Forensic Files
Partners in Crime
A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers.
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Material Evidence
A young girl is found dead, the victim of an apparent sex killer; there are few clues to the killer's identity, but authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim.
Killigraphy
Police charge Alan ''The Zenith Man'' Ridley with murdering his wife, Virginia, but following an autopsy, medical detectives believe he may not have killed his wife after all.
Nursery Crimes
With children dying at an alarming rate at a Texas hospital, authorities narrow down their probe to one nurse, but the murder weapon remains elusive.
Lasting Impression
When the decomposed body of a young girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity, but days earlier, a stabbing victim told them she thought she might have witnessed a murder.
Foundation of Lies
When a doctor's wife disappears, investigators use concrete from the doctor's yard and the recollections of a child to determine what happened.
Unholy Vows
Romanian archbishop Valerian D. Trifa, living in the U.S., is accused of being a Nazi war criminal, and forensic experts find evidence on an incriminating, 40-year-old postcard.
Broken Promises
Investigators look into the shooting death of Russ Stager, a popular gym teacher, and discover that his death was not an accident; a message the victim recorded before his death reveals a story of greed.
Time Will Tell
A money launderer is found dead in the ocean and the only obvious clues to his identity are a Rolex watch and a tattoo; the anchor with which he is weighed down proves most helpful in solving the crime.
Second Shot at Love
The apparent suicide of Dr. Darryl Sutorius, a respected heart surgeon, is questioned when an investigation reveals his new wife's violent history.
Journey to Justice
The 1992 hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker leads to a groundbreaking trial as experts submit a video reconstruction of the incident, implicating a drunk driver and demonstrating the viability of video testimony.
Video Diary
Specialists including a NASA vendor help police reconstruct a damaged surveillance video to catch the murderer of convenience store employee Wanda Mason in Lansing, Mich.
Deadly Knowledge
When a young woman goes missing, the police investigation reveals that she led a double life -- student by day, call girl by night -- but when her body is discovered, even more strange truths are uncovered.
Missing in Time
A tiny clue inside a suspect's watchband and a popular television show help solve the case of a woman's disappearance.
Missing Pearl
One year after Maine resident Pearl A. Bruns' disappearance, forensic technology helps to find her body and determine who was responsible for her death.
Man's Best Friend?
When 4-year-old April Renee Tucker is found dead in her backyard, her parents tell the police that neighborhood dogs attacked and killed her, but the injuries on her body don't match their account of what happened.
Hand Delivered
San Diego police investigate the murder of a missing person whose hands turn up in a dumpster; an anonymous letter, containing details only the killer would know, offers clues to solving the case.
Death Play
One year after her father's death, a teen's role in a high school production of ``Hamlet`` causes her to reveal the chilling truth behind her family's tragedy.
Fire Dot Com
A mother puts her hope in the internet and an independent investigation to clear her name after authorities charge her with murdering her 17-month-old son in a fire considered to be intentionally set.
Mistaken for Dead
When a man dies unexpectedly in the office of a noted California doctor, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation, but discoveries of false identities and insurance fraud raise questions about the doctor's role.
Frozen Evidence
A forensic scientist uses his skills to preserve a footprint left in snow to help authorities nab two men suspected of robbing an Ontario couple and shooting the husband in the head.
Soft Touch
Fingerprints taken from a piece of cloth help solve the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Henrico County, Va.
Church Disappearance
The FBI profiles a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old girl during an evening church service; a witness leads authorities to the likely killer, but then becomes a victim herself.
Photo Finish
Photographs found in a dumpster lead to the killer of Los Angeles model Linda Sobek; the man claims he did not intentionally kill her despite evidence to the contrary.
Whodunit
A murder mystery theater performance in Easton, Md., turns into a real-life mystery when a body is found after the performance ends.
Horse Play
When a woman dies in a horseback riding accident, police uncover a web of lies in her husband's background after his suspicious behavior prompts a closer look.
Treads and Threads
A serial killer in Tampa, Fla., taunts police by strangling prostitutes and leaving their bodies in plain sight, but tire marks and fibers lead to the culprit.
Killer's Cattle Log
Missouri police are thrust into a bizarre web of homeless drifters and cattle auctions when they are called to retrieve a dead body.
Skin of Her Teeth
A killer wants to outwit the police and keep the identity of his victim secret so he removes the teeth; however, lab tests on the skull reveal not just the horrific nature of the murder, but the identity of the victim too.
Root of All Evil
When a farmer's wife disappears, the tests of a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist lead to a surprising revelation.
Where the Blood Drops
A son who is convinced of his mother's innocence in the death of his father enrolls in law school to try and clear her name.
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The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Within a Hair
A man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case.
Chief Evidence
The murder of a young Seattle couple puzzles investigators until the victims' dog, Chief, leads police to the killer.
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
A handsome young doctor's fiancee experiences severe illness after revealing that she is pregnant, and launches her own investigation to determine if the doctor is somehow responsible.
Pastoral Care
When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a ``signature`` clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier.
Bagging a Killer
When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case.
Double Trouble
The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine.
Cats, Flies and Snapshots
A young woman goes missing without leaving many clues, but the advanced technology on offer makes it possible for cat hairs and insects to help build an image of the abductor.
Naked Justice
Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a pregnant woman is found dead in her home.
Treading Not So Lightly
A mother is determined to discover what happened when her daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident.
Shopping Spree
Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree.
The Cheater
Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- ``The Cheater`` by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott.
Forever Hold Your Peace
Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer.
Reel Danger
Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers.
Who's Your Daddy
When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away.
The Alibi
In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone.
Purr-fect Match
In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island.
Bio-Attack
A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government.
A Shot in the Dark
A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened and the truth is stranger than fiction.
Without a Prayer
After American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair disappears, the discovery of a mutilated body helps police catch the culprit.
A Clutch of Witnesses
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.
Scout's Honor
Insect evidence helps to solve the mystery of a woman found dead near a river bank.
A Touching Recollection
A girl who is abducted and then released soon afterwards uses her knowledge of forensics to lead police to the kidnapper.
A Leg to Stand On
A trash collector finds a severed human leg in a trash bin but police cannot use conventional methods of victim identification; investigators turn to toxicology and DNA tests to find the murder-mutilator.
