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- 1 The Disapearence of Helle Crafts
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A Connecticut flight attendant went missing and was never seen again. Police suspected her husband was guilty of murder and they were able to prove it – even though they never found the woman’s body.
Date de diffusion : 1996-04-21
- 2 The Magic Bullet
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At the Dallas 'Pistol & Revolver' club in 1991, Trey Cooley, a young spectator, was watching a shooting competition, seated behind an air gun range. He was struck and killed by a stray bullet. This is how ballistics, lasers, and forensic animation solve the riddle of the magic bullet.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-03
- 3 The House That Roared
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On a hot summer evening in 1992, neighbors heard the familiar sound of an argument coming from the Campano residence. According to Christopher Campano, his wife left the house shortly after their arguement to calm down. Caren Campano was never seen again.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-10
- 4 The Footpath Murders
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English detectives team up with a pioneering scientist to crack a case of sexual assault and serial murder. In 1983, a quiet country village is gripped with fear as authorities search for the killer of 15-year-old Lynda Mann. Clueless, they start again when Dawn Ashworth is killed three years later. They enlist the help of Dr. Alec Jeffreys, a molecular biologist who uses his breakthrough technique of genetic fingerprinting to rule out one suspect by comparing his DNA with that of semen found on the victims' bodies. Police set up a DNA dragnet to trap and convict the real killer. This 1986 murder case is the first to use DNA as evidence in a criminal case.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-17
- 5 Planted Evidence
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Early one morning in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, a motorcyclist discovered the body of a young woman. She had been beaten, bound, strangled and possibly raped. The nearby plants would tell investigators more about the killer than any other single piece of evidence.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-23
- 6 Southside Strangler
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Shortly after Thanksgiving in 1987, an intruder broke into the Tucker residence in Arlington Virginia. It might have been just another statistic, but the crime committed that night launched a new era in police investigations. This is how DNA evidence and psychological profiling helped catch a serial killer and set an innocent man free.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-31
- 7 Legionnaires' Disease
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Philadelphia, the birthplace of the United States, played host to millions of tourists and hundreds of gatherings as America celebrated its 200th year of independence. History was made that summer of 1987 -- not because of the bicentennial, but because of the mysterious death of 34 Legionnaires.
Date de diffusion : 1996-11-07
- 8 The Wilson Murder
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On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home immediately after her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. She had some last-minute packing to do for a vacation she was taking the next day with her husband. As she walked up the stairs, headed for her bedroom, she found her husband lying in a pool of blood. Clearly Jack Wilson had been killed, but how? Experts couldn't agree.
Date de diffusion : 1996-11-14
- 9 Deadly Neighborhoods
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Eleven children in an elementary school in Phoenix contracted childhood leukemia; nine of them died. And in Guilford, Connecticut, five people were diagnosed with brain tumors on a street where there were only nine homes. Two towns, two cancer clusters, two mysteries. The investigation answered some questions, but raised many more.
Date de diffusion : 1996-11-21
- 10 Insect Clues
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Between 1985 and 1988, 18 transients, hitchhikers, and prostitutes were choked, sexually molested, and left for dead in the desert mountains of California. The only witnesses: the insects of the desert. And they also turned out to be extremely important pieces of evidence.
Date de diffusion : 1996-11-28
- 11 Outbreak
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In 1985, 121 people in South Dakota and Minnesota were struck with a mysterious illness. There had been only one outbreak like it, and when it happened then, no one could figure out why.
Date de diffusion : 1996-12-05
- 12 The List Murders
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For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family successfully eluded the FBI. This episode describes how investigators used art and forensic science to catch a killer.
Date de diffusion : 1996-12-12
- 13 Raw Terror
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The E-Coli bacteria live in our meat supply, in our milk and in water. When food is properly prepared and stored, E-Coli is harmless. But in the absence of these simple precautions, E-Coli can have deadly consequences. Raw Terror tells the story of Damion Heersink, an eleven-year-old boy who almost died after eating an improperly cooked hamburger teeming with E-Coli, and the people who saved his life.
Date de diffusion : 1996-12-19
- 14 A Common Thread
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The year was 1984, and a serial killer was on the loose in Florida. Eight women had been found dead. At each crime scene, investigators found tiny red fibers, fibers they hoped would lead them to the killer.
- 15 The Dirty Deed
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Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and police found evidence which suggested foul play. Careful analysis of a soil sample would tell investigators not only what happened to the couple, but who was responsible for the dirty deed.
- 16 Killer Fog
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It was the single most deadly automobile accident in American history. Almost a hundred vehicles were involved, twelve people died, and more than fifty people were injured. It happened along a three mile stretch of highway long known for dense, thick fog. Investigators set out to determine if the fog was a natural phenomenon, or the result of something else.
- 17 Bad Blood
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Does it mean it didn't happen when the DNA doesn't match? Not necessarily. If the offender is smart and knows how to fool the test.
Date de diffusion : 2001-10-10
- 18 Bitter Potion
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The flu-like symptoms of a mother and her children proved to be indicative something much more serious: thallium poisoning. Investigators had to find the source of the poison... and when the mother died, to determine if the exposure was accidental, or if they also needed to find a killer.
- 19 The Killing Room
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Scott Dunn was missing and, at first glance, nothing seemed out of place in his apartment. Then police found faint blood spatters on the ceiling and walls, and a bloody carpet pad underneath a new piece of carpeting. When they sprayed the bedroom with Luminol, a scene of horrific violence emerged. Now investigators faced a daunting task: to prove Scott Dunn had been murdered, even though they had no body, no weapon, and no witnesses.
