In this Season 6 opener, you’ll hear the jaw-dropping, twisty case of Barbara Carr Villarreal.  Barbara was stabbed to death in her Garland, TX home in 1986. Her husband was also attacked in the home invasion.  But stories and evidence did not match up, and police were left chasing their tails, and chasing their prime suspect who was in the wind. Nothing in this case was as it seemed to be, and justice for Barbara seemed unattainable.  Modern investigators had to solve an identity theft case to find the true name of the person they believed was behind Barbara’s murder, and then had to use kinship testing to finally name her murderer.

In the final episode of 2025, we recap the fascinating cases we've covered in 2025, as well as provide updates to past cases. 

In January 1987, 82 year old Opal Weil was slain in her St. Petersburg, FL home. The crime scene reflected a burglary, with Opal’s wedding ring pulled off her finger.  Within a week, it happened again. Octogenarian Eleanor Swift’s home, just 6 miles from Opal’s, was burgled, she was killed, and her wedding ring taken.  A third victim in the same month survived, but remembered nothing.  The cases, quickly connected in the eyes of the investigators, went cold, despite a large number of suspects being considered.  Hairs found at Opal’s crime scene, distinct from her own, would prove to be the key to an IGG analysis, and a suspect was finally identified and arrested for her murder in 2023.  But that is not the end of the story.