"American Justice" looks at notable criminal justice cases in the United States from the perspective of the police, lawyers, victims, and perpetrators involved.
When 19-year-old Sarah Stern goes missing just weeks before Christmas, investigators initially suspect she may have committed suicide or run away. Then, in January 2017, one of Sarah's former high school classmates comes forward with chilling information.
When a beloved 60-year-old chiropractor falls violently ill and dies, her autopsy report reveals she didn't die of natural causes. Police soon realize it may be murder.
On October 20, 2014, white Chicago PD Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shoots 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald in an act that he and the Chicago PD called "self-defense".
Veterinarian Valerie McDaniel and her boyfriend Leon Jacob look like they have it all. But in February 2014, Houston police receive a tip that a murder-for-hire plot is in the works and a woman's life may be in danger.
When 18-year-old Conrad Roy is found asphyxiated in his pickup truck, his death is quickly ruled a suicide. But as detectives retrace his final moments, a trail of texts left behind on his cellphone reveal a toxic teenage romance.
On November 13, 2012, 37-year-old single mother Cari Farver mysteriously vanishes into thin air. In the days and months that follow, her loved ones receive a string of strange texts from her, indicating she is alive and well. Is she?
When a hostile online feud turns deadly, detectives' hunt for a mysterious CIA operative leading to the discovery of a jaw-dropping and vengeful catfishing scheme.
Model and mother Samira Frasch loved the spotlight, but when her glamorous life ends unexpectedly in her mansion pool, investigators turn their eyes toward the web of heated relationships surrounding her family.
A string of murders targeting prominent law officials leaves a small Texas town gripped in fear and investigators in a race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again.