Date de diffusion : 1999-07-01
- 20 Naked Justice
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The possible suicide of a young woman have blood splatter experts on the case. Watch Forensic Files to get the answer.
- 21 Hand Delivered
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Anonymous letters sent through the United States mail aren’t always untraceable. One such letter, an anonymous “tip” to police about a murder, mentioned information about the crime that had been withheld from the press. It was information only the killer would know. Laser technology helped to identify the state, city, street address and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed.
- 22 Fire.Com
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When a federal agency rules that a fire was intentionally set, the mother of the child killed in the suspicious fire was charged with murder. But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? The accused in this case undertook her own arson investigation, and was able to poke enough holes in the governments scientific conclusions – to raise serious questions about whether the fire was intentionally set.
- 23 Bagging a Killer
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When a nine year old girl headed for school vanishes from her quiet suburban neighborhood, an entire community starts searching for her abductor. Investigators wonder if her long-lost mother might be connected to the disappearance. Finally, police use satellites surveilling the Pacific Northwest to find who took her and where. Tracing the perpetrator's movements not only leads them to the girl, but shows the twisted motive in the perpetrator's mind.
- 24 Forever Hold Your Peace
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The Nancy DePriest Case. When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.
Date de diffusion : 2002-01-08
- 25 Micro-Clues
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After a day of fishing in a small, quiet village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. The investigation revealed some important microscopic evidence in the water near where he was last seen. It was the only forensic evidence detectives had... but would it be enough for them to find him?
Date de diffusion : 1998-02-05
- 26 Deadly Parasites
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In the spring of 1993, an unexplained illness struck the residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Four hundred thousand people developed a serious gastrointestinal illness, 4,000 were hospitalized and, by the time the epidemic was under control, more than 100 people were dead. Health officials suspected it was influenza, but it proved to be more serious and more difficult to identify.
Date de diffusion : 1998-03-05
- 27 Core Evidence
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In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives. Each one of them had contracted a serious illness, and no one knew what it was. When one of the children died, investigators knew the clock was ticking... and they needed to isolate the cause and find the cure before time ran out.
Date de diffusion : 1999-09-29
- 28 Knot for Everyone
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Over a four month period, the nude bodies of three women were discovered in the remote hills near Sacramento. All of the victims had been strangled, and their clothing had been cut in a random pattern with a knife or scissors. It appeared a serial killer was on the loose, and police needed to find him before he killed again.
Date de diffusion : 1998-10-08
- 29 Crash Course
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A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident… until he looked in the car. While he had no formal training in forensic science, he had seen hundreds of accidents, but never as much blood as this. He was shocked by the coroner’s ruling of “accidental death,” and then an anonymous phone call breathed new life into his investigation.
Date de diffusion : 2005-08-31
- 30 Root of All Evil
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A woman's body used for soil enhancement. Only the soil experts can tell.
- 31 Knot for Everyone
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Over a four month period, the nude bodies of three women were discovered in the remote hills near Sacramento. All of the victims had been strangled, and their clothing had been cut in a random pattern with a knife or scissors. It appeared a serial killer was on the loose, and police needed to find him before he killed again.
Date de diffusion : 1998-10-08
- 32 Sunday School Ambush
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A wife's wound from an attack on her husband which left him dead looks like it might be self inflicted. After tireless efforts to solve this murder the only thing police have is the wound of the wife.
Date de diffusion : 2006-03-08
- 33 Dew Process
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When the wife of a well-known dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. As the investigation progress a 22 year-old woman confesses to the murders. But two years go by before some fibers and a study of the weather patterns on the night of the murder break the case open and reveal the real killer.
- 34 Deadly Neighborhoods
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Eleven children in an elementary school in Phoenix contracted childhood leukemia; nine of them died. And in Guilford, Connecticut, five people were diagnosed with brain tumors on a street where there were only nine homes. Two towns, two cancer clusters, two mysteries. The investigation answered some questions, but raised many more.
Date de diffusion : 1996-11-21
- 35 Deadly Knowledge
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When a well-respected young woman goes missing, her boyfriend and family fear she has been murdered. A police investigation reveals details about her past that no one -- not even her closest friends -- suspected: She was a student by day and a $100-an-hour call-girl by night. Her many clients were all suspects in her disappearance, as was her boyfriend. But when her body is discovered, police obtain evidence that reveals her killer and more details about a bizarre double life and its tragic consequences.
- 36 Crime Seen
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On the strength of eyewitness testimony, 34-year-old Edward Honaker was arrested, charged, and convicted of rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual battery; he was sentenced to three life terms in prison. Honaker steadfastly maintained his innocence. After spending years in prison and writing countless letters, he finally found someone who believed him, and was willing to pay for DNA testing which could prove he was telling the truth.
Date de diffusion : 1998-12-17
- 37 Forever Hold your Peace DUPLICATE
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When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a Pizza Hut restaurant, police are convinced the case has been solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admits HE committed the Pizza Hut murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he was innocent, why had he said nothing during his eight years in prison?
- 38 Foundation of Lies
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At the age of 12, a boy's testimony helped convict the man who murdered his mother. Five years later, discrepancies in the autopsy lead him to question if the murdered woman really was his mother. If it wasn't, an innocent man had been sent to prison.
