True Crime ABC Videos

In the early morning hours of July 29, 2016, A.J. Armstrong walked into his parents' bedroom in their southwest Houston home and shot them to death. Armstrong was 16 years old at the time. For seven years, Armstrong and his team fought to show he was not the killer. He first shared his story with Eyewitness News in 2018, claiming an intruder killed his parents. He saw the "masked man" run from the scene. Armstrong's first two capital murder trials ended with hung juries, but in August 2023, a third jury convicted Armstrong of capital murder. For more: https://abc13.com/post/aj-armstrong-texas-true-crime-all-american-killer-murder/14035883/

In 2014, a serial killer was on the loose in Los Angeles, but for six months no one knew it. Alexander Hernandez, the so-called "Valley Killer," began a random shooting spree on unsuspecting victims March 14, 2014. His attacks left five dead and 11 others wounded - many were shot while in their cars. Detectives didn't link the shootings together until much later. Most of the crimes occurred in the San Fernando Valley, but were spread apart and were worked by different divisions of the LAPD. Here is how his deadly shooting rampage unfolded and how Hernandez was eventually captured. For more: https://abc7.com/post/true-crime-the-valley-killer-2014-random-shooting-spree/14645012/

The murder of 17-year-old Gwen Araujo rocked Northern California. Not only for the brutality of the attack, but the reason four young men gave for killing Gwen - they discovered that she was transgender. 20 years after the murder, this true-crime documentary revisits the landmark case that thrust the transgender community into the national spotlight. Never-before-seen evidence and interrogation videos paint a heart-breaking picture of the true story that’s still impacting the transgender community to this day. For more: https://abc7news.com/post/gwen-araujo-documentary-transgender-murder-movie-trans-panic-defense/12451012/

ABC30 is a producing an hour-long documentary on Central California’s Fentanyl epidemic. The documentary will follow the lives of families of youth who have been affected by overdose and their journey to recovery, and at the same time providing awareness to parents and the community about the dangers of a drug that is easily accessible. For more: https://abc30.com/post/killer-high-silent-crisis-abc30-central-california-documentary/11028151/

The Texas Killing Fields. It's a stretch of interstate from Houston down to the Gulf of Mexico dubbed "Highway to Hell" where dozens of women have gone missing and bodies dumped. When no one cares, these women go unreported and the cases go unsolved. For more: https://abc13.com/videoClip/10590855/