
Forensic Files
A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.

A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.

When a wealthy socialite died after falling down the stairs, witness accounts contradicted evidence. Investigators employed a physicist and an expert in accident reconstruction.

Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of post-grunge singer, Mia Zapata. More than a decade passed before the evidence could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.

In 1993, young mother Tammy Tatum was sexually assaulted and murdered in her Longmont, Colorado apartment.

The medical examiner ruled a death an accident, but the detectives thought the evidence indicated otherwise.

In 2001, Ginger Hayes and her infant son Nicholas were abducted during a carjacking and the crime had been reported by a witness within minutes of occurrence.

In 2003, Tiffany Rowell and three of her friends were brutally murdered in affluent Clear Lake, Texas.

An 82-year-old woman was found dead. Clues on the victim's body would tell police what happened that night.

A man was killed in a car crash, but the evidence led investigators to believe it was not an accident.

When a college co-ed vanished without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety and their own.

The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body.

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...

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.

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.

The killer probably hoped to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene. But investigators saw through the attempt almost immediately.

When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play.

On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa home.

In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge. Investigators wondered if she had committed suicide.

The body of a college co-ed was found on a farm covered with her own denim as well as the jeans of the killer.

When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?