Some killers choose to hide their victims. And investigators must then rely on forensic examiners to uncover proof of murder. These are just two extraordinary crimes that have made their way into the medical examiner's casebook.
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A woman's body is found and investigators have little time and few clues to lead them to a killer who could strike again. Perpetrators try to conceal their crimes, yet savvy investigators can take the most obscure data and recreate a murder.
In San Diego, California, a killer has left behind pieces of evidence. Detectives must sort through these small clues to prove murder.
CI: Coroner Investigator will reveal the most in-depth look to date into the science of death.
When victims of murder know their killers, they are often caught off guard. But even the best-laid plans leave traces of the forsaken trust.
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.
At a crime scene, anything left behind or seemingly out of place is considered a clue. But a fire can extinguish everything in its path challenging forensic investigators at every turn and making each arson a trial by fire.
Some killers choose to hide their victims. And investigators must then rely on forensic examiners to uncover proof of murder. These are just two extraordinary crimes that have made their way into the medical examiner's casebook.
When a victim is gunned down at point-blank range, police often assume that a friend or acquaintance is to blame.
Killers often attempt to deflect attention away from their crimes by hiding the remains of their victims. Bodies may lay hidden for years before they are discovered.
Most victims of multiple murderers are meticulously chosen because of a mutual connection with the killer or because they match an intricate set of criteria that fits the killer's MO.
There are several things that can suggest murder jealousy, anger, poison. When everyday substances reveal hidden clues that break a homicide case, those substances become the elements of murder.
Sometimes when a death seems to be accidental or the result of a tragic accident, it is up to forensic scientists to reveal the deception lying just below the surface.
Lies and deceit can often throw investigators off the trail of justice. But when hard evidence contradicts a killer's story, police must use the clues to piece together the truth.
Sometimes, the cause of death does not match the scene of the crime. When an untraceable poison is used to commit murder, homicide detectives turn to forensic toxicologists to follow a killer's tracks and expose a toxic death.
A millionaire is found dead, murdered for a stash of buried silver. A young woman dates violent men, only to be killed by her best friend.
A teenager is abducted on a shopping trip. Two hikers disappear from the Appalachian Trail.
DNA analysis overturns the convictions of three men who have spent years behind bars, paying for crimes they did not commit.
The forces of nature can reduce a body to bones in a matter of weeks. Using a unique combination of art and science, forensic anthropologists give victims a face long after they have been forgotten.
Forensic scientists find clues written in blood as they investigate the deaths of three women killed by the men who once loved them.
Years after a murder has been committed, investigators use advanced DNA analysis to shed new light on crimes that have gone unpunished for far too long.
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