Final Witness - Season 1

The story of a woman who, along with her two children, was killed in her rural Texas home in 2008, as told from her imagined vantage point.

Zack Bowen and Addie Hall were both young and beautiful - charismatic fixtures of New Orleans' bohemian French Quarter in 2005. But they were also a pair of damaged souls. A free spirit who wrote poetry and taught dance, Addie was also on the run from a troubled past. And Zack wasn't just the beloved bartender and talented musician known throughout the Quarter; he was an Army veteran scarred by his time in Kosovo and Iraq. Zack and Addie fell in love just weeks before Hurricane Katrina, but the bond they formed couldn't survive in its wake. As the city slowly recovered, Zack and Addie's relationship deteriorated, their passion for each other spilling over into clash after clash - until Zack could no longer keep his demons at bay, and a murderous night changed everything. Told from the victim's point of view, this episode of "Final Witness" includes gripping, first-person accounts of the murder case by Zack and Addie's friends, Zack's mom, Addie's employer and others. "Graveyard Love"

MaryJane Baker Longo is happy. She is a wife, a mother of three and a devout Jehovah's Witness. Her handsome husband, Christian, is a charming go-getter and is making a great life for his family. When Chris wants to pack up the family and drive cross-country, MaryJane is excited - a chance to see America. But the family adventure turns into a nightmare when MaryJane discovers that Chris' wanderlust is really a flight from justice - and that Chris isn't the man she thought he was.

"Vixen's Elixir" -- Young Atlanta motorcycle cop Glenn Turner dies suddenly after a bout of the flu. His wife, Lynn, and friends and family are shocked, devastated - how could this be? Glenn was so strong! He s buried with full honors, the whole thing a terrible tragedy. But six years later, when Glenn's widow, Lynn, buries a second husband -- firefighter Randy Thompson, who died "after a bout of the flu" -- Glenn's buddies (all cops) know that something isn't right. With the help of Glenn's mother and the family of the second victim, Glenn's friends demand an exhumation, link the two deaths and expose a black widow killer.

"The Devil You Know" -- Donnah and Mark Winger of Springfield, Illinois seemed to have it all. She was an OR nurse, he a nuclear safety tech. They were active members of their temple, good neighbors and, after struggling for years with infertility, had just adopted a baby girl. They finally had the life they dreamed of. But one day their dream was shattered. After receiving a 911 call from Mark, police officers arrived to find Donnah and another man sprawled on the kitchen floor. Mark had a terrifying story to tell about a strange cab driver who had recently scared Donnah and had returned to the house to attack her. When Mark shot the man in self defense, both Donnah and the stranger died. The grieving widower moved on with his life for four years, until a rookie detective re-opened the case and uncovered some unlikely evidence that unraveled Mark's story and pointed investigators to what really happened.

"A Mother's Revenge" -- A young man stumbles across what seems to be a human body in the middle of a cornfield in rural Ohio. The body is so badly decomposed that only dental records can confirm who it is -- 20-year-old Andrew Dotson, whose mother had reported him missing one month earlier. Before his murder, Andrew still felt like the overweight, shy kid he'd been in high-school when he moved with his mom and stepdad to Franklin County, Ohio. It didn't matter that he could be wickedly funny when he was at ease, or that he'd lost the weight and found a devoted girlfriend. What Andrew had craved more than anything was the peer acceptance he'd never had before. For all the signs pointing to a main suspect, it would only be through the tireless efforts of Andrew's mother, Lora Eberhard, that the killer would be brought to justice. She would unearth a tale of multiple shootings, gang rivalries, contract killings, misidentified snitches, jailhouse informants and a string of ruined young lives left in the wreckage.

"What the Boy Saw" -- When beautiful Russian doctor Nina Reiser disappears from her home in Oakland, California, the investigation uncovers a tangled web of toxic relationships, thwarted dreams and a custody battle that turned poisonous. What it doesn't uncover is Nina. Where is she, what happened to her? The DA tries to prosecute her computer-genius husband for her murder, but with minimal evidence and no body, it's an uphill battle. However, when a surprise witness takes the stand and tells what he saw the night Nina disappeared, it forces the killer to reveal himself and leads authorities to Nina's body.