The Perfect Murder

- Season 5

(2018)

In the rural town of Lothian, Maryland, Ann Anastasi returns home from grocery shopping to find her husband, Anthony Anastasi, lying in their bed, a gunshot wound to his temple and a gun at his side. Police race to the scene and soon discover a second victim: a young woman, Jacqueline Riggs, lies death in the family's basement, 40 stab and cut wounds cover her body. Is this a murder-suicide, or a double homicide? Investigators have their work cut out for them, as they navigate this dark tale of love, lust and violence.

The lifeless body of a 20-year-old woman is found inside a garbage bag, along a New York City sidewalk. The young victim is Sandra Bonaventure, a college student and aspiring teacher. At the time of her death, police are horrified to learn, Sandra was six months pregnant. Two NYPD detectives - a veteran and a newbie - follow a trail of clues relentlessly, ultimately leading to a cold-hearted killer, with an astonishing talent for deception.

When Joyce Aparo, a 47-year-old mother and devoted health care worker, is found strangled on the side of the road, over 60 miles from her home, police, friends and co-workers all have their own theories as to the cause. The investigation, however, will uncover a dark world of abuse, sexual obsession, and lies - leading to an arrest that will shock this small Connecticut town.

In the summer of 2009, Jeffrey Locker, a 52 year-old successful motivational speaker, is found stabbed to death inside his car East Harlem. Detectives first suspect this self-help author was in the wrong place at wrong time. The truth, they will learn, is far more complex and shocking.

A car races up to the Emergency Room of a hospital in Westchester, New York. Carlos Perez-Olivo, the driver, has been shot in his side; his wife, Peggy has been shot in the back of the head. What horror has befallen this couple? The answer will challenge even the most experienced investigators.

In the days following Christmas in 2003, on Whidbey Island - a picturesque tourist destination off the coast of Washington State - Russel Douglas is found shot between the eyes, in his car parked along a deserted road. It's the beginning of a case full of twists and turns that no one sees coming. This case will take investigators a decade to solve, and will leave many on this island with lingering questions.

One night in December 1998, Peter Theriault, who hasn't missed a day of work in over three decades, doesn't show up for his shift at an automobile plant in Commerce City, California. Friends and family immediately fear the worst. Working with very little evidence, investigators will have to use all their cunning and instincts to catch the heartless killer.

In December of 1994, multi-millionaire Las Vegas real estate developer, Ron Rudin, mysteriously disappears. In order to find him, detectives will follow twisted a path, encountering everything from haunting spirits, whispers of mob associations, dark obsessions, and greed.

Hollywood "golden boy" Gavin Smith - a 20th Century Fox executive and former star UCLA basketball player - disappears one night in May, 2012. His family and detectives search tirelessly for answers, but a group of heartless and selfish characters will hold fast to their secrets.

Marlin Barnes, a popular linebacker for the University of Miami football team, and his friend, Timwanika Lumpkins, are found beaten to death in Marlin's apartment. As detectives search for the vicious killer, the crime sends shockwaves through the campus and community.