The death of twenty-one-year-old Dawnia Dacosta, a Jamaican immigrant, in 1998 left residents of Broward County, Florida, bewildered. It was difficult to comprehend who would wish to harm such an innocent, devout young woman. Detectives fou…

The quiet of Palm Harbor, Florida, was shattered when 56-year-old widower David Lunz was shot dead in his home, prompting immediate fear within the close-knit community. It would take investigators over two years—and an unexpected piece of …

A shadow fell upon the small Missouri town of Boonville when the lifeless body of eight-year-old Alyssa Owen was discovered close to a quiet country lane. Six weeks passed, bringing no solace, before another victim was found, revealing the …

For more than sixty years, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, had known a rare peace, a community seemingly shielded from the violence of homicide. The discovery of bookkeeper Barbara Iske murdered in the driveway of a local residence shattered that …

The quiet Missouri town of Poplar Bluff was shaken in 1992 by a brutal crime: thirty-one-year-old Laura Wynn was discovered sexually assaulted and strangled in her own bedroom. A wave of fear then washed over the region with a subsequent do…