People Magazine Presents: Crimes Of The 2000s

When an exotic animal keeper vanishes on her way to work at San Diego's Wild Animal Park in the fall of 2000, investigators unearth several suspects, but only one who had ample opportunity to go in for the kill.

In 2001, a massive explosion decimates a home on a quiet Scottsdale, Arizona street; the bodies of three family members lie amid the rubble, but one key person is missing; in this real-life murder mystery, the search for that man will go on for decades.

A spree killer who leaves his victims tied up with neckties torments the men of Atlanta in the fall of 2002; as investigators hit many dead ends, one clue left behind could be the final puzzle piece detectives need to tie these cases together.

In 2003, a lively college town in Kentucky faces tragedy after the vicious rape and murder of student Katie Autry; as police sift through the suspect list, two people stand out from the rest, and one learns if they play with fire, they will get burned.

In 2004, three separate murders carried out over two weeks confound California police after discovering the culprit used the same type of gun in all the killings; detectives first suspect robbery, but as they dig deeper, they unearth a much darker motive.

A prison nurse falls hard for an inmate, and they start a torrid affair; their forbidden secret doesn't stay locked up for long, and in August of 2005, one criminal in the relationship turns into two.