A Time to Kill
The key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere in the final hours of a victim's life. In each one-hour episode of A Time to Kill, determined investigators must piece together events during this critical window to reconstruct the timeline, unlock the motive, and ultimately close in on the killer.
- 2020-2023
- 9 seasons
- Investigation Discovery
- Documentary, Suspense
The key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere in the final hours of a victim's life. In each one-hour episode of A Time to Kill, determined investigators must piece together events during this critical window to reconstruct the timeline, unlock the motive, and ultimately close in on the killer.
Season 9 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Diamonds Are Not Forever
Thu, Sep 28, 2023 42 mins
March 15, 1999, Norcross, Georgia: Single mother of a 2-year-old child, Danielle Jennings, age 20, is found dead in her apartment. Law enforcement detectives delve into her life, interviewing anybody who may have been responsible for this crime. In the end, the perpetrator was the apartment complex maintenance man, Calvin Oliver. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Episode 2
The Cutting Edge
Thu, Oct 5, 2023 42 mins
After Michigan law enforcement detectives find a popular hairstylist stabbed to death, their suspects include the victim's landlord, her married lover and an aggressive ex-boyfriend. An unexpected telephone call from Kevin Kaminske ultimately leads police in the right direction. This installment follows the September 19, 2011 murder of 41-year-old hairdresser Ranae Chupick in her Rochester Road apartment in Royal Oak, Michigan. Her killer was her "off and on" career criminal boyfriend Christopher Michael Hearn. Now age 24 in 2012, Chris Hearn was convicted of 2nd degree murder and sentenced to "48 to 90" years in prison, with the possibility of parole.
Episode 3
Footprints to Murder
Thu, Oct 12, 2023 42 mins
On February 22, 2013, law enforcement deputies in Tennessee find a beloved Memphis-area basketball coach, 49-year-old Jimmy McClain, murdered in his home. He had been the beloved basketball coach at Ridgeway High School. As investigators dig deeper into his closest relationships, they gradually unravel a homicidal web of deception, lies, and family honor. In the end, detectives arrested Dwayne Moore for the murder. Moore is the son of McClain's estranged wife.
Episode 4
Deadly Delivery
Thu, Oct 19, 2023 42 mins
Santa Barbara, California, July 2004; A Ph.D. student in Chemistry, 27-year-old Jarrod B. Davidson, was found badly wounded on the doorstep of his apartment from a high-powered rifle shot. He died on the way to the hospital. Law enforcement detectives pieced together a grisly family plot based on a single genetic marker. The lead investigator was Detective Greg Sorenson of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office. The case was solved through DNA and other forensics. In the end, the perpetrators were Jarrod's ex-wife Kelee Davidson and her parents, Philip Jones and Mindy Jones. All three were convicted and sentenced for the murder. Both Phil and Mindy Jones were sentenced to life in prison. Kelee Davidson was sentenced as an accessory and received 4 years in prison. The actual shooter was Kelee's father, Phil Jones. This murder came about because Jarrod and his ex-wife Kelee were in a custody battle over their 4-year-old daughter -- who is now age 22 and was raised by Jarrod's parents.
Episode 5
The Easter Week Murder
Thu, Oct 26, 2023
Agawam, Massachusetts; on Easter Sunday, April 15, 1992, Massachusetts, police find the remains of a 24-year-old woman, Lisa Ziegert. She had been an employee of a local greeting card shop; she had been kidnapped. Law enforcement detectives worked the case for years but were not able to solve the case until the advancement of forensic science regarding such evidence as DNA left at the crime scene. Twenty-five years later, the case was finally solved. DNA technology had advanced to the state that enabled the detectives to find the killer -- who turned out to be Gary Schara. Schara confessed to the crime in a hand-written letter to his girlfriend after he found out that a police warrant had been issued for the purposes of collecting his DNA. In the end, Schara pleaded guilty in 2019 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.