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When the remains of two children are found in Vancouver's Stanley Park in 1953, the public and police are puzzled about their identities; advances in DNA technology help investigators make a shocking discovery.

When a man turns up dead on a hunting trail in Killarney, police have no idea if it was an accident or murder. Until they find the killer who says he was hired to do it. The woman he points the finger at claims she’s completely innocent and must travel a long road to prove it. When she finally gets her day in court – a decision is handed down that has far reaching implications.

A German tourist travels across the world with his family to witness the splendor of the Canadian Rockies; without warning, a chance encounter and a single bullet interrupts their trip and changes their lives forever.

Audrey Trudeau moves to Calgary in the late 90's in search of a fresh start following a divorce; then, on the eve of an exciting new opportunity, she suddenly vanishes; her disappearance puzzles her loved ones.

Senior crime reporters provide updates on a few stories they previously covered; they share several significant developments -- including a major decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada that's impacted multiple murder cases across the country.

A man scouring for bottles in downtown Calgary dumpsters makes a grisly discovery, and a trail of forensic evidence leads police to uncover a deadly betrayal.

Ultrasound technician and newlywed Rosemarie "Kim" Junor is stabbed in the chest by a stranger in 2015, and the subsequent trial results in a verdict that still haunts Junor's family.

In an unprecedented case, an internet tormentor is extradited from the Netherlands to stand trial after targeting 15-year-old Amanda Todd, who died by suicide after being blackmailed and harassed over several years.

Days after Stephanie Forster is killed near her home in Coquitlam, B.C., her estranged husband, Luigi Derossi, kills himself, but her brother believes Forster discovered Derossi's notoriety as a serial romance scammer.

After a man fired a gun on a local playground and seriously injured two girls, outraged parents demanded answers from local politicians as to how to stop the cycle of violence terrorizing their neighbourhoods.

Loved ones and police go to painstaking efforts to locate 26-year-old Dilleen Hempel after she goes missing in 1992 as she was heading home from her new job.

A cross-country manhunt ensues when a young Australian American couple is murdered, a much-loved university professor is found dead, and two teens go missing in northern British Columbia.

A cross-country manhunt ensues when a young Australian American couple is murdered, a much-loved university professor is found dead, and two teens go missing in northern British Columbia.

In a small town located less than an hour from Canada's largest military base, a rash of break-ins escalates to assault and then murder; tire tracks point police to someone above suspicion.

Two neighbors that live just two doors apart decide they should get together for a barbeque; that get-together takes a deadly turn that results in a shocking 911 call and a compelling police interrogation.

Glen Davis was a multi-millionaire philanthropist, well-known for his generosity; he and his wife donated millions to charities, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Detectives investigate leads in what they believe was a targeted killing; reporter Mark Carcasole reveals the twists and turns in the plot to kill Davis, and just how close to home it was.

Reporter Caryn Lieberman reveals how Larry Arnold's murder investigation is linked to the 1997 killing of a 20-year-old woman hundreds of kilometers away in North Bay, Ontario. Sarah Whitehead was sexually assaulted and murdered as she left a mall. Both murders were mysteries that almost went unsolved, two seemingly unrelated cases, until DNA from a cigarette butt led police to the killer. A serial rapist and murderer whose crimes crossed provincial borders and some of which likely remain unsolved to this day.

Family and friends of a young mother become frantic when she fails to show up for work. An exhaustive search of her home leads to a horrifying discovery and an Amber Alert for her missing five-year-old daughter. Follow along as investigators take you inside what happened to Sara and Taliyah, how they tracked the suspect, and the motive behind this senseless crime.

True crime novels are often topping best sellers lists; to explore the reason of public fascination with this genre of storytelling, "Crime Beat" sits down with five authors pushing the boundaries of true crime.

Shannon Madill had everything going for her; she had just landed an audition for a role in a television series; was looking forward to moving from Calgary to Edmonton; the audition was recorded on video; hours later she vanished.

Dismembered remains belonging to a child are uncovered, and Alan Carter returns to the scene of the crime 20 years later, reuniting with the lead detective and a community coming together in grief.

It was October 1984 in a small town outside Toronto; a young girl went missing; three months later, Christine Jessop's body was found more than 50 kilometers away from her Queensville home.

Annie Hang-Kam Chiu was looking forward to retirement when she was viciously murdered; within approximately three hours, her killer had turned himself in; the accused surrendered to the police carrying a type of homemade looking bomb like device.

A caring nurse and mother of three viciously murdered after a break-in at her home, while her 3 children slept in another room unaware of the attack.

It was a crime unlike anything ever seen before in Canada. The horror of the 'Wells Gray Murders' forty years ago still haunts investigators involved in the case, as well as family and friends of the victims. In August 1982, David Shearing stalked and murdered three generations of a family while they were out on a summer camping trip in B.C. After a long cross-country investigation, police learn the killer was always closer than suspected. What was the murderer's motive for such a horrific crime?

The body of 40-year-old doctor Elana Fric was discovered by a passerby in a ravine just north-west of Toronto; the man arrested and charged for the crime sent shockwaves through Toronto’s tight-knit medical community.

