Forensic Files
In 1999, Susan Fassett was gunned down as she left her church choir practice in Poughkeepsie, NY. After clearing her husband, police turned their attention to Fred Andros, with whom Susan had an affair.
In 1999, Susan Fassett was gunned down as she left her church choir practice in Poughkeepsie, NY. After clearing her husband, police turned their attention to Fred Andros, with whom Susan had an affair.
When court clerk Peter Porco doesn't report to his work in November 2004, a courts officer is ordered to the Porcos' family home in Bethlehem, NY.
In 1994, Shannon Melendi disappeared while at Emory University. Her disappearance remained a mystery for ten years, until new scientific testing cast a different light on Colvin "Butch" Hinton.
A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other.
Paul Gruber's daughter suspected something was wrong when she received birthday cards addressed from her father, but written in a stranger's handwriting.
A young, attractive hairdresser was sexually assaulted and murdered in her own beauty salon. The evidence at the crime scene didn't match any of the suspects and the case went cold for ten years.
Police are able to create a composite sketch of a man burnt beyond recognition. But tracking the killer is more challenging.
A girl claimed she had been abducted. She recounted what happened but things didn't add up to police.
A fireman died from what appeared to be heart disease, but his family was skeptical of the cause of death.
A man's wife took her own life and his college sweetheart killed herself the same way. Was it coincidence?
The victim was a self-made man who never minced words. Perhaps he was murdered by a disgruntled client.
In 2007, the Florida mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire. Michael heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is found beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home.
A skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands. Investigators learned she'd been dead for months.
A woman was found dead on the bedroom floor of her apartment. The crime scene yielded little of value and investigators wondered if they would find enough evidence to make a case.
An 82-year-old woman was found dead. Clues on the victim's body would tell police what happened that night.
In 2006, Texas real estate agent Sarah Anne Walker was found brutally murdered in a model home.
When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?
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.
When Kristine Fitzhugh failed to show up for her music class, her husband found her dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Palo Alto home. Further investigation reveals evidence of murder in the kitchen.
In 2006, Darlene VanderGiesen received threatening emails and then disappeared. Tracking the source of the emails led police to the home of Daphne Wright, where they believe a murder was committed.