Season 6
Overview
A series that retells shocking crimes, from execution murders by complete strangers to crimes of passion by jealous lovers, examining all aspects of the case from the discovery of the body through each twist and turn of the investigation until the perpetrator is finally brought to justice. Viewers hear not only from the detectives who cracked the cases and the bereaved families who lost a loved one but also from local people who reveal how the murder has changed their tight knit communities forever.
Episodes
1. Louise Smith
2022-08-31
On 8 May 2020, while the nation marked VE Day, 16-year-old Louise Smith is reported missing in Hampshire, a case with horrifying repercussions.
2. Connor Lyons
2022-09-07
As the body of teenager Connor Lyons is found in the River Hull, police realise his death may be connected to the sale of a bike on social media
3. David Twigg
2022-09-14
After a man is locked in a storeroom in a burning building, the race is on to identify those who started the blaze. But a closer look uncovers bigger issues.
4. Laureline Garcia-Bertaux
2022-09-21
Friends of French filmmaker Laureline Garcia-Bertaux become concerned after she fails to turn up to work.
5. Terry Edmunds
2022-09-28
When a teenager disappears without trace at a Kent train station, painstaking forensic evidence is used to unmask her killer.
6. Vicki Thompson
2022-10-05
When a young mother was bludgeoned to death in Oxfordshire, the hunt to bring her killer to justice would take more than 15 years.
7. Yang Lui
2022-10-12
An obsessive gambler murders his wealthy friend before adopting his identity to fund his extravagant lifestyle.
8. Jo Hamer
2022-10-19
After a woman is found murdered in her home, suspicion immediately falls on her controlling and manipulative husband.
9. Mandy Joseph & Iris Jones
2022-10-26
When a disturbing 999 call leads police to two bodies in a home in Hockliffe, investigators uncover a crime driven by pure greed.
10. Nicky Collingbourne
2022-11-02
A young woman is found dead, and police are put onto the trail of a killer who went to elaborate lengths to get away with the deed.
11. Nicky Collingbourne
2022-11-02
A young woman is found dead, and police are put onto the trail of a killer who went to elaborate lengths to get away with the deed.