1997

In October 1997, a Dutch couple was found shot dead in a German forest. A year later, the nightmare repeated itself. After 21 unsolved years, DNA screening finally led to an unremarkable village laborer.

On January 30, 1997, four members of the Schwarz family were brutally murdered in their home in Kahla, Thuringia, Germany. The perpetrator was 19-year-old Patrick Seifert, who had been in a relationship with the family's daughter Melanie that had recently ended. Seifert was convicted of all four murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Marion Barter disappeared more than 25 years ago, leaving her daughter Sally Leydon with decades of unanswered questions. Now, an eight-week trial in New South Wales has reopened the case, bringing shocking revelations to light.

Arlene Fraser, 33, vanished from her home in Elgin, Scotland on 28 April 1998 after waving her children off to school. Despite extensive searches and a £20,000 reward, no trace of her body was ever discovered. Her husband, Nat Fraser, was convicted of her murder in 2012.