Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Feb 9th
1100a
Making the Collar
The body of a 16-year-old girl was discovered nine months after she disappeared. Forensic scientists found clues that painted a virtual portrait of her killer. They knew he had a dog, that he worked for the postal service, and that he had red carpeting in his home. Now all they had to do was find him.
Feb 9th
1130a
The Financial Downfall
A beautiful, vibrant young woman fell to her death from a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Initially, investigators thought it was a tragic accident. But after a forensic examination of photographs taken at the scene, police had a very different picture of what had happened.
Feb 9th
1200p
A Daughter's Journey
Haunted by the disappearance of her mother some twenty years earlier, a young woman undertook an investigation of her own. Her mother’s diary was in the now “cold” case file; there, in her mother’s own handwriting, she discovered a dark family secret, which might have been the reason her mother vanished.
Feb 9th
1230p
Over a Barrel
California police had several suspects in the robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple. Unfortunately, the forensic evidence was inconclusive, and the crime went unsolved. Ten years later, a determined forensic scientist used material from a dentist’s office to uncover ballistic evidence which had been overlooked. He not only solved the crime, he also made scientific history.
Feb 10th
1100a
Pinned by the Evidence
After a street fight took the life of a national wrestling champion, police had to determine if he was killed in cold blood, or in self-defense. A jury decided it was murder, and sentenced the accused to a minimum of twenty years in prison. Six years later, he was granted another trial; a forensic animator, who testified on his behalf, offered a different explanation for the most damning piece of evidence.
Feb 10th
1130a
Cries Unheard
A 19-year-old girl was found dead in her car; the scene had been staged to make murder appear to be suicide. During their investigation, police discovered the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people a motive to kill her. The killer’s identity would be revealed by a piece of evidence found in a suspect’s trash.
Feb 10th
1200p
Buried Treasure
A man disappeared one year to the day after beginning an affair with his friend’s wife. Fifteen years later, with the help of a metal detector, police found evidence which would prove what had happened, and who was responsible.
Feb 10th
1230p
Badge of Betrayal
The body of a young California co-ed was found under an isolated ramp of the Interstate, and San Diego police had no idea who would want this girl dead. But their questions would be answered when they discovered a tiny, unique fiber on the victim’s clothing, which led them straight to the most unlikely of killers.
Feb 11th
1100a
Deadly Matrimony
A go-go dancer told her family she needed to get away for a while, and then she simply disappeared. Investigators were suspicious, because she took neither her car nor her clothes. The next twenty years passed slowly, and the family began to think they might never know what happened ‑‑ until they received a phone call which changed everything.
Feb 11th
1130a
Muddy Waters
A Colorado hunter who’d been shot three times and killed was the victim of a well planned crime, not an accidental shooting. Investigators found a .243 caliber bullet in his lung and a .308 caliber shell casing near his body, and suspected they were looking for two murder weapons, and two killers. But analysis of the forensic evidence pointed them in a different direction… one much closer to home.