Partners in Crime
A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers.
Within a Hair
A man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case.
Sibling Rivalry
The pornography empire cultivated by brothers Artie and Jim Mitchell crumbles when one turns up dead and his brother confesses to shooting him; investigators question whether the shooting was premeditated.
Pastoral Care
When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a ``signature`` clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Elephant Tracks
A jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson.
A Bag of Evidence
A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer.
Tooth or Consequences
An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body.
Cold Storage
A family suspects their teenage daughter's new friends were involved in her disappearance.
The Metal Business
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.
Dressed to Kill
When a 6-year-old disappears, her father becomes the prime suspect; he fails a polygraph test and even confesses, but 10 years later, the investigation gets turned on its head.
Palm Print Conviction
Investigators build a makeshift tent around a woman's body and use super glue fumes to lift the killer's palm print from the victim's skin.
A Vow of Silence
The disappearance of a mail-order bride proves suspicious when detectives learn that two of the Texas husband's previous wives had died in mysterious circumstances.
Elephant Tracks
A jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson.
A Bag of Evidence
A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer.
Tooth or Consequences
An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body.
The Sniffing Revenge
The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out murder.
Sleight of Hand
Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years.
Scratching the Surface
Forensic scientists try to find a way to ''lift'' the serial number from a shotgun that's their only clue in a case.
Fire Proof
Investigating the worst arson spree in U.S. history -- a rash of more than 75 fires near Seattle.
X Marks the Spot
Computers aid the police and FBI in solving a string of crimes.
All Charged Up
Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist, and a cleverly obtained DNA sample confirms their suspicions.
Breaking the Mold
When a young boy has serious respiratory problems and his father shows signs of early Alzheimer's disease, a chance encounter with a stranger kicks off an investigation into the cause.
House Call
Police in St. Petersburg, Fla., use cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of forensic evidence to find a surgeon's killer.
Plastic Fire
A woman wins her release after being imprisoned for allegedly killing her mother in a car fire.
Last Will
Authorities are able to apprehend a kidnapper because he allowed his victim to write a will on a telltale pad of paper.
Dessert Served Cold
Experts debate whether an apparent heart attack victim died from natural causes or alleged poisoning by his girlfriend.
The Music Case
When a 12-year-old was found dead in her home, police were left clueless until a string of burglaries months later. A trail of stolen goods may help solve a murder.
Paintball
When 15 year-old Marlene Miller was murdered, it would take 24 years and several retrials before forensic scientists discovered the evidence to bring her killer to justice.
Sign Here
Detectives use a forged signature to find a woman's abductor.
Bagging a Killer
When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case.
Double Trouble
The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Ten of Hearts
A 20-year-old woman sets out on her bike and never returns; her body is found a few miles from her house with a gunshot wound to the head; years go by without any evidence or leads, until new investigators and technology breaks the case.
Heavy Metal
A navy lieutenant is murdered while deployed out to sea; arsenic poisoning is the cause of death; investigators discover he had more than his fair share of enemies, but it takes years before investigators discover what really happened to him.
Knots
A building manager finds the lifeless body of a young woman in the bathtub; when questioned, an ex-con living downstairs lies to police; the lies do not prove murder and the case goes cold, then a new forensic tool examines the evidence.
A Wrong Foot
An obscure print found at a crime scene.
Order Up
A diner in a small town, an endocrinologist and a forensic botanist help destroy a prime suspect's alibi.
When the Dust Settled
Neighbors do not hear the gunshots when a union official is killed in his home.
A Welcome Intrusion
A man tells police he shot an intruder who murdered his wife; forensic evidence leads police to re-examine the man's motives.
Within Arm's Reach
A police officer claims his estranged wife's shooting death was a suicide, but investigators think it was a murder.
Private Thoughts
When fire fighters find a family dead inside their home, it appears to be a murder-suicide; clues at the scene lead investigators to believe otherwise.
Brotherhoods
A couple's murder leads investigators into the world of white supremacists and a string of hate crimes.
Hair of the Dog
A rare gun and a victim's beloved dog help investigators trying to solve a multi-year long murder case where most of the witnesses were admitted drug users.
Breaking News
A search in Virginia's DNA databank reveals the identity of a news producer's murderer.
All the World's a Stage
A homicide detective claims his wife accidentally shot herself in the head, but the evidence indicates otherwise.
The Big Chill
Officials probe the death of a woman investigating the possible side effects of the drug she was prescribed for bipolar disorder.
Bound for Jail
A chip of stainless steel brings a killer to justice 20 years after a woman's body is found in a ravine.
Sphere of Influence
An 11-year-old girl is sexually assaulted and shot twice at close range.
Nailed
A woman is killed weeks before testifying against the man who sexually assaulted her.
Sign of the Zodiac
New York police hunt the Zodiac killer after a series of deadly attacks.
Letter Perfect
When a healthy young man dies mysteriously in his sleep, toxicology tests reveal that it may have been foul play. Could a `suicide note' hold the key to solving the case.
True Lies
A child's memory, a diary and a forensic psychologist help investigators solve a young woman's murder.
Bed of Deceit
Investigators weigh several theories while probing the death of a retired police officer, including a botched robbery and suicide.
Smoke in Your Eyes
The bodies of two young women are found in the ashes of an apartment fire.
Flower Power
Two different men report the murder of a single mother and when the case's other anomalies stall the police, a candy wrapper and seeds help expose the killer.
Past Lives
After a Connecticut man's body is found in a burning rental car on a Mexican highway, an insurance company suspects a scam.
Over and Out
When a pipe bomb rips through a rural home, killing a young man and seriously injuring his mother, detectives hope that the remnants of a mailing label will lead them to a killer.
Sign Here
Detectives use a forged signature to find a woman's abductor.
Shadow of a Doubt
A woman is killed two days before she was scheduled to testify against a man accused of assaulting her and the prime suspect has an alibi.
Tourist Trap
A bite mark is all the evidence needed to convict a suspect who was robbing tourists in Florida.
Once Bitten
Technology able to analyze human bite-marks yields information on a woman's death.