- 39 Out of the Ashes
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On a cold December night in 1993, Rose Larner stopped in a convenience store on her way to her boyfriend’s house. She was never seen or heard from again. Rose’s disappearance remained a mystery, until a tiny clue found years later revealed a tragic tale of drugs, romance and revenge.
Date de diffusion : 1999-01-21
- 40 Invisible Intruder
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The Darlie Routier Case. The crime scene was awash with blood, bespeaking the horror of the attack, the death of two young boys and the stabbing of their mother. The blood evidence was carefully analyzed by forensic scientists. It told a story quite different from that of the mother, and pointed to an assailant who had gone to great lengths to stage the scene after committing the crimes.
Date de diffusion : 1999-09-29
- 41 The Killing Room
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Scott Dunn was missing and, at first glance, nothing seemed out of place in his apartment. Then police found faint blood spatters on the ceiling and walls, and a bloody carpet pad underneath a new piece of carpeting. When they sprayed the bedroom with Luminol, a scene of horrific violence emerged. Now investigators faced a daunting task: to prove Scott Dunn had been murdered, even though they had no body, no weapon, and no witnesses.
Date de diffusion : 1999-07-01
- 42 Ultimate Betrayal
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On a windy October night in 1995, a mysterious fire swept through the home of a doctor and his family. Two of the family members made it out alive; two did not. In the debris, investigators found evidence which told them much more than how the fire started.
Date de diffusion : 1999-07-08
- 43 Horse Play DUPLICATE
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The Shannon Mohr Case. On a warm summer evening in 1980, a young couple took their horses out for a leisurely ride through the woods. One of the horses bucked and threw the rider. The autopsy confirmed it was an accident but the family wasn't so sure.
- 44 House Call
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The murder of a well respected surgeon in an upscale waterfront apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other forensic evidence would uncover a twisted conspiracy, and bring the doctor's killers to justice.
Date de diffusion : 2002-12-12
- 45 Insect Clues
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Between 1985 and 1988, 18 transients, hitchhikers, and prostitutes were choked, sexually molested, and left for dead in the desert mountains of California. The only witnesses: the insects of the desert. And they also turned out to be extremely important pieces of evidence.
Date de diffusion : 1996-11-28
- 46 Journey to Justice
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Just after dark on a warm summer evening, five children were walking home along the road. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a pickup truck headed towards them. Three of the children were hit; one was killed. The driver sped away. Investigators called on state-of-the-art science to reconstruct the crime in hopes of learning how the accident happened and the identity of the driver.
Date de diffusion : 2001-04-22
- 47 Killer's Cattle Log
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The Copeland Killings. When police in the Great Plains are called to retrieve a dead body, they do a background check on the victim. The trail leads them into a bizarre web of homeless drifters, cattle auctions and bad checks - all fronted by an elderly couple with a penchant for money and murder.
- 48 Last Will DUPLICATE
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Seventeen-year-old Shari Faye Smith was abducted in broad daylight, in front of her own home. The kidnapper tormented her family with phone calls, leading them to believe Shari was alive – and then they received a letter he'd forced Shari to write, her 'last will and testament'. This document would lead investigators to Shari's killer, a fitting postscript to a heinous crime.
Date de diffusion : 2003-01-29
- 49 Core Evidence
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In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives. Each one of them had contracted a serious illness, and no one knew what it was. When one of the children died, investigators knew the clock was ticking... and they needed to isolate the cause and find the cure before time ran out.
Date de diffusion : 1999-09-29
- 50 Invisible Intruder
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The Darlie Routier Case. The crime scene was awash with blood, bespeaking the horror of the attack, the death of two young boys and the stabbing of their mother. The blood evidence was carefully analyzed by forensic scientists. It told a story quite different from that of the mother, and pointed to an assailant who had gone to great lengths to stage the scene after committing the crimes.
Date de diffusion : 1999-09-29
- 51 Line of Fire
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The Phineas Priests No one was joking in Spokane, Washington on April Fools' Day, 1996. First, a bomb went off outside the office of a local newspaper. Then, another inside a bank. Two armed men entered and robbed the bank of $50,000. It was apparently the work of well trained criminals, but one of the bombers made a crucial mistake. A simple pair of jeans he was wearing that day would later reveal his identity.
Date de diffusion : 2001-10-03
- 52 Man's Best Friend?
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The John Miller / Debbie Loveless Case In 1989, a 4 year-old girl was rushed to a Texas hospital. An artery in her leg was completely severed. The little girl died shortly after arrival. Medical investigators believed the leg wound was no accident.
Date de diffusion : 2001-06-04
- 53 Badge of Deceit
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For more than a decade, women in a small Louisiana city lived in fear of a serial rapist. Fortunately, computer technology and behavioral science combined to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling. Police narrow their search to one man, but to prove he’s the perpetrator they turn to an unlikely piece of evidence--- a discarded cigarette butt.
Date de diffusion : 2000-09-12
- 54 Dew Process
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When the wife of a well-known dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. As the investigation progress a 22 year-old woman confesses to the murders. But two years go by before some fibers and a study of the weather patterns on the night of the murder break the case open and reveal the real killer.
- 55 A Woman Scorned
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When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long, blonde hair found on the victims.
- 56 Missing in Time
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The Carolyn Killaby Case In 1995, Carolyn Killaby of Vancouver, Washington got into a heated arguement with her husband. She then went to a local bar alone. No one has seen or heard from her since. But some saliva from an envelope and a speck of blood on a wristwatch, helped solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Date de diffusion : 2001-05-07
- 57 Missing Pearl
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The Pearl Bruns Case. During the winter and fall of 1991, police searched all over New England for a woman who had disappeared from her home in Maine. Police were not sure whether she had run away or had met with foul play. One year later, investigators found a clue. A clue that had been right under their noses from the very beginning.
