Elizabeth Vargas News

ABC News' Amy Robach sits down with Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, who describe the anguish they felt after authorities at the time dismissed Denise's kidnapping as a hoax, causing the case to be known as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping after the fictional book and film. Denise recounts her nightmare, revealing new details about her harrowing hours in captivity and opens up about confronting her kidnapper, Matt Muller, in court. The couple discusses the damage the ordeal has had on their careers and personal lives and what the future holds now that the truth has been revealed. The interview comes weeks after Denise and Aaron reached a tentative settlement of $2.5 million with the city of Vallejo in their civil lawsuit for defamation and infliction of emotional distress. “20/20” airs on Saturday, April 14 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 3/23/18)

Suicide or homicide? That question still lingers for Michelle O'Connell's family and friends nearly eight years after she was shot inside her boyfriend's St. Augustine, Florida, home and died. Her family alleges she was killed by her boyfriend, Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Banks, but the sheriff's department maintains that she committed suicide. At the request of Michelle's family, her body was exhumed and an outside forensics expert conducted a second autopsy for them which concluded that Michelle's death was a homicide. However, authorities still maintain she took her own life. ABC News' Ryan Smith investigates the controversy and reports on developments in the case, including Jeremy's civil suit against a state investigator that was dismissed last month. “20/20” airs on Friday, April 13 (10:01–11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.

When 19-year-old college student Mark Fisher was murdered in an alleged gang-crime, the public outcry was deafening. John Giuca and Antonio Russo were both convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for Mark's murder. In February, John's conviction was overturned by an appeals court which said the prosecutor made errors that could have impacted the jury's decision and two weeks ago Antonio confessed to detectives that he shot and killed Mark but did not implicate John. As John remains behind bars, awaiting an appeal by prosecutors of the recent ruling and a possible retrial, ABC News' Juju Chang sits down with Doreen Quinn Giuliano, John's mother, who has worked to try to prove her son's innocence for years. Doreen describes the lengths she went to, to help her son, including going undercover by changing her appearance and renting a basement apartment in order to seduce and expose a juror who she says should never have been on the jury. “20/20” airs on Friday, April 6 (10:01 – 11:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC.  

What caused a doctor and veterinarian couple to hire a hit man to kill their exes? today night, “20/20” investigates this double murder-for-hire plot and the elaborate sting operation authorities say they set up to catch Houston-area veterinarian, Valerie McDaniel, and her boyfriend, Leon Jacob, before it was too late. Just last week, Leon was convicted and sentenced to life for two counts of solicitation of capital murder. “20/20” features footage from the trial and sentencing hearing, including Leon's testimony and impact statements from Leon's targeted ex-girlfriend and allegedly abused ex-wife. The hour also features an interview with Leon from jail, pre-trial, who tells correspondent Matt Gutman he did nothing wrong. “20/20” airs on today, March 30 (10:01–11:00 p.m. EDT). on ABC.

As ABC's hit show “Roseanne” gears up to return to television this spring, the entire cast reveals behind-the-scenes moments, memories and what to expect from the revival of one of TV's most iconic sitcoms in a special edition of “20/20.” Returning actors Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman and Sarah Chalke discuss the show's legacy and share what life was like starring on the No. 1 show. “Roseanne: The Return” airs on a special edition of “20/20,” hosted by “The View” co-host Joy Behar, on Saturday, March 17 (8:00–9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.  (Rebroadcast. ABC OAD: 2/15/18)

ABC News' '20/20' Reports on Two Women Undergoing DNA Testing After Claiming They May Be the 5-Month-Old Infant Who Disappeared From Her Crib 20 Years Ago, Airing 3/16

ABC News' '20/20' Examines Mysterious Death of a Woman in the Midst of the Wrongful Death Civil Trial Against Her Boyfriend's Brother, Airing 3/2

After a dinner out, the Whitaker family was ambushed upon returning to its Sugar Land, Texas, home in what authorities initially thought was a burglary gone wrong. All four members were shot - killing mother, Tricia, and younger son, Kevin, and wounding father, Kent, and elder son, Bart. The case took a twisted turn when Bart turned out to be the mastermind behind the murder-for-hire plot intended to kill his entire family and injure him as part of the cover-up. Bart has since been convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.

It is every parent's nightmare. After 12-year-old Payton Leutner was invited to a sleepover, her two 12-year-old friends stabbed her 19 times leaving her for dead in the Wisconsin woods. The defendants Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier claim they committed the horrendous attack to appease a mysterious fictional character - known as Slender Man. After a judge determines how long Morgan will be placed under state mental commitment this week, '20/20' features interviews with mothers of the perpetrators - Angie Geyser and Kristi Weier.

What began as an apparently loving couple on a kayaking trip across the Hudson River in New York State ended in tragedy when Vince Viafore drowned in the frigid water. His Latvian fiancée, Angelika Graswald, survived and was convicted of involuntarily killing her fiancé. On Friday, “20/20” revisits the case that made headlines nationwide. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas sits down with Angelika in her first television interview since she was released from prison. Angelika – the only person alive who knows what really happened that day – talks about the death of her fiancé and what life is like now that she is free again. “20/20” airs on Friday, Feb. 16 (10:00–11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC.

20/20 Reports On Olympic Hopeful Who Claims She Was Coerced Into Sexual Relationship With Coach

'20/20' REPORTS ON CONTROVERSIAL CASE OF TEEN GIRL FOUND GUILTY IN BOYFRIEND'S SUICIDE

ABC News' 20/20 Interviews Mothers of Teenage Girls Who Stabbed 12 Year Old Friend 19 Times Airing 2/2

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose mother claimed she was terminally ill and wheelchair-bound since childhood, made national headlines intriguing the entire country when she not only pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing of her caregiver mother, Clauddine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard, but also proved that she could walk and did not suffer from the variety of medical illnesses that her mother claimed.

The gymnastics sexual abuse scandal that rocked the world, and included accusations by Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas, continues to dominate national headlines as an astounding 156 women have testified against ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar since last week. On the heels of these emotional impact statements detailing over two decades of abuse they say was inflicted by him, Anchor Elizabeth Vargas interviews survivors who open up about their dreams of gymnastic glory, their harrowing stories of abuse by Nassar, why they decided to come forward, what the future holds for them and questions who failed to protect them from the abuse. 20/20 airs on Friday, Jan. 26 (10:01 11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC.