Friday

A high school girl who is shy finds a person she believes is her true love when a new boy shows up at school as the two have a love for comic and fantasy books.

A private pilot starts stalking a Texas politician, along with his wife, and the pilot will do whatever it takes to destroy them.

In this episode, having a positive body image is admirable, but when a naked man claims to have explosives in his car, the police quickly diffuse his indecent threat. Then, a bare-bottomed stick-up man distracts a convenience store clerk while his accomplice helps himself to the beer case. Finally, a pair of streakers are left out in the cold when their getaway car is stolen. Tv-14-ls

In this episode, when a pile up on the racetrack leaves a couple of drivers out of the money, they finish the competition with their fists. Then, two women have a dance-off at a club but when the body bouncing display gets out of hand, the two exchange body-blows. And, anarchists in argentina clash with riot police, turning the streets into a war zone. Tv-14-v

In this episode, amateur cameramen catch extraordinary events on videotape…like the high flying biker that fails to land a big jump-- with painful results. Then, at an air show in california, a vintage aircraft nosedives into a crowded parking lot. Plus, rowdy tailgaters at a concert light up the night with a ground pounding barrage of explosive fireworks. Tv-14-v

In this episode, a trooper on a routine traffic stop gets slammed by a crazed driver behind the wheel of an out-of-control station wagon. Plus, a man filling-up his gas tank gets struck by lightning – igniting a powerful explosion. And, a kite-boarder gets caught by a giant gust and gets smashed into the side of a house. Tv-14-v

It is difficult to convict a murderer if the body can't be found. But forensic science is finding ways to do it. Devious killers can think up many was to dispose of their victim's remains, but they are often no matches for creative and devoted investigators. A speck of blood, a piece of a fingernail or a strand of hair may now be enough evidence to prove a murder and capture a killer.

For 23 days in october, 2002 a sniper terrorizes the washington dc area, shooting thirteen people and killing ten. The victims are ordinary people doing routine activities.

The 1996 summer olympics in atlanta, georgia are rocked by a massive pipe bomb explosion. A woman is killed and hundreds injured. Subsequent bombs at an abortion clinic and a gay bar show a similar m.O., And increasing refinement. Police have no clue who is behind the bombings until they receive a letter signed by ‘the army of god’, an anti-abortion, anti-gay, white supremacist group. When another abortion clinic is bombed in birmingham, alabama, a witness sees a suspicious man leaving the scene and gets his license number. Police are soon on the trail of christian extremist eric rudolph, but it will take a five year manhunt through the rugged terrain of the natahala national forest before they can catch america’s most wanted criminal.

A woman was shot to death just one day before she was to testify against a man accused of robbing her. The robber became the prime suspect, but he had a solid alibi: a time-stamped videotape of his outdoor activities on the day of the murder. Police asked a local physics professor to help them authenticate the videotape, and he enabled them to see the killer who was hiding in the shadows.

In 1993, the state of Florida was known for more than swimsuits, sun, and Disney. Worldwide attention focused on a rash of robberies which targeted tourists. Some vacationers were killed in these attacks; some fought and survived, despite severe injuries. One of those injuries, a bite mark, would be the key piece of evidence used to convict a determinedly uncooperative suspect, who ran into an even more determined detective.

During the early morning hours of December 29, 1991, a woman was murdered in a Phoenix bar. At the crime scene, investigators found a shoe-print, several foreign hairs, and unknown fingerprints. But they believed the most incriminating piece of evidence was the bite mark found on the victim. On the strength of that evidence, a local postman was convicted of murder, but he continued to maintain his innocence. Ten years into his sentence, improved technology yielded new information about old evidence, and earned him another trial.

A woman’s death in Pennsylvania triggers a homicide investigation into another woman’s death in North Carolina. The similarities in the cases were striking, and medical examiners must determine if the suspect’s story about accidental drowning is all wet.

A 34-year-old nurse experienced a variety of flu-like symptoms. None of her doctors were able to discover the cause, until she visited the gynecologist for a routine check-up. Then she learned she had something far worse than the flu. She was HIV-positive. Being a nurse, she could have contracted the HIV virus in any number of ways. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: It wasn’t an accident.

Time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom. A striking similarity between her death and an HBO movie gives forensic examiners the clues they need to thaw out the alibi of a cold-blooded killer.

Hairs and fibers: The tiniest filament can become a mark of distinction in the most singular and intimate of ways. Investigators have come to rely on forensic evidence as fine as a carpet fiber or as innocent as an eyelash to crack difficult cases.

Forensic botany & geology: Plants help provide oxygen and nutrients for existence. Soil is the fertilizer of life. Yet both can yield clues to the time and location of a person's death. In criminal investigations, a simple seedpod can provide the missing