The murder conviction of a man named Briggs was overturned by a judge due to new evidence that implicated another person in the crime. The original informant was in prison for multiple violent crimes, and a family member of the other suspect claimed that he confessed to being involved in the murder.
Police discover a concerning website kept by Joseph, the father of missing toddler Leanna. The website contained posts regarding the stigma of being a sex offender and a mention of his worry about being blamed for a disappearance of a little girl in Chisholm, Minnesota.
Men in their 20s and 30s are being found dead in Ladybird Lake after separating from their groups following nights out. Pressure is mounting on Austin police to investigate whether these deaths are accidental or not.
Brent Christensen became enamored with dark violent fetishes, leading him to abduct and murder Ying Ying Zhang, a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois. After his arrest, police found evidence that validated his confession.
The police were able to charge Joseph DeAngelo with eight counts of first-degree murder for the Central Valley cases, despite no DNA evidence linking him to the crimes. After his arrest, he made a strange, almost-confessional statement.