People Magazine Investigates

When neighbors find a young teacher axed to death on Friday the 13th, a sleepy suburb fears a psychopath is loose. But the bloody crime scene leads police to a most unlikely suspect, unfolding a story people still have to see to believe 40 years later.

A man says his wife killed herself, but the truth is stranger than fiction.

A couple’s disappearance leads police to a gruesome discovery.

In Arizona, a young woman’s death might be linked to a notorious killer.

A woman vanishes, and a task force feels the clock ticking to find her.

A Mennonite woman’s disappearance leads to a multi-state manhunt.

What looks like an accidental fire turns out to be a cover up for a murder.

In Texas, a gruesome murder rooted in hate makes national headlines.

A slew of hammer attacks leaves a Colorado community in fear.

Police wonder if there are links in the cases of five missing young people.

A conviction in a deadly crime leaves a man fighting for his innocence.

A shocking murder tests the bond between a mother and daughter.

A triple murder and double kidnapping shocks an Idaho town and the nation.