Emily and Shane are diving into some of the biggest cases right now… Laken Snelling gave birth alone in her college bedroom and has been charged with killing her newborn. Did she know she was pregnant? How did they find her baby?

Then, high school teacher Jason Hughes was killed after a student prank gone wrong. Though it’s obvious the teenagers didn’t intend to harm him, should they be let off the hook?

Plus, Michele Hundley Smith was missing for 25 years until they finally found her. The plot twist: she disappeared on purpose. How did this woman manage to escape the FBI?! What does her family think?

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A 14-year-old girl is taken from her bedroom and held captive for nine months; a case that still feels impossible to process. Skeet Ulrich almost didn’t take the role of her captor, saying he couldn’t justify stepping into someone that dark until he understood the bigger story. What followed clearly stayed with him: from scenes so intense crew members walked off set, to the moment Elizabeth Smart walked onto the set while he was fully in character. He opens up about the toll it took, the nightmare that came out of it, and how his own past shaped the way he connected to her story.

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When Larry Rudolph was given an ultimatum by his mistress, he decided to murder his wife, Bianca Rudolph, while on an African Safari.

Larry was a master con-man disguising himself as a prominent local dentist. From claiming $30,000/month in insurance money for a “crocodile bite” to pocketing $4.8M of life insurance after killing his wife, he felt he could get away with anything.

But, marrying his mistress, overspending his undeserved cash and eventually yelling, “I killed my wife for you!” in a restaurant finally led to his & his mistress’ demise.

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