Joan Porco recants after indicating that her son, Christopher, is responsible for the savage attack with an ax that claimed her husband's life, and she begs investigators to leave Christopher alone.

Attorney Catherine Shelton leads a storied life which includes several run-ins with the law, then she becomes mired in an investigation that results in the conviction of her husband for murder.

Carlo Ventre violates a custody agreement with his former partner, Toni Dykstra, when he takes their baby daughter to Italy, but what begins as a case of international parental kidnapping ends with a tragic death.