A 29-year-old woman was killed instantly when a bomb exploded in her home. The device was so powerful that shrapnel was embedded in houses across the street. The bomber had not only knowledge and skill, but also a motive for murder.
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An aspiring model turned up dead and the prime suspect was her boyfriend. When he was eventually cleared, investigators had to dig deeper to find the perpetrator.
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.
An investigation into the murder of a World War II veteran slowed to a halt when the prime suspect had a solid alibi. But a lucky break led to a shady character who wore distinctive boots.
When a car was found in a drainage ditch with two bodies inside, a fingertip torn from a latex glove would point investigators to both the crime scene and the killer.
When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?
The prime suspect had a criminal record and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal double homicide.
A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.
A woman appears to have lost control of her SUV and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creek. But investigators suspect foul play when they find snowy footprints leading from the crime scene.
A killer tried to incinerate and destroy everything that could link him to his crime. But in doing so, he inadvertently created new forensic evidence, evidence which came to light with a technique never before used in a criminal investigation.
A 29-year-old woman was killed instantly when a bomb exploded in her home. The device was so powerful that shrapnel was embedded in houses across the street. The bomber had not only knowledge and skill, but also a motive for murder.
Three homicides on two continents looked like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were related and, if they were, who or what they had in common.
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.
A serial arsonist was on the loose in Washington, DC. Each of the fires was started with the same type of incendiary device. The perpetrator was very careful, and seemed to leave no evidence behind... but there were clues in the ashes, and it was up to forensic scientists to find them.
In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset Limited derailed while crossing Alabama's Big Bayou Canot bridge.
On the way to Yosemite National Park, a car carrying three Secret Service agents collided with another car.
A computer crash pushed a manufacturing company to the brink of collapse. Investigators must determine if the crash was the result of a sabotage.
A teen was killed by her parents in what they said was self-defense, but forensic evidence told otherwise.
A high school gym teacher gives his friend a ride home but never returns his wife and friend receive letters saying he started a new life, but they suspect foul play despite no body being discovered.
When Rosemary Anderson is found dead on the side of the road, her boyfriend becomes the prime suspect. He eventually confessed to her murder, but so did another man - serial killer, Eric Edgar Cooke.
A drive-by shooting leaves one man dead and another seriously wounded. Cell phone calls and shell casings point to a suspect, but authorities are unable to place him at the crime scene.
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