A killer tried to incinerate and destroy everything that could link him to his crime. But in doing so, he inadvertently created new forensic evidence which came to light with a technique never before used in a criminal investigation.
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A woman identifies her husband as her attacker, but questions arise 16 years later.
When police recovered the submerged car of a man reported missing, they expected to find his body. But it wasn't there. The investigation that followed would uncover an obsession turned deadly and the motive for murder.
Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a woman is found dead.
The investigation into a brutal attack on two boys near a pond relied on evidence fished out of the murky water. It was the first case where diatom evidence was used to place a suspect at the scene of the crime.
Time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom. A striking similarity between her death and an HBO movie gives examiners the clues they need to thaw out the alibi of a cold-blooded killer.
A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home. It appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan.
Police were puzzled by an obscure print found at a crime scene where one man had been killed, and two teenage girls were seriously injured. Neither of the girls could identify their attacker.
Investigators try to find the cause of a woman's arsenic poisoning.
Psychic leads volunteers and police to a field where the body of a missing girl is found.
The use of DNA testing helps exonerate a person accused of raping a young Virginia woman.
A woman's deadly walk in the woods was ruled a hunting accident until a strange letter appeared.
Haunted by the disappearance of her mother, a young woman investigated her own. Her mother's diary was in the cold case file. There, she discovered a dark family secret, which might have been the reason her mother vanished.
A hamburger bun provides the key to solving the case of a young woman murdered in her bathtub.
A serial arsonist was on the loose in Washington, DC.
A killer is careless when a home is destroyed by fire and a young boy is missing.
The story of the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack. Investigators uncover a plot to overthrow the government after a unique strain of Salmonella makes people ill.
Police reopen a case involving a woman who appeared to die from an accidental fall.
The wife of a murdered horse rancher explains that the last time she saw her husband was when he was leaving the house to go jogging. Police become suspicious when forensic evidence eventually leads investigators back to the ranch.
A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath.
Computers aid the police and FBI in solving a string of crimes in St. Louis.
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