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Caught in the Net
Caught in the Net

Caught in the Net

—Gripping true stories of investigators entering the digital world to solve murders; in each case, detectives are up against a lack of physical clues, but digital trails left behind help lead them to the killers.
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Season 28 of 8 Episodes

  • Two young men are shot dead in the middle of the night, and the only witness has no idea who the gunman is; Omaha PD detectives turn to digital forensics, hoping hidden data buried in the victims' cell phones can help track down the killer.

  • When single dad David Heisler goes missing, digital clues lead detectives into the desert, but the trail stops cold; investigators ask digital forensics experts to help them unravel this twisted mystery and reveal the truth of what happened.

  • When family man Ricky Saxton is found murdered, investigators turn to a forensic data specialist at the FBI to help locate a missing piece of the puzzle; a deleted snapshot buried deep within the data leads them to Ricky's killer.

  • When police find 64-year-old nurse Athena Valentiny brutally murdered in her home, investigators follow the digital trail her killer left behind; they cross-reference the digital evidence with surveillance video to reveal who took her life.

  • The identity of the killer responsible for stabbing 22-year-old Maurice Skeen during a street brawl in Albany, N.Y., lies hidden in chaos; facing an almost total lack of physical evidence, detectives must decode the digital to unmask the perpetrator.

  • After the murder of young mother Morgan Ashley Fox, investigators don't have much physical evidence; with numerous suspects in the frame, digital evidence reveals the secrets of a monster hiding in plain sight.

  • When widow Valena Shepherd is found dead at home, police suspect foul play; investigators follow digital clues that suggest Valena knew her killer and hope the data contained within a digital heart monitor device pinpoints the perpetrator.

  • When 12-year-old Aynis Vargas dies in a seemingly random attack on a party, investigators piece together clues from social media, cell phone data and surveillance footage to try to get justice for Aynis, her family and the whole community.

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2 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

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    I Was Not Expecting To Be Found
  • Heart Rate & Time

    When a co-worker finds 67-year-old Karen Navarra dead in a bloody scene at her San Jose, Calif., home, the seemingly contradictory physical evidence baffles police; they must turn to digital evidence to solve this mysterious case.
    Upcoming
  • I Was Not Expecting To Be Found

    When two 13-year-old girls go missing, detectives immediately turn to their digital devices, discovering the girls have been talking to strange men online.
    Upcoming
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Gripping true stories of investigators entering the digital world to solve murders; in each case, detectives are up against a lack of physical clues, but digital trails left behind help lead them to the killers.

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