Criminal Confessions

Investigators speak for the first time on one of the most baffling cases they've encountered, exposing the devastating truth about what happened to Shanann Watts and her two daughters at the hands of a seemingly devoted husband and father, Chris Watts.

After getting a call that a wife and mother had been missing for 10 years, sheriffs launch an investigation that uncovers a threesome relationship, an eerie deathbed confession, and a web of lies spanning a decade that leads them to the truth.

A crazed rideshare app driver goes on a seven-hour shooting spree, killing six people and critically injuring two. He claims the app took over his body and made him do it, while those suffering the loss of loved ones struggle to understand why.

When 19-year-old Kenia disappears, her family immediately begins conducting their own investigation to find her. As the police join them in their efforts, they follow alarming leads that cause them to believe Kenia won't be found alive.

A beloved member of the local community is brutally murdered with part of his body apparently taken as a souvenir by the killer. Detectives try to make sense of this horrifying crime despite conflicting stories and a possible false confession.

After a divorced mother is found murdered in her home, police discover she had an unusual array of people involved in her life. In order to figure out if one of them was her killer they must separate truth from lies.

When an elderly, free spirit comes into a large sum of money she is mercilessly attacked to within an inch of her life. Investigators uncover a twisted trail of addiction, brutality and betrayal with a surprise killer in plain sight.

After a sheriff's deputy discovers a missing woman murdered in the backyard of her family home, investigators must determine whether the victim was killed by a mysterious driver seen lingering outside the house, or someone unexpected.

A Navy veteran is brutally beaten during a home robbery. In order to find the killer, police must sift through various lies as several suspects desperately attempt to cover their tracks.

When a beloved school teacher is gunned down in public, a known felon's DNA and phone records link him to the crime. But when Gwinnett County Police investigators arrest the man, they discover the real killer might actually be someone else entirely.

When a loving mother and wife is found shot in her own bed, investigators know they are dealing with a homicide. The case goes cold for two years until two determined detectives set their sights on justice and reveal a murder-for-hire plot.

When a young woman's body is found burning in the woods just off the side of the road, investigators are left wondering not only who she is, but who could have done this to her. They follow a trail of fire, fury, and falsities to get to the truth.

When Kim Allen is found murdered in her home, her estranged and abusive husband is the likely suspect. A risky bluff by detectives takes the case in a surprising direction.

In 1981, a mother vanishes from the Hernando woods and the case goes cold. 33 years later, local detectives take the baton from Kelly Siegler and the Cold Justice team only to find that obtaining a confession may be the only way to solve the case.