In most homicides, police rely on motive to pursue a murderer. But when the killer is a stranger the crime may go unsolved for years. It takes a full arsenal of forensic techniques to trace a lethal encounter.
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A killer may strike in the middle of the night, and hide clues well. But the police are always there, ready and working, and they will never give up when they're on the trail of criminals who decide it's Killing Time.
In Northern California, a fire rages in the middle of the night. A woman's charred body is discovered in the smoldering aftermath.
911 receives a desperate call in Fort Worth, Texas. A man's wife is shot. Forensic investigators search for clues in unlikely places, hoping the victim herself could provide information needed to determine how and why she died.
A woman is found dead at the bottom of the basement stairs. As detectives look into the accident, they begin to question the sequence of events.
A woman's body is found and investigators have little time and few clues to lead them to a killer who could strike again. Perpetrators try to conceal their crimes, yet savvy investigators can take the most obscure data and recreate a murder.
In San Diego, California, a killer has left behind pieces of evidence. Detectives must sort through these small clues to prove murder.
CI: Coroner Investigator will reveal the most in-depth look to date into the science of death.
Sometimes killers are careful to leave no fingerprints behind. But methods of the murder itself can leave a lasting impression on police, especially when the tools (or weapons) of a killer's trade leave an innocent victim marked for death.
When killers hide or destroy the remains of their victims, it becomes the mission of forensic scientists to reconstruct the scenes and prove murder for an absent witness.
When killers are driven by jealousy and desire, their desperation is evident in both the crime and their efforts to avoid detection. But forensic science can reveal even the slightest mistake to solve crimes of passion.
In most homicides, police rely on motive to pursue a murderer. But when the killer is a stranger the crime may go unsolved for years. It takes a full arsenal of forensic techniques to trace a lethal encounter.
When a victim is gunned down at point-blank range, police often assume that a friend or acquaintance is to blame.
Killers often attempt to deflect attention away from their crimes by hiding the remains of their victims. Bodies may lay hidden for years before they are discovered.
Most victims of multiple murderers are meticulously chosen because of a mutual connection with the killer or because they match an intricate set of criteria that fits the killer's MO.
When teenagers are driven to kill, their victims are but the first to fall. In three such cases, the families of the killers, as well as their communities, become the victims of violent crime.
Photography has long been a vital tool in homicide investigations. A single image captures enough information to identify a suspect, and to preserve a vital clue long after a witness' memory fades.
For the forensic entomologist, the insects that nest in dead bodies are like tiny witnesses to a crime.
A millionaire is found dead, murdered for a stash of buried silver. A young woman dates violent men, only to be killed by her best friend.
A teenager is abducted on a shopping trip. Two hikers disappear from the Appalachian Trail.
DNA analysis overturns the convictions of three men who have spent years behind bars, paying for crimes they did not commit.
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