Forensic Files
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Jul 28th
1100a
Van-ished
A twelve-year-old girl claimed she had been abducted and sexually assaulted. She recounted what happened in such a flat, unemotional voice that police found it difficult to believe her. Fibers on her clothing would prove she was telling the truth, and help police to find her attacker.
Jul 28th
1130a
A Novel Idea
Emergency Dispatch in Durham, North Carolina received a frantic call from a man who said his wife had fallen down the stairs; she was unconscious but still breathing. When paramedics arrived, they could do little more than pronounce the woman dead. The number and volume of bloodstains at the scene was greater than usual. It was up to forensic scientists to find out why.
Jul 28th
1200p
Chief Suspect
The wife of a respected police officer was murdered in her own home. The crime went unsolved for more than a decade, and then a newly formed Cold Case Unit took a fresh look at the evidence. A few seconds of a 911 call enabled them to determine not only who was responsible for the victim’s death, but also the motive for her murder.
Jul 28th
1230p
Water Hazard
The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue – a flaw on a mailing envelope -- exposed a murderer who was willing to kill innocent people to get the one person he wanted.
Jul 29th
1100a
Shell Game
They thought the fire would cover their crime. But one tiny clue, no bigger than a thumbtack, remained. It held all the information investigators needed to put a trio of cold-blooded killers behind bars.
Jul 29th
1130a
Ring Him Up
For ten years, the disappearance of a college co-ed remained a mystery. And then new scientific testing cast a different light on a man who had been a suspect all along.
Jul 29th
1200p
Killer Impression
For sixteen years, the death of woman was considered an accident; then someone called police to suggest she had been murdered by her husband. Before the investigation could begin, the tipster was found dead… in much the same manner as the wife. Was this an unfortunate coincidence, or the MO of a serial killer?
Jul 29th
1230p
If I Were You
His daughter suspected something was wrong… and when she learned virtually everything had been removed from her father’s home, she was sure of it. Even though she lived almost a thousand miles away, she took it upon herself to find out what happened and who was responsible.
Jul 30th
1100a
As the Tide Turns
The woman was dead. The man had been shot four times but he survived. When the man’s version of events was at variance with the evidence, investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to determine if this was a botched robbery, or cold-blooded murder.
Jul 30th
1130a
A Tight Leash
How did the stalker obtain the security system code for his victim’s home? How did he steal her personal photographs? Police needed answers, and they found them in the most unlikely of places: the letters he wrote to frighten the victim and taunt those trying to protect her.