When Genell Plude is found dead in her bathroom, the scene points to suicide. But a coroner's inquest and a unique application of forensic science gave investigators a different explanation for her death.
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When Genell Plude is found dead in her bathroom, the scene points to suicide. But a coroner's inquest and a unique application of forensic science gave investigators a different explanation for her death.
Haunted by the disappearance of her mother, a young woman undertakes an investigation of her own. In her mother's diary, she discovers a dark family secret that might explain the disappearance.
In 2002, the eyes of the world were on Virginia and Maryland. A serial sniper was on the loose, killing innocent, unsuspecting citizens. Just how was he caught?
In one of the most brazen crimes of the 20th century, the chairman of the Coors Brewing Company was kidnapped.
Police hoped the shoe impressions found at a crime scene would put their investigation back on track.
Paul Gruber's daughter suspected something was wrong when she received birthday cards addressed from her father, but written in a stranger's handwriting.
A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead. One of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends. The resulting trials don't end the carnage.
A union official is executed in his home not long after a strike by the union membership. Neither his wife nor anyone in the neighborhood heard any gunshots.
The 1996 investigation into 48-year-old Martha Hansen's murder is helped by a legal requirement that bars have video cameras installed on the premises.
When a woman disappeared without a trace, there were two possible explanations: kidnapping or murder.
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.
Soon after becoming pregnant by Dr. Maynard Muntzing, firefighter Michelle Baker's health quickly deteriorates. Eventually, she raises suspicions that Muntzing is doing her harm.
In 1995, when off-duty Maine State Trooper Vicky Gardner is attacked by Steven Fortin during a routine stop, it triggers a chain of events which jumpstarts a stalled murder case in New Jersey.
A woman disappeared along a California highway in 1991. Three years later, the case was solved when a man's refrigerated truck was looked upon with suspicion.
In 2006, Texas real estate agent Sarah Anne Walker was found brutally murdered in a model home.
In this international case of extortion, murder and stolen identities, scam-artist Albert J. Walker assumes the identity of co-worker Ronald Platt.
In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars.
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.
A suspect's former lover comes forward with a tale of murder, mutilation and cremation, but there's no way to test the story's validity until a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist conduct tests where the cremation supposedly occurred.
Lives changed in the 20 years following an unsolved murder, and so did forensic science. In time, a high-powered microscope and DNA profiling revealed a clue no one had seen before.
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