When Lesley Ford and four of her children disappear from a Cornish village, her husband claims they left him without a trace. But police are suspicious.

When a father gets into financial difficulty and is charged with fraud, he can’t see a way forward. Facing jail time, he makes a horrifying decision.

When missing teenager Shafilea Ahmed's dismembered and decomposed remains are found in Cumbria, her parents seem devastated. Years later, police unravel the truth: of abuse, family honour and murder.

Five-year-old, Sir Ameir Stackhouse is killed on Father's Day at his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Initially blamed on an accidental fall, the autopsy later reveals the brutal truth of the killing.

Police in Kansas City make a horrifying discovery in a local wasteland: the body of a young child. When she's finally identified, it leads to a shocking truth.

In 2007, Neal Williams is slashed to death with a samurai sword at his California home and his two young sons are suffocated in their beds. Shockingly, the perpetrator is Neal's wife, Manling.

When the body of 8-year-old Ayesha Ali is found at her east London home, investigators eventually uncover a complex web of lies, manipulation and abuse.

A case which began when a mother received a phone call from her ex-husband saying he'd just murdered their three young daughters. She gives her first in-depth TV interview about her loss.

When young Bianca Jones disappears in Detroit her father claims she was abducted during a carjacking. But painstaking work by detectives exposes holes in his story.

When a father is confronted by police in a custody dispute, he kills nine of his children.

The shocking story of a double murder carried out in revenge after Chrissie Chambers leaves her partner – and the brave young girl who escaped.

A 5-year-old's death in hospital seems to be a tragedy, but doctors soon suspect his mother is involved. When police investigate they discover the horrific truth.

An abusive and vengeful father lures his young sons to his house. Little do they know that he's planning a devastating act of revenge.