—Rod Demery's destiny was sealed at the age of 3. That's when his mother was murdered, and Demery would come to realize that he wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. He did so by serving for 14 years as a Shreveport, La., homicide detective, working on more than 250 cases and solving each of the 60-plus investigations on which he was lead detective. In "Murder Chose Me," Demery reflects on his stellar career, guiding viewers through first-person storytelling that weaves his uniquely tragic personal connection to the story of each homicide he solved.

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Season 110 of 10 Episodes

A killer dumps the lifeless body of a young mother-to-be in the shallow waters of a secluded fishing pond; while the marshy crime scene offers up few clues, Detective Rod Demery soon learns of a frightening secret that was kept from police.
After two young children witness the gruesome murder of their mother, Demery makes it his personal mission to bring the killer to justice; he quickly zeroes in on two suspects but can't escape the feeling he's barking up the wrong tree.
An abandoned car belonging to missing sailor Nicholas Cox turns up in a parking lot; inside, Demery uncovers a grisly cache of blood evidence but no victim; in order to find justice for his fallen brother-in-arms, Demery must first locate his body.
Friends discover the lifeless body of Vietnam veteran Drexelle McBride in the driver's seat of his white van; leads are scarce, until Detective Rod Demery charts the victim's final hours and learns of a chance meeting gone terribly awry.
A drunken brawl at a local watering hole culminates in the stabbing death of bar regular J.W. Fuller, then Detective Rod Demery finds a clue in the victim's breast pocket, leading him on a search for a mystery woman in a leopard-print dress.
The lifeless body of an unidentified woman is found in a parking lot at an abandoned factory, then Detective Rod Demery is thrown a curveball when he recognizes the face of the victim at the center of the crime scene.
A weekly game of dominoes at a neighborhood tire shop turns deadly when a group of masked men burst in with guns blazing; Demery is determined to find justice but has only one night to solve the case before it's taken out of his hands.
After a mechanic is found on his couch with a bullet wound to the head, investigators suspect suicide, but rookie detective Rod Demery believes it's murder.
After a popular cheerleader is murdered in a hail of gunfire, Demery learns the triggerman was driven to violence by a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Demery is haunted by the unsolved murder of his mother, and he decides to solve her case once and for all.

A killer dumps the lifeless body of a young mother-to-be in the shallow waters of a secluded fishing pond; while the marshy crime scene offers up few clues, Detective Rod Demery soon learns of a frightening secret that was kept from police.
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After two young children witness the gruesome murder of their mother, Demery makes it his personal mission to bring the killer to justice; he quickly zeroes in on two suspects but can't escape the feeling he's barking up the wrong tree.
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An abandoned car belonging to missing sailor Nicholas Cox turns up in a parking lot; inside, Demery uncovers a grisly cache of blood evidence but no victim; in order to find justice for his fallen brother-in-arms, Demery must first locate his body.
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Friends discover the lifeless body of Vietnam veteran Drexelle McBride in the driver's seat of his white van; leads are scarce, until Detective Rod Demery charts the victim's final hours and learns of a chance meeting gone terribly awry.
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A drunken brawl at a local watering hole culminates in the stabbing death of bar regular J.W. Fuller, then Detective Rod Demery finds a clue in the victim's breast pocket, leading him on a search for a mystery woman in a leopard-print dress.
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The lifeless body of an unidentified woman is found in a parking lot at an abandoned factory, then Detective Rod Demery is thrown a curveball when he recognizes the face of the victim at the center of the crime scene.
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Rod Demery's destiny was sealed at the age of 3. That's when his mother was murdered, and Demery would come to realize that he wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. He did so by serving for 14 years as a Shreveport, La., homicide detective, working on more than 250 cases and solving each of the 60-plus investigations on which he was lead detective. In "Murder Chose Me," Demery reflects on his stellar career, guiding viewers through first-person storytelling that weaves his uniquely tragic personal connection to the story of each homicide he solved.

Rod Demery, John Nicholson

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