Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Mar 26th
1100a
In the Bag
After shooting his victims in the head, the killer staged the scene, placed the incriminating evidence into a plastic bag and tossed it into the river. Instead of floating downstream, it became entangled in overhanging branches. Days later, when police found it, they hoped clues to the killer’s identity and the solution to the crime were “in the bag.”
Mar 26th
1130a
Yes, In Deed
In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It was arson and murder. Investigators had to determine who wanted the woman dead... and why.
Mar 26th
1200p
Guarded Secrets
A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade would pass before a phone call breathed life into the cold case, and a paint smear on the bottom of the victim’s boot helped scientists determine what happened during the last hour of his life.
Mar 26th
1230p
Smoking Out A Killer
A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other. Five years earlier, a student was assaulted and killed in her off-campus apartment and, a year after that, another student was killed in almost the same way. Police feared a serial killer was on the loose and they needed to determine what -- or who -- these women had in common.
Mar 27th
1100a
Frozen Assets
When a respected business owner was brutally attacked and killed, investigators had to determine if this was a robbery gone wrong or a calculated murder. The evidence at the scene told police what happened but not who was responsible -- and then they got a huge break because of a frozen river five miles away.
Mar 27th
1130a
House Hunting
When a successful real estate agent is brutally murdered, panicked townspeople begin looking over their shoulders and locking their doors. Weeks later, a witness comes forward who may have seen the killer, and police use forensic hypnosis to help him recall every detail of the man’s appearance. His description is used to create a composite sketch, which police hope will draw the killer out of hiding.
Mar 27th
1200p
Shoot to Thrill
A teenager returned home after a night out with friends, and discovered his father’s body lying in a pool of blood. There were shoe impressions outside in the new-fallen snow; because the victim’s wallet and watch were missing, the motive may have been robbery. But before making that determination, police needed to find out who had the most to gain from his death.
Mar 27th
1230p
Political Thriller
When a politician died mysteriously during a hard-fought reelection campaign, the medical examiner could neither isolate the cause of death, nor explain the tiny puncture wounds discovered during the autopsy. If the victim had been murdered, it would be up to investigators to determine if her political enemies were to blame, or if the killer was someone much closer to home.
Mar 30th
1100a
Double Cross
A naval officer threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault, and a callous military hierarchy concerned only with covering-up the incidents. When the officer was brutally murdered, investigators found evidence her allegations may have been part of an elaborate scheme for financial gain. Hoping to separate fact from fiction, they turned to forensic science.
Mar 30th
1130a
Dancing with the Devil
The crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female. The male DNA was the victim’s, which meant the killer was a woman. Leads dried up and the case went cold... until a suspect arrested for drug possession offered police a deal, and told a bizarre tale of an exotic dancer who listened to the voices in her head.