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New from VAULT Studios, "Should Be Alive" investigates the 2019 murder of a transgender teenage girl named Nikki Kuhnhausen in Vancouver, Wash. Host Ashley Korslien explores issues facing transgender people and brings a spotlight to an increasing number of acts of violence against the trans community. Search for "Should Be Alive" to listen and follow now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2005, Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter, Gypsy, moved to Springfield, Mo., where a home was built for them by Habitat for Humanity. Years later, that home would become the scene of a brutal crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Mullis claimed his wife fell on a four-pronged corn rake and died. But when investigators discovered more than four holes in her body, they suspected this was no accident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

High school senior Skylar Richardson told no one of her pregnancy, but when a newborn's body was found buried in the family's backyard, Skylar was charged with murder.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a young teacher named Nicole VanderHeyden was found shot to death in a Wisconsin farm field, police arrested her live-in boyfriend who had waited 18 hours to report her missing. But his Fitbit device proved he was asleep at home the night of the murder, and a stranger VanderHeyden met at a heavy metal concert in a local bar became a prime suspect.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators made the discovery on July 31, 2015: three members of a family, killed in their modest home in Escambia County, Fla. They soon learned the murders had occurred a few days before a rare astrological occurrence known as a blue moon, but would that timing prove to be a clue or a distraction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Dr. Teresa Sievers was found bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs, Fla., home, detectives honed in on her husband, who had taken out a multimillion-dollar life insurance policy on his wife. Was Dr. Sievers the victim of a murder-for-hire plot? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2012, Shayna Hubers called 911 to report she had killed her boyfriend in self-defense after he attacked her. But investigators soon learned he was planning a date with another woman the night he died. Did Shayna kill him in a jealous rage? A stunning interrogation room confession and emotional testimony left the jury with a tough decision.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1979, 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found brutally stabbed to death in her car in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For decades, police and her family searched for answers -- who did this and why? But the case grew cold. Thirty-nine years later, DNA evidence from the crime scene finally led to a suspect and a murder trial.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Shirley Carter is found dead on the kitchen floor of her Iowa farmhouse, investigators soon begin to eye one of her own family members as a suspect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When 33-year-old Taylor Wright goes missing in the fall of 2017, detectives begin to develop a lineup of potential suspects to investigate including her ex-husband, new girlfriend and best friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Killer Cases, hosted by investigative journalist Brian Ross, launches February 16. Subscribe and follow today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices