Forensic Files
When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play.
When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play.
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A murder trail turned cold, until police got a call from a woman whose husband, Gerald Powers, had a criminal past and a fondness for Chevy Berettas.
When the number of bloodstains at a scene were abnormal, it was up to forensic scientists to find out why.
The prime suspect had a criminal record and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal double homicide.
In 2006, Darlene VanderGiesen received threatening emails and then disappeared. Tracking the source of the emails led police to the home of Daphne Wright, where they believe a murder was committed.
A millionaire and his family were executed in their own home. For three years, the murders went unsolved. Finally, a box of ammunition and some fluorescent fibers revealed the ultimate betrayal.
A young woman attends evening church services... then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can she kept in her trunk for emergencies is missing.
In 2000, construction manager Darrell North was found dead in his work trailer in Ft. Worth, Texas. When investigators arrived, they found that he had been stabbed 46 times.
A woman who was known to have suffered from depression took her own life. But her sister told police that she said if anything were to happen to her there would be a note in the china cabinet.
A skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands. Investigators learned she'd been dead for months.
A fireman died from what appeared to be heart disease, but his family was skeptical of the cause of death.
When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?
When a hit-and-run boating accident caused a death, police must search for one boat among 1200 others.
Police arrested a suspect for the death of a girl. But new technology proved the wrong man was behind bars.
Even though their daughter had run away before, she'd always come back. Her parents were sure this time would be no different, but they were wrong.
Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of post-grunge singer, Mia Zapata. More than a decade passed before the evidence could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.
The woman in the back of the truck was flailing her arms, screaming. They thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it.
A skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands. Investigators learned she'd been dead for months.
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.
A driver said he couldn't have hit and killed a pedestrian because his Jeep had been sold months ago.
A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the "dirt" on her killer.
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