All Wet
A death in Pennsylvania is strikingly similar to one in North Carolina.
Shot of Vengeance
When a nurse starts experiencing a variety of flu-like symptoms, she discovers that she is HIV-positive; she learns that her infection was not accidental.
Dinner and a Movie
time of death becomes pivotal when a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom.
A Wrong Foot
An obscure print found at a crime scene.
Order Up
A diner in a small town, an endocrinologist and a forensic botanist help destroy a prime suspect's alibi.
When the Dust Settled
Neighbors do not hear the gunshots when a union official is killed in his home.
A Welcome Intrusion
A man tells police he shot an intruder who murdered his wife; forensic evidence leads police to re-examine the man's motives.
Within Arm's Reach
A police officer claims his estranged wife's shooting death was a suicide, but investigators think it was a murder.
Private Thoughts
When fire fighters find a family dead inside their home, it appears to be a murder-suicide; clues at the scene lead investigators to believe otherwise.
Brotherhoods
A couple's murder leads investigators into the world of white supremacists and a string of hate crimes.
Hair of the Dog
A rare gun and a victim's beloved dog help investigators trying to solve a multi-year long murder case where most of the witnesses were admitted drug users.
Breaking News
A search in Virginia's DNA databank reveals the identity of a news producer's murderer.
Death by a Salesman
A quiet residential community, shattered by the murder of a neighbor. See how modern techniques helped investigators catch the culprit in less than 12 hours.
Web of Seduction
A man is found dead in his Michigan auto-salvage shop.
Grounds for Indictment
A man is murdered in a drive-by shooting. When a mobile phone trace incriminates a killer, it's up to a forensic geologist to find evidence that he was at the scene.
Dueling Confessions
When a teenage girl is found dead, her boyfriend confesses to her murder. However, in a strange twist, so does another man; police must determine which is the killer.
Traces of Truth
A high school gym teacher gives his friend a ride home but never returns; his wife and friend receive letters saying he started a new life, but they suspect foul play despite no body being discovered.
Honor Thy Father
A 16-year-old girl is killed in her own home by her mother and father. Her parents said they acted in self-defense, but the forensic evidence indicates otherwise.
Hack Attack
Investigators determine if a computer crash which almost ruined a manufacturing company was accidental or deliberate sabotage.
Deadly Curve
Car with three Secret Service agents collides with local deputy's car; investigation launched into who was responsible for the deadly car accident finds two very different conclusions.
Visibility Zero
The derailment of the Sunset Limited was the deadliest train crash in U.S. history killing 47 passengers and crew with several more injured.
Flashover
Arson investigators attempt to determine the cause of the 1987 fire at the Kings Cross Underground Station in London.
Road Rage
A discarded sleeping bag, containing bloody sneakers and a purse, leads police to the body of a young woman; a mark found on the victim's body enables police to track the killer.
Hunter or Hunted?
A woman's apparent accidental death begins to look fishy after police uncover a letter written by the victim days before her untimely death.
In Harm's Way
An Alaskan trooper finds a woman's body beside a frozen road, but evidence is scant even after a suspected murder weapon is found.
No Corpus Delicti
Police link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with a woman who disappeared 20 years ago.
News at 11
A news anchor is shot to death outside her home in an apparent crime of passion by a fan; a police dog tracks the scent of the killer back to the crime scene.
Burning Desire
A fire, caused by an unattended cigarette, kills the estranged wife of a police officer; forensic scientists discover that the cause is far more complicated.
Cloak of Deceit
A trio of men, responsible for several bank robberies, leaves no evidence behind; forensic scientists help catch them by looking at the criminals' posture and clothing.
Bad Medicine
When a woman's bone marrow test reveals arsenic poisoning, investigators try to determine if it is due to groundwater contamination or something more sinister.
Stick 'em Up
A missing bank president's body is found floating in a lake; the duct tape used in binding him to a chair helps solve the crime.
Head Games
A husband was shot and killed, forensic psychiatry helped the wife to remember the details for what happened.
Making the Collar
The body of a 16-year-old girl is discovered nine months after her disappearance; forensic scientists find clues that paint a virtual portrait of her killer.
Financial Downfall
A young woman falls to her death in what appears to be a tragic accident; a forensic exam of photos taken at the scene tells a different story.
A Daughter's Journey
Haunted by her mother's long-ago disappearance, a woman undertakes an investigation of her own and stumbles upon a dark family secret.
Over a Barrel
The robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple goes unsolved for 10 years; a forensic scientist makes history when he solves the crime.
Pinned by the Evidence
A man is charged with the murder of a wrestling champion; six years later, a forensic animator testifies on his behalf.
Cries Unheard
A 19-year-old girl is found dead in her car in what appears to be a suicide; police discover that the victime was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people motive to kill.
Buried Treasure
Fifteen years after a man disappears, using a metal detector, police find evidence which proves what had happened.
Badge of Betrayal
The body of a young California co-ed under an isolated interstate ramp sets off an investigation; San Diego police have no idea who would want her dead, but they discover a tiny, unique fiber on the victim's clothing.
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All the World's a Stage
A homicide detective claims his wife accidentally shot herself in the head, but the evidence indicates otherwise.
The Big Chill
Officials probe the death of a woman investigating the possible side effects of the drug she was prescribed for bipolar disorder.
Bound for Jail
A chip of stainless steel brings a killer to justice 20 years after a woman's body is found in a ravine.
Sphere of Influence
An 11-year-old girl is sexually assaulted and shot twice at close range.
Nailed
A woman is killed weeks before testifying against the man who sexually assaulted her.
Sign of the Zodiac
New York police hunt the Zodiac killer after a series of deadly attacks.
Letter Perfect
When a healthy young man dies mysteriously in his sleep, toxicology tests reveal that it may have been foul play. Could a `suicide note' hold the key to solving the case.
True Lies
A child's memory, a diary and a forensic psychologist help investigators solve a young woman's murder.
Bed of Deceit
Investigators weigh several theories while probing the death of a retired police officer, including a botched robbery and suicide.
Smoke in Your Eyes
The bodies of two young women are found in the ashes of an apartment fire.
Flower Power
Two different men report the murder of a single mother and when the case's other anomalies stall the police, a candy wrapper and seeds help expose the killer.
