted father is found violently murdered in his own home.

After nine years of marriage to a Navy man, Elizabeth Reynolds had returned to small-town southern Texas, while her husband finished his tour of duty. She worked on the couple's home and on finishing her bachelor's degree in psychology at Texas A&M. Elizabeth soon became infatuated with a former acquaintance, Albert Benitez, a former police officer who was teaching law enforcement at a nearly community college. She signed up for his class but it wasn't long before she became obsessed with him. They began dating. She initiated divorce proceedings and underwent a tummy tuck and dental work, and dyed her hair blonde. But, after all the time and money spent to please him, she discovered Albert was still seeing other women. On August 8, 2003, she brought pizza and a movie to his Kingsville home and spent the night. The next morning, at 7:30 a.m. as they were getting ready to leave, a strange man knocked on the door, and when Albert (caught without his sidearm) answered, the man opened fire. When the shooter fled and drove away with Elizabeth, Albert managed to call 911 to report that he had been shot and his girlfriend kidnapped by the shooter. Although he was pronounced dead five times during his multiple surgeries, Albert survived. When Elizabeth, presumed a hostage, turned up unharmed without a consistent explanation and a dubious escape story, local police became suspicious. Eventually they found Albert's would-be assassin, Francisco Perez, and a money trail that led back to Elizabeth. In 2005, Perez was convicted of attempted capital murder and sentenced to 60 years and Reynolds was convicted of criminal solicitation of capital murder and sentenced to life. Neither will be eligible for parole until 2035.

Lynn Womack was a 911 operator when she met and married Atlanta police officer Glenn Turner in 1993. But it wasn't long before the two began to have serious problems: Lynn spent Glenn's money as fast as he could make it, and she also spent frequent weekends away from home. In March of 1995, Glenn went to the emergency room, complaining of vomiting, diarrhea and nosebleeds. By the next day, he was dead. The official cause of death was an irregular heartbeat. Four days after his funeral, Lynn moved in with another man, firefighter Randy Thompson. She spent Glenn's insurance money on a cruise and expensive presents for Randy. Over the next few years, they had two children together, but their relationship, too, was turbulent. In January of 2001, Randy visited the emergency room. Like Glenn, he was suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. Like Glenn, he was dead within 24 hours. Again, the cause of death was listed as heart disease. Glenn and Randy's mothers convinced police that it was not mere coincidence that their sons died similar deaths while involved with Lynn. Both men were exhumed, and new autopsies revealed crystallized ethylene glycol - a toxin found in antifreeze -- in their kidneys. Lynn was arrested for Glenn's murder, and a jury found her guilty in 2004. Shortly after she was sentenced to spend life in prison for Glenn's death, she was charged with Randy's murder. In 2007, she was tried and convicted for his murder, as well.

Pregnant Sarah Brady was deceived by another woman who had plans to steal her baby - but when Sarah killed her, was it self defence?

Kathleen Denson was a self-made woman living the good life in one of the wealthiest resort towns in America. A successful furrier with stores in both Vail and Aspen, she had a home in Vail and a ranch in the mountains to retreat to when she wanted a little more privacy. And that came in handy when Denson began dating local playboy Gerald "Cody" Boyd - a hard-livin' and lovin' Texan who'd had a string of rich Aspen lovers. Boyd and Denson spent the next several months at the ranch house doing cocaine and videotaping themselves having sex. But the relationship took an even kinkier turn when Cody also started dating Monica Seebacher, an employee at Denson's Aspen store. In May, the threesome went to Cancun together - on Denson's tab. But, it soon became clear that three was a crowd. One fall evening in 2002, Aspen police responded to a 911 call placed from Denson's ranch. There they found Cody Boyd, shot to death with an antique black-powder pistol that was part of his extensive collection. Kathleen Denson told police she had shot him in self-defense. Police weren't so sure. They charged her with 2nd degree murder. Each day of her trial Denson showed up in a different Armani pants suit. She may have looked good, but her case didn't. Cody was unarmed when he was shot and there was no sign of a prior struggle. Denson's lawyers painted Cody as an out-of-control drug addict, using, as proof, an earlier restraining order taken out by his ex-wife, and an autopsy report that showed Boyd was high on coke when he was shot. The jury believed it. In August of 2003, Denson was acquitted.

Police discover their star witness is much closer to the murderer than they were initially led to believe.

A 20-year-old secret comes to light and casts a shadow on a killer's flawless reputation.

After a truck driver is found shot to death in the cab of his semi-truck, homicide detectives in California follow a trail of deceit to uncover a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to walk free.

California investigators are on the hunt for a costumed killer.

The police unearth evidence that leads them to a ruthless killer fuelled by addiction and greed.

In 2005, Misty Witherspoon accidentally shot her police officer husband, Quinn, with his service weapon. But, when police learned the grieving widow had also embezzled money from her church to cover the family's debt, it wasn't long before they saw Quinn's life insurance as a motive to kill.

In 2005, Sharon Daniels called police to tell them she had shot her husband David in self-defence. But was it?