True Crime. (Fiction..............But the clock is real.)

True Crime is a work of fiction. Every case, victim, suspect, and investigator in this episode is invented. No real crime is depicted. A robbery occurred at the Ashgrove Landing fuel plaza, injuring clerk Tobias Renke. Detectives Delacroix and Ellis, with forensic tech Nadia Sarraf, investigated, leading to the identification and arrest of Mark Peck, who confessed to the crime. This show does not depict sexual violence, crimes against children, or gratuitous harm. True Crime — Fiction. But the clock is real.

True Crime is a work of fiction. Every case, victim, suspect, and investigator in this episode is invented. No real crime is depicted. A structure fire at the former Alley Hardware on Vesper Street is reported. Fire Marshal Nadia Sarraf determines it was arson, started with a petroleum-based accelerant. Michael Alley, the owner's nephew and leaseholder, confesses to setting the fire to secure an insurance payout for his financially struggling aunt, Marguerite Alley. This show does not depict sexual violence, crimes against children, or gratuitous harm. True Crime — Fiction. But the clock is real.

True Crime is a work of fiction. Every case, victim, suspect, and investigator in this episode is invented. No real crime is depicted. Officer Miller, the new head of security at Ashgrove Landing terminal, discovered archived security footage showing the dispatcher's booth door propped open for a minute before Dale Brossard's disappearance, contradicting initial reports of a locked booth. This new evidence led to a re-investigation, revealing an unknown partial palm print on the door frame and Brossard's work ID badge misplaced in his jacket. Compliance auditor Alina Pike, who had previously explained a 19-minute log discrepancy, became a suspect due to her access, knowledge of the system, and suspicious timing of her movements, but without a body or definitive evidence, the case went cold again. This show does not depict sexual violence, crimes against children, or gratuitous harm. True Crime — Fiction. But the clock is real.