For seven years, Cindy James told police she was being stalked; when the Vancouver nurse's lifeless body was found two weeks after she went missing, and no suspects, a coroner's inquest is called in hopes of solving the mystery.

For seven years, Cindy James told police she was being stalked; when the Vancouver nurse's lifeless body was found two weeks after she went missing, and no suspects, a coroner's inquest is called in hopes of solving the mystery.

Terrie Ann Dauphinais, a young Metis woman, is found dead in her home; her death was deemed a homicide, but no charges were ever laid, and the case went cold; new developments in the investigation lead to a dramatic turn of events.

On August 17, 1994, in Kelowna B.C., eight-year-old Mindy Tran hopped on her bike and pedaled over to a nearby friend's house to ask her to play; she was never seen again.

Curious about why the owner of an expensive sports car would be outside a Toronto motel, police knock on the door and are met with gunfire; over the next several hours, hundreds of bullets are fired in the biggest shootout in the city's history.

It was 1am on a cold, wet November night in 2011 when police found Leanne Freeman lying unconscious in a pool of blood. She later died in a downtown hospital, becoming Toronto’s 42nd homicide of the year. The 23-year-old Freeman lived a lonely, troubled life, on the streets of Canada's largest city. Addicted to drugs, she ended up being a part of a group called 'The Crystal Circle', named for their use and dealing of crystal meth. It was members of that group who became suspects in her murder.

When a Winnipeg teenager was found savagely attacked in a donut shop, investigators arrested a B.C. man who was visiting the area. After serving nearly four years behind bars, he was suddenly released, prompting some people to question if a murderer had now walked free. As Jules Knox reports, years later, another slaying of a teenage girl halfway across the country gave fresh light to old evidence that could help convict a killer.

When a 20-year-old English tourist suddenly stops contacting his family while backpacking across Canada, his mother tries to raise the alarm. Police are slow to respond until an anonymous note prompts them to search a nearby lake. When a body is found, there is hope that it will help bring closure to the missing man’s family. But as Jules Knox reports, another twist in this story means that the case can’t be so easily closed.

It began as a cold case. In 1995, a 92-year-old woman had been brutally beaten during a home invasion, managed to escape, but died months later. At the time, no one knew who’d so viciously attacked Henrietta Knight. But 20 years later as police are investigating the disappearance of a known criminal, they find a connection. As the investigation unfolds, they find links to a bank robbery, a car bombing and multiple murders. A trail of blood that leads them to the one man responsible for it all.

A dispute outside a Toronto tavern between a jealous boyfriend and several gang members ends in a hail of gunfire, in which a young woman new to the city is killed, and the missing gun turns up in an unrelated crime.

Coaxed from her home for a photoshoot, a promising young athlete never returns: Caryn Lieberman brings us through the DNA breakthrough that cracks the case to a mother's national safety campaign.

Catherine McDonald looks back at the impact of the murder of Jodan Manners, who was gunned down at a C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute hallway.

Neville-Lakes' three children were killed by a drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, in a crash in Vaughan back in 2015; the driver, the son of a wealthy family, was sentenced to ten years in jail but is now out on parole while the mother is left grieving.

Chelsea Poorman was last seen on Sept. 6, 2020, in downtown Vancouver. Her remains were found 17 months later behind a vacant home in the upscale Shaughnessy neighbourhood.

When a man walking his dog comes upon a neighbour’s garage engulfed in flames, little does he know the treachery behind it. When the smoke clears, a woman is found dead with drug paraphernalia nearby. But nothing is what it seems, and police are left combing through a web of lies to find the killer. As they home in on the suspect they discover he’s planning to leave the country and try to intercept him, at the same time, putting an elaborate Mr. Big operation in motion.

Three brazen murders in Kelowna, Vancouver and Toronto spark an extensive police investigation into the Wolfpack Alliance, a crew of gangsters running operations connected to Mexican cartels. The kingpins are quick to take out anyone in their way, leaving authorities scrambling to build a case against the killers. As Jules Knox reports, while a murder trial is finally underway, a cunning escape leaves authorities at a loss and the public looking for justice.

On November 17, 2004, a young Calgary family settled in for the evening. At about 9 pm, the husband left for work as a security guard, while his wife stayed home with their two children. In the middle of the night, she woke to the sound of shattered glass. Within minutes the entire home was engulfed in flames. After desperate attempts to reach her children failed, the mother managed to escape. The children didn’t survive. Senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the unexpected twists the investigation took into who was responsible for the devastating double-fatal fire.

Millionaire Builder Peter Demeter is charged with non-capital murder in connection with his wife's death. His trial in London Ontario's brand-new courthouse is explosive, with investigators uncovering new evidence daily. Who killed Christine Demeter?

The popular resort town of Banff was rocked when a young female taxi driver was found murdered in 1990. Investigators worked tirelessly to come up with a viable suspect, but the case went cold.

Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald recounts the story about of an obsession so deep it led to the death of an innocent child.

