Forensic Factor

Forensic Factor

About the show

Based on true crimes solved by an elite team of investigators, Forensic Factor details the trade secrets used by the world's best sleuths to nab the most elusive criminals, with re-enactments of crucial incidents and firsthand accounts from the experts providing depth and insight.

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Upcoming episodes

May 22nd
500p

Bike Path Rapist

On september 29, 1990, the body of twenty-two year old college student, linda yalem, is discovered off a bike path in a suburb of buffalo, new york. Yalem has been raped and strangled with a garrote. Dna evidence recovered from her body allows police to link the crime to six other recent rapes in the buffalo area. But other than dna evidence police have little to go on; the murderer remains at large. Over the next sixteen years, attacks slow but do not stop. There is another rape and two more murders. Then advances in dna technology and clues culled from unsolved rape cases lead police to the unlikely killer and rapist. He’s buffalo suburbanite, altemio sanchez. Sanchez is a pillar of the community: Married, with two children, and active in church and little league.
May 24th
600a

Forensics on Trial

A six-year old girl, andrea atkinson, is found dead in the boiler room of her toronto tenement. Forensic investigators quickly determine she has been raped and smothered. There are no witnesses. Quick-thinking cops experiment with the sound in the boiler room by yelling with the door closed. Outside, total silence. Whoever killed andrea knew no one would hear him.
May 24th
700a

Killing Spree

In three days of savagery the picturesque town gainesville florida is sent reeling with shock. Five university students are brutally attacked and killed.
May 24th
800a

Fremont Bomber

In one violent evening, a series of bombs rocks the sleepy california city of fremont. The targets include both the chief and ex-chief of police. But as america’s leading explosive experts sift through the evidence, they discover a plan far more insidious than anyone could have imagined. Can police and forensic scientists stop the fremont bomber before he strikes again?
May 24th
900a

Vanished

After the owner of a private school for asian students vanishes from his driveway, police scramble to find him. The search grows desperate as time begins to run out on the diabetic man who is desperately in need of his medication. Investigators soon have their answer – he has been kidnapped. Now, can they save him before it is too late?
May 25th
800a

Betrayed

The discovery of an abandoned suitcase containing a young asian woman’s body leads north yorkshire police to london. But instead of answers, the mystery only deepens when they discover that a second woman is missing. The killer’s trail leads investigators and forensic scientists halfway around the world – only to discover that the key to unlocking the mystery has been under their noses all along.
May 26th
800a

Summer of Hate

The murder of a gay couple in rural california has police stymied – who would want to hurt the well-liked pair? As investigators and forensic scientists dig deeper, they suspect that the killings are linked to a series of arsons that have destroyed several synagogues and an abortion clinic. The trail leads them to the sinister world of hate crimes -- and a chilling plan that must be stopped.
May 26th
500p

Million Dollar Murder

When horseshoe bay police discover a multi-millionaire playboy brutally slain in his posh texas mansion, they are immediately puzzled as to why anyone would sadistically murder the popular local resident. To solve their mystery – and find the killer –investigators are forced to navigate through a wide circle of friends – a circle that includes rich ceos, celebrity athletes, movie stars, and a bevy of sexy strippers. In their search for forensic clues, investigators dig deep in the heart of millionaire’s row, uncovering x-rated photos, shocking videos, and a mysterious object hidden deep in the victim’s body.
May 27th
800a

Promised Land

When a russian prostitute is found murdered, los angeles homicide detectives quickly find the case to be anything but routine. Following a tangled string of clues, investigators are drawn into the murky world of high-end prostitution, illegal alien smuggling and russian organized crime. Police must navigate their way through the dark underworld of los angeles – and hope that forensic science can nail the killer.
May 27th
500p

Shopping Spree Killer

An 86-year-old woman is stabbed and strangled in her home, within the secure walls of the upscale gated community of canyon lake, california. Before the body is cold, another elderly woman is brutally slain. Investigators can’t find a motive, and the violence against the frail victims is so shockingly over-the-top, they fear there’s a psychopathic serial killer on the loose. While the community cowers in fear, and people move their elderly parents out of canyon lake, police race to stop the killer in time. In their investigation, they dig deep for the scanty forensic evidence, befriend potential suspects, and are appalled by a callous post-kill ritual that becomes the murderer’s trademark.