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Tracy “Trace” Sargent has spent decades alongside her K-9 partners tracking down murderers and looking for missing persons. This week, she takes us beyond criminal headlines, sharing her firsthand experience with several high-profile cases including the infamous BTK serial killer investigation.

In fall 2023, investigators identified a nine-year-old girl's killer 51 years after she was abducted near her home in Marietta, Georgia. Sergeant Morris Nix takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 36, with a firsthand account of what it was like to help solve Debbie Lynn Randall's 1972 murder.

In 2017, the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German shook the small town of Delphi, Indiana. More than six years later, will legal chaos persist in delaying the trial for the man charged in their deaths? Susan Hendricks, journalist and author of ‘Down the Hill: My Descent Into the Double Murder in Delphi’, takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 35.

In January 1994, 17-year-old Tami Jackson was found brutally murdered in Savannah, Georgia. Now, the lead investigator says she’s closer than ever to solving this decades-old cold case. Detective Tarra Smith takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 34.

It's been nearly 20 years since Alabama teen Natalee Holloway vanished on the last day of her high school graduation trip to Aruba. What’s next for the main suspect in her disappearance, Joran van der Sloot? Emmy Award winning Crime Scene Investigator Sheryl McCollum takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 33.

Ross Harris, whose murder conviction for the 2014 hot car death of his toddler son was overturned by Georgia’s Supreme Court last year, will not be retried. But could a case regarding his various sex-related offenses keep him in jail? Legal Analyst Philip Holloway takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 32.

Previous episode on Ross Harris: Episode 22 – Philip Holloway on the trial of Ross Harris

Nine years later, the mystery behind the murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond on Georgia’s Lake Oconee still confounds authorities. Could new technology and the efforts of a private lab finally help solve the case? WSB-TV’s Karyn Greer takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 31.

Previous episode on the Dermonds:

Episode 20 – Mark Winne on the murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond

Samuel Little is considered the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, having confessed to killing 93 women between 1970 and 2005. Following his murder conviction in 2014, Jillian Lauren confronted Little and fought to identify several of his unknown victims. Jillian takes us beyond criminal headlines for episode 30.

Legal analyst Philip Holloway takes us beyond criminal headlines with the latest on what’s next for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh – and those closest to him.

Other episodes featuring more on the Murdaugh investigations:

Episode 17 – Riley Benson on the Murdaugh investigations

Episode 27 – Alex Murdaugh Trial: Philip Holloway on key moments so far