Past Lives
After a Connecticut man's body is found in a burning rental car on a Mexican highway, an insurance company suspects a scam.
Over and Out
When a pipe bomb rips through a rural home, killing a young man and seriously injuring his mother, detectives hope that the remnants of a mailing label will lead them to a killer.
Death by a Salesman
A quiet residential community, shattered by the murder of a neighbor. See how modern techniques helped investigators catch the culprit in less than 12 hours.
Deadly Matrimony
Police become suspicious of a man who reported his wife missing 15 years after doing the same thing with his first wife.
Muddy Waters
While investigating the case of a Colorado hunter shot three times and killed, police suspect two murder weapons, and two killers, but forensic evidence points them closer to home.
Point of Origin
A serial arsonist burns thousands of California homes and businesses.
Seeds for Doubt
A small community in upstate New York is devastated when a car accident claims the life of a well-respected nurse.
Saving Face
A woman disappears without a trace, and police learn two other women vanished under similar circumstances.
Northern Exposure
Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discover a body wrapped in sheets edged in orange stitching; they discover threads of evidence clinging to the sheet.
Silk Stalkings
The son of a murder victim contacts the police when a flight attendant is brutally murdered in a remarkably similar way.
Fishing for the Truth
A two-man shrimp boat sinks when a fast-moving, violent storm struck the Louisiana coast; a deckhand is considered a hero for trying to save the drowned captain, until his body is found.
For Love or Money
A real estate tycoon must have had a premonition about foul play, as he wrote it in his will.
South of the Border
The cold-blooded murder of an American tourist in a Mexican resort causes law enforcement to focus on both sides of the border.
The Stake-Out
When a prominent banker's wife is kidnapped, the trail leads police on a wild goose chase; they track down disgruntled bank customers and examine computer fonts.
Walking Terror
A man has no recollection of events after stabbing his wife and holding her head underwater in a swimming pool.
Trial by Fire
A fire investigator determines if a kerosene heater is the cause of a fire that killed one person or if it was murder.
Marked for Life
California police in 1957 search for a murderer, but the case goes cold; 50 years after a crime is committed, advances in computer technology determine the killer.
Plastic Puzzle
Investigators piece together tiny clues at the scene of a hit-and-run accident; their findings help to track down the offending driver.
Up in Smoke
Investigators determine what caused a house fire that killed an elderly couple and whether the victims' son is responsible.
Soiled Plan
Detectives are suspicious after a woman is killed in a hunting accident, but it takes more than twenty years before a trace evidence analyst is able to match fibers on a soiled blanket to the killer.
Headquarters
When hunters find a skull in a Texas canyon, police find bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair; once they discover her identity, it was time to find the killer.
One for the Road
A wife is missing in Key West; investigators wonder if they should be searching for a missing person or a killer.
Army of Evidence
Suicide notes and a pistol in hand lead police to suspect that a mother of two young children appeared to had killed herself, but when investigators learned of a house fire she was in three years earlier, they reinvestigate.
Shear Luck
The violent death of an Air Force officer's wife outside a Philippines air base is examined, amid accusations of a love triangle involving the murdered woman's husband; investigators use groundbreaking computer forensics to make their case.
Tagging a Suspect
Pieces of plastic the size of sand hold clues to a bombing.
Strong Impressions
At first glance it appears a young woman suffocated, but further investigation shows the scene was staged.
Cereal Killer
A killer is careless when a home is destroyed by fire and a young boy is missing.
Crash Course
A patrol officer is shocked by the amount of blood at a traffic accident and is shocked by the coroner's ruling until an anonymous phone call re-ignites the case.
A Leg up on Crime
An irrigation canal murder remains unsolved until a similar murder occurs.
Tight-Fitting Genes
The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident.
Deadly Valentine
On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events.
Cats, Flies and Snapshots
A young woman goes missing without leaving many clues, but the advanced technology on offer makes it possible for cat hairs and insects to help build an image of the abductor.
Naked Justice
Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a pregnant woman is found dead in her home.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Web of Seduction
A man is found dead in his Michigan auto-salvage shop.
Grounds for Indictment
A man is murdered in a drive-by shooting. When a mobile phone trace incriminates a killer, it's up to a forensic geologist to find evidence that he was at the scene.
Dueling Confessions
When a teenage girl is found dead, her boyfriend confesses to her murder. However, in a strange twist, so does another man; police must determine which is the killer.
Prints Among Thieves
Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong.
Unholy Alliance
Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles.
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage.
Cop Out
Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction.
Summer Obsession
In a wealthy area of Philadelphia, police are called to the scene of what seems like a regular accidental drowning; the investigation begins to focus on one person who has many reasons to want the victim dead.
Elemental Clue
Two women are murdered in the same town and police fear a serial killer is on the loose, further investigation finds that they were both close to the same man.
Moss, Not Grass
A young woman is found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas; the grass on that course is so distinctive that it had evidentiary value; the evidence leds police to two suspects; each blamed the other, and they have to find out who the killer is.
Material Witness
A teenager goes missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body is found a month later, three miles from her home; the killer unknowingly leaves a trace of evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues that pointed to him and him alone.
Garden of Evil
When a popular disc jockey is found murdered in a community garden, police swing into action; a sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer and he'd been much closer than they realize.
Sunday School Ambush
Investigators unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception after a woman claims her husband was gunned down by intruders.
Penchant for Poison
Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders; the killer had been careful, he uses poison which had no taste or odour, fortunately for investigators, it also has a unique chemical signature.
Bump in the Night
A man is murdered in his sleep but no fingerprints are anywhere to be found; a shoe impression outside could lead to the killer.
Sole Searching
With very little else to go on, investigators find that a show impression puts them on the right track to finding a killer in Lansing, Mich.
Murder on the Menu
The owner of a restaurant is killed; investigators uncover tales of debt and deceit, but the case remains open, until one detective gets inspired by an earlier episode of ``Forensic Files,`` and looks for clues in an empty holster.
Hot on the Trail
Serial arsonist on the loose leaves no evidence.
High 'N' Dry
A man becomes the prime suspect in his wife's death after forensic science raises questions about her apparent suicide.
