Sometimes the scales of justice are balanced by just a few milligrams of evidence a couple of fibers, a tooth filling, or a smudge on a piece of tape. The biggest cases are often solved by the smallest clues.
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For a price, anything's possible. Contract killings arose out of the need to establish the perfect alibi. By hiring someone else to do the dirty work, a person can deflect guilt, at least in theory.
Sometimes the scales of justice are balanced by just a few milligrams of evidence a couple of fibers, a tooth filling, or a smudge on a piece of tape. The biggest cases are often solved by the smallest clues.
Psychological Profiling: Journey into the dark recesses and calculated madness present only in our worst nightmares and in the minds of serial killers.
DNA analysis overturns the convictions of three men who have spent years behind bars, paying for crimes they did not commit.
Explosives Investigations: The crime lab is the place where science meets murder. In New York State, Eleanor Fowler opened a small package, which as mailed to her home. When she lifted the lid the box exploded killing her instantly.
Some people do get away with murder, at least for a while. Flush with their success, serial killers murder again and again. But each time they kill, they leave behind a few more clues, which ultimately lead to their undoing.
Investigators rely on forensic odontology to identify a body from a single tooth and to catch two brutal killers from their bite marks.
Poison is the subtlest form of death, and investigators must see through unusual circumstances to bring these murders to light.
When abduction turns to murder, forensic science is the only key to finding justice for the victims of a kidnapper's deadly intentions.
In criminal investigations, a simple clue can provide the missing link by placing a suspect at a crime scene. Dirt left on shoes, tires or clothes, or even a tiny piece of plastic can pinpoint a crime scene.
Handwriting Analysis: We've all heard that our handwriting tells more about our personalities than we think. Are we risk-takers, have low-esteem, fun loving, or are we capable of murder?
A good coroner provides what's necessary to solve a crime. A bad one can spoil an otherwise rock-solid case. Cyril Wecht and Henry Lee, two of the country's most respected coroners, share their cases and insights into crime solving.
A young girl playing in her yard in Spokane, Washington suddenly vanishes. In St. Louis another girl leaves to visit a friend. She never arrives.
At a crime scene, anything left behind or seemingly out of place is considered a clue. But a fire can extinguish everything in its path challenging forensic investigators at every turn and making each arson a trial by fire.
In North Carolina, the home of a prominent couple becomes an unlikely scene of terrible bloodshed. Across the country, a California woman vanishes, worrying her family and the investigators trying to find her.
In New York, an ambitious college student has her whole life ahead of her, until she crosses the path of a killer. It's a random murder, the hardest kind to solve.
Weeks pass as forensic investigators search for even the smallest clues, only to find what they feared in their own backyard. In Canada, two people die suddenly of unknown causes, and their deaths may not be as coincidental as they first appear.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service uses forensic science to solve three perplexing murders and fulfill their motto: To the living we owe respect to the dead, we owe the truth.
For some killers, murder can be a profitable business. And the scene of the crime can be both a source for clues, and puzzling questions. When a victim has been targeted for death, investigators must look beyond the obvious to uncover a murder for hire.
In San Diego, California, a killer has left behind pieces of evidence. Detectives must sort through these small clues to prove murder.
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