Deadly intentions
When abduction turns to murder, forensic science is the only key to finding justice for the victims of a kidnapper's deadly intentions.
2026-07-20 09:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-20 10:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
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Seeds of Destruction
Forensic Botany & Geology: Plants help provide oxygen and nutrients for existence. Soil is the fertilizer of life. Yet both can yield clues to the time and location of a person's death.
2026-07-22 13:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 14:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Misplaced Loyalty
In Northern California, a fire rages in the middle of the night. A woman's charred body is discovered in the smoldering aftermath.
2026-07-22 12:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 13:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Infallible Witness
Investigators are always on the cutting edge of new forensic techniques that can help them solve cases more accurately. An experimental brain fingerprinting technique has already won the acquittal of a police officer accused of a drug charge.
2026-07-22 11:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 12:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Stolen Identity
When a theft is committed, something valuable is stolen. But when a criminal needs a new identity, theft becomes a matter of life and death.
2026-07-22 10:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 11:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Fatal Impressions
911 receives a desperate call in Fort Worth, Texas. A man's wife is shot. Forensic investigators search for clues in unlikely places, hoping the victim herself could provide information needed to determine how and why she died.
2026-07-22 09:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 10:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Scattered Clues
There's never a good reason for murder, but some killers are particularly brutalchoosing their prey at random or with no apparent motive and then cunningly covering their tracks. Even so, telltale clues remain.
2026-07-22 08:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 09:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
A Federal Offense
When there's a difficult case to crack whether it involves drugs, arson, or weapons the investigators and scientists of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have the means to crack it.
2026-07-22 07:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 08:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Out To Kill
An abandoned car outside Philadelphia brings heartbreak to a family and terror to a community. A young woman is dead, the killer gone. But the marks of his passage remain.
2026-07-22 01:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 02:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Proof Of Innocence
DNA analysis overturns the convictions of three men who have spent years behind bars, paying for crimes they did not commit.
2026-07-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 01:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Body Count
Some people do get away with murder, at least for a while. Flush with their success, serial killers murder again and again. But each time they kill, they leave behind a few more clues, which ultimately lead to their undoing.
2026-07-21 23:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Dead In The Water
Drowning deaths often look like accidents and water can destroy the scant clues the killer may have left behind. Investigators must turn to forensic science to solve cases where the victim is found dead in the water.
2026-07-21 22:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 23:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Fatal Error
Accidental deaths, suicides, disappearances, and fires they're an everyday part of an insurance investigator's life. But cases shouldn't be taken at face value. Forensics has become a tool for exposing insurance fraud.
2026-07-21 21:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 22:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Scent Of The Kill
A dog can be a dead man's best friend. Dogs have been trained to sniff out corpses, drugs, explosives, and missing persons. They're often the first to find the essential clue that sets an investigation in motion.
2026-07-21 20:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 21:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Camera Clues
Forensic Photography: Forensic photographers are among the first people at a crime scene, capturing vital clues on film. What do the cameras capture that can't be seen first-hand, and who are the men and women who analyze the camera's clues?
2026-07-21 19:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 20:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
True Crime
They know as much about crime as any crime fighter, or any criminal. They're the crime writers, and through their eyes we see murder most foul.
2026-07-21 13:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 14:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Broken Trust
A New York homebuyer gets more than he bargained for when a house inspection turns up a mummified corpse. For decades, the crime had gone undiscovered. The victim unmissed, and the killer unpunished.
2026-07-21 12:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 13:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Undaunted
Solving crimes may begin with gut intuition, but advanced science provides investigators with irrefutable proof. When criminals go to great lengths to mask their crimes, Investigators must step up the challenge and remain forever undaunted.
2026-07-21 11:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 12:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Women Who Kill
Men don't have a monopoly on murder, but it's still extraordinary when women kill. Though female killers are as deadly as males, they choose less violent methods.
2026-07-21 10:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 11:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Presumed Dead
What does it take to prove murder if the victim cannot be found? Investigators must go to extreme lengths to catch the killer when the victim is presumed dead.
2026-07-21 09:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 10:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
In The Cameras Eye
Photography has long been a vital tool in homicide investigations. A single image captures enough information to identify a suspect, and to preserve a vital clue long after a witness' memory fades.
2026-07-21 08:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 09:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
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