Maria Elena Salinas digs for the true stories behind national headline-making crimes in search of new evidence, unheard perspectives, and updates to the cases. The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas premieres Monday, April 24 at 10/9c.

In 1990, a teenager was convicted of murdering his parents. Forced into a confession by homicide detectives, Martin Tankleff spent twenty years trying to prove his innocence.

In 1990, a teenager was convicted of murdering his parents. Forced into a confession by homicide detectives, Martin Tankleff spent twenty years trying to prove his innocence.

When 22-year-old Erin Belanger and her boyfriend Francisco "Flacco" Roman move to Deltona, Florida, they're hoping for a new start. Little do they know the danger that awaits them.

A house in East Detroit is shot up, leaving four dead and one injured. 14-year-old Davontae Sanford admits that he committed the crime and provides investigators with a detailed sketch. But if he didn't do it, how did he draw an accurate diagram?

2004: A daycare provider in Corvallis, Oregon is alarmed when 2-year-old Karly Sheehan, one of her brightest and most energetic children, starts exhibiting strange new behavior while her hair appears to be falling out. Is it too late to save her?

In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan was barreling towards the Florida coast when Michelle Jones decides to invite her Aunt Teri and Uncle Charlie to ride out the storm. What was intended to be a fun visit turns into something much darker.

When Mary Rose's 15-year-old daughter, Annette, takes up with 41-year-old Felix Vail in 1981, Mary is concerned. But it's not until Annette disappears three years later without a trace, that Mary begins to discover Felix's dark history.

June 12, 2016: nearly 200 people are partying at Pulse Nightclub, a haven for the LGBTQ community. After last call, 29-yr-old Omar Mateen opens fire, killing 49 people & injuring more than 50 in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

1997, suburbs of Seattle: A body is found in a park and police are on their way to inform the victim's family, when they trip on the scene of a massacre. Their investigation leads them to Seattle’s Goth scene.

On September 10, 2003, in Joliet, Ill., Mexican immigrant Felipe Ulloa tells his wife Eloisa that he is going to a local bar to collect a $75 debt. He never returns. Police discover his charred remains in the back of a burnt-out vehicle.

In 2009, police uncover the most grisly murder scene in New Mexico history. After uncovering human remains on the West Mesa, Albuquerque PD launched an unprecedented investigation that leads to a serial killer on the loose.

In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan was barreling towards the Florida coast when Michelle Jones decides to invite her Aunt Teri and Uncle Charlie to ride out the storm. What was intended to be a fun visit turns into something much darker.

When Mary Rose's 15-year-old daughter, Annette, takes up with 41-year-old Felix Vail in 1981, Mary is concerned. But it's not until Annette disappears three years later without a trace, that Mary begins to discover Felix's dark history.

June 12, 2016: nearly 200 people are partying at Pulse Nightclub, a haven for the LGBTQ community. After last call, 29-yr-old Omar Mateen opens fire, killing 49 people & injuring more than 50 in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

1997, suburbs of Seattle: A body is found in a park and police are on their way to inform the victim's family, when they trip on the scene of a massacre. Their investigation leads them to Seattle’s Goth scene.

On September 10, 2003, in Joliet, Ill., Mexican immigrant Felipe Ulloa tells his wife Eloisa that he is going to a local bar to collect a $75 debt. He never returns. Police discover his charred remains in the back of a burnt-out vehicle.

In 2009, police uncover the most grisly murder scene in New Mexico history. After uncovering human remains on the West Mesa, Albuquerque PD launched an unprecedented investigation that leads to a serial killer on the loose.

Investigative filmmaker Tony Harris ventures deep into small-town America to pull back the curtain on the often-nefarious players and foreboding places at the center of crimes that happened there.

In Texas, teenaged brothers John and Michael Arena are locked up for sexually assaulting their young cousins, a crime they say they didn't commit. When new evidence emerges, they fight to clear their names. Is it enough to prove their innocence?

Tony Harris investigates the mysterious death of Jeff Bradstreet, a controversial doctor known for unorthodox autism treatments. Police rule his death a suicide, but Dr. Bradstreet's family and supporters believe something more sinister is at play.

Beloved 16-year-old cheerleader, Demi Cuccia, is stabbed to death in her own home by her ex-boyfriend, 18-year-old John Mullarkey. After a police investigation, John is charged with first-degree murder and Demi's friends & family are left wondering.

Elizabeth Shoaf was forced into Vinson Filyaw's rape dungeon for ten days until she managed to escape.

In Southwest Florida, Terrance Williams, a young father, disappears. As his mother retraces his steps she uncovers something ominous: the last known person to see Terrance alive has a strange and disturbing connection to another missing man.

Hard-working family man Chris MacCallum disappears while on a camping trip deep in the forest along the border of California and Oregon.

Hard-working family man Chris MacCallum disappears while on a camping trip deep in the forest along the border of California and Oregon.

Sarah Jo Pender is implicated in the double murder of her roommates, was she the puppet master or an innocent bystander? Even the prosecutor has his doubts.

In the fall of 2005, Becky Sue MacDonald, a loving mother of four, breaks up with her abusive boyfriend and moves in with a relative to make a fresh start. When she goes missing, some wonder if she's hiding from her ex, but others suspect foul play.