Forensic Files
They thought the fire would cover their crime. But one tiny clue led to a trio of killers behind bars.
They thought the fire would cover their crime. But one tiny clue led to a trio of killers behind bars.
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A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.
The victim was well liked and successful, which made the brutality of the crime even harder to understand.
A girl claimed she had been abducted. She recounted what happened but things didn't add up to police.
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.
Detectives search for the bombers of two churches in Illinois, hoping that the materials used in the remnants of the handmade bombs will offer the clues to catch the culprits.
When a car was found in a drainage ditch with two bodies inside, a fingertip torn from a latex glove would point investigators to both the crime scene and the killer.
Police arrested a suspect for the death of a girl. But new technology proved the wrong man was behind bars.
When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?
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.
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.
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 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.
A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the "dirt" on her killer.
There was no clear reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the coroner discovered a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to uncover a mystery.
Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.
In 2004, Rebecca Barney and her soon-to-be ex-husband Fred were found shot to death in their Tulsa, Oklahoma, home, which had been set on fire.
The prime suspect had a criminal record and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal double homicide.
When a hit-and-run boating accident caused a death, police must search for one boat among 1200 others.
A serial rapist is on the loose in a Texas town. No one knew where he'd strike next, but the audacity of his attacks and the escalation of violence against his victims made finding him imperative.
When the number of bloodstains at a scene were abnormal, it was up to forensic scientists to find out why.
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