Forensic Files
For more than a year, hateful letters were sent to a school teacher in Pennsylvania. DNA analysis would eventually help seal the perpetrator's fate.
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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.
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A woman's death in Pennsylvania triggers a homicide investigation into another woman's death in North Carolina.
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There was no clear reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the coroner discovered a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to uncover a mystery.
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The wife of an Air Force officer was found dead in her bed with a plastic laundry bag near her face. Further investigation proved that the scene had been staged. Her death wasn't an accident, it was cold-blooded murder.
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Time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom.
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Bombings are difficult to solve, because the perpetrator isn't usually at the scene, and the evidence goes up in smoke. In this case pieces of plastic the size of grains of sand hold the key to a man's murder.
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A child was killed in a hit-and-run. The prosecutor has an accident reconstruction expert come to trial.
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In 2001, Ginger Hayes and her infant son Nicholas were abducted during a carjacking and the crime had been reported by a witness within minutes of occurrence.
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In 2007, the Florida mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire. Michael heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is found beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home.
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In 1996, Indiana police identified Richard Alexander as the "River Park Rapist" who assaulted four women that year. Later, DNA analysis casts doubt on his conviction.
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In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge. Investigators wondered if she had committed suicide.
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In 1995, the founder of American Atheists disappeared with one of her sons, her granddaughter and $500,000 in gold coins. The police investigated several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked for American Atheists.
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In 2005, David Castor suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days. His wife maintained it was suicide, even though it was done with antifreeze.
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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.
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A young TV news producer is raped and murdered in her apartment. Investigators turn to the Commonwealth of Virginia's DNA Databank.
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In 1998, an evening out at a Maryland murder mystery theatre performance turns into a real-life whodunit when the badly burned body of Stephen Hricko is discovered in his hotel room after a fire.
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In 2008, the body of Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found by his wife, Miriam, who then became the prime suspect.
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In 1981, six-year-old Cassie Hansen disappeared from her St. Paul, Minnesota church during an evening service.
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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.
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Police led an intense search and relied on forensics when the mother of two young children went missing.
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