These two murders, which both happened in Salt Lake City, Utah, were solved thanks to an amazing forensic tool that was originally created to suck bacteria off food.

S1 Ep36: Krystal Beslanowitch and Sharon Schollmeyer

Into the Killing examines criminal cases that were unsolved and cold for years, in some cases decades. Then a break comes along and cracks the case wide open. Into the Killing will detail the crime, the investigation, and the resolution. Besides examining cold cases that are solved, Into the Killing will also take a look at the history of forensic science and how that has changed the world of criminology.

True crime

In February 1975, 9-year-old Marcia Trimble was murdered in Nashville, Tennessee. For decades, the police had a suspect: a boy who was just 15 when the murder was committed. But do the police have the right person?



Sally Des Prez's murder was largely forgotten for decades. When her case was solved, it shocked the people of Nashville.

S3 Ep97: Marcia Trimble and Sally Des Prez

In July 1982, the dead body of a woman was found in Washoe County, Nevada. No one knew who she was, and she became known as the Sheep's Flat Jane Doe. Decades later, not only was she identified, but so was her killer, and it was a darker truth than anyone expected.  

S3 Ep96: Mary Silvani

In 1981, Sonia Herok-Stone was brutally murdered in her own home. The police believed they caught the killer, but were they right?



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S3 Ep95: Sonia Herok-Stone

In 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling went missing. His disappearance haunted a small city and changed American laws. After decades, it was finally solved.

S3 Ep94: Jacob Wetterling

In 1982, Norma Richards and her two young daughters were brutally murdered. Then, 27 years later, an unlikely source got the case reopened and eventually solved.

S1 Ep36: Krystal Beslanowitch and Sharon Schollmeyer

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