Date de diffusion : 2001-05-21
- 58 Memories
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Dianna Green was just 20 years-old and pregnant when she was brutally raped and beaten in her apartment. The assault caused the death of her unborn baby. When Dianna came out of a coma 3 weeks later, she told police she knew the identity of her attacker. But was her memory accurate?
- 59 Trail of Truth
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One morning in Anchorage, Alaska in 1987, a mother and her two daughters were found brutally murdered and sexually violated. Despite the fact that the crime scene had no shortage of evidence - fingerprints, bodily fluids and blood - investigators could not find a conclusive link to their prime suspect. In order to establish not only that the perpetrator was in the home, but that he was there when the crime was committed, a FBI analyst designed an unique experiment relying on pubic hair.
- 60 Material Evidence
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In 1982, an 11 year-old girl was abducted in broad daylight from this softball field in Marshallville, Ohio. When her badly decomposed body was found one week later, investigators hoped that the orange triangluar shaped fibers found at the scene would lead them to the killer.
- 61 Once Bitten
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Ray Krone was known throughout Arizona as the snaggletooth killer. An unusal bite-mark on a murdered woman resulted in his conviction and death sentence. A forensic expert told the jury that he was 100% certain that it was Krone who bit the victom. But the expert knew he was wrong and confided to a friend ""I'm too commited, and now I'm in too deep.""
Date de diffusion : 2003-06-11
- 62 Nursery Crimes
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Why do children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other hospital in the country? Medical investigators have no answers until they discover that one nurse seems to be on-duty in almost all the fatal cases. But proving the connection seems impossible until an international team of doctors uncovers an unlikely murder weapon.
- 63 Lasting Impression
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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. Police think the cases might be related, and to prove it, they turn to an unusual piece of evidence: a tiny wad of chewing gum found near the victim’s body.
- 64 Foundation of Lies
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At the age of 12, a boy's testimony helped convict the man who murdered his mother. Five years later, discrepancies in the autopsy lead him to question if the murdered woman really was his mother. If it wasn't, an innocent man had been sent to prison.
- 65 Unholy Vows
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Two decades after Adolf Hitler terrorized Europe, a high-ranking religious figure in the United States, arch-bishop Valerian Trifa, was embroiled in controversy. Romanian immigrants identified arch bishop Trifa as a man with a secret past. Responsible for the murders of hundreds of Jews during the war. Trifa denied it. To see whether Trifa played a role in these horrific war crimes, the United States government looked for scientific proof.
- 66 Deadly Knowledge
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When a well-respected young woman goes missing, her boyfriend and family fear she has been murdered. A police investigation reveals details about her past that no one -- not even her closest friends -- suspected: She was a student by day and a $100-an-hour call-girl by night. Her many clients were all suspects in her disappearance, as was her boyfriend. But when her body is discovered, police obtain evidence that reveals her killer and more details about a bizarre double life and its tragic consequences.
- 67 Broken Promises
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Don't make a tape recording if you don't want to get caught, especially if it's the 2nd husband that has died mysteriously. Watch Forensic Files to get the answer.
- 68 Time Will Tell
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In this international case of extortion, murder, and stolen identities, a Canadian financier assumed the name of a co-worker as part of a money-laundering scheme. Later, in 1996 off the coast of England, the man turned up dead in the ocean with an anchor tied around his torso. The only clues to his real identity were a Rolex watch and a maple leaf tattoo. Once the police believed that they had discovered the man's identity, they were led to a friend of his to ask about the victim's disappearance, only to find that someone else had assumed the identity of the dead man. No clue proved more helpful in cracking the case than the 10-lb. anchor to which he was attached.
- 69 Second Shot at Love
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Cincinnati heart surgeon Dr. Darryl Sutorius had a second chance at love when he married a pretty, young divorcee, but happiness is sometimes elusive. Dr. Sutoruis fell into a serious depression and apparently commited suicide with a .38-caliber pistol. But why did he fire a test shot into the sofa cushion before killing himself?
- 70 Journey to Justice
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Just after dark on a warm summer evening, five children were walking home along the road. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a pickup truck headed towards them. Three of the children were hit; one was killed. The driver sped away. Investigators called on state-of-the-art science to reconstruct the crime in hopes of learning how the accident happened and the identity of the driver.
Date de diffusion : 2001-04-22
- 71 Video Diary
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In 1998, a convience store clerk in Lansing, Michigan, was shot to death during a robbery. No one else was in the store at the time. But there was an eye witness, a security camera. Unfortunately, the story it told was far from clear.
Date de diffusion : 2001-04-22
- 72 Missing in Time
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The Carolyn Killaby Case In 1995, Carolyn Killaby of Vancouver, Washington got into a heated arguement with her husband. She then went to a local bar alone. No one has seen or heard from her since. But some saliva from an envelope and a speck of blood on a wristwatch, helped solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Date de diffusion : 2001-05-07
- 73 Missing Pearl
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The Pearl Bruns Case. During the winter and fall of 1991, police searched all over New England for a woman who had disappeared from her home in Maine. Police were not sure whether she had run away or had met with foul play. One year later, investigators found a clue. A clue that had been right under their noses from the very beginning.
Date de diffusion : 2001-05-21
- 74 Man's Best Friend?
