Forensic Files
Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.
Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.
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In 2003, Tiffany Rowell and three of her friends were brutally murdered in affluent Clear Lake, Texas.
The body of a college co-ed was found on a farm covered with her own denim as well as the jeans of the killer.
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.
When a hit-and-run boating accident caused a death, police must search for one boat among 1200 others.
Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of post-grunge singer, Mia Zapata. More than a decade passed before the evidence could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.
A fireman died from what appeared to be heart disease, but his family was skeptical of the cause of death.
When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play.
In 2002, funeral director Lonnie Turner, Sr. was found shot to death. His son Lonnie Jr. became the prime suspect, particularly after it was discovered that the murder was committed with his gun. However, he had an alibi for the time of the murder.
Police arrested a suspect for the death of a girl. But new technology proved the wrong man was behind bars.
Doctors don't know why a scientist is gravely ill. When tests reveal the cause, it's too late to save him.
A six-year-old girl ran and hid when she saw her grandmother being beaten to death, but the man followed, beat and assaulted her. She said the assailant was her uncle, who was convicted.
In 2000, teenager Tara Munsey went missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant. Did she run away, or was she the victim of foul play?
Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered. The body was discovered by her fiancé, Keyon Pittman. When police learned that Pittman was having affairs with other women, he became the prime suspect.
In 1996, Virginia Beach police arrive at the Makdessi apartment to find Elise Makdessi and her lover dead.
In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident.
In 2008, college co-ed Jenna Verhaalen was found dead in her Bryan, Texas apartment. Petechial hemorrhages in her eyes indicated that she was strangled.
The crime scene was especially violent: A couple had been shot to death. Was their teenage daughter complicit?
The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farmland near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox keys in the pocket of her jeans.
Tracey Frame, 35, was convicted of killing David Nixon in April 2002 after he planned to end their relationship.
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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