Gary Leon Ridgway, who raped and murdered more than 49 women, was obsessed with deviant sex and visiting prostitutes. This, combined with his aggression and violence, were significant driving forces behind his murderous actions, says Mary Ellen O'Toole, a retired FBI senior profiler who interviewed Ridgway.
Although the majority of murders are committed by someone the victim knows personally, killers are taking advantage of the popularity of social media to seek out strangers on Facebook, Craigslist, Tinder, Grindr and various dating sites.
A&E True Crime spoke to the Greene County (Missouri) Sheriff's Office officer about working with K-9 Lor and a few truths about police dogs that he'd like the world to know.
Read an excerpt from Anne K. Howard's book, 'His Garden: Conversations with a Serial Killer' where William Devin Howell gives details about how he murdered and disposed of some of his victims.
In 1991, Miguel Angel Martinez,17, Manuel 'Milo' Flores,17, and Miguel Angel Venegas, Jr.,16, each played a role in a triple axe-and-knife murder that rocked the small city of Laredo, Texas. The motivation behind the crime remains a mystery. Martinez and Venegas tell their stories in 'I Am a Killer,' available on Netflix.
Move over fingerprints—an exciting new field of forensics has emerged: DNA phenotyping, where investigators interpret DNA left behind at a crime scene to make predictions about what the perpetrator might look like. We spoke with Ellen Greytak, a bioinformatics expert, to learn more about the use and limitations of this new science.
Tricia Griffith, who runs the web forum Websleuths, talks to A&E True Crime about her close encounter with Ted Bundy, how the online community dug into the Casey Anthony case and why she believes police should let amateur detectives help investigations.
Dr. Thomas Andrew, retired chief medical examiner of New Hampshire and now a forensic consultant, speaks with A&E True Crime about a surprising autopsy case he worked on that aided a murder case.
A&E True Crime spoke with forensic podiatrist Dr. Michael Nirenberg to learn about the differences between footprints and fingerprints and why foot evidence can be so valuable to law enforcement.
To find out how one might escape a captor, A&E True Crime spoke with Lt. Chris Zimmerman, commander of the New York Police Department's Hostage-Negotiation Team.
