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Kicked to Death

Episode number: 1

Overview: Officers investigate the murder of Christoper Donovan by a gang of youths.

Teenage Runaway

Episode number: 2

Overview: After going missing for a year and a half, many believed 14-year-old Cheyenne had run away from home. However, closer analysis revealed the tragic truth.

Bathtub of Bleach

Episode number: 3

Overview: After finding her dead in a bathtub full of bleach, detectives narrowed down the killer from 210,000 possible suspects.

Body in a Suitcase

Episode number: 4

Overview: After a badly decomposed body was found in a suitcase by a railway embankment in Exeter, Police hunt for the killer with only CCTV evidence to go on.

Traces of DNA

Episode number: 5

Overview: In 1986, Detective David Baker became the first person to use DNA profiling in a criminal investigation, when looking for the killer of two young girls.

Bat Girl

Episode number: 6

Overview: How the investigation into Phillip Inhofer at his home in Sacremento led police to a 20-year-old call girl known as Bat Girl.

Caught on CCTV

Episode number: 7

Overview: How police used CCTV, eyewitness statements and a public appeal to find the killer of a 28-year old woman, found dead on Nottingham's streets

The Camden Ripper

Episode number: 8

Overview: In 2002, police made a starling discovery inside a locked room in Anthony Hardy's home. This was merely a horrifying prelude for what was to come.

Drive by Shooting

Episode number: 9

Overview: With no CCTV and no witnesses, detective Jon Buehler must find the person responsible for a drive-by shooting of "gentle giant" Sula Palega.

Mad Scientist

Episode number: 10

Overview: In 1981, detective Mike Southwell investigated a missing persons case that contained one of the grimmest discoveries in British police history