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TUNE-IN ALERT: Investigation Discovery doc examines police corruption in suicidal death of man in policies custody in 'Sugar Town' on Aug. 6 (WATCH SNEEK PREVIEWS)

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How can a man handcuffed from the back fatally shoot himself in the chest while being driven to the police station? In this unsolved mystery, Louisiana police walk away from an alleged suicide that left many puzzled in the state's top sugar producing city ,New Iberia, where a railroad track has historically been the dividing line racially and economically. SUGAR TOWN examines power and controversy in the 2014 death of Victor White, III that coroners ruled a suicide. Dubbed "handcuffed Hoodini," White's death is the focus of Investigation Discoveries SUGAR TOWN, airing next Monday at 8 PM, ET/PT. SUGAR TOWN  premieres Monday, August 6 at 8pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. SYNOPSIS: Built on sugar cane production, New Iberia, Louisiana is a complicated town bisected by railroad tracks. Residents to the north of the tracks are predominantly white, while largely black neighborhoods lie to the south. These steel lines created a strong history of racia...

Go undercover with 'I AM Homicide' premiering on Investigation Discovery on June 14

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buzzz worthy. . . (Silver Spring, Md.) - When the streets talk, he listens. Where a crime scene has already been picked over, he can see things everyone else missed. Meet homicide detective  Garry McFadden , the focus of Investigation Discovery's all-new original series  I AM HOMICIDE . After nearly three decades with the Charlotte Police Department, Det. McFadden has solved more than 700 homicide cases, resulting in a 90-percent success rate with the investigations he pursues. But his work doesn't stop at protecting and serving the community of Charlotte. Chances are that when a call comes in, he knows the victim, the family, or even the perpetrator, because he has made it his mission to be one with the people of Charlotte, operating his investigations out of a local diner instead of the police precinct so he can truly get to know residents across the city and gain their confidence. Det. McFadden uses his street smarts to work the neighborhood networks and gather criti...