Murder in the Heartland

In Hayti, Mo., Tray Phelps is found beaten to death in his driveway; the townspeople are stunned to discover that a web of evil lurks just beneath the surface of the seemingly idyllic hamlet.

Home will never feel safe again after Jill finds her daughter Emma Walker cold to the touch in her own bed. Quickly ruling out suicide, investigators search for a suspicious man in black caught on a neighbor's home surveillance camera.

Hugo is hysterical when he finds his brother's girlfriend and roommate Breanna Schneller beaten with an iron and stabbed to death on the floor. The brothers appear devastated, but the discovery of Breanna's missing phone casts doubt on their alibis.

In Post Falls, Idaho, devoted family man Bo Kirk vanishes, and his truck is found set ablaze; Bo's sister blames their estranged father, until released ATM security footage points to one of his co-workers who has piercing blue eyes.

MaryAnn Clibbery is brutally murdered at the remodeling business she owned in Loves Park, Ill.; then, a suspicious bag found floating in an icy river unlocks the secrets of her brutal slaying.

In Saguache, Colo., mountain bike pioneer Mike Rust disappears from his home, and his remains are not found until seven years later.

In Noble, Okla., a dog drops a human skull onto its owners' front porch on Christmas Day; after six years and no leads, the police must navigate the twists and turns of the victim's past to find justice.

In Monroe, Ohio, an affluent retirement community is baffled after Barbara Howe simply vanishes one night; the police soon find Barbara's body in the trunk of her car, and her throat has been slit.

Carol Lapaglia waits 25 years to marry the love of her life, Jack Parkes; six weeks before their wedding in Kennedy Township, Pa., she finds him shot to death in their living room.

In Moscow, Idaho, an elderly couple frantically performs CPR on their young neighbor after a pop of gunfire interrupts their bedtime routine; investigators follow fresh footprints from the scene, only to learn the killer may already be behind bars.