To the Viktor
Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic seek links between three homicides that look like professional executions.
Wired for Disaster
Who put a bomb in the home of a 29-year-old woman and killed her?
Wood-Be Killer
A killer tried to destroy everything which could link them to the crime; but in doing so, they inadvertently created new forensic evidence, evidence which came to light using a technique never before used in a criminal investigation.
Naughty or Nyce
After a tycoon's wife is found dead in her SUV submerged in a half-frozen creek, police begin to suspect it wasn't an accident.
Going for Broke
A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.
Just Desserts
Physical evidence intially condemns a prime suspect to a double homicide, but DNA from a discarded spoon points to another.
Treading Not So Lightly
A mother is determined to discover what happened when her daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident.
Shopping Spree
Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree.
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The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
No Corpus Delicti
Police link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with a woman who disappeared 20 years ago.
News at 11
A news anchor is shot to death outside her home in an apparent crime of passion by a fan; a police dog tracks the scent of the killer back to the crime scene.
Burning Desire
A fire, caused by an unattended cigarette, kills the estranged wife of a police officer; forensic scientists discover that the cause is far more complicated.
The Gambler
Investigators search the world of high rollers and offshore betting to solve the first triple homicide in Verona, Wisc.
Weakest Link
Police search every apartment building in town when the body of a young girl found on an isolated farm holds a set of keys but no ID.
Capitol Crimes
A man denies killing a pedestrian in hit-and-run, claiming he sold the car in question; authorities track down the car to find critical evidence.
Undertaken
Three years later, a second autopsy determines who's right when a medical examiner and detectives disagree on the cause of death.
Dark Waters
Hit-and-run boating accident that kills a popular young man causes investigators to search for one boat out of thousands.
Nice Threads
A woman is found dead on her bedroom floor, the only clue is a bloodstained sheet; breakthrough forensics enable police to identify the killer.
Grave Danger
A young man is killed in a mysterious car crash, but the evidence at the scene lead investigators to believe it is not an accident; forensic science reveals what really happens, and the truth devastates three families.
Internal Affair
A woman is found dead, police use blood evidence and computer forensics to convince a jury that the murderer is guilty.
A Case of the Flue
When an elderly woman dies in an apparent robbery-homicide, evidence suggests the suspect broke out of the house rather than breaking in.
No Safe Place
Wealthy man is shot dead while his wife is forced to open their hidden safe, but they couldn't be identified because they were wearing ski masks.
Live Wire
The bomb was constructed to cause as much damage as possible and it did, killing the victim with deadly force and flame; a painstaking search yielded tiny clues, which identified the killer as surely as if he'd signed them.
Van-ished
A twelve-year-old girl claims that she was abducted and sexually assaulted; her story seems unbelievable until police discover fibers on her clothing.
A Novel Idea
A man calls for help when his wife has a fatal fall down the stairs; numerous amount of bloodstains make police suspicious.
Chief Suspect
A decade old case reopens, and a few seconds of a 911 call enable investigators to determine who is responsible for a murder.
Water Hazard
A flawed envelope is an unlikely clue to identifying a killer who laced a water cooler with cyanide and caused the death of a woman.
Shell Game
A mussel diver and his fiancée are found dead in their burnt home; a tiny clue points to arson and murder.
Ring Him Up
For ten years, the disappearance of a college co-ed remained a mystery; new scientific testing cast a different light on a man who had been a suspect all along.
Killer Impression
Tipster is found dead after revealing that a woman's death 16 years ago was murder.
If I Were You
The murder of 53-year-old Paul Gruber is examined and the evidence points to Darryl Robin Kuehl, who was later convicted of the crime.
As the Tide Turns
A man states that a robber shot and killed his wife while they were on the beach, but a song he downloaded makes investigators suspicious.
A Tight Leash
Detectives discover new clues left by a stalker's letter to his victim.
Muffled Cries
The body of an insurance assessor is found in a river in Tampa, Fla.; a unique murder weapon and blatant clues lead the police straight to her careless killer.
The Cheater
Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- ``The Cheater`` by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott.
Forever Hold Your Peace
Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer.
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The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Cries Unheard
A 19-year-old girl is found dead in her car in what appears to be a suicide; police discover that the victime was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people motive to kill.
Buried Treasure
Fifteen years after a man disappears, using a metal detector, police find evidence which proves what had happened.
Badge of Betrayal
The body of a young California co-ed under an isolated interstate ramp sets off an investigation; San Diego police have no idea who would want her dead, but they discover a tiny, unique fiber on the victim's clothing.
Blanket of Evidence
A wax bullet, white blanket and olive colored carpeting tell a lot about the murder of a young woman found in a ravine.
Fired-Up
When a house burns to the ground and a woman's charred remains are found, investigators must determine whether it was an accident or arson.
Two in a Million
An ammunition box and fluorescent fibers reveal the betrayal that led to the murder of a millionaire's family.
Bitter Brew
The 1960 kidnapping and murder of brewery heir Adolph Coors III leads to one of the most intense manhunts in U.S. history.
Message in a Bottle
A used tissue, 12 years after the murder of a young Missouri woman, may be what cracks the case with a suspect list a mile long.
Sharper Image
When murder strikes a young girl, police quickly make an arrest, but cutting-edge technology from NASA proves they have the wrong suspect behind bars.
Insulated Evidence
A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.
Cold Hearted
When two men appear to die of heart disease six years apart, police notice they have one thing in common, they were each married to the same woman.
Wheel of Misfortune
Casino security cameras offer the final images of a woman, just before she vanishes without a trace; can these grainy images lead police to her killer?
Quite a Spectacle
A squashed tomato and a pinpoint reflection of light in a photo help catch a killer.
Transaction Failed
An ATM transaction allows Texas detectives to pinpoint a suspect in the slaying of a teacher, but a shoelace stolen from the victim's home proves to be the tie that binds her killer to the crime.
The Day the Music Died
Ten years after the murder of a rock singer, forensic scientists use evidence collected to finally bring her killer to justice.
Sole Survivor
After a Michigan State University grad student disappears and is presumed dead, a professor of geological sciences helps police get the dirt on her killer.
