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In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the 'Last Call Killer' because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated.
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Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered. The body was discovered by her fianc_ Keyon Pittman. Police learn Pittman was having affairs with other women and he became the prime suspect.
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In 2000, when teenager Tara Munsey goes missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant, it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play.
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In 1989, the dead bodies of Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters were found floating in Tampa Bay.
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In 2003, Tiffany Rowell and three of her friends were brutally murdered in their affluent Clear Lake, Texas.
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In 2008, college co-ed Jenna Verhaalen was found dead in her Bryan, Texas apartment and petechial hemorrhages in her eyes indicated that she was strangled.
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In 2004, Rebecca Barney and her soon-to-be ex-husband Fred were found shot to death in their Tulsa, Oklahoma, home, which had been set on fire.
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In 2008, Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found shot to death at home by his wife Miriam, who then became the prime suspect.
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In 2005, the body of young mother Summer Baldwin was found in a suitcase in a Texas landfill.¾
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In 2004, nursing student Tamika Huston went missing from her Spartanburg, South Carolina home. A tip led detectives to her car and they find an unknown house key that could help solve the case.¾
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In 2002, funeral director Lonnie Turner, Sr. was found shot to death. His son Lonnie Jr. became the prime suspect, particularly after it was discovered that the murder was committed with his gun. However, he had an alibi for the time of the murder.
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In 1993, young mother Tammy Tatum was found sexually assaulted and murdered in her Longmont, Colorado apartment. Police initially suspected her estranged husband, but did not have enough evidence to charge him and the case went cold.
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In the series premiere of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a Connecticut flight attendant went missing and was never seen again. Police suspected her husband was guilty of murder and they were able to prove it - even though they never found the woman's body.
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A fifteen-year-old boy died from a mysterious gunshot wound to his head while he was sitting in the lobby of his father's gun club. Ballistics, laser technology, made-to-scale models and the latest in forensic animation showed that bullet had followed a tragic course after a misfire at the outdoor range.
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A fifteen-year-old boy died from a mysterious gunshot wound to his head while he was sitting in the lobby of his father's gun club. Ballistics, laser technology, made-to-scale models and the latest in forensic animation showed that bullet had followed a tragic course after a misfire at the outdoor range.
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A woman disappeared and her husband became the prime suspect -- especially after police found a huge bloodstain on the carpet of their bedroom. When they sprayed the bedroom with Luminol, they discovered it was awash with blood spatter. Complex DNA testing proved it was the wife's blood. Now all they had to do was find her body.
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Scientists and detectives use DNA to solve a string of rapes and murders.
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Early one morning in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, a motorcyclist discovered the body of a young woman. She had been beaten, bound, strangled and possibly raped. The nearby plants would tell investigators more about the killer than any other single piece of evidence.
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FBI psychological profiling and DNA evidence identify Timothy Wilson Spencer who raped and strangled five young women in Virginia. The U.S. criminal justice system's first use of DNA profiling in a serial murder case frees an innocent man after he spent two years in prison, and convicts a real killer.
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When 180 Legionnaires contract pneumonia-like symptoms after a Philadelphia Convention and 29 of them die, doctors and scientists are mystified. The determination of one scientist helps to determine the cause and likely vector of this deadly disease.
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Between 1985 and 1988, 18 people were choked, molested and left for dead in the remote desert mountains of California. The only witnesses were the insects - and they also proved to play an important role in solving the crimes and bringing the killer to justice.
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Following an outbreak of thyrotoxicosis in Sioux Falls, S.D., thought to have come from contaminated meat, the Department of Agriculture conducts a review of the use of thyroid hormones in animal products.
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In 1971, John List left a note with the bodies of his mother, wife and three children in his mansion ballroom right before he disappeared. Eighteen years later, all detectives had to work from is an outdated photograph of List. "America's Most Wanted" commissioned an age-scaled bust of List to help viewers in identifying the confessed murderer.
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An 11-year-old boy comes down with a fever and diarrhea after eating an undercooked burger; when his condition worsens, his mother drives him to a hospital and doctors discover E. coli destroying his body.
