
Forensic Files
Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist.

Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist.

Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist.

The body of a female prison guard is discovered at a landfill.

The body of a female prison guard is discovered at a landfill.

Scientists and detectives use DNA to solve a string of rapes and murders.

Scientists and detectives use DNA to solve a string of rapes and murders.

Investigators search for the person responsible for killing justice officials with mail bombs.

Investigators search for the person responsible for killing justice officials with mail bombs.

An Alaskan police officer found a woman's body while on routine patrol of a public park.

An Alaskan police officer found a woman's body while on routine patrol of a public park.

Investigators use the recollections of a child to determine what happened to a missing woman.

Investigators use the recollections of a child to determine what happened to a missing woman.

In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives.

In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives.

Microorganisms found in the mouth of a murder victim lead to the killer.

Microorganisms found in the mouth of a murder victim lead to the killer.

An obscure style of rope and forensic analysis lead to the arrest and conviction of a murderer.

FBI psychological profiling and DNA fingerprinting track a serial rapist and murderer.

FBI psychological profiling and DNA fingerprinting track a serial rapist and murderer.

Microscopic evidence helps solve murders near Sacramento, Calif.