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The John Miller / Debbie Loveless Case In 1989, a 4 year-old girl was rushed to a Texas hospital. An artery in her leg was completely severed. The little girl died shortly after arrival. Medical investigators believed the leg wound was no accident.
Date de diffusion : 2001-06-04
- 75 Hand Delivered
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Anonymous letters sent through the United States mail aren’t always untraceable. One such letter, an anonymous “tip” to police about a murder, mentioned information about the crime that had been withheld from the press. It was information only the killer would know. Laser technology helped to identify the state, city, street address and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed.
- 76 Scout's Honor DUPLICATE
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Police determine that the human remains found in a discarded box belong to one Edna Posey. But to find out when the murder took place, and whether the man accused of the crime is guilty, investigators turn to insects and the forensic entomologist who can interpret their behavior.
- 77 Fire.Com
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When a federal agency rules that a fire was intentionally set, the mother of the child killed in the suspicious fire was charged with murder. But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? The accused in this case undertook her own arson investigation, and was able to poke enough holes in the governments scientific conclusions – to raise serious questions about whether the fire was intentionally set.
- 78 Mistaken for Dead
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The Hanson/Hawkins Scam In 1988, a patient in southern California collapsed and died of a heart attack in his doctor's office. But like many Hollywood stories, it was pure fiction. Investigators suspected that the patient and his doctor were one of several characters involved in a real-life murder mystery.
Date de diffusion : 2001-08-27
- 79 Frozen Evidence
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Ontario Shoe Print In 1992 two masked gunmen broke into this home on the Tyendinaga Hohawk territory in Canada. The motive was robbery, but there was a struggle. Shots were fired, leaving 54 year-old Ward Maracle critically injured. It took solid police investigation and some fancy footwork to identify the perpetrators.
Date de diffusion : 2001-08-28
- 80 Soft Touch
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The Dawn Bruce Case In 1990, a killer of a 22 year-old girl left an almost indistinguishable mark in a blood stain at the crime scene. But a new computer forensic technology found distinguishing characteristics in the smear. Evidence that would lead directly to the perpetrator.
Date de diffusion : 2001-08-29
- 81 Shot of Vengeance
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A 34-year-old nurse experiences a variety of flu-like symptoms. None of her doctors are able to discover the cause, until she visits the gynecologist for a routine check-up. She then learns it's something far worse than the flu. She is HIV-positive. Being a nurse, she could have contracted the HIV virus in any number of ways. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: it wasn't an accident.
Date de diffusion : 2003-06-25
- 82 Photo Finish
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The Linda Sobek Case. Breathtaking beaches and beautiful bodies explain why Southern California is often the first choice for motion picture and still photographers. In 1995, Linda Sobek, a busy model with a growing reputation, vanished on her way to a photo shoot. Linda's photographic images helped launch her career and would also solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Date de diffusion : 2001-08-31
- 83 Whodunit
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The Steven Hricko Case An evening out to a 'murder mystery' theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance ends. But even good 'acting' can't mask the true culprit. Lies, greed and medical trickery can't match the skills of forensic scientists, who bring the curtain down on the real killer.
Date de diffusion : 2001-08-27
- 84 Horse Play
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A young, happily married woman died tragically in a horseback riding accident. Her husband seemed far from grief-stricken and, when they investigated his background, police discovered a web of lies and a proficiency with pharmaceuticals... which led them to question whether the woman’s death truly was an accident.
- 85 Treads and Threads
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For 15 months, a serial killer was strangling prostitutes in Florida, then taunting police by leaving the bodies in plain sight. The only clues were a tire impression and some threads. By the time scientists identify the source of these treads and the threads, police discover the killer was right under their noses the entire time.
- 86 Killer's Cattle Log
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The Copeland Killings. When police in the Great Plains are called to retrieve a dead body, they do a background check on the victim. The trail leads them into a bizarre web of homeless drifters, cattle auctions and bad checks - all fronted by an elderly couple with a penchant for money and murder.
- 87 Skin of Her Teeth
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The Tina Mott Case In 1996, two young boys fishing in an Ohio lake found what looked like a human skull. All of it's teeth were missing and markings on the skull told a tale of unspeakable violence. Police had no idea who this person was or how long the skull had been in the water.
- 88 Line of Fire
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The Phineas Priests No one was joking in Spokane, Washington on April Fools' Day, 1996. First, a bomb went off outside the office of a local newspaper. Then, another inside a bank. Two armed men entered and robbed the bank of $50,000. It was apparently the work of well trained criminals, but one of the bombers made a crucial mistake. A simple pair of jeans he was wearing that day would later reveal his identity.
Date de diffusion : 2001-10-03
- 89 Southside Strangler
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Shortly after Thanksgiving in 1987, an intruder broke into the Tucker residence in Arlington Virginia. It might have been just another statistic, but the crime committed that night launched a new era in police investigations. This is how DNA evidence and psychological profiling helped catch a serial killer and set an innocent man free.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-31
- 90 Pure Evil
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Jason Massey Case Creating a 'profile' of a serial killer, is part science and part intuition. The science involves studying criminals who have committed similar crimes, to see what characteristics they all have in common. One common trait among serial killers, is a past history of abusing animals. In a search for the killer of two teenagers in Texas, a behavioral profile led to a possible suspect - and hard science proved the profile was correct.
Date de diffusion : 2001-10-17
- 91 Root of All Evil
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A woman's body used for soil enhancement. Only the soil experts can tell.
