—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 310 of 10 Episodes

A family man is gunned down while doing a favor for a friend; as Rod Demery searches for answers, he's confronted with a name from his past and an all too familiar tragedy; when more blood is spilled, Demery is pushed to his breaking point.
A mother of three is shot point-blank with a high-caliber rifle just steps from her front door; to catch a two-faced killer with a history of violence, Rod Demery must first win the trust of a family wary of the system.
The lifeless body of an elderly veteran is found prone on the floor in his home; all signs point to death by natural causes until Rod Demery finds a series of clues hidden in plain sight and uncovers a motive so cruel it shocks him to his core.
The cold-blooded execution of an affable middle-aged couple sends shock waves of fear through their normally quiet community; clues are scarce until Demery and Mayfield uncover a cache of threatening text messages from a pair of mysterious numbers.
A mysterious accident on Christmas Eve leaves Tony Holden with a fatal neck injury, but the case goes unsolved; when Rod Demery reopens the investigation, he discovers a conspiracy between unlikely accomplices.
A 911 dispatcher is found slumped behind the wheel of a wrecked sedan with a bullet through his torso; to catch the killer, Rod Demery must retrace the victim's steps and untangle a web of accusation and innuendo spun by a shady cast of characters.
A popular teenager is gunned down at school, but the shooter is no student, harboring motives far more sinister than the typical schoolyard spat; Rod Demery investigates an apparent break-in that culminated in a bloody showdown.
Rod Demery is called to the scene of a deadly roadside shootout; when the smoke clears, he realizes the victim is someone he loves; then, an unidentified corpse hidden in the trunk of an abandoned sedan opens the door to a tragic mystery.
A community is left shaken after a body turns up near the local mosque; Rod Demery must untangle a web of lies and misdirection; as detectives close in on the killer, they stumble upon yet another unsolved crime.
Two law-abiding teenagers are murdered during a brazen and cowardly attack; to catch their killers, Rod Demery must scrutinize the origins of an earlier conflict and unravel a conspiracy between a pair of bitter rivals.

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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