Missing Wife: FBI Solves Twisted Kidnap and Ransom Case With Shock Discovery

In August 1984, the son of a successful real estate developer was kidnapped in front of his father's business in Miami. After the father received a $3 million ransom demand from a self-proclaimed terrorist, the FBI became involved.

A mother and her 7-year-old daughter are kidnapped in their own home by masked gunmen. The men strap what they claim are bombs to their backs and order the mother, a bank manager, to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from her own bank. This documentary tells the true story of how a seemingly random attack unraveled into a complex tale of survival, betrayal, and a courtroom battle that questioned everything you thought you knew about the crime. This is the story of Michelle Renee and a crime that captivated a nation.

A little girl is kidnapped at gunpoint on her way to school. Hours later her parents get a call from the abductors demanding a ransom. A determined father calls the FBI for help in bringing back his daughter safely and catching the kidnappers. As the FBI get involved, the kidnapping case leads to a shootout between law enforcement agents and the kidnappers. Every second counts in this case to bring back kidnapped Amy McNeil home safely. For all questions, please contact owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com

The episode chronicles the real-life July 1994 abduction of a 12-year-old girl named Katie from her home in Lodi, California. While her older sister briefly left the house to pick up a pizza, an armed, heavily tattooed man named Stephen Reese Cochran forced his way inside, tied up the children, and fled with the victim in the family's red sports car.

A 727, a ransom, and a jump into the dark. What followed rewired aviation and ignited a nationwide hunt. This episode traces the real-life chase for Richard Floyd McCoy Jr., from the San Francisco ransom drop to that mysterious bump over Utah sky. Follow the search across Provo’s mud flats, the tip that changed everything, and the fingerprint and handwriting hits that cracked the case. Then the story swerves: a plaster-made .45 in a prison dental lab, a garbage truck jailbreak, a swamp pursuit, and a quiet Virginia stakeout that ends it all. Along the way, the shadow of D.B. Cooper looms large: the tie clip, the parachutes, the identical playbook, and a riverbank discovery years later that kept the legend alive. If you think you know the Cooper story, wait until you see how McCoy’s trail forced new aircraft design and left one question hanging in the air. Watch to uncover the choices, the luck, and the clues investigators still can’t shake. Watch now for the full investigation and decide for yourself.

A worn $20 in a Charlotte bank sparks a three-year chase across America. What begins as a counterfeiting case unravels into something far darker than agents ever imagined. This FBI Files Movie of the Week pulls you inside the evidence rooms, the interviews, and the moment the case turns from money to menace. Watch to see how agents piece together the Mall Passer’s depraved legacy—and what they still need to find.