—Lt. Joe Kenda showcases homicide detectives from across the United States who worked tirelessly to put killers behind bars and bring justice to victims.

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Season 68 of 8 Episodes

A murder victim's lost dog becomes the key clue in solving her murder.
When investigators find a series of homeless men bludgeoned to death at the same intersection, Las Vegas fears who could be next. With no leads and mounting pressure, Undersheriff Andrew Walsh proposes an ingenious idea to lure in a serial killer.
When kidnappers snatch the heir to a multi-million-dollar empire for ransom, the FBI races to get him back. An innocuous piece of surveillance footage reveals a far more sinister plot orchestrated by someone inside the family business.
An unknown killer executes a seemingly perfect family in their upscale Florida home; as detective EvaMarie Multari searches for answers, she uncovers hidden family tensions and a maniacal scheme driven by an obsessive love affair with a webcam model.
An attacker beats an elderly Vietnamese couple to death and stuffs them inside their closet. Detectives uncover bizarre evidence that points to a sinister plot of unpaid debt, a bad luck curse, and deadly betrayal.
Investigators initially suspect a demonic sacrifice when they find a mother executed in an abandoned building; a bizarre video confession and a series of strange interrogations expose an evil conspiracy concocted by those closest to the victim.
Detective Ryan Jorstad follows a digital trail of evidence after police find a man shot and robbed in his own truck; as he uncovers a series of messages, he reveals a perpetrator who will stop at nothing to protect his identity.
Residents of a small New England town reel when someone abducts, murders, and dumps a beloved young teacher in an empty patch of woods. After years of false starts and dead ends, an intuitive decision exposes a monster hiding in plain sight.

After someone abducts an Ohio undergrad, local police join the FBI; blood-soaked evidence accelerates the case and brings investigators face to face with human depravity.
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Deep in the kudzu of Alabama, police get a call about the body of a young man burned beyond recognition; Detective Kevin Palmer turns to the victim's phone records and picks up on a plot to lure the victim.
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After multiple homicides occur along Virginia's Colonial Parkway, authorities task Det. Danny Plott with finding a serial killer; investigators uncover a pattern at the crime scenes about the killer's method, becoming the key to solving the case.
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Two South Carolina women make unthinkably horrifying discoveries on their doorsteps, including ominous death threats and trash bags containing severed human appendages.
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When a young woman turns up dead in south Texas, Captain Federico Calderon fears the killer has disappeared into Mexico; as more bodies turn up, investigators pick up on the trail of a serial killer, leading to a showdown in the streets of Laredo.
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After a young mother goes missing on the streets of Washington, DC, Detective Jackie Middleton must get to the bottom of a cold-blooded conspiracy.
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Lt. Joe Kenda showcases homicide detectives from across the United States who worked tirelessly to put killers behind bars and bring justice to victims.

Joe Kenda, Andrew Erath, Jay Heselschwerdt, André Wilkerson, Rodney Roldan

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