Homicide: Hours to Kill
The key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere within the final 24 hours of the victim's life. This true-crime documentary series follows investigators as they piece together events.
- 2017-2023
- 5 seasons
- Documentary, Suspense
The key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere within the final 24 hours of the victim's life. This true-crime documentary series follows investigators as they piece together events.
Season 5 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Heir To Murder
42 mins
In an affluent Manhattan suburb, killers torture and beat millionaire Ben Novak Jr. in his hotel room. When police find his hands, legs, and mouth taped, his throat slashed, and his eyes gouged-out-they know they're looking for two or more sadists. In a hotel filled with thousands of convention delegates, detectives assemble a long list of enemies. Each has a motive and they are all pointing the finger at someone else.
Episode 2
Devil at the Depot
Thu, May 25, 2023 42 mins
A gunman kills a 37-year-old volunteer police officer and mother of three, Laura Grillo, in the kitchen of her suburban Dallas home. At first, detectives suspect a burglar fleeing the scene. But in a high-profile case that involves multiple agencies and crossing state lines, investigators must link a bombshell accusation to a game-changing email and a diabolical mastermind who thinks he can outsmart the law.
Episode 3
The Easter Week Murder
42 mins
On Easter Sunday in Massachussetts, police find the remains of a 24-year-old woman. With DNA in its infancy, it will take 25 years before a determined DA, advances in DNA technology, and a suspect's plea can bring the case to its shocking conclusion.
Episode 4
Diamonds Are Not Forever
Thu, Jun 15, 2023
When a hardworking single mom, 20-year-old Danielle Jennings, is strangled to death in the bedroom of her Atlanta-area home, initially it looks to investigators like a burglary gone bad. But as detectives reconstruct Danielle's final 24 hours, their suspicions turn from a burglar to her fiancé, to a creepy co-worker, and then to a violent ex-boyfriend. Ultimately, investigators discover a disturbing pattern of attacks-and a predator with the master key.
Episode 5
Highway to Hell
Thu, Jun 1, 2023 42 mins
An alarmed commuter on an Atlanta highway calls 911 after seeing a gunman fire into an SUV on the shoulder of the road. The victim is a 43-year-old father of two, Joseph Wilder, shot seven times. Eyewitnesses paint a clear picture of what happened at the scene. But figuring out what led to the violent confrontation will take 17 years, a random tip from Texas, and a clever sting operation that finally reveals who pulled the trigger.
Episode 6
Blood on the Books
Thu, Jun 8, 2023 42 mins
A bookkeeper to several wealthy families, 57-year-old Barbara Iske, is gunned down-execution style-in the driveway of her client's upscale Michigan home. Two local kids say they glimpsed the getaway vehicle. A tip from a Detroit sex-worker leads to an epic fail. And as investigators dig deeper into the victim's inner circle, they eventually uncover a dark family conflict where advocating for mom's financial interest can have deadly consequences.
Episode 7
It Takes Two to Tango
Thu, Jun 29, 2023 42 mins
While his fiancé is fast asleep inside their home, 26-year-old Tray Phelps- a devoted father and aspiring pilot boat captain- is severely beaten to death on his driveway. Missouri investigators are convinced they're looking for multiple attackers. And while a series of disturbing social media posts tips authorities to a possible suspect, he refuses to give up the master manipulator at the heart of a sordid family plot.
Episode 8
A Deadly Liason
Thu, Jun 22, 2023 40 mins
On New Year's Day in 2014, a concerned father in a small Pennsylvania town reports his 23-year-old daughter, Ashley Kline, missing. Within days, a jogger finds some of her personal items. And a few weeks later, hikers in a field stumble upon her charred remains. It's clear Ashley was brutally assaulted and then set on fire. And detectives soon add her best friend, her jealous boyfriend, and an obsessive prison pen-pal to the list of prime suspects.
Episode 9
Frozen Stiffs
Thu, Jul 6, 2023 42 mins
In a remote farming community on the Canadian prairie, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers (RCMP) discover the body of 81-year-old recluse Elsie Steppa in a locked room of her hoarder home. Two barking dogs are by her side, and so are a bloody ice axe and a hammer. Three days later, the RCMP discover the battered frozen body of Elsie's nephew in the back of his pickup truck. Aggressive and battling mental illness, 50-year-old Harry Jones has had a long list of enemies-and a hidden identity that may hide a motive for murder.
Episode 10
Semper Fi or Die
Thu, Jul 13, 2023 42 mins
Retired Marine and recent widower David Lunz loses the battle with his attackers when they silence him with a shotgun blast in his Palm Harbor, Florida home. Initially, the suspects include the victim's brother, his estranged son, and a mystery woman he'd only just met. But then a double murder nearby leads investigators in a new direction, until a fisherman discovers the victim's stolen handgun in a North Carolina lake, and homicide investigators cross state lines for a dramatic conclusion they didn't see coming.
Episode 11
Deadly Delivery
Mon, Oct 23, 2023
A PhD chemistry student at UC Santa Barbara, 27-year-old Jarrod Davidson answers his front door and gets shot by a weapon so powerful that the bullet pierces his neighbor's apartment. Initially, one couple claims the chemistry whiz was involved in cooking and selling drugs. But as California investigators dig deeper, they uncover a nasty custody battle and a cold-blooded family plot that hinges on a single strand of DNA.
Episode 12
The Cutting Edge
Thu, Oct 5, 2023 40 mins
After Michigan detectives find a popular hairstylist stabbed to death, their suspects include the victim's landlord, her married lover, and an aggressive ex-boyfriend. But it's an unexpected call that ultimately leads police in the right direction.
Episode 13
Footprints to Murder
42 mins
In an upscale community outside Memphis, Shelby County Deputies find a beloved high school basketball coach and teacher-47-year-old Jimmy Fitzgerald McLean-shot multiple times at close range in his home. There's no sign of robbery, and it's clear the killer has a key. At first, Tennessee investigators follow up on a twisted story of ambition, lies and revenge. That is, until cellphone data from a local carrier-and an incriminating trophy-lead them to reconsider evidence they already have, and a homicidal web of deception gradually comes into view.