When series of cabins are raided in northern B.C., and then a reclusive trapper suddenly goes missing, police believe the crimes could be connected; as Jules Knox reports, that triggers a series of events that leaves one Mountie dead.

They have been called agents for the silenced. Homicide detectives investigating horrific murders work tireless hours to find answers for grieving families. We interview top detectives about some of their most memorable and impactful cases, including ones that still haunt them to this day. In ‘the Investigators’, we learn what real life is like as a homicide detective on the job and after.

Nicolle Hands was a young Winnipeg mother, brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment while her children were at home sleeping. Two decades after Nicolle’s murder, reporter Marney Blunt looks into a recent development in the case, information exclusively released to Global News, and learns why the family may still be no closer to achieving justice for their beloved Nicolle.

In December 2019, 26-year-old Koshin Yusuf was coming home from a night out with friends when he was cornered at his Scarborough apartment entrance and shot 24 times. But why? All police had to start with was a piece of grainy video surveillance that captured the actual murder. Was it a case of mistaken identity? Did Koshin know his attackers? Crime Beat tracks the investigation and learns why the judge would later call it a 'stunning' piece of police work.

On May 14, 1971, just after dinner, six-year-old Ljubica Topic wandered off while playing outside with her older brother and some friends. When her brother gets home, Ljubica isn’t there. Questioned by his mother, he reveals that a stranger had approached them asking for help and Ljubica had gone off to assist. After a frantic search, the young girl is found dead just a kilometre away. Who did this and why remained a mystery for nearly 50 years.

Five women have mysteriously vanished from near B.C.'s Shuswap region over a year and a half, leaving their families desperate for some sort of closure. When police suddenly discover a body more than five years later, it leads to an arrest in one of the women's murders. But will it help officers crack the other cases? In the conclusion of the Secrets of Salmon River, reporter Jules Knox investigates why police are struggling to make more arrests.

An accomplished dancer, an aspiring urban planner, two talented musicians, and a young man who was well on his way to becoming a humanitarian became victims of the biggest mass killing in Calgary's history.

When a mother left her Surrey, B.C. condo for work in the morning, she never imagined that it would be the last time she would ever see her son. She returned to a building that was surrounded by yellow police tape, and it wasn’t long before word leaked out that six men had been slaughtered inside. As Jules Knox reports, a well-placed surveillance team led officers to the suspects behind the largest gang-related mass murder in the province’s history, but several unexpected twists in this case soon jeopardized the search for justice.

It’s one of every new mother’s greatest fears. You put your child down for a nap, only to later notice muffled cries coming from the bedroom. What happened next lands Tammy Wynne Marquardt in jail for nearly 14 years and will haunt her for the rest of her life. Reporter Mark Carcasole shares Tammy’s harrowing story and learns more about the man whose testimony, she says, destroyed her life.

Alicia's disappearance leads to one of the largest missing person searches in Ontario's history; reporter Catherine McDonald reconnects with Alicia's mother to tell the tale.

When former beauty queen Alexandra Pesic is gunned down in a brazen daylight shooting on a midsummer evening in 1992, a quiet community in a suburb of Vancouver, B.C. is stunned; evidence of a contract killing is found motivated by greed and hate.

The family and friends of Adrienne McColl had no idea the heartbreaking news they were about to get - and the long road to justice they were about to embark on.

In the spring of 2006 Calgary Police received an ominous call from someone worried a woman was being held captive in a downtown rooming house. Officers responded but found nothing suspicious. Over the next few days two patrol officers heard similar stories from several other people as details got more and more disturbing– alleging a woman had been held, tortured and killed. How could they solve a crime they weren’t sure had been committed? And without knowing if there was a victim? Follow along with Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares the details of Deadly Rumours.

After a year studying abroad, Lukas Strasser-Hird had dreams to be a doctor; he went out with friends to celebrate when he arrived home, but no one could have predicted how dangerous the situation was to become.

Police work to end a decade-long feud between rival gangs the FKs and the FOBs that has left more than two dozen dead, including innocent bystanders hit in the crossfire.

January 16th, 2006, started like any other for Jack Beauchamp; the financier grabbed a coffee and went to work in his downtown Calgary office; minutes after he arrived, he was shot six times and left for dead on his office floor.

On a warm summer night in 1973, building developer Peter Demeter pulls a Mercedes full of tourists into his driveway after a shopping trip. As the garage door opens, headlights illuminate a horrific scene, the bludgeoned body of his wife and model, 33-year-old Christine Demeter.

Detectives are slowly piecing together chilling clues from a series of brutal sexual assaults and murders across the country. Teenage girls are the target, and police are starting to question if one of their initial suspects was wrongfully convicted. As Jules Knox reports, a Mr. Big sting operation led officers to a second suspect who was hiding in plain sight.

In 2006, 17-year-old Brigitte Serre was working her first overnight shift at a Montreal gas station when three men attempted an armed heist. Brigitte was murdered in the robbery gone wrong, stabbed 72 times. The killer was eventually caught in a cross-country manhunt and sentenced to 25 years without parole for the brutal slaying. But for the Serre family, the painful reminders of their tragic loss would surface time and time again as the convicted murderer applied for early release.