Murders

Joseph Sonnier, a man with seemingly no enemies, was gunned down in his Lubbock, Texas home in 2012.

Investigators initially thought the tragic deaths of Nichole Payne and her son Taylor could be the result of a murder-suicide, but chilling clues at the scene told a different story.    

Smart claimed a prison writing group encouraged her to “dig deeper into my own responsibility” decades after plotting Greg Smart's murder.

Ali and Ana Abulaban appeared to have it all, but the couple's life behind the scenes was filled with violence, obsession and murder. 

Martie Soderberg wanted her husband dead, but the hitman went to the police instead to put her behind bars for 18 years.

What was behind the grisly deaths of two members of a Florida hotel dynasty? “Greed and vengeance,” said a retired cop.  

Casino magnate Ted Binion was found dead in his home in 1998 surrounded by heroin and drug paraphernalia, but investigators began to suspect that his death may have had more sinister origins.

An indictment reveals new details about an electronic document seemingly outlining Heuermann's methods of evading capture.

A medical examiner determined Anjelica "AJ" Hadsell, whose body was found face-down in a drainage ditch, died of heroin poisoning — but authorities found no evidence that she was a drug user.

Amanda Knox had been hoping to clear her name "once and for all" when she stepped back into an Italian courtroom earlier this week.