Determined to prove a Missouri mother was murdered, an ambitious medical examiner orders an illegal exhumation; when the autopsy reveals foul play, the search for the woman's killer reveals another mysterious cold case with a chilling connection.
The surgically dismembered remains of an unknown woman are discovered in Wisconsin; mutilated beyond recognition, it's up to a forensic anthropologist to establish her identity and help track down her killer.
A parishioner is found dead in a rural Pennsylvania church with a gunshot wound to his head; when investigators uncover suspicious details about the man's life, it's up to the medical examiner to get to the bottom of the mystery.
The dismembered remains of an unidentified young man are discovered in Wisconsin; a tattoo, a plastic bag and a confession lead detectives to the killer's door.
When 33-year-old Jennifer Corbin's body is found in her bed, the evidence suggests suicide; then, the medical examiner determines that someone else pulled the trigger.
A sadistic serial killer stalks young male drifters in Florida; as the death toll reaches five, it will take a jailhouse tip, a survivor's story and a tiny chip of paint to track down the killer.
When a loving husband dies in a Maryland hotel fire, the medical examiner grapples with a mysterious cause of death, as investigators search for an elusive killer with the perfect undetectable weapon.
In Connecticut, the smoldering mutilated body of a woman is discovered on a desolate road. It's up to investigators to determine who she is and how she got there.
Searching for a flamboyant lawyer's killer, investigators must unravel a complex mystery involving a deadly love triangle, and a nationwide manhunt for an unexpected killer.
The body of aspiring singer Heather Stigliano is found in her Myrtle Beach apartment. Bloody footprints tell investigators they're looking for a man with size 11 feet. Detectives will have to eliminate suspects before they can catch her killer.
A brutally murdered woman is found floating near the yacht club at Newport Beach, California. After the coroner identifies the victim, it's up to detectives to track down her missing teenage daughter.
The bodies of three young women are discovered in Washington State. And though it's clear there's a serial killer on the loose, it will take a missing ring, traces of blood, and a coroner's expertise to tie the crimes together.
A Filipina mail-order bride and mother goes missing in Texas. Detectives suspect her husband when they learn both his ex-wives died under suspicious circumstances.
When a leg washes ashore in Lake Ontario, detectives suspect a fellow police officer committed a heinous murder. It's up to the medical examiner to link him to the severed leg and prove it was a homicide.
When a human skull is discovered at a Boy Scout camp in Missouri, detectives struggle to connect the dots. Until a renowned forensic pathologist joins the team, and the dead woman begins to tell her own story from beyond the grave.
Alabama police are obsessed with the execution-style shooting of an all-American college student. But it will take decades before a cutting-edge forensic facility leads them to a shocking conclusion.
When the mummified remains of a person are discovered in an abandoned garage in Nebraska, the police begin an investigation that leads to a nationwide manhunt for the alleged killer and with the help of science to catch him.
When the remains of a young woman are found along a freeway in Florida, the medical examiner uses the plants that were found with the bones to solve the case.
When a single mom is murdered in Colorado, detectives soon have three prime suspects in their sights. And though each insists he had nothing to do with the crime, DNA from all three men is found on the victim's body.
The mutilated body of a transgender woman is found in a pond outside Cleveland. Detectives close in on three prime suspects, but it's up to the medical examiner to find a forensic link between the victim and her killer.
When a woman's body and her truck are found in a lake in rural New York, detectives attempt to reconstruct the horrific accident, as the autopsy reveals vital clues to how she died.
As a forensic anthropologist faces the shattered remains of a horrible crime, in one of the biggest mysteries of her career, she examines a box of bones in search of a microscopic missing link to the case.
When the body of a 24-year-old truck stop waitress is discovered in North Carolina, it will take more than a decade and cutting-edge science to track down her killer.
When the hastily cremated remains of a church-going grandma and her troubled daughter are discovered in the basement of an Ohio home, local investigators are joined by one of the most experienced pathologists in the country.