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The stunning case of an illicit affair, manipulation and murder.
An inmate and corrections officer vanish. Was it a kidnapping - or a forbidden romance?
When a boy is kidnapped riding a bike, parents, police and a blogger work to bring him home.
When a woman vanishes, police uncover her husband's dark past; the missing woman's own past comes under scrutiny;
A young woman’s mysterious disappearance and the search-and-rescue operation that led police to a barn full of dark secrets.
Forty years after a young couple is murdered, their true identities lead to a shocking twist.
Reporting on a verdict in the case of a beloved law professor's gruesome murder.
When multiple women are murdered in Texas, police hunt for a serial killer – but is he closer than they think?
The murder of a beloved mom sparks an international manhunt; police uncover clues in an accused killer's diary.
When a Texas couple is murdered in their bed, authorities investigate whether the culprit is a masked intruder or someone closer to home.
When a pro athlete is murdered, police embark on an international chase for the killer.
On a November afternoon in 2003, Dru Sjodin, a senior at the University of North Dakota, was finishing some Christmas shopping when she vanished from the parking lot of her local mall. When authorities arrived at the scene, they discovered a chilling piece of evidence — the sheath of a handheld knife.
When a woman is killed in a small Texas town, a secret diary reveals the killer's motive;
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's story of murder, family, romance, deception and abuse; her first interview after her release from prison.
Three women -- one missing, one murdered, one kidnapped -- and the clues leading to a killer.
When Erik Maund, a prominent, wealthy auto executive from Texas, had an affair with an escort, Holly Williams, on a trip to Nashville, he might have thought there would be no consequences. But when Holly's partner, Bill Lanway, attempted to extort Maund for $25,000 and threatened to expose his affair with Williams to his family, a deadly murder-for-hire plot ended in tragedy. On March 12, 2020, Williams and Lanway were shot to death, and their bodies were left in an abandoned car in Nashville.
Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III had beat the odds. Growing up in what was considered a "tough neighborhood," Tyrone was an honors student who excelled at sports and won a college scholarship to study engineering. He later joined the Army, where he quickly rose through the ranks and would start a family alongside his wife, Army Specialist Kemia Hassel. When he was gunned down while visiting his family for the holidays, police wondered – who would want Sgt. Tyrone Hassel dead?
When Shanti Cooper-Tronnes, a beloved mom and successful businesswoman, is found dead in the Florida home she shared with her husband, David Tronnes, police suspected it was a robbery gone wrong. Why else would her $15,000 diamond ring be missing? When investigators dismiss that theory, they turn their attention to a home renovation that the couple had undertaken, which was to be profiled on the A&E show "Zombie House Flipping."
A Florida university campus is on edge when a student disappears; police say love, lies and obsession led to murder; a new witness comes forward with a claim that could potentially overturn the case.
When 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel stopped answering text messages mid-conversation during a spring break trip in April 2009, her friends and family instantly knew something was seriously wrong. Drexel — who was last seen on video camera footage leaving a hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — had seemingly vanished into thin air, creating a heartbreaking mystery that would haunt her friends and family for more than a decade. Now, "20/20" gives viewers an exclusive inside look at how a new FBI team assigned to the case finally brought justice to Brittanee with the arrest of convicted sex offender Raymond Moody and brings viewers inside the dramatic courtroom confrontation between Brittanee's mom and her daughter's killer for the first time.
In the spring and summer of 1997, four young women vanish in quick succession. Two of them go missing just off Texas Interstate 45, and the other two disappear just a few hours north. Could a serial killer be roaming the highways between Texas and Oklahoma? ABC News correspondent John Quiñones takes viewers inside the decades-long cold case investigation and four families' quest for answers. The report features exclusive footage of a hypnosis session with a fifth survivor that helped lead police to the killer and behind-the-scenes details into the killer's confession.
Ruby Franke's YouTube channel "8 Passengers" was a portrait of social media success. For years, the wife and mother of six, who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, amassed nearly 2.5 million followers documenting the daily life of her children. However, the image of the perfect family began to crack when her controversial videos displayed her strict parenting. In August of 2023, one of Ruby's children, malnourished with duct tape and wounds on his wrists and ankles, escaped the home of Franke's friend and business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, and asked a neighbor for help.
When 36-year-old Bill Payne and 23-year-old Billie Jean Hayworth were found in their Tennessee home shot dead with their 7-month-old son, unharmed in his dead mother's arms, investigators said the murder looked like it could be a professional hit. Authorities soon learned the young couple had become embroiled in a bitter online feud and uncover a deadly catfishing scheme.
When 16-year-old Skylar Neese disappeared, authorities initially suspected she was a runaway. The only lead police had was a mysterious security surveillance video showing Skylar getting into the back seat of an unknown vehicle shortly after midnight. After months of searching, the tight-knit West Virginia community was shocked when Skylar's two best friends confessed to luring Skylar out of her family's apartment, stabbing her to death, and hiding her body under branches in the woods.
It seemed like life in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee, revolved around the well-known and beloved church pastor Matthew Winkler. Matthew, along with his wife Mary and their three daughters, were seen as a perfect family — until parishioners discovered their pastor's body in the family's home, and Mary and the daughters were nowhere to be found.
When Tricia Todd, a young mother who recently relocated to Hobe Sound, Florida, failed to pick up her 2-year-old daughter from the babysitter, her family was instantly worried. Police conducted an extensive search, questioning a pastor who twice met Tricia during her evening walks on the beach, a local ventriloquist whom she was infatuated with, and her ex-husband Steven Williams. But when those leads seemed to go nowhere, authorities were left wondering— who would want a young mother dead?
When two teen girls never make it home after a night out, authorities discover their dead bodies in the trunk of a car; detectives go to exhaustive lengths to identify the killer, but it takes decades before they zero in on a very unlikely suspect.
In 2016, Fabio "Big Daddy" Sementilli was a beloved and sought-after hairstylist with a client roster that included Jennifer Lopez, Russell Crowe, Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt and more. When Sementilli was discovered lying lifeless on his family's pool deck with multiple stab wounds to his neck and back, his family, friends and the hair-care industry were devastated. Initially, police suspected he had been a victim of a burglary gone wrong — until DNA found in his car led them to an unlikely suspect, who had attended Sementelli's memorial service sporting an injury.
In 2011, a witness last saw 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo walking into the Tennessee woods with an unknown man. Three years later, authorities found her remains miles from her home. After the largest and most expensive investigation in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's (TBI) history, authorities ultimately charged Zach Adams, Dylan Adams and Jason Autry with the kidnapping and murder of Holly. Although there was little physical evidence and no DNA linking any of the men to the crime, a jury convicted Zach at trial — based mainly on Jason's testimony, in which he stated that he had been present when Zach shot and killed Holly. Dylan Adams and Jason Autry both eventually pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Earlier this year, Jason recanted his testimony, saying he made it all up, and while prosecutors stand by the conviction, lawyers for Zach are now asking a judge to grant him a new trial.
After serving three decades in prison for his wife's 1987 murder, 20/20 documents a man's fight for freedom.
