The episode follows the case of Diana Kelley who was found dead in Joplin, MO. Investigators initially suspected foul play, but years later a strange coincidence links the death of Diana to another Joplin resident with similar circumstances, bringing hope to investigators that digging up her body will help solve two murders.

Marilyn McIntyre's gruesome murder goes unsolved for decades, until a phone call resurrects the investigation. Is it possible evidence is buried with the victim? After thirty years underground, does it still exist?

A typical summer morning for four-year-old Heidi Jones turned into a nightmare when she found her mother dead in the living room. Law enforcement work feverishly to solve the murder of Loretta Jones. An exhumation is the key to solving the case.

Two men fishing east of Nashville, Tenn., on April 28,1982, discover a decaying body, later identified as Gene Stump, but only an exhumation will ensure justice is served when detectives find a suspect.

Weeks from giving birth, Meg Purk is found dead in her home of an apparent suicide. Did Meg really kill herself and her unborn baby, or is the truth more horrible than anyone can imagine? It will take an exhumation to unearth the truth.

When grandmother Erma Prince dies after a simple hip surgery, fears spread that a killer nurse could be responsible. The police do everything they can to track down the killer... including exhuming Erma's body.

An unconventional love story ends in murder when a mail-order bride disappears without a trace. Detectives discover that someone closest to her has a suspicious past, and only an exhumation can solve the mystery.

A beloved wife finds her husband dead of an apparent suicide by poisoning. Suspicious detectives must exhume the body of her first husband to unearth the truth… and discover a diabolical plot devised by a lovelorn "Black Widow."

An exhumation is conducted when a year after Diana Burrow dies of natural causes, a rumor begins to spread in the small town of St. Pauls, N.C., that she was murdered.

Mystery shrouds the disappearance of wife and mother Danna Dever, but the discovery of skeletal remains in a California prairie may be the key to finding out what happened.

A new mother is discovered dead in her apartment. Her death is ruled an accident, but when a new investigator digs deeper into the evidence, only an exhumation can prove the truth is far more disturbing than what meets the eye.

An explosive attempted murder of a popular local businessman leads detectives down a twisted path of mysterious deaths. The true identity of the mastermind behind the plan all hinges on what the exhumation reveals.

When the father of a respected Alabama family is killed in a horrible accident, the autopsy seems to match up with what’s on the surface. As a twisted story unfolds around the family’s finances, the medical examiner is forced to take a second look.

A rancher in rural South Dakota quietly passes away at home. All signs point to a natural death, until a shocking confession spurs detectives to take a closer look at the autopsy and a bizarre love-triangle involving a troubled set of twin sisters.

Fun-loving Vicki Ross is found dead in her car, wrapped in an electric blanket. Investigators zero in on a suspect by analyzing animal hair found at the scene, but, only an exhumation can prove who killed this vibrant young woman.

Police respond to a fire at a horse track in upstate New York and are shocked to find a groomer has taken her own life. Years later, another groomer’s eerily similar death prompts investigators to request a second autopsy and uncover the truth.

The shocking murder of realtor Virginia “Ginger” Freeman in 1981 seemed doomed to be cold forever. Leads come and go over the next 38 years until new DNA technology unearths a clue that calls for the exhumation of a body … but not Ginger’s.

LaQuinta Smith, a loving mother and friend, is found dead after a house fire. The scene suggests suicide, but when a tip comes in about a possible confession letter in the coffin, investigators need an exhumation to uncover the true killer.

A Missouri mother leaves home one night and never returns. When a new medical examiner takes matters into her own hands performing an illegal exhumation, she discovers the forensics may tell a story of not just one, but two murders.

A popular teen is found dead in her backyard clutching an empty liquor bottle. When an outside look at the toxicology reveals the alcohol wasn’t what killed her, secrets start to spill that someone wanted her out of the picture.