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Season 1

  • S01E01 To Catch a Witness

    • December 21, 2008

    A man is found dead in Indianapolis and Homicide Detective Christine Minka takes the call. Witnesses saw a man with a gun, but no one saw the actual murder. Minka and partner Det. Lesia Moore will need the full force of the IMPD to break this one.

  • S01E02 The Ripple Effect

    • December 28, 2008

    A body is found dead, floating in Indianapolis's White River and Homicide Detective Sgt. Jeff Breedlove is on the case. Dive crews recover the victim, a young woman. Detectives must figure out her identity. Was it an accident, suicide, or a murder?

  • S01E03 No Body, No Crime?

    • January 4, 2009

    A man has been missing for months, and his truck has just been found -- without him in it. It's Indianapolis Homicide Detective Christine Minka's first "missing person's case." She'll first have to prove that a murder happened, let alone solve it.

  • S01E04 Naked Truth

    • January 11, 2009

    Two men are shot; one survives and the other does not. IMPD Homicide Detective Tom Tudor takes the lead on the case. Detectives begin their investigation, and hear accounts of a second crime, a home break-in gone wrong. Are the two crimes related?

  • S01E05 Torched

    • January 18, 2009

    A young man is found shot dead in Indianapolis. Det. Jesse Beavers and partner Det. Tom Tudor respond. Witnesses give conflicting reports of several cars spotted at the scene. The case has a twist that leaves Beavers hunting for pieces to the puzzle.

  • S01E06 Brother's Keeper

    • January 25, 2009

    Two brothers are shot, one fatally, during a hostage situation in Indianapolis.

  • S01E07 No Good Deed

    • February 8, 2009

    A man is found dead in his home in suburban Indianapolis, lying in a pool of blood. IMPD Homicide Detective Sgt. Jeff Breedlove takes the case. The victim is a faith-based counselor who helped homeless people. Was the murderer someone he knew?

  • S01E08 Web of Lies

    • February 15, 2009

    A couple is shot dead in their home. Detectives Tom Tudor and Todd Lappin take the case. One victim's phone is in use after she has died. Is it in the hands of the killer? Detectives meet with potential suspects who all give contradictory statements.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Bloodlines

    • September 30, 2009

    An older man quietly living out his retirement is attacked an murdered in his home. Detectives strongest source of information is being evasive and needs to be convinced to help catch the killer.

  • S02E02 Swift Justice

    • October 7, 2009

    Det. Lesia Moore investigates the shooting death of a teenager. A fingerprint left at the scene is tested and yields surprising results.

  • S02E03 Burnt

    • October 14, 2009

    In a densely wooded lot, a body is found burnt beyond recognition. Through the autopsy and interviews, Detective Mannina makes an ID. But rather than simplifying the case, the discovery poses even more challenges. Will police uncover the truth?

  • S02E04 Roll of the Dice

    • October 21, 2009

    A young vocational school student is shot in the front yard of his friends house, and while there are number of people who were around when the shooting occurred none want to cooperate with the investigation when they are first confronted about this incident. While this young man was said to have no enemies in the neighborhood the autopsy results yield some surprising results and sends the investigation in another direction. And it leads to a surprising suspect

  • S02E05 A Body with Nothing

    • October 29, 2009

    Police are called to investigate multiple gunshots. A man is found sitting in a car with multiple gun shot wounds and there is evidence of more then one gun. There are no witnesses and little in the way of forensic evidence. This investigation spans several days.

  • S02E06 Sketched

    • November 4, 2009

    A man is shot on Indy's east side. Since the girlfriend was an eyewitness, Detective Tom Tudor hopes she's able to provide useful information. She seems reliable until she gets a call from an unknown ID saying 'I hope you're keeping your mouth shut.'

  • S02E07 Boiling Point

    • November 11, 2009

    A Mexican family has a small cooking fire in their apartment. The husband plans to repair the damage himself; in the mean time the caretaker for the apartment complex (also a Mexican) confronts the man in the grocery. The man feeling threatened called his family for help. When his family arrived the caretaker and his brother opened fire. When police arrived they were left with a confusing crime scene.

  • S02E08 Secrets of the Dead

    • November 11, 2009

    Two women are shot in a car in an apartment-complex parking lot, and the 911 caller may have been affiliated with one of the victims.

  • S02E09 The Fixer

    • December 9, 2009

    After a search for a body in a river turns up nothing, IMPD shift detectives come across a real crime. A man is shot and killed in a northern Indianapolis. Upon hearing two differing accounts, Det. Tom Tudor must get to the truth to make an arrest.

  • S02E10 Cast of Thousands

    • December 16, 2009

    A 27 year old mother of three is murdered at home and Detective Tom Tudor must get to the bottom of this horrific crime. Their only lead is a surveillance tape recorded by a neighbor. Will this tape give detectives a chance to reveal the killers identity?

  • S02E11 A Tryst of Fate

    • December 30, 2009

    A 36-year old father is brutally shot in Indy's east side. Lead detective Lesia Moore takes the case. Through an eyewitness, Moore gets a lead involving a man associated with the victim's girlfriend.

  • S02E12 Bad Moon

    • January 13, 2010

    On Halloween night, Detective Mannina finds a 24 year old male shot to death outside an apartment building. Mannina must dig deep to uncover the events leading up to the shooting. Is the suspect she finds a murderer, or a victim acting in self defense?

  • S02E13 Loose Cannon

    • January 20, 2010

    Detective Christine Mannina investigates the brutal shooting of a woman hit by stray gunfire on a neighborhood street. The suspect is on the run and threatening to commit suicide. Can detectives they apprehend him before he hurts himself or anyone else?

Season 3

  • S03E01 Armed and Dangerous

    • July 7, 2010

    Detective Jesse Beavers works the vicious murder of a beloved jewelry store owner. All detectives know is that the victim was killed with his own gun. Beavers must enlist the help of the victim's family and friends to lead him to the the killer.

  • S03E02 Family Man

    • July 28, 2010

    Detective Scott Scheid investigates the murder of a recent immigrant and father of eight, killed during an apparent robbery attempt. Scheid's best lead comes from security cameras that caught the murder on video.

  • S03E03 One Shot Deal

    • July 14, 2010

    A 24-year-old man is shot death in what appears to be a drug deal gone bad; a gold car may provide a break in the case.

  • S03E04 Cold as Ice

    • July 14, 2010

    A gory crime scene in a middle-class neighborhood turns a husband into a suspect in his wife's murder.

  • S03E05 Where There's Smoke

    • August 4, 2010

    Detective Jeff Breedlove investigates the murder of a man who is found wrapped in bloody carpet. Wit-nesses help Breedlove identify a suspect-who vanishes, along with an 18-year-old female witness. Can Breedlove catch the killer before he kills her?