67-year old beloved mother and hairstylist Leigh Jennings is violently murdered in her home in the small town of Aurora, IL Investigators move quickly to solve the case to ease the fears of residents. Featuring touching interview with family and friends.

In Payette, Idaho, Elizabeth Baune is a dedicated teacher and a pillar of her community until she is stabbed to death in her own home; while townspeople suspect that her kindness may have been behind her death.

In Germantown, Ohio, the body of Alyce Seff is found in a wishing well, and the townspeople are shocked to learn the elderly landlady had as many enemies as she did friends. With leads going cold, it will take law enforcement nine years to solve her case. Written by Crime Series Fan

In Shawnee, Oklahoma, Marshall Dent goes missing on Christmas Eve, and the Native American community bands together; after weeks of searching, they find the Marshall in a shallow grave on sacred ground, and authorities scramble to find his killer. Written by Crime Series Fan

A Christmas is ruined when hikers in New Mexico stumble across the shallow grave of Roxanne Houston; the murder rocks the community of Taos and tension builds between those with small town values and the outsider lifestyle on the Mesa.