Forensic Files
A brutal murder, lots of suspects and conflicting evidence but the forensics were clear on one thing: The killer knew his victim. And that alone gave investigators a head start.
A brutal murder, lots of suspects and conflicting evidence but the forensics were clear on one thing: The killer knew his victim. And that alone gave investigators a head start.
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In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars.
The medical examiner ruled a death an accident, but the detectives thought the evidence indicated otherwise.
A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site.
Police get a clue about a couple who disappeared on Memorial Day weekend during an in-progress robbery.
Police are able to create a composite sketch of a man burnt beyond recognition. But tracking the killer is more challenging.
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.
The body of an attractive young woman was found a mile from her abandoned car. Police were especially concerned when they realized the victim had come to them for protection just two weeks earlier.
When a hit-and-run accident claimed the life of a high school athlete, everyone in town mourned his passing. Finding the killer was a long shot at best.
A girl claimed she had been abducted. She recounted what happened but things didn't add up to police.
A woman who was known to have suffered from depression took her own life. But her sister told police that she said if anything were to happen to her there would be a note in the china cabinet.
They thought the fire would cover their crime. But one tiny clue led to a trio of killers behind bars.
Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman's movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again.
In 1989, the dead bodies of Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters were found floating in Tampa Bay.
In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge. Investigators wondered if she had committed suicide.
A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.
A young woman attends evening church services... then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can she kept in her trunk for emergencies is missing.
In little more than a month, two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered.
In 1995, Palm Beach waitress Denise O'Neill is abducted and murdered. Her neighbor Luis Caballero arouses suspicions by his odd behavior toward TV crews covering the crime.
A man's wife took her own life and his college sweetheart killed herself the same way. Was it coincidence?
The prime suspect had a criminal record and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal double homicide.
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