A convicted sex offender and his girlfriend pose as upright citizens founding a school until they are caught having sex with one of the students. A construction worker brutally slashes a popular man to death in a random encounter.

A Southern California millionaire allegedly murders his wife, then calls the authorities with a far-fetched claim that a house-painter did it. Also, the brutal rape and murder of a flight attendant goes unsolved for 8 years, until the perpetrator's terrified family flees to Mexico to unmask him for authorities.