Forensic Files
Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found.
Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found.
After the suspect was convicted of murder, he maintained his innocence through his 25 years in prison.
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 bomb, constructed to cause as much damage as possible, kills a victim with deadly force and flame. When a search yields some tiny clues, police are able to identify the killer.
A driver said he couldn't have hit and killed a pedestrian because his Jeep had been sold months ago.
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.
The crime scene was especially violent: A couple had been shot to death. Was their teenage daughter complicit?
In 1995, Palm Beach waitress Denise O'Neill is abducted and murdered. Her neighbor Luis Caballero arouses suspicions by his odd behavior toward TV crews covering the crime.
Paul Gruber's daughter suspected something was wrong when she received birthday cards addressed from her father, but written in a stranger's handwriting.
The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farmland near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox keys in the pocket of her jeans.
In 2007, Shamaia Smith disappeared from the strip club she worked at in East Hartford, CT. Police look at various customers of the strip club, but focus on local businessman Kenneth Otto.
When a woman went missing, friends and family were determined to find her. Their worst fears were confirmed weeks later when her body was discovered.
When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?
In 1999, Patrick McRae was found dead in his Des Moines home and the crime scene was awash with blood.
In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge. Investigators wondered if she had committed suicide.
In 2002, funeral director Lonnie Turner, Sr. was found shot to death. His son Lonnie Jr. became the prime suspect, particularly after it was discovered that the murder was committed with his gun. However, he had an alibi for the time of the murder.
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.
It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a squashed tomato found at the crime scene.
A woman was shot to death in her Connecticut driveway. Now police must determine if love had turned deadly.
Kathy Lorick was murdered on a Concord, California jogging trail while talking to her husband on her phone.