Forensic Files
In the early hours of Christmas Eve, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment.
In the early hours of Christmas Eve, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment.
A man's wife took her own life and his college sweetheart killed herself the same way. Was it coincidence?
Kathy Lorick was murdered on a Concord, California jogging trail while talking to her husband on her phone.
On May 12, 1994, Crystal Perry was viciously murdered in her home in Bridgton, Maine. Michael Hutchinson, 32, was found guilty of murder in the 1994 slaying at Perry's home.
Christina Sanoubane was murdered in her Cedar Rapids apartment after moving away from her abusive boyfriend.
In 1991, Grand Junction, Colorado is on edge after a series of deadly bombings kill two people and injure one more. Police race to find the culprit before he strikes again.
When a hit-and-run accident claimed the life of a high school athlete, everyone in town mourned his passing. Finding the killer was a long shot at best.
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.
In 2008, the body of Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found by his wife, Miriam, who then became the prime suspect.
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.
After inspecting storm damage to a home in Tampa, an insurance assessor simply disappeared. Thirty hours later, her body was found in a nearby river. But the killer had been careless.
When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others.
Lives changed in the 20 years following an unsolved murder, and so did forensic science. In time, a high-powered microscope and DNA profiling revealed a clue no one had seen before.
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.
In 1969, phone operator Diane Maxwell is murdered. Her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible.
The victim has been stabbed more than thirty times, and the crime scene is awash with her blood. Near her head, police discover a distinctive button with strands of thread still attached.
A man was killed in a car crash, but the evidence led investigators to believe it was not an accident.
The medical examiner ruled a death an accident, but the detectives thought the evidence indicated otherwise.
Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found.
A killer made great effort to obscure the shoe impressions left when he tracked blood on the floor, but he ended up creating new incriminating evidence...