Forensic Files
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Dec 31st
900a
As Fault
The woman in the back of the truck was flailing her arms, screaming. They thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it. But when they found a jacket near a pool of blood, they knew what they’d seen wasn’t a joy ride; it was an abduction.
Dec 31st
930a
Family Ties
After he got into the home, the assailant used an axe to kill the husband and critically injure his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn’t a robbery. A DNA profile from skin cells collected hundred of miles away would reveal the killer’s identity and his motive for murder.
Dec 31st
1000a
Trouble Brewing
Two suspects living in the same apartment were linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots – items that belonged to the one who claimed he’d never even met the victim. Investigators hoped the manufacturing code stamped on six beer bottles would be distinctive enough to prove who was telling the truth, and who was a cold-blooded killer.
Dec 31st
1030a
Holy Terror
A serial bomber was on the loose in Illinois. Two churches had been bombed and one person was killed. Investigators had to stop the perpetrator before he struck again... and they hoped to find him by following a thin copper wire.
Dec 31st
500p
Mistaken for Dead
When a man dies unexpectedly in the office of a noted California doctor, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation. What they find throws doubt on the identity of the dead man and raises questions about the doctor’s role in his death. Soon they uncover a bizarre story of corpse stealing, faked identities, and sexual perversion -- all part of an elaborate insurance case that will center on what actually caused the victim’s death: a sex act gone wrong, or premeditated murder.
Dec 31st
530p
Frozen Evidence
If a perpetrator leaves a shoe print in the mud, investigators use established techniques to made a mold of the shoe impression for later identification. But what happens if the impression is left in the snow? Here’s the story of one investigator, whose quick thinking and knowledge of science enabled him to capture a shoe impression made in snow, before the evidence melted away.
Dec 31st
600p
Soft Touch
When we think of looking for fingerprints at a crime scene, we generally think of hard objects that a perpetrator may have touched… a doorknob, a drinking glass – but a fabric? Is it possible that a piece of cloth could contain a fingerprint that would identify a killer? There now exists the technology to do just that – and in this case, it meant justice for the parents of a young woman, who was killed in a senseless act of revenge.
Dec 31st
630p
Church Disappearance
When a six-year-old girl disappeared from church during a Sunday service, investigators feared a stalker was preying on children. A psychological profile of the perpetrator leads investigators to a taxi cab driver who was in the vicinity of the church at the time of the disappearance.
Jan 1st
900a
Needle in a Haystack
There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel the mystery of betrayal and revenge.
Jan 1st
930a
Room with a View
The victim had been stabbed more than a hundred times; her bedroom was blood-soaked. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn’t been sexually assaulted. Was this a sex crime, or the random act of a man with an intense hatred of women?