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On February 24, 2023, in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, a Brazilian au pair shot and killed a stranger lured to the home of her employers under false pretenses. The crime was part of an alleged murder conspiracy involving the au pair's affair with the homeowner—a scheme that would ultimately leave two people dead and expose a web of infidelity, financial motive, and premeditated violence.

When Colorado engineer and mother Kristil Krug was found shot dead in her garage in 2023, investigators initially pursued the wrong suspect. ABC's 20/20 reveals how digital forensics—a technique gaining prominence in Nordic countries—ultimately identified the real killer in a case of intimate betrayal.

A new documentary series from ABC News shines a spotlight on one of America's most troubling forensic challenges: thousands of unidentified human remains gathering dust in morgues and storage facilities across the country. The investigation reveals how DNA backlogs, underfunded databases, and jurisdictional fragmentation have created a shadow crisis affecting families and law enforcement nationwide.

On July 29, 2000, 18-year-old Jessica Currin disappeared from Mayfield, Kentucky. Two days later, a teacher found her body behind a local middle school, bearing signs of brutal violence. In 2008, Quincy Cross was convicted and sentenced to life without parole—but now, recanted witness testimony and the victim's own father have cast serious doubt on his guilt.

Kristil Krug, a married mother of three living in a Denver suburb, was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her own garage just 11 days before Christmas. Her killer was not the teenage ex-boyfriend she feared—it was her husband, Daniel Krug, who had spent months impersonating the young man to terrorize his family.

In March 2023, ABC's 20/20 aired a two-hour investigation into the 2018 murder of Lauren McCluskey, a University of Utah track and field athlete killed by her ex-boyfriend, a registered sex offender who had deceived her about his identity. The episode, anchored by David Muir, explores how campus police and law enforcement failed to protect her despite repeated pleas for help.

Remy Ma, the rapper and former prison inmate, hosts My True Crime Story—a VH1 docuseries that premiered in 2021 and returns for Season 3 on Monday, August 4, 2025. The unscripted show features first-person accounts from individuals involved in major crimes, exploring their rise, fall, and paths to redemption across multiple continents.

In August 2018, Chris Watts sat across from Frederick Police Department detectives in Colorado and confessed to murdering his wife Shanann, who was 34 and pregnant, along with their daughters Celeste, 3, and Bella, 4. The interrogation tapes, released by ABC News in November 2018, document the dramatic shift in Watts' account as he moved from blaming his wife to admitting his own guilt.

In June 2010, Bonnie Woodward, a 46-year-old nurse's aide, vanished from Alton, Illinois. Eight years later, Roger Carroll was arrested and convicted of her murder despite no body ever being recovered. His conviction rested on testimony from family members and a confession to his wife.