Forensic Files
Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years.
Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years.
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Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years.
Rachael Mullenix, 19, was convicted of stabbing her mother and then packing her bloodied corpse in a box.
When a victim is brutally murdered in his bed, investigators find a shoe impression in the mud outside.
A woman's death in Pennsylvania triggers a homicide investigation into another woman's death in North Carolina.
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 was reported missing after a fight with her husband. Police were suspicious of a suspect who reported a fire in his car. Two tiny drops of blood were found in the interior. A tiny clue inside the suspect's watchband helped solve the case.
An Alaskan police officer finds a woman's body while on routine patrol of a public park. During the autopsy, the medical examiner preserves the portion of her rib cage which sustained the fatal wound.
The woman in the back of the truck was flailing her arms, screaming. They thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it.
In 1984, a passerby finds the torso of a woman in a cardboard box. A forensic entomologist analyzes nearby insect activity to determine when the victim was killed.
Christina Sanoubane was murdered in her Cedar Rapids apartment after moving away from her abusive boyfriend.
In this international case of extortion, murder and stolen identities, scam-artist Albert J. Walker assumes the identity of co-worker Ronald Platt.
Doctors don't know why a scientist is gravely ill. When tests reveal the cause, it's too late to save him.
A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers.
A go-go dancer told her family she needed to get away for a while and then she simply disappeared. Investigators were suspicious, because she took neither her car nor her clothes. 20 years later, her family received a call that changed everything.
A woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods. Since she has no enemies and her husband has an alibi, police assume it's a hunting accident - until they find a strange letter, allegedly written by the woman before her death.
In an affluent suburb, police were called to the scene of what appeared to be an accidental drowning.
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.
Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- "The Cheater" by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott.
When the head chef of a historic Philadelphia restaurant was found dead, investigators interviewed the usual suspects: family, friends and coworkers. As they sifted through the evidence, police uncovered a chilling tale of debt and deceit.
Ten bodies had been found between May and November 1984 in Florida. A 17-year-old female named Lisa McVey was abducted but released, leading police to the perpetrator, Bobbie Joe Long.
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