Forensic Files
The tests of a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist lead to a surprising revelation.
The tests of a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist lead to a surprising revelation.
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Tiny clues tell a lot about the murder of a young woman found in a ravine.
A police officer accused of killing his estranged wife insists she committed suicide. Investigators say it was murder and that it was physically impossible for the woman to have shot herself.
A family vacation turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face down in the lake.
After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells police an improbable story.
After a man's body is discovered a few miles from his home, police trace the crime back to his wife.
Killer's store discount card is captured on CCTV as he attempts to dispose of a body by burning it.
A common trait among serial killers is a history of abusing animals.
Investigators reassemble a 5-1/4 computer disk cut to pieces with pinking shears to find murderer.
When a victim is brutally murdered in his own bed, investigators find a shoe impression in the mud outside: physical evidence they hope will lead to the killer.
FBI psychological profiling and DNA fingerprinting track a serial rapist and murderer.
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.
An anonymous letter, containing details only the killer would know, offers clues to a murder.
A woman disappeared, and her husband became the prime suspect.
Forensics determines whether a woman's death in a fire is due to arson, murder or accident.
When a woman exhibits flu-like symptoms before dying, investigators determine she was poisoned.
A man is found dead in his home, and his ex-wife has a perfect alibi. To determine the time of death, investigators need to know when the victim ate his last meal. An endocrinologist, a forensic botanist, and a short-order cook answer their question.
Just weeks before a witness is to testify against the man accused of sexually assaulting her, she is murdered in the front yard of her own home. Investigators immediately suspect her attacker, but they don't have enough evidence to prove his guilt.
Young Navajos in the Southwest were dying at an alarming rate.
In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives.
Armed with little else, police hoped the shoe impressions found at a Lansing, Michigan, crime scene would put their investigation of Audrey Nichols' murder back on track.
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