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Rapper Meek Mill interview; exploring controversies surrounding the criminal justice system, including the parole system, wrongful convictions, challenges faced by law enforcement, alleged police abuse and more.

When a young Army medic based at Ft. Bragg, N.C., goes missing, police can't solve the case despite having a suspect until an unorthodox private investigator steps in to help.

"Anatomy of a Capture" offers an in depth description of the capture of Saddam Hussein. "Richard Engel" talks about reaction from Tikrit, Iraq. "Judgement Day" examines how Saddam Hussein will likely face trial for war crimes. "Condoleezza Rice" talks to the National Security Adviser about the capture. "A Soldier's Story" talks to a former Gulf War prisoner of war about his reaction to the capture. "Still Missing" looks at the on going hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "Raghida Dergham" discuss reaction to the capture in the Arab world. "The Ace of Spades" looks at worldwide reaction to the capture.

Former DEA agent Andrew Hogan details his search for Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán with never-before-seen videos and photographs.

The tight, close-knit community of Kauai, Hawaii is a blend of tropical paradise and small town America. But the murder of Sandra Galas, a young, beautiful, mother has locals wondering who among them is a killer.

The friends of a a Georgia father accused of murdering his ex-wife come together to prove he is innocent, while prosecutors count on his young children to testify against him.

A Halloween turns tragic when a fiancée is killed at a bar. The investigation proves difficult when it's discovered all suspects were in costume.

When well-liked school superintendent Keith Reed fails to show up at a conference, family and colleagues descend on his house. Alarm bells start to ring when they discover most of the superintendent’s personal things – all but his cell phone -- are there.

When a man claims to have found his wife dead in the bathtub, the woman's daughters suspect there may be more to the story.

A beautiful young mother, Karmen Smith is murdered. Her 5 year old son, Nick, is also attacked and fights for his life. Their upstairs neighbor Lottie Spencer alerts the police that she believes she knows who did it—her teenage stalker Waseem Daker.

31-year-old Matthew Podolak was a healthy, happy amatuer hockey player, a fisherman, and a family man… a mysterious illness sends him to the emergency room, and with his life in the balance, his family hopes for answers.

A young couple moves to California’s goldrush country, looking for new opportunities. But what they find is a life-altering tragedy.

Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander had chemistry right from the start. Then he was killed, and she was arrested. The trial riveted millions, exposing Jodi’s secrets. Yet, it did not solve one mystery: exactly who was this woman behind the veil of lies?

A random post on a social networking site changes everything about a case that put two brothers in prison for more that two decades.

Keith Bryan was a beloved fire chief, a pillar of his community. Then he was shot in his home, leaving police to wonder who would want to hurt the local hero? Turns out, someone was living a secret life, and it was about to be exposed.

Nona Dirksmeyer was a young beauty queen with a boyfriend she adored. They were planning a future together. Then, Nona was brutally killed. The crime shook her hometown and exposed someone with a secret past. But did the evidence add up to murder?

Deede Keller has a loving family, a tight circle of friends and a new man in her life; when she vanishes, disturbing clues point investigators to a suspect with a dark secret; the case provides a twist that leaves the courtroom astonished.

It's Friday the 13th and something sinister is about to happen: a chilling double murder in an upscale home; the evidence seems to tell a clear story until investigators discover a marriage filled with secrets and a story that doesn't add up.

When a woman is found dead in her home, it is ruled a suicide. But when a new investigation begins, police question if this is a case of murder.

Diana Lovejoy and her husband welcomed a baby boy, but then, their marriage crumbled. A bitter custody battle followed. Fearing for her safety, Diane turned to a man skilled in self-defense but, it turns out, someone else was in grave danger.

He was a single dad, a former firefighter dedicated to helping others. When he was found dead in his garage, police needed help. A neighbor’s security camera footage revealed a hooded figure, but who was it? Someone was hiding a deadly secret.

When a father goes missing and his body is found in a field several miles away, the investigation reveals multiple suspects -- including members of his own family.

A tech giant living in paradise. His neighbor found dead. Then, suddenly, the entrepreneur extraordinaire was on the run, taunting authorities and tantalizing the press. It was a riveting game of hide-and-seek, but were police chasing the right man? 

A detective comes face to face with a serial killer when she promises to get justice for the mother of a victim whose body turns up at an Anaheim trash facility.

