In a game of cards, it's all about the hand you're dealt.

For every bad hand, there could be a better one right around the corner.

You just have to keep playing.

But there's always risk involved.

Risk that you could lose.

And risk that you could win big.

The same can be said for criminal investigations.

Over the last few years, investigators across the country have been playing a game of risk,

showing elements of their coldest investigations in a very unique way.

What if we came up with putting unsolved markers,

missing persons on decks of cards, and put them in the jails?

Some law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces of traditional playing card decks

with images of missing and murdered people.

The goal?

Solve the unsolvable cases.

We don't know whether he's a suspect or a victim, obviously, because he's missing.

Each card represents a victim who's gone without justice.

How does this happen to 15-year-old girl in our neighborhood?

I lay it awake at night thinking about these two kids under the bridge.

A family that's still searching for answers.

We want to know what happens to our loved one.

There's a reason you leave a light on on a front porch.

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