- 92 Where the Blood Drops
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The Susie Mowbray Case When a Texas car dealer was found shot to death in his bed, it looked, at first, like suicide. But a closer examination of the evidence convinced investigators the man had been murdered in cold blood. A decade would pass, and a family would be ripped apart before a jury rendered final judgement on what really happened that hot Texas night.
Date de diffusion : 2001-11-07
- 93 Punch Line
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The Rhoda Nathan Case An elderly woman was found dead in her hotel room. Investigators had a murder on their hands. Three days later, an alert doctor noticed a horrible infection on the finger of a hotel worker who had come to the emergency room for treatment of his injury. The virulence of that infection was a clue to that mystery.
Date de diffusion : 2001-11-14
- 94 Sibling Rivalry
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The Mitchell Brothers Case This is the story of two brothers who were, at one time, the undisputed kings of pornography in America. Their empire crumbled in 1991 when one of the brothers was murdered, some say in cold blood. The Mitchell brothers had their share of enemies, but it took crime scene reconstruction to point to the killer.
Date de diffusion : 2001-11-21
- 95 Pastoral Care
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The Donna Payant Case When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators immediately view hundreds of prisoners as suspects. The medical examiner not only identified the cause of death, he found an important clue. It was a ""signature"" element to the crime, and was similar to a murder the medical examiner investigated ten years earlier. When he checked further, he discovered that the same perpetrator was an inmate at the same prison. Was it possible that the inmate committed this crime, too?
Date de diffusion : 2001-11-28
- 96 Bagging a Killer
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When a nine year old girl headed for school vanishes from her quiet suburban neighborhood, an entire community starts searching for her abductor. Investigators wonder if her long-lost mother might be connected to the disappearance. Finally, police use satellites surveilling the Pacific Northwest to find who took her and where. Tracing the perpetrator's movements not only leads them to the girl, but shows the twisted motive in the perpetrator's mind.
- 97 The Magic Bullet
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At the Dallas 'Pistol & Revolver' club in 1991, Trey Cooley, a young spectator, was watching a shooting competition, seated behind an air gun range. He was struck and killed by a stray bullet. This is how ballistics, lasers, and forensic animation solve the riddle of the magic bullet.
Date de diffusion : 1996-10-03
- 98 The Metal Business DUPLICATE
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It looked like sixty-two-year-old Phillip Rouss, Jr. had it all: family, friends, and a new business which was the culmination of a life-long dream. Then his health began to deteriorate. Doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause of the illness and Phil began to suspect his condition was no accident. Toxicologists and investigators identified the real problem just in time to save Phil's life.
Date de diffusion : 2002-09-26
- 99 Naked Justice
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The possible suicide of a young woman have blood splatter experts on the case. Watch Forensic Files to get the answer.
- 100 Treading Not So Lightly
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The Vicki Lyons Case. When a four-year-old girl is found unconscious in a parking lot, police concluded it was a hit and run vehicle accident, and left it at that. But the girl’s mother was determined to find out exactly what had happened. She was a fan of murder mysteries and forensic science shows, and used much of what she had learned to determine who was responsible for the accident which severely injured her daughter.
- 101 Shopping Spree
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Lisa Manderach Case They were a beautiul family a striking raven-haired couple with their delightful little girl. In 1995, mother and daughter left home for a shopping trip and were never seen again. The search for answers would lead investigators into a world of evil, fantasy, and perversion.
- 102 The Cheater
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In the 1960s, for lead singer Walter Scott, The Cheater become his signature song and a hit single. But like so many others, Walter Scott was a one-hit wonder--never able to repeat the success with another song. After 14 straight years of preforming on the road, mostly one-nighters, Walter Scott disappeared. Many believed that the lyrics 'Watch Out for the Cheater' weren't just words, but an omen.
Date de diffusion : 2002-01-01
- 103 Forever Hold Your Peace
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The Nancy DePriest Case. When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.
Date de diffusion : 2002-01-08
- 104 Reel Danger DUPLICATE
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When two boys are viciously attacked while fishing in a nearby pond, authorities spring into action. They suspect a group of teenage thugs, but lack solid evidence. It would take the murky waters of a fishing hole to provide clear evidence, and help authorities reel in the boy's attackers.
- 105 Who's Your Daddy DUPLICATE
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In 1988, the body of a young woman was discovered in an Ohio river under ice. Most of the evidence found at the crime scene -- hairs, fibers, & fingerprints-- had been washed away. But the victim's 6 year-old son unwittingly told investigators all they needed to know about the killer... and he did it without saying a word. The clues was in his genes.
- 106 The Alibi DUPLICATE
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In 1991, a high school girl vanished after attending a party. Her abandoned vehicle was found in the school parking lot near her home. The prime suspect had not 1, but 2 alibi witnesses for the night she disappeared. A solid alibi can often overcome much circumstantial evidence. But forensic evidence is another matter.
Date de diffusion : 2002-01-29
- 107 Treads and Threads DUPLICATE
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The John Randall Murders The surf and sand of central Florida make this a popular vacation spot. But the area lost some of it's luster in 1995, when a serial killer set up shop. After the fourth body was discovered, police knew an important detail about the killer: he had an unusual dog with an unusual drug habit.
- 108 Purr-Fect Match DUPLICATE
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A woman vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island. Her abandoned car was found in a field; inside, the windows were spattered with blood. During the search for her body, police found a plastic bag containing a pair of sneakers and a bloody leather jacket. On the jacket were white hairs… hairs that investigators discovered had come from a cat. Forensic testing on a cat had never been done before – anywhere in the world. This case made history: It was the first time that animal DNA was used to solve a crime.
