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A crime scene investigator survives after being gunned down in broad daylight. The harrowing scene is captured on surveillance video. Who pulled the trigger? See how investigators followed a digital evidence trail to solve the case. The shooting On April 20, 2022, Nicole “Nicki” Lenway was shot twice in the …

[This story originally aired on March 22, 2022.] Lana Clayton said she found her husband Steve Clayton dead at the bottom of a staircase in their South Carolina home. The businessman, who created physical therapy clinics, had been married to his wife for five years when he died. Initially, the …

This story originally aired on Sept. 24, 2022. Lori Ann Slesinski was a recent Auburn University graduate who vanished in 2006 when she was supposed to show up at her best friend’s home to watch a movie. Her disappearance remained a mystery until 2022, when another friend, Rick Ennis, went …

This story first aired on Oct. 1, 2022. It was updated on June 3, 2023. When investigators entered the McLean, Virginia, home of millionaire mother Pam Hargan, they discovered the bodies of Pam and her youngest daughter Helen, who was found with a rifle. Hours later, police told the family …

In January 2021, a California man was sentenced to two life terms for the murder of his parents, leaving his sister devastated, but now, the case has taken a turn after an appeals court decided to overturn his conviction and remand the case for a new trial. Prior to this …

This story previously aired on Feb. 5, 2022. It was updated on August 27. More than three decades ago, four teenage girls were brutally murdered in an I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas. The horrific crime has haunted their families, the city, and the investigators who chased …

After 38 years, correspondent Richard Schlesinger is retiring from CBS News. Schlesinger is widely regarded as one of the best writers and interviewers in the business. Throughout his career, Schlesinger contributed to every platform in the news division, but spent most of his time reporting for “48 Hours” and “CBS …

In 2001, Jane Dorotik was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of her husband. She always maintained she was wrongly convicted. Decades later, new defense lawyers successfully challenged the state’s case, discrediting some of the evidence that had been used to convict her. On May …

Ben Renick, a “rock star” of the reptile world, was found dead in June 2017. Investigators initially suspected one of his prized serpents had killed him, but they realized something more heinous was responsible. June 8, 2017: A deadly snake bite? Montgomery County, Missouri, sheriff’s deputies were called to a …

Case update: On Sept. 28, 2023, Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder for throwing 38-year-old Amie Harwick from the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills home in the early morning hours of Feb. 15, 2020. On Dec. 6, 2023, he was was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of …