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Ten bodies had been found between the months of May and November 1984 in Florida. The police discovered several similarities among these cases. On November 3, 1984, the perpetrator abducted a 17-year-old female named Lisa McVey, but then released her. McVey went to the police with information that eventually led to the arrest of Bobbie Joe Long.
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In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and police found evidence which suggested foul play.
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It was the single, most deadly automobile accident in American history. Almost a hundred vehicles were involved, twelve people died, and more than fifty people were injured. It happened along a three mile stretch of highway long known for dense, thick fog. Investigators set out to determine if the fog was a natural phenomenon, or the result of something else.
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The flu-like symptoms of a mother and her children proved to be indicative of something much more serious: thallium poisoning. Investigators had to find the source of the poison. When the mother died, the needed to determine if the exposure was accidental or if they also needed to find a killer.
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In a quiet village in Great Britain, a farmer came upon a chilling sight. Impaled on his fence post was a severed lamb's head along with a note which read, "You next." The author of the note didn't elaborate on why the farmer had been targeted, but between the lines, he'd said plenty.
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An infant was rushed to a Cleveland emergency room with serious breathing problems. The baby's lungs were bleeding. Within months, there were more than 30 cases -- an incidence more than a thousand times higher than anywhere else in the world. Doctors had never seen anything like it, and searched frantically for the cause and a cure.
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Shortly after daybreak in Vancouver, British Columbia, a fire was set in a dumpster. No one saw either the arsonist or the fire, and it burned for hours in the deserted parking lot. But there was more than garbage in the container, and it would take sophisticated science to find the evidence in the ashes.
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Two people in Seattle, Washington died after taking an over-the-counter pain reliever; lab analysis of the pills showed they were tainted with a lethal concentration of cyanide. The investigation which followed led police to a suspect with a motive for murder and a callous disregard for others.
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Evidence reveals a teacher who complained of being stalked and harassed by another teacher was scamming police.
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After a day of fishing in a small, quiet village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. The investigation revealed some important microscopic evidence in the water near where he was last seen. It was the only forensic evidence detectives had. But would it be enough for them to find him?
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Heavy rains and snow run-off carry manure into Milwaukee's water supply in 1993, leading to an epidemic of gastrointestinal illness affecting 400,000 people.
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In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a serial bomber was waging a vendetta against the legal profession: A judge, two attorneys and even a courthouse had been targeted. Employing a range of forensic techniques, investigators used evidence from the bombs to lead them to the perpetrator.
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Robert Sims returned home after working the night shift, and found his wife, Paula, unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their two-year-old son, Randy, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, was missing. Paula Sims was the only witness to a crime that baffles investigators to this very day.
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In 1987, a human skull and some bones were discovered at a Boy Scout Camp near Farmington, Missouri. A facial reconstruction aided the investigators in this case. Once the victim was identified as Bun Chee Nyhuis, her husband Richard H. Nyhuis, was no longer just a person of interest.
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In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a serial bomber was waging a vendetta against the legal profession: A judge, two attorneys and even a courthouse had been targeted. Employing a range of forensic techniques, investigators used evidence from the bombs to lead them to the perpetrator.
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Robert Sims returned home after working the night shift, and found his wife, Paula, unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their two-year-old son, Randy, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, was missing. Paula Sims was the only witness to a crime that baffles investigators to this very day.
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Detectives learn that a genetic disorder caused the deaths of a woman's children, resulting in an overturned conviction.
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When a young woman goes missing on the way to the train station, investigators use a strand of hair and a bloody pillowcase to find a suspect.
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Edward Honaker was convicted of rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual battery; he was sentenced to three life terms in prison. Honaker steadfastly maintained his innocence. After years in prison and writing countless letters, he finally found someone who believed him, and was willing to pay for DNA testing which could prove he was telling the truth.
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On September 17, 1984, in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona, eight-year-old Vicki Hoskins left home on her pink bicycle to mail a letter for her mother. She never returned, but her slightly damaged bicycle was found nearby. Investigators turned to forensic science, in the hope it would tell them not only what happened to Vicki, but also who was responsible.
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A 2-year-old boy's brain seizures and breathing problems baffle doctors until they learn the mother exhibits signs of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare condition that led her to physically abuse her son and contributed to her daughter's death.
