Forensic Files
The founder of American Atheists disappeared in 1995 along with one of her sons, a granddaughter, and $500,000 in gold coins. The police homed in on several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked for American Atheists.
The founder of American Atheists disappeared in 1995 along with one of her sons, a granddaughter, and $500,000 in gold coins. The police homed in on several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked for American Atheists.
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Technology, cat hairs and insects point investigators to a woman's abductor.
Investigators look into the death of a teacher and discover that his death was not an accident.
The founder of American Atheists disappeared in 1995 along with one of her sons, a granddaughter, and $500,000 in gold coins. The police homed in on several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked for American Atheists.
A killer assaults a young mother in her home, but despite meticulous washing, a single hair remains.
A man has no recollection of events after stabbing his wife and drowning her in the pool.
A woman is abducted and a month later found dead; a tip leads investigators in the right direction.
A six-year-old girl ran and hid when she saw her grandmother being beaten to death.
Six years later, advances in DNA helped crack the death of a park employee.
A police investigation uncovers a web of homeless drifters, cattle auctions and bad checks.
FBI psychological profiling and DNA fingerprinting track a serial rapist and murderer.
Investigators sift through the ashes of a fire that killed a 40-year-old woman. The fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. On a closer look, forensic scientists discover the cause was far more complicated.
Psychic leads volunteers and police to a field where the body of a missing girl is found.
New clues are found in the form of a phone and shoes in a rape and murder case unsolved for 8 years.
Investigators hope tiny paint chips and shards of plastic lead them to a hit-and-run driver.
Doctors cannot pinpoint the source of a businessman's illness.
A murder investigation in Florida crosses jurisdictions from New York and Jamaica. The police rely on cell phone mapping, wiretapping, and a host of forensic evidence to link a suspect to a murder.
A teenager returns home to find his father's body in a pool of blood.
A man becomes the prime suspect when his parents are killed in a house fire.
Two men were murdered while sleeping in their beds. The next night, arson destroyed a family planning clinic. Investigators wonder whether some shards of glass, paint chips, and a chicken feather could link what appeared to be two separate crimes.
A union official was executed in his home not long after a strike by the union members. Neither his wife nor anyone in the neighborhood heard any gunshots. It would take a forensic sound test, an electron microscope, and a nightgown to explain why.
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