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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.

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.

In September 2016, a kidnapped woman escaped from a house in Ashland, Ohio, and called 911 using her captor's phone. That call led to the arrest of Shawn Grate, a serial killer who murdered five women across northern Ohio between 2006 and 2016. Now, a six-part podcast series from 20/20 and ABC Audio is uncovering the full story of his crimes and capture.

When a woman's desperate 911 call led to the rescue of a kidnapping victim in rural Ohio in 2016, it triggered an investigation that would unravel a five-victim serial murder case. A detective's 33-hour interrogation became the pivotal moment that transformed a local crime into a regional manhunt.

Matt Gutman, ABC News chief national correspondent, hosts a new investigative podcast examining a California case involving two young men whose wealthy lifestyle unravels into a story of lies, mistrust, and violence.

Just after midnight on October 2, 2012, two masked gunmen burst into a Newport Beach home, kidnapped a medical marijuana dispensary owner and his female companion, and drove them to the Mojave Desert where one victim endured savage torture. The case would spark a sprawling investigation detailed in the new ABC podcast 'Devil in the Desert.'