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In South Carolina, Supreme Court judges make a pivotal ruling in the case of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son. In California, police search for the remains of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student killed in 1996, in the backyard o ...  Show more

Andrea Canning sits down with Josh Mankiewicz to discuss his episode, “Breaking Point.” In 2020, 29-year-old Morgan Fox was shot and killed outside her Ohio home as she prepared to leave for work at a FedEx facility. As investigators searched for answers, the case led them to a w ...  Show more

Outside Boston, the lead investigator might be an asset for the defense. His texts about Karen Read present a real obstacle for the prosecution's case. No physical evidence of actual murder? No problem. Why a judge says Dee Ann Warner's husband should go to trial in Michigan. ...

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are demanding a retrial after several jurors who convicted their client of murdering his wife and son have suddenly come forward to accuse Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca ("Becky") Hill of impropriety. Attorneys Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian say ...  Show more

On a brutally cold winter night in 1984, a young woman is found viciously murdered on the side of a rural Wisconsin driveway. The victim, Traci Hammerberg, had been out with friends for a night of drinking and partying. What happened? Detectives initially have plenty of suspects, ...  Show more

When a young Maryland woman disappears after finishing a shift at her after-school job, investigators quickly conclude she was abducted. Their worst fears are realized when her body is discovered the next morning, and the search for her murderer begins in this episode of Last See ...  Show more