A family many saw as 'perfect' in an All-American town experiences a tragedy that shakes their faith and family.  Karen Duenas is found dead in her bedroom. The family is convinced a crazed killer is on the loose, but detectives wonder if it could have been something else.

It was in the still of the night when it started. A cold-blooded serial killer, lurking in the woods, peeping through windows and stalking for his next victim. It's a tale that would be hard to believe, if it didn't really happen.

In a quiet Southern town, on a cold and rainy night, police find a prominent lawyer brutally murdered and his girlfriend bound in duct tape. Who could have done it?

Linda Curry had it all: looks, a great job and a brilliant husband. When she got sick, doctors were stumped. Then, she died and police were as puzzled as the doctors, but not her close friends and family. They just needed someone to listen

Just days after a couple ties the knot, the beautiful young bride is found beaten to death in an empty warehouse parking lot in Miami. As detectives begin to investigate, suspicious details of the newlywed’s lifestyle are uncovered. 

A circle of friends from a Miami high school are about to embark on a new beginning at college. But one friend surprises them all. Dennis Murphy reports.

A a car bomb explodes in front of a suburban San Diego day care home. Josh Mankiewicz reports on the driver, a married mother of three children.

Amy Preasmyer, 16, and Ricky Cowles, 21, were in love and hiding some other secret that would soon change everything.

International celebrity Oscar Pistorius shoots and kills his girlfriend. When police arrive he says he acted in self-defense, as he believed he was firing at an intruder. Keith Morrison reports.

After college student Angie Samota was stabbed to death, police had no shortage of suspects. A crucial clue narrowed their list to one name, but it would be years before technology and a tenacious friend came together to help unravel this mystery.

A 59-year-old father is found dead in his home, they assume it's related to his ongoing health issues. But then, the coroner reveals he didn’t die of natural causes. Keith Morrison reports.

Sandi Johnson always put her kids first. When she vanished without a word, her loved ones were frantic. Police discovered dark secrets in Sandi’s marriage and several men in her life. Which one of them had something to hide?

On November 4, 2014 Pam Zimmerman's children wake up in their Bloomington, Illinois home to find that their Mom did not return home the night before.

Bonnie Haim, a devoted young mother and wife, goes missing shortly after Christmas. Authorities find her purse at a nearby motel and her car abandoned in the airport parking lot. Her family pleads for answers.

Douglas Murphy, FBI ballistics expert, discusses how agents discovered the unique type of weapon used in the murder of the federal prosecutor.

The murder of a young schoolteacher in Pennsylvania goes unsolved for years, but investigators discover a new tool that may finally help unlock the murderer's identity.

Cher Hughes made her dream come true in the faraway islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama.  It's a place people go to escape. Who could have know that evil could find a place in paradise too?

NBC’s Cal Perry brings us the latest on what went on inside the two vacation homes that the Obama administration ordered Russian diplomats to move out of.

A look at the crimes committed by Charles Manson and his followers in 1969, including archival footage and interviews with those close to the events.

Lauren Giddings was smart, charismatic and a newly-minted law school graduate. She had dreams of becoming a public defender, then she was brutally murdered. Her killer tried to pull off the perfect crime, but a secret recording exposed the truth.

When a beloved firefighter is murdered just outside Sarasota, Florida, investigators discover a twisted tale of secrets, lies and infidelity.

When a woman returns two days after being reported abducted, authorities believe it's a hoax until a similar crime forces them to take another look.

Pittsburgh girl Meghan Verikas falls in love with a successful Houston doctor. But things aren’t quite the fairytale they seem, and Meghan quickly learns there’s more to Leon Jacob’s story than meets the eye.

A young woman is shot in her home just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Was it an accident? Or something far more sinister?

A look at the case of con man John Meehan, including interviews with his wife and her daughter, his ex-wife, law enforcement officers, and the Los Angeles Times reporter who shined a spotlight on the story.

When a young mother disappears after leaving her infant in the care of her local pastor and his wife, Florida detectives search for her for five years, uncovering a web of secrets and lies.

When film executive Gavin Smith vanishes, Los Angeles detectives search for clues amid reported sightings and suspicious circumstances. The case takes a dramatic turn when Gavin’s wife reveals painful secrets.

When Debbie Kelly, a busy executive, remodels her home in a gated community, she finds unexpected love – and marriage -- with her contractor, Lars Itzo. But in the early morning dark in San Antonio, Texas, he shot his wife, saying he mistook her for an intruder. Was this a terrible accident or a case of deliberate murder?