Insignificant Others
When a man's wife kills herself 14 years after his college sweetheart commits suicide, police start to get suspicious.
Catch 22
A woman gets shot in her driveway; she may have been the victim of a co-worker half her age that she had recently rejected.
A Cinderella Story
A pair of tennis shoes are found near a victim who had been stabbed on the beach, less than ten yards from her hotel.
Screen Pass
Three fingerprints on a window screen are enough for a print examiner to uncover the work of a serial killer.
Pressed for Crime
With a long list of suspects, forensic experts agree on one thing in this brutal murder: the killer knew his victim.
Finger Pane
The only lead to finding a serial killer on the loose is a bloody fingerprint on the body of a victim.
Good as Gold
Tests reveal the race, eye color and hair color of the person responsible for killing two young women on Halloween night.
Freedom Fighter
A convicted arsonist claims his innocence and with no lawyer, no money and only a fifth-grade education, sets out to prove it.
Dog Day Afternoon
A canine behaviorist uses the family dogs, who are the only witnesses, to find the murderer of their owner.
Reel Danger
Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers.
Who's Your Daddy
When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away.
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The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
South of the Border
The cold-blooded murder of an American tourist in a Mexican resort causes law enforcement to focus on both sides of the border.
The Stake-Out
When a prominent banker's wife is kidnapped, the trail leads police on a wild goose chase; they track down disgruntled bank customers and examine computer fonts.
Walking Terror
A man has no recollection of events after stabbing his wife and holding her head underwater in a swimming pool.
Driven to Silence
After 10 years, a witness decides to do the right thing about the rape and murder of a young hairdresser.
Printed Proof
Police investigate the possibility of a hate crime when two women go missing and are later found murdered.
About Face
When a human skeleton is found on marshland and determined to be at least 18 months old, a computer consultant gives her a face and name.
In the Bag
A killer places all the incriminating evidence to the murder in a plastic bag, hoping it will float down the river.
Yes, in Deed
A woman's body is found inside a burned mobile home and the autopsy reveals she was beaten, making this a murder.
Guarded Secrets
Security guard who disappeared from his post was found a year later in a remote camp site; a decade later, a phone call and a paint smear on his boot helped scientists determine what happened during his final moments.
Smoking Out a Killer
When three students are brutally murdered close to campus, investigators must determine what the women had in common before their serial killer strikes again.
Frozen Assets
A bag full of evidence recovered from an iced-over river helps to reveal the murderer of a businesswoman in her own shop.
House Hunting
Eyewitness to real estate agent's murder is put under forensic hypnosis in an attempt to help him recall the killer's face.
Shoot to Thrill
Police launch a search for a killer after a teenager returns home to find his father's body in a pool of blood.
Political Thriller
Pathologist examining the death of a politician who was running for re-election finds tiny puncture wounds at the autopsy.
Double Cross
A Naval officer who threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault is brutally murdered, but when investigators find the allegations could be part of an elaborate scheme for money, they turn to forensic science.
Dancing With the Devil
A man is found stabbed to death after a night in a strip club; a drop of blood on a bedspread becomes critical evidence five years later.
Last Dance
After police identify a murder victim thanks to her butterfly necklace, they discover several co-workers had vendettas against the victim.
Constructive Criticism
The brutal murder of a construction site foreman looks like the work of a disgruntled employee, but forensic science points to an unlikely suspect.
Home Evasion
A shooting victim mutters the name of her apparent assailant before dying, but fingerprint comparisons, handwriting analysis, ballistics and DNA testing show someone else close to home is the true killer.
Window Watcher
A woman's story seemed far fetched; she tells investigators that a man broke into her home wearing only underwear and gloves, killed her boyfriend and raped and terrorized her.
Stranger in the Night
After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells a story that's so improbable police think it can't possibly be true.
Kidnapping
A family vacation turns into a terrifying search for a missing wife and baby, then becomes a manhunt for a killer who committed a horrific crime.
Sands of Crime
A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma.
Calculated Coincidence
A nosy neighbor with a disturbing obsession becomes a suspect in a woman's murder at an upscale apartment complex; police discover an incredible link to an unrelated murder thousands of miles away.
Sworded Scheme
A college student turns up dead and her boyfriend becomes a prime suspect when blood splatters are discovered on his wall.
The Alibi
In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone.
Purr-fect Match
In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island.
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The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Incendiary
When a house fire kills the only doctor in a small town, an arson investigation leads to the son of the doctor's nurse; the prosecutor worries this might have been a miscarriage of justice.
Grave Justice
A young woman is found murdered on the side of a rural driveway; the victim had been out with friends; the investigation would remain unsolved; until three decades later, when forensics from an unrelated crime helps break the case.
Smoking Gun
A hearing impaired 77-year-old on a road trip is shot to death because the man cannot hear his assailant's demands; random murders are among the hardest crimes to solve, but investigators are determined to bring this case to justice.
Dirty Laundry
When a businessman is murdered, motives and suspects are plentiful. Was it simply a disgruntled employee or client? Or do some racy photos hold the clue to the crime?
Drowning Sorrows
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.
As Fault
When friends see a woman in the back of a car flailing her arms and screaming, they assume she is having fun, but when they later come upon a jacket and a pool of blood, they realize they witnessed an abduction in progress.
Family Ties
An attack on a couple's home leaves the husband dead, the wife gravely injured and their son as a prime suspect; hundreds of miles away, a DNA sample may lead to the killer.
Trouble Brewing
Detectives think they've solved a murder when they find the weapon and victim's blood in a man's flat, but the evidence may have been planted.
Holy Terror
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.
Needle in a Haystack
There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead; but when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel the mystery of betrayal and revenge.
Room With a View
A woman is stabbed a hundred times and her body positioned in a suggestive manner. This could be a hate crime against women.
Dollars and Sense
Police are able to create a composite sketch of a man burnt beyond recognition. But tracking the killer is more challenging.
Hair Line
By cutting a strand of a murdered man's hair into sections, forensics reveal a record of his last six months alive, and find he was frequently ingesting huge amounts of arsenic.
All That Glitters Is Gold
A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses, an ambush or a random attack; the clue was something so tiny, it was measured in millionths of a meter.
