Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
May 12th
1100a
Memories
A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in her own home - and her unborn child is killed. After coming out of her coma, she identifies her husband as the perpetrator. The semen left at the scene matches her husband’s blood type. The husband was convicted and spent 16 years in jail proclaiming his innocence. Then, a new DNA test and an innovative computer program lead investigators to question just how accurate the wife’s “recovered memory” really was.
May 12th
1130a
Trail of Truth
A mother and her two young daughters are found
May 12th
1200p
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. Months pass and the case goes cold, until a van turns up with what appear to be the same orange fibers. Only the latest in forensic technology can determine if there is a connection between the van and the victim.
May 12th
1230p
"Kill"igraphy
A man considered unstable is accused of killing his wife. Marks on her body seem to point clearly to his guilt... until a medical detective takes a fresh look at the case. To him, the marks tell a different story, and it has nothing to do with murder.
May 13th
1100a
Nursery Crimes
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.
May 13th
1130a
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. 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.
May 13th
1200p
Foundation of Lies
Authorities believe the disappearance of a doctor’s wife may have something to do with his alleged involvement in shady adoption practices. Investigators use concrete found in the doctor’s yard and the hazy recollections of a young child to determine what happened to the missing woman.
May 13th
1230p
Unholy Vows
Some of the refugees who sought asylum in the United States after World War II lied about the atrocities in which they’d participated. Years later, when a high-ranking religious figure was suspected of war crimes, there seemed to be no way to prove his guilt or innocence... until a postcard allegedly written by him 40 years earlier was found in a German archive.
May 14th
1100a
Deadly Knowledge
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.
May 14th
1130a
Broken Promises
When a popular gym teacher is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family is suspicious. They think his wife may have planned his murder. When police find that her previous husband died in questionable circumstances, they re-examine the crime scene and find evidence that the death was no accident. But it is a tape recorded by the victim just before his death that tells the true story of his strange marriage and his wife’s insatiable greed.