A family break turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in a lake with no idea whether it was murder, an accident or suicide, police turn to a new forensic technique.
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Three homicides on two continents looked like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were related and, if they were, who or what they had in common.
A family break turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in a lake with no idea whether it was murder, an accident or suicide, police turn to a new forensic technique.
Two people witness a truck driving over an unconscious man and flee into a nearby bar, but when the police turn up, the truck, the man and the witnesses are gone.
A man is found dead in his home, and his ex-wife has a perfect alibi. To determine time of death, investigators need to know when the victim ate his last meal.
Police are led on a wild goose chase when the wife of a prominent banker is kidnapped. An entomologist's unexpected discovery leads to a new suspect - and the realization that ordinary office equipment can leave extraordinary clues.
Survivors of Nazi atrocities recognized Archbishop Trifa as having led an attack against Jews during WWII.
The medical examiner ruled a death an accident, but the detectives thought the evidence indicated otherwise.
On May 12, 1994, Crystal Perry was viciously murdered in her home in Bridgton, Maine. Michael Hutchinson, 32, was found guilty of murder in the 1994 slaying at Perry's home.
The brutal murder of a state park employee over $2,000 rattles her co-workers and tourists while leaving police to sift through hundreds of leads.
In 1969, phone operator Diane Maxwell is murdered. Her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible.
Foul play is suspected when Fort Worth factory worker Glenda Furch disappears after completing her shift.
Two suspects are linked to a murder by bloodstained boots and a gun, but the owner of the items says he has never met the victim.
In 1991, San Francisco pornographer Artie Mitchell was murdered in his home. His brother and business partner Jim is found near the scene carrying a rifle and later confesses to shooting Artie. The question is whether the shooting was premeditated.
When a 62-year-old man opens a car restoration business and becomes seriously ill, his doctors cannot find the cause, but forensics can identification of a highly toxic metal in the victim's blood leads to his poisoner.
When the decomposed body of a teenage girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity. To solve the case, investigators turn to bug larvae found on the body.
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.
Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered. The body was discovered by her fiancé, Keyon Pittman. When police learned that Pittman was having affairs with other women, he became the prime suspect.
The disappearance of Philadelphia college athlete Aimee Willard is investigated after her car is found on the roadside. When her body is found, the police find unusual marks and DNA evidence that eventually lead to her killer.
A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other.
A woman convicted of killing her mother in a car fire is granted a new trial. An expert witness has a different opinion as to how the fire started and, if proven, would clear the woman of any culpability.
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