Deadly Rebellion
Teenager is found half-naked with her throat slit; a single foreign hair found on her thumb may finger the killer.
Sign of the Crime
Two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered; the similarities of the crime scenes led police to believe they were dealing with a serial killer who hated women, and they had to find him before he struck again.
Covet Thy Neighbor
Weeks after a student vanishes, the body of an unknown female is found in the ashes of a fire 700 miles away; an alert policeman realizes the crimes could be connected.
Writing on the Wall
Investigators face a growing list of suspects after a beautiful flight attendant is brutally murdered in her own home.
Hundreds of Reasons
The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death; police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000 was missing from the safe. As to who was responsible, his family and friends couldn't even imagine who'd want to hurt him.
Cold Feet
Florida authorities rely on DNA evidence to try to nail the killer of a woman who was abducted from her late-night job at a convenience store, raped and strangled.
Separation Anxiety
A wild fire in a secluded parking lot leads police to discover a dreadful homicide, with the suspect's image caught by security cameras.
Office Visit
After a prominent Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death outside his office, investigators uncover an unlikely suspect with deep pockets and an even deeper hatred for the doctor.
Shoe-in for Murder
Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.
Family Interrupted
A masked gunman kills two members of a family and wounds two others after they interrupt his burglary at their upscale suburban home.
Palm Saturday
A killer leaves equally incriminating evidence at the scene when he meticulously wipes away his fingerprint and shoe impressions.
A Leg up on Crime
An irrigation canal murder remains unsolved until a similar murder occurs.
Tight-Fitting Genes
The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident.
Deadly Valentine
On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events.
Picture This
Weed analysis and photogrammetry are used to help solve the 1995 murder of a California teenager is found dead after disappearing from her home.
Oily in the Morning
When police recover the submerged car of missing man, they find no body; the investigation that follows uncovers a deadly obsession and the motive for murder.
Gold Rush
Emergency dispatch recieved a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. But the wound was not self-inflicted.
Four on the Floor
Investigators piece together evidence found at the scene of a Native American woman's murder; the tyre tracks and shoe impressions could lead them to the killer.
Writer's Block
Experts seek answers to a young businesswoman's death just before she was to testify in a criminal trial.
A Clean Getaway
An anonymous caller reports the rape and murder of a dry cleaner employee; two eyewitnesses tell two similar but not identical stories.
Prints Among Thieves
Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong.
Unholy Alliance
Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles.
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage.
Cop Out
Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction.
Summer Obsession
In a wealthy area of Philadelphia, police are called to the scene of what seems like a regular accidental drowning; the investigation begins to focus on one person who has many reasons to want the victim dead.
Elemental Clue
Two women are murdered in the same town and police fear a serial killer is on the loose, further investigation finds that they were both close to the same man.
Moss, Not Grass
A young woman is found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas; the grass on that course is so distinctive that it had evidentiary value; the evidence leds police to two suspects; each blamed the other, and they have to find out who the killer is.
Runaway Love
After a woman is found dead at a yacht club in California in an apparent case of love gone wrong, investigators discover her home life was as dramatic as films made in nearby Hollywood.
Watchful Eye
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.
Waste Mis-Management
When evidence shows a woman's rape and murder, police must find the killer as well as the victim.
Dirty Little Secret
A week after a couple disappears from the beach, police get a mysterious lead from a robbery.
Lights Out
Fifteen years later, DNA technology leads to justice for a murdered woman and her savagely beaten 4-year-old daughter.
Pet Rock
A quiet waitress who hasn't been to work in two days vanishes without a trace; police suspect a date gone wrong.
Best Foot Forward
The search for a missing exotic dancer led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated, thus destroying all evidence... almost; piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile and positive ID.
Purebread Murder
After years of suffering domestic abuse, a young woman is found murdered in her bathtub; among numerous clues, a hamburger bun proves the most incriminating.
Hear No Evil
Evidence that includes threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a woman's suspected killer, but they don't have the victim's body.
Hell's Kitchen
A woman has an accidental fall down a flight of stairs and appears to have hit her head, but the lack of blood splatter and misplaced shoes lead police to believe the fall was staged.
Three's a Crowd
A church member gets gunned down after leaving choir practice; although witnesses see little and not much evidence exists, investigators learn that she had been having affairs for years.
A Squire's Riches
When a man perishes in a fire while working in his garage, his death is initially ruled an accident until a forensic odontologist changes the direction of the case.
Home of the Brave
Lack of evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious when a woman is beaten to death at her in-laws house.
Freeze Framed
A man is found dead of an apparent suicide. But soon after, information emerges which reveals a much more menacing scenario.
A Touch of Evil
A dismembered body is dumped on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike and before police realize it, bodies are turning up between two states.
Textbook Murder
A young bride-to-be is gunned down in her own home. The attack is personal and as investigators start digging, they uncover the man she loved was living a lie.
Filtered Out
Tara Munsey went missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant and it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play.
Water Logged
An Ohio woman and her two daughters go missing while vacationing in Florida; their corpeses are found floating in Tampa Bay with a hand-written note by one of the victims; putting it on five billboards helps them find the killer.
Social Circle
Four young adults are murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, with little evidence but two people walking by dressed in black.
Low Maintenance
A young college student is found dead in her apartment and the autopsy rules the death a homicide by an unknown male suspect.
Fate Date
The killer removed the computer that links him to the murder of a woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband that he had met online.
Trail of a Killer
A community is shocked when police discover a woman raped and murdered in broad daylight on a public trail.
Gone Ballistic
A real estate developer is shot and his wife becomes the prime suspect, until the bullet is linked to a weapon reported missing 20 years ago.
Seeing Red
A body is found stuffed into a suitcase forcing the police to search though the landfill for another missing victim.
Skeleton Key
A woman goes missing for a month with the only clues being a set of keys, a fingerprint and a code.
Funeral Services
Police discover a mask near the crime scene and hope that it leads to the killer of a funeral director.
Expert Witness
A killer assaults a young mother in her home, but despite meticulous washing of the crime scene, a single hair remains to lead authorities to the culprit.
The Disappearance of Helle Crafts
The investigation into the disappearance of flight attendant Helle Crafts leads to the murder conviction of her pilot husband.