- 109 Video Diary
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In 1998, a convience store clerk in Lansing, Michigan, was shot to death during a robbery. No one else was in the store at the time. But there was an eye witness, a security camera. Unfortunately, the story it told was far from clear.
Date de diffusion : 2001-04-22
- 110 Where the Blood Drops
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The Susie Mowbray Case When a Texas car dealer was found shot to death in his bed, it looked, at first, like suicide. But a closer examination of the evidence convinced investigators the man had been murdered in cold blood. A decade would pass, and a family would be ripped apart before a jury rendered final judgement on what really happened that hot Texas night.
Date de diffusion : 2001-11-07
- 111 Without a Prayer DUPLICATE
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair was America's best known athiest, principally responsible for abolishing prayer in public schools. In 1995, she mysteriously disappeared from her Texas home, along with her son Jon Murray and grand daughter Robin. Over $600,000 of their organization's money disappeared along with them. It was a local newspaper reporter playing forensic detective who helped solve the case.
Date de diffusion : 2002-06-12
- 112 Who's Your Daddy DUPLICATE
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In 1988, the body of a young woman was discovered in an Ohio river under ice. Most of the evidence found at the crime scene -- hairs, fibers, & fingerprints-- had been washed away. But the victim's 6 year-old son unwittingly told investigators all they needed to know about the killer... and he did it without saying a word. The clues was in his genes.
- 113 Within a Hair
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Date de diffusion : 2002-11-19
- 114 Without a Prayer DUPLICATE
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair was America's best known athiest, principally responsible for abolishing prayer in public schools. In 1995, she mysteriously disappeared from her Texas home, along with her son Jon Murray and grand daughter Robin. Over $600,000 of their organization's money disappeared along with them. It was a local newspaper reporter playing forensic detective who helped solve the case.
Date de diffusion : 2002-06-12
- 116 Partners In Crime DUPLICATE
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Firefighters risked their lives to rescue a man from a burning building, but they were too late. The medical examiner found evidence that the victom suffered through more then just smoke and flames.
Date de diffusion : 2002-07-17
- 117 Within A Hair DUPLICATE
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In 1996, a serial rapist preyed on women, both young and old, in South Bend, Indiana. Eventually, three victoms identified the same man as the perpetrator. But what happens when forensic evidence points to one man, while the victoms are pointing to another?
- 120 Sip of Sins
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In Wichita Falls, Texas, police had four unsolved murders-- the worst crime spree in the small town's history. For more then a decade, the killer successfully eluded police. But a discarded coffee cup in a trash bin solved the mystery.
- 121 Telltale Tracks
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In Philadelphia a woman's car was found abandoned on the side of a busy highway... still running. But the driver was missing. At the scene, police found several clues. But was there enough forensic evidence to solve the mystery?
Date de diffusion : 2002-08-27
- 122 Ghost in the Machine
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In 1999 a minister's wife was found dead in an overflowing bathtub in her home in South Dakota. Her cryptic suicide note left questions about her state of mind and her sense of time. Forensic science provided those answers.
Date de diffusion : 2002-08-28
- 123 Frozen In Time
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A young woman stopped her car along a busy highway in California. She was never seen again. For three years, the search for her where-abouts continued, but the trail eventually turned cold. So cold that forensic scientists needed new techniques to solve it.
Date de diffusion : 2002-08-29
- 125 The Metal Business DUPLICATE
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It looked like sixty-two-year-old Phillip Rouss, Jr. had it all: family, friends, and a new business which was the culmination of a life-long dream. Then his health began to deteriorate. Doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause of the illness and Phil began to suspect his condition was no accident. Toxicologists and investigators identified the real problem just in time to save Phil's life.
Date de diffusion : 2002-09-26
- 127 Palm Print Conviction DUPLICATE
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The discovery of a woman's naked body, covered with bruises, leaves no doubt that she was the victim of foul play. Quick-thinking investigators erected a makeshift tent around the body and used Super Glue fumes to lift the killer's palm print from the victim's skin. With this technique, they were able to determine who had a hand in the murder.
Date de diffusion : 2002-10-03
- 131 Tooth or Consequences
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The investigation of the disappearance of a young woman leads police to a suspect who has a history of sexual assault, rape, and kidnapping. But police could not find the victim's body, making it more difficult to connect their suspect to the crime. Finally, police discover the remains of a charred tooth. Superimposed images and an analysis of the elements of a dental filling give investigators the proof they need to bring the perpetrator to justice.
Date de diffusion : 2002-11-07
- 132 Sniffing Revenge
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The Janet Overton Case. The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out evidence of murder that had been right under their noses all the time.
Date de diffusion : 2002-11-14
- 133 Sleight of Hand
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In 1981, police found a partial print near a doorknob at a crime scene. But without a suspect, police had no way to compare the print to the one million prints on file. 17 years later, new forensic technology changed that, breathing new life into what was a very old crime.
Date de diffusion : 2002-11-21
- 134 Scratching the Surface
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In 1993, five men were ambushed at work as they got out of their car. One man was killed, two others critically injured. The gunman left behind a few spent shell casings, but little else. Forensic scientists would eventually find a clue in some scraped metal revealing a history that someone had tried to erase.
