Forensic Files
A mother and daughter disappear after heading out for a shopping spree.
A mother and daughter disappear after heading out for a shopping spree.
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In 1981, an 86-year-old California woman was murdered, and her house was ransacked. The crime would remain unsolved for sixteen years, until DNA profiling and new fingerprint technology helped identify the killer.
A man died in his home after a long history of heart disease.
A phone number helps police to find an abductor.
A woman wins her release after being imprisoned for allegedly killing her mother in a car fire.
Phone mapping, wiretapping and other forensic evidence help to solve a complicated crime.
A 3-year-old boy in Dripping Springs, Texas, develops a respiratory condition.
Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist.
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?
The wife of a murdered horse rancher explains that the last time she saw her husband was when he was leaving the house to go jogging. Police become suspicious when forensic evidence eventually leads investigators back to the ranch.
A murder investigation in Florida crosses jurisdictions from New York and Jamaica. The police rely on cell phone mapping, wiretapping, and a host of forensic evidence to link a suspect to a murder.
When the mail-order bride of a former army sergeant goes missing, investigators look into the deaths of the man's previous two wives.
A serial arsonist starts several fires that cause millions of dollars worth of damage and the deaths of three people. He is discovered partly through the use of forensic hypnosis.
The police investigate when a severed leg is discovered in the garbage. Conventional means of identifying the victim are impossible, leading investigators to rely on DNA, forensic anthropology, and toxicology to identify the victim.
In Pennsylvania, a passerby finds the torso of a woman in a cardboard box. Investigators rely on insect activity analysis by a forensic entomologist to determine when the murder victim was killed.
A murder investigation is stymied by the lack of a body, but police find a few charred remains, including a tooth whose filling contains properties that help investigators identify the corpse.
Doctors cannot pinpoint the source of a businessman's illness.
When the mail-order bride of a former army sergeant goes missing, investigators look into the deaths of the man's previous two wives.
A murder investigation is helped by a legal requirement that bars have video cameras installed on the premises. Video, hair, and blood lead to the murderer.
A child's father was suspected when she was killed, but years later, police learned a convicted murderer lived nearby. Tiny drops of blood helped police solve the crime.
The story of the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack. Investigators uncover a plot to overthrow the government after a unique strain of Salmonella makes people ill.
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