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On a cold December night in 1993, Rose Larner stopped in a convenience store on her way to her boyfriend's house. She was never seen or heard from again. Rose's disappearance remained a mystery, until a tiny clue found years later revealed a tragic tale of drugs, romance and revenge.
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A routine missing persons report leads Texas police to discover a deadly love triangle; evidence found in a suspect's home matches the murder scene and leads to the indictment of the victim's girlfriend and her lover.
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In 1995, Debora Green lost two children in a fire that burnt down her Prairie Village, Kansas mansion. Routine procedures occurred and both Debora and her previous husband Michael Farrar were questioned. Suspicions arose when Debora refused to cooperate during questioning. Police then questioned Michael and uncovered disturbing stories proving Debora was dangerous.
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In 1990, Shirley Andronowich's body was found one morning after being brutally murdered and mutilated in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Witnesses told police Shirley and her husband Ed were seen fighting in a bar the night before. Police first suspected Ed and even arrested him after he confessed to the murder. However, all forensic evidence proved that Ed had actually nothing to do with the murder.
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Details the disappearance of Melissa Brannen, a five-year-old girl who went missing from a Christmas party in 1989. The fibers on her clothes were the only means for police to determine her abductor. Police grew suspicious of Cal Hughes who was washing his clothes at 1am when they came to his home.
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In 1991, Robert Curley was diagnosed with Guillain_Barr_ syndrome when he arrived at the hospital with excruciating leg pains. However, doctors became suspicious during Robert's second admission and tested him for Thallium poisoning, which proved positive and Robert died shortly thereafter. Autopsy showed that Robert ingested more poison a few days before his death.
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In 1983, two young boys were found tied and murdered with similar wounds within three months of each other in two Nebraska towns. The rope used to tie the boys was unique. Another clue turned up when one of the boy's brother was hypnotized and remembered a uniformed man in a tan car.
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In 1978, Mark Fair left for work and his fianc_e Karla Brown remained at home. When Mark and a friend returned home that evening, they found Karla dead. The condition of Karla's body told investigators that she was a victim of sexual assault; she had resisted, struggled and was killed.
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In 1996, 16-month-old Anne Grace Gimmenstad became very ill, was rushed to the hospital and died within two weeks. Following extensive medical examinations, it was determined that Anna had been the victim of the deadly bacteria E.coli.
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In 1967, Lori Keidel, her two sisters and her brother were left home alone while their father went to a nearby laundromat. Suddenly, a large blaze engulfed their brick ranch home, killing Lori's sisters. Only a few months earlier, the children's mother disappeared, and had made no effort to contact them. In 1993, Lori found the courage to tell police the vision that had possessed her for 29 years: that Lori had witnessed her mother's death.
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Merril Bahe and Florena Woody grew up in starkly different conditions on an Indian reservation that crossed the borders of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. In 1993, Florena started complaining of muscle aches in her back and shoulders and her doctor gave her antibiotics for her condition. Florena later died; she simply drowned in the fluid generated by her illness. Doctors had no idea what had killed her.
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In 1986, Edward Post left the Omni Hotel in St. Louis and went for a 40-minute jog. Before leaving, he said that he drew a bath for his wife Julie Thigpen-Post. Ed returned and called the front desk, stating that his wife had fallen in the bathtub and was not breathing and she was dead when emergency response arrived.
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For more than a decade, women in a small Louisiana city lived in fear of a rapist who became so experienced, he left no clues to his identity. But computer technology and behavioral science combine to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling.
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When Betty Wolsieffer, the wife of a well-known dentist Glen Wolsieffer is found dead, police are unsure who killed her and injured her husband. Some fibers and a study of the weather patterns on the night of the murder break the case open and reveal the killer.
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When Joann Katrinak is found dead in a corn field with her infant son Alex next to her, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long blonde hair found on the victims. The blonde hair has something uniquely in common with the brunette hair of the husband's former love interest Patricia Rorrer. The link uncovers a twisted story of passion gone wrong.
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When Seattle policeman Matt Bachmeier's house goes up in flames, fire experts suspect arson, possibly committed by someone with a vendetta against the officer. One month later, the officer whose home was torched, arrests low-level drug dealer James Wren, who confesses to the arson. But when the suspect vanishes, investigators start to question the authenticity of the so-called confession.