A missing toddler. A despondent taskforce. A case handed over to Homicide when all hope is lost. This is no longer a lost babe they're searching for. This is now a murder investigation. A set of circumstances that seems to insist that we draw certain conclusions. We mustn't do that. We have to remain open to all possibilities.

Ten women missing over 12 years. No clues to their whereabouts and no leads to follow. What initially seemed like unrelated disappearances has now landed in Homicide's lap after a potential connection is spotted by Missing Persons DSC Victoria Oakley.

A deadly hit-and-run is initially dismissed as an accident. When a witness belatedly comes forward with new evidence, Homicide re-opens the case — and a can of worms — when it turns out the victim's employer is none other than the Police Union.

A double homicide. A husband shot dead. A wife using her last breath to relay an important clue. As the team work fast for a break, DSS Wolfe comes to realise he isn't entirely impartial. He knows the victims and the accused.

Homicide is running an investigation where they have to track corpses, suspects, and the lives of victims unknown. When they discover the identities of the victims, could it simply be a case of wrong place/wrong time?

There's new blood in the State Police's most distinguished department. Meet DSC Allie Kingston. A fast thinking, fast acting, no nonsense cop. But not everyone's impressed.

An old Digger bashed to death. Was it a burglary gone wrong? In a community populated by haves and have-nots, could this pensioner have been the unlucky target of a desperate thief? But who would stoop so low to kill a pensioner just for a few valuables?

A 14-year-old maths genius plus a murdered maths tutor equals a complicated crime that has Homicide reaching for the textbooks. Mysterious equations scrawled across the victim's body pose a question that only the killer can answer.

A dramatic confession on live television. A violent and professional shooting of a truck driver in broad daylight. When Homicide gets drawn into the world of dirty tobacco, it's going to be a hard slog to smoke out the true players.

A couple is viciously attacked in their own home and their young son is the sole witness. Was this an unmotivated home invasion or something more complex?

Derek Hislop. A harmless, lonely guy willing to do anything for the right girl. So why would someone go to the extremes of torturing him to death… with a branding iron? What did he do for love and why did it cost him his life?

A disgraced jockey ends his life with a bullet. Was the shame of cheating too much, or is this more than a simple suicide? Odds on where there's horseracing and illegal activities, there's Homicide's old foe Max McKenzie. Could this be the team's chance to finally put him away?

A regular day in Homicide. A murder. A crime scene. An investigation. Except that... Duncan Freeman is back. Walking into Homicide as if nothing had happened. Healed. Over the trauma of his attack. Or is he?

Backpackers. Kids who've shed their skin of responsibility and embraced the hedonistic life. Each of them wanting to become someone different, do something different, but does that mean forgetting the value of human life? Did one of these reckless travellers go too far and become a killer?

A bomb blast rips through an ATM, destroying a crowded shopping strip and taking the lives of three innocents. Are they collateral damage in a heist gone wrong? Or has this messy act been designed with a specific target in mind?

A teen car booster is bashed, shot and dumped in an empty lot. Is it simply a case of him stealing the wrong car? When his associate is found with key evidence linked to a constable's murder, the team realise they could have more than a coincidence on their hands.

Your boyfriend disappears after receiving calls from a mystery woman; your bank account has been drained. Affair, right? Wrong. When Jacob Dennis unexpectedly turns up dead, his execution-style murder leads our team into the corrupt dealings of the local council where he worked.

Tabitha Mailer tried everything to lose weight. Her latest effort was Easyshake — a quick fix that became a quick kill when she swallowed a laced dosage. Her violent and unnecessary death leads Homicide to a small Health Food Store with a big problem.