Determined to prove a Missouri mom was murdered, an ambitious medical examiner orders an illegal exhumation. And when the autopsy reveals foul play, the search for the woman's killer reveals another mysterious cold case with a chilling connection.
The surgically dismembered remains of an unknown woman are discovered in Wisconsin. Mutilated beyond recognition, it's up to a forensic anthropologist to establish her identity and help track down her killer.
A parishioner is found dead in rural Pennsylvania church with a gunshot wound to his head. When investigators uncover suspicious details about the man's life, it's up to the Medical Examiner to get to the bottom of the mystery.
The dismembered remains of an unidentified young man are discovered in Wisconsin, where a tattoo, a plastic bag expert, and an unexpected confession leads detectives to the killer's door.
The body of Jennifer Corbin a 33-year-old stay-at-home mother is discovered in her bed, and the evidence suggests suicide. That is, until the medical examiner determines someone else pulled the trigger.
A Pennsylvania electrician is poisoned. To catch his killer, it will take the world's leading forensic pathologist, a state-of-the-art technique, and evidence from beyond the grave.
A sadistic serial killer stalks young male drifters in Florida. As the death toll reaches five, it will take a jailhouse tip, a survivor's story, and a tiny chip of paint to track him down.
When a loving husband dies in a Maryland hotel fire, the medical examiner grapples with a mysterious cause of death, as investigators search for an elusive killer with the perfect undetectable weapon.
In Connecticut, the smoldering mutilated body of a woman is discovered on a desolate road. It's up to investigators to determine who she is and how she got there.
Searching for a flamboyant lawyer's killer, investigators must unravel a complex mystery involving a deadly love triangle, and a nationwide manhunt for an unexpected killer.
The body of aspiring singer Heather Stigliano is found in her Myrtle Beach apartment. Bloody footprints tell investigators they're looking for a man with size 11 feet. Detectives will have to eliminate multiple suspects before they can catch her killer.
A brutally murdered woman is found floating near the yacht club at Newport Beach, California. After the coroner identifies the victim, it's up to detectives to track down her missing teenage daughter.
The bodies of three young women are discovered in Washington State. And though it's clear there's a serial killer on the loose, it will take a missing ring, traces of blood, and a coroner's expertise to tie the crimes together.
A Filipina mail-order bride and mother goes missing in Texas. Detectives suspect her husband when they learn both his ex-wives died under suspicious circumstances.
When a leg washes ashore in Lake Ontario, detectives suspect a fellow police officer committed a heinous murder. It's up to the medical examiner to link him to the severed leg and prove it was a homicide.
When a human skull is discovered at a Boy Scout camp in Missouri, detectives struggle to connect the dots. Until a renowned forensic pathologist joins the team, and the dead woman begins to tell her own story from beyond the grave.
Alabama police are obsessed with the execution-style shooting of an all-American college student. But it will take decades before a cutting-edge forensic facility leads them to a shocking conclusion.
Mummified remains are discovered in an abandoned garage in Nebraska. When a nationwide manhunt finally leads to the alleged killer, it's up to science to catch him in a lie.
When a single mom is murdered in Colorado, detectives soon have three prime suspects in their sights. And though each insists he had nothing to do with the crime, DNA from all three men is found on the victim's body.
The mutilated body of a transgender woman is found in a pond outside Cleveland. Detectives close in on three prime suspects, but it's up to the medical examiner to find a forensic link between the victim and her killer.
A woman's body and her truck are found in a lake in rural New York. And as detectives try to reconstruct the accident, the autopsy reveals clues to how she died.
Facing the shattered remains of a horrible crime-and one of the biggest mysteries of her career-a forensic anthropologist pores over a box of bones in search of a microscopic missing link.
When the body of a 24-year-old truck stop waitress is discovered in North Carolina, it will take more than a decade and cutting edge science to track down her killer.
When the hastily cremated remains of a church-going grandma and her troubled daughter are discovered in the basement of an Ohio home, local investigators are joined by one of the most experienced pathologists in the country.
