—In the ruggedness of the American West, death is always a shadow over the shoulder: a grizzly bear encounter, an avalanche, or a bite from a rattlesnake can change everything in an instant; and those are just the natural threats; if one wants to get away with murder, the mountain ranges of the West may be the perfect place to do it; peering into the dusty files found in the back country sheriff's offices and highlighting the cases that were deemed unsolvable because the crime scene was too rugged, too remote, or the victim assumed too hard to find; despite the odds in this landscape, justice prevails.

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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

When Pam Shelly, 31, is found in her Cuero, Texas bathroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, her death is initially ruled a suicide. Yet, a tenacious investigator's instincts and his suspicion of foul play eventually cracks the case wide open.
A killer shoots Christian ranch hand, Dan Lavigne, on his porch in Montana, 2002; deputies find no shortage of suspects; what follows is an eight-year quest for justice that stretches across three states.
A 43-year-old woman is found dead stuffed into a duct-taped container in the Rocky Mountains.
The daughter of a woman who was murdered in her rare books store teams up with an investigator to bring her mother's killer to justice.
It takes 20 years and a new technology to finally solve the murder of Carol Murphy, who was discovered by hikers slain in the woods in 1987.
When a mystery woman's burning body appears in an oil field in 2006, the rural community of Kilgore and a determined Texas lawman show why not mess with the Lone Star State; it takes 13 years to ID this Lavender Doe and nab her callous killer.

When Pam Shelly, 31, is found in her Cuero, Texas bathroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, her death is initially ruled a suicide. Yet, a tenacious investigator's instincts and his suspicion of foul play eventually cracks the case wide open.
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A killer shoots Christian ranch hand, Dan Lavigne, on his porch in Montana, 2002; deputies find no shortage of suspects; what follows is an eight-year quest for justice that stretches across three states.
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A 43-year-old woman is found dead stuffed into a duct-taped container in the Rocky Mountains.
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The daughter of a woman who was murdered in her rare books store teams up with an investigator to bring her mother's killer to justice.
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It takes 20 years and a new technology to finally solve the murder of Carol Murphy, who was discovered by hikers slain in the woods in 1987.
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When a mystery woman's burning body appears in an oil field in 2006, the rural community of Kilgore and a determined Texas lawman show why not mess with the Lone Star State; it takes 13 years to ID this Lavender Doe and nab her callous killer.
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In the ruggedness of the American West, death is always a shadow over the shoulder: a grizzly bear encounter, an avalanche, or a bite from a rattlesnake can change everything in an instant; and those are just the natural threats; if one wants to get away with murder, the mountain ranges of the West may be the perfect place to do it; peering into the dusty files found in the back country sheriff's offices and highlighting the cases that were deemed unsolvable because the crime scene was too rugged, too remote, or the victim assumed too hard to find; despite the odds in this landscape, justice prevails.

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