It was a brutal and baffling crime: a husband shot dead in his own bed. No one else in the house was hurt, not even his wife, who was sleeping beside him. Investigators were suspicious, but there were more surprises in store.

Newlywed Dalia Dippolito returns home from the gym to find a crime scene – and awful news.

A decade before the scandal of coach Jerry Sandusky dismantled the Penn State community, a local attorney, Ray Gricar, was the first to investigate his case. But a few years later, Gricar disappeared. Was there a connection?

Dateline examines the murder of Ben Novack Jr. the wealthy heir to Miami's famous Fontainebleau Hotel. The police investigation into the murder causes a rift between his wife and step-daughter.

Keith Morrison reports on a dramatic undercover operation in Palm Beach, Florida to save a wife and mother who had no idea she was in danger.

A couple goes on a scuba diving vacation in the crystal blue waters of the British Virgin Islands. On their final dive of the trip, one of them surfaced – but the other did not. What happened on that fateful last dive?

A Philadelphia murder reveals decades of misconduct in the city's criminal justice system and raises questions aout whether police caught the right person; key insiders in the case speak out for the first time on national television.

A mother's search for answers in her son’s murder raises questions about whether Chicago police detectives did enough to try to solve his case.

In March, 2017 ex-FBI agent Scott Alan Horn (62) was found dead outside his house. He had been shot, and then beaten with firewood. Scott’s estranged wife Anne Reed Allen was charged with his murder, but she was acquitted in 2018. Who killed Scott Horn?

Ohio investigators search for answers in the decades-old murder of 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic; retracing Amy's steps from the day of the kidnapping and enlisting viewers' help for more information.

A mother of two goes missing in Monrovia, California. As detectives investigate, the woman's friends and family reveal that she feared she was being stalked.

Wisconsin, 2017: Teresa Halbach, murdered in 2005, was the victim in the Netflix 10-part documentary Making a Murderer (MaM), which became a Netflix binge-watching phenomenon in 2015. Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey were convicted in 2007 to life in prison for the murder. This updates the case with surprising information not included in MaM. Lead investigator Tom Fassbender, who interrogated Dassey and some believe produced a false confession, is on camera for the first time defending his actions and the prosecution's evidence.

When an Ohio resident is offered $50,000 to kill someone hundreds of miles away, investigators set up an elaborate sting operation to bring down those behind the murder-for-hire plot.

In the small town of Morris, Alabama, faith is a way of life. But when resident Michael Reese is murdered in his home, rumors involving a local pastor begin to swirl as the truth ends up turning the community upside down.

It was a brutal and baffling crime: a husband shot dead in his own bed. No one else in the house was hurt, not even his wife, who was sleeping beside him. Investigators were suspicious, but there were more surprises in store.

On a hot summer day in 1994 convicted murderer Randolph Dial escapes from prison, taking the deputy warden's wife with him. But was she a kidnapped hostage or a willing accomplice?

A young mom, married to her high school sweetheart, vanishes; did she leave her family to start a new life or was there another reason for her disappearance; decades later her grown son faces a dark truth at the core of this mystery.

Dateline looks into the death of Stephanie Roller Bruner and the district attorney's effort to pin the case on her husband.

Newlyweds Paul and Linda Curry come down with a mysterious illness. Paul recovers, but Linda is hospitalized and the strange symptoms won't go away.

Tim Permenter calls 911 to report a horrible discovery; his girlfriend Karen Pannell, a one-time model and flight attendant, has been murdered in her kitchen. On the wall next to her body is a message written in her own blood: the letters R O C. What does it mean?

Just off California's fabled Catalina island, weekend boaters make a grim discovery-- a body floating in the water. The victim turns out to be a well-known radio personality. What happened to Steven B. Williams?

Family man Jack Jessee is murdered in his home, but the case goes cold until a dogged detective unravels a conspiracy and pins down the perpetrators.

Michelle Young was married to her college sweetheart and pregnant with their second child when she was murdered. In the search for her killer, detectives uncovered a marriage riddled with secrets but cracking this complicated case took years.

A loft apartment in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, is home to an eclectic group of residents. When a wealthy businessman starts working with two of them a chain of events is set in motion that leaves one of them dead, another arrested for murder.