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Material Witness
A teenager goes missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body is found a month later, three miles from her home; the killer unknowingly leaves a trace of evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues that pointed to him and him alone.
Garden of Evil
When a popular disc jockey is found murdered in a community garden, police swing into action; a sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer and he'd been much closer than they realize.
Sunday School Ambush
Investigators unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception after a woman claims her husband was gunned down by intruders.
Penchant for Poison
Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders; the killer had been careful, he uses poison which had no taste or odour, fortunately for investigators, it also has a unique chemical signature.
Bump in the Night
A man is murdered in his sleep but no fingerprints are anywhere to be found; a shoe impression outside could lead to the killer.
Sole Searching
With very little else to go on, investigators find that a show impression puts them on the right track to finding a killer in Lansing, Mich.
Murder on the Menu
The owner of a restaurant is killed; investigators uncover tales of debt and deceit, but the case remains open, until one detective gets inspired by an earlier episode of ``Forensic Files,`` and looks for clues in an empty holster.
Hot on the Trail
Serial arsonist on the loose leaves no evidence.
High 'N' Dry
A man becomes the prime suspect in his wife's death after forensic science raises questions about her apparent suicide.
To the Viktor
Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic seek links between three homicides that look like professional executions.
Wired for Disaster
Who put a bomb in the home of a 29-year-old woman and killed her?
Wood-Be Killer
A killer tried to destroy everything which could link them to the crime; but in doing so, they inadvertently created new forensic evidence, evidence which came to light using a technique never before used in a criminal investigation.
Naughty or Nyce
After a tycoon's wife is found dead in her SUV submerged in a half-frozen creek, police begin to suspect it wasn't an accident.
Going for Broke
A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.
The Footpath Murders
Scientists and detectives use DNA to solve a string of rapes and murders.
Planted Evidence
Police use DNA profiles of seed pods from a truck to catch a killer.
Southside Strangler
Police believe they have a serial rapist and murderer, but DNA testing and research leads to another arrest and conviction.
Legionnaires' Disease
In 1976, 182 war veterans in Philadelphia become hospitalized with pneumonia-like symptoms and 29 die; the disease resurfaces every few years.
The Wilson Murder
After a wealthy Southern physician gets murdered with a baseball bat, his wife and a handyman become convicted of the crime.
The List Murders
In 1971, John List disappears after murdering his mother, wife and three children; he eludes the law for years until an age-scaled sculpture of the suspect and a true-crime TV program helps lead to his arrest in 1989.
Raw Terror
An 11-year-old boy comes down with a fever and diarrhea after eating an undercooked burger; when his condition worsens, his mother drives him to a hospital and doctors discover E. coli destroying his body.
The Common Thread
Florida police search for a serial rapist and murderer who left small red fibers on each of his 10 victims.
The Dirty Deed
When an English couple go missing, police suspect their son killed them and must rely on mud and blood samples found in the couple's two cars to find their bodies.
Killer Fog
Experts attempt to discover the source of heavy fog on Highway I-75 in Tennessee, which caused a 99-car accident and 12 deaths.
Sex, Lies and DNA
When a woman goes missing from her home, police focus on her husband when an airline luggage tag and luminol point to an affair and murder; footage from a TV crew and Coast Guard photographs lead investigators to the suspect's missing boat.
Bitter Potion
When a woman exhibits strange flu-like symptoms before dying, investigators discover someone added thallium to her soda; detectives initially suspect her husband, but the case takes a sinister turn.
The Blood Trail
Handwriting and simple doodles complicate a car-bomb case and an alleged self-defense shooting in a peaceful British farming village as police uncover a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money.
Fatal Fungus
When dozens of infants develop serious breathing problems in the Cleveland area, doctors and investigators search high and low for the cause.
Something's Fishy
A well-liked bank vice president collapses and dies after taking pain pills laced with cyanide; the search for a motive reveals a callous suspect who had murdered once before.
Sealed With a Kiss
Evidence reveals a teacher who complained of being stalked and harassed by another teacher was scamming police.
Postal Mortem
A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back, but authorities catch onto him and he becomes sentenced to life with no chance of parole.
Micro-Clues
A man arrested for the sexual assault and attempted murder of a boy in a European country becomes linked to a murder in Zurich, Switzerland, through analysis of microorganisms.
Deadly Parasites
Heavy rains and snow run-off carry manure into Milwaukee's water supply in 1993, leading to an epidemic of gastrointestinal illness affecting 400,000 people.
Without a Trace
Autopsies reveal that a string of unexplained deaths in Omaha resulted from poison-induced liver disintegration.
Knot for Everyone
In a series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., a killer gags and molests prostitutes, cuts their clothes in random patterns and cuts off their hair; microscopic evidence helps solve the case.
The Talking Skull
After the discovery of a skull in the forest near a boy scout camp, police use facial reconstruction to identify the body.
Deadly Delivery
Investigators use obscure evidence to find the person responsible for killing justice officials with mail bombs in the South.
Grave Evidence
Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder.
Deadly Formula
Detectives learn that a genetic disorder caused the deaths of a woman's children, resulting in an overturned conviction.
Beaten by a Hair
When a young woman goes missing on the way to the train station, investigators use a strand of hair and a bloody pillowcase to find a suspect.
Crime Seen
Investigators reopen a case from 1984 involving the rape of a young Virginia woman when DNA testing refutes her identification of the rapist and calls everything into question, leading to the accused person's exoneration.
Speck of Evidence
A speck of bicycle paint and a speck of nickel left over from a collision with a twice-convicted child molester's car provide critical clues in the murder of a 9-year-old.
Bio-Attack
A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government.
A Shot in the Dark
A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened and the truth is stranger than fiction.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
Just Desserts
Physical evidence intially condemns a prime suspect to a double homicide, but DNA from a discarded spoon points to another.
Sunday's Wake
A young girl falls ill and dies; forensic investigators search for evidence halfway around the world to shed light on the tragic death.
Shattered Dreams
Two bodies are discovered, shot to death in their car; the car windows are broken, but there's no sign of shattered glass.
Innocence Lost
In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappears from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day.
Til Death Do Us Part
When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death.