Date de diffusion : 2002-11-28
- 139 House Call
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The murder of a well respected surgeon in an upscale waterfront apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other forensic evidence would uncover a twisted conspiracy, and bring the doctor's killers to justice.
Date de diffusion : 2002-12-12
- 140 Marathon Man
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On February 14, 2000; Bob Dorotik's body was found on a mountain road near his family's horse ranch. His wife told police that Bob had gone jogging and never returned, but investigators had their doubts. He had been beaten and strangled, and it appeared that someone else had dressed him. Authorities began tracing the crime back to the family's ranch, leading them to think Bob Dorotik didn't leave home alone.
- 141 The Sniper's Trail DUPLICATE
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For 3 terrifying weeks, the eyes of the world were on Virginia and Maryland. A serial sniper terrorized the community. 13 people were hit. 10 of them died. This is how forensic science and solid police work combined to solve the case.
- 142 Plastic Fire
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Police say that a car crash, which killed an elderly woman, was murder and arson. The driver, the victom's daughter, insisted it was an accident. Two fire investigators came to two entirely different conclusions. Was it an accident... or murder?
Date de diffusion : 2003-01-22
- 143 Last Will DUPLICATE
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Seventeen-year-old Shari Faye Smith was abducted in broad daylight, in front of her own home. The kidnapper tormented her family with phone calls, leading them to believe Shari was alive – and then they received a letter he'd forced Shari to write, her 'last will and testament'. This document would lead investigators to Shari's killer, a fitting postscript to a heinous crime.
Date de diffusion : 2003-01-29
- 145 The Music Case
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When 12-year-old Cally Jo Larson was found dead in her own home, it shattered the sense of security residents associated with Waseca, Minnesota. Despite a meticulous search of the Larson home and an exhaustive investigation, police had no suspects. Then a string of burglaries several months after the murder led police to a cache of stolen goods which included CD cases similar to those belonging to Cally Jo. That evidence would “make the case,” and bring a killer to justice.
Date de diffusion : 2003-04-09
- 146 Paintball
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She was home alone, making the dress she planned to wear on her Friday night date, but she had an uninvited visitor. It took 24 years before forensic science could identify the individual who was there that fateful night.
Date de diffusion : 2003-04-16
- 147 Sign Here
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A young woman walked out of a department store, got into a rental car, and was never seen again. The signature on the rental car agreement was a forgery. Forensic scientists hoped that either the handwriting or the ink from the pen would solve the mystery.
Date de diffusion : 2003-04-23
- 148 Shadow of a Doubt
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An unknown assailant walked into a retail store and fired three shots killing the owner. Police had suspects, but all had alibis. Forensic scientists found more then a crime perpetrated in broad daylight. Hidden in the shadows was a killer.
Date de diffusion : 2003-04-30
- 149 Tourist Trap
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In 1993, the state of Florida was known for more than just swimsuits, sun, and Disneyland. Worldwide attention focused on a rash of robberies, which targeted tourists. Some vacationers were killed in these attacks, but some fought and survived, despite severe injuries. One of those injuries, a bite mark, would be the key piece of evidence used to convict a determinedly uncooperative suspect, who ran into an even more determined detective.
- 150 Once Bitten
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Ray Krone was known throughout Arizona as the snaggletooth killer. An unusal bite-mark on a murdered woman resulted in his conviction and death sentence. A forensic expert told the jury that he was 100% certain that it was Krone who bit the victom. But the expert knew he was wrong and confided to a friend ""I'm too commited, and now I'm in too deep.""
Date de diffusion : 2003-06-11
- 152 Shot of Vengeance
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A 34-year-old nurse experiences a variety of flu-like symptoms. None of her doctors are able to discover the cause, until she visits the gynecologist for a routine check-up. She then learns it's something far worse than the flu. She is HIV-positive. Being a nurse, she could have contracted the HIV virus in any number of ways. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: it wasn't an accident.
Date de diffusion : 2003-06-25
- 218 One for the Road
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Will a video and a GPS solve the case of the missing woman heading for Florida on vacation? Did she disappear from her hotel room or did she never leave for her trip.
Date de diffusion : 2005-07-20
- 224 Crash Course
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A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident… until he looked in the car. While he had no formal training in forensic science, he had seen hundreds of accidents, but never as much blood as this. He was shocked by the coroner’s ruling of “accidental death,” and then an anonymous phone call breathed new life into his investigation.
Date de diffusion : 2005-08-31
- 236 Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
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Two men were convicted of intentionally shooting and killing a passenger in a moving car, their friend was granted immunity for testifying against them, and the case was closed.
Date de diffusion : 2005-11-16
- 244 Sunday School Ambush
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A wife's wound from an attack on her husband which left him dead looks like it might be self inflicted. After tireless efforts to solve this murder the only thing police have is the wound of the wife.
Date de diffusion : 2006-03-08
- 249 Hot on the Trail
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A serial arsonist is on the loose setting fires in Washington DC. He has left no clues behind... Or did he? Can forensic science find clues in the ashes?
Date de diffusion : 2006-05-10
- 250 High 'N' Dry
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Analysis of a toilet bowl proves how murder was committed.
Date de diffusion : 2006-05-31
- 251 Punch Line
- 252 Purr-fect Match
- 253 Picture This
- 270 Internal Affair DUPLICATE
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When a woman went missing, friends and family were determined to find her. Their worst fears were confirmed weeks later when her body was discovered. Blood evidence and computer forensics helped investigators to catch the killer, and convince the jury of his guilt.
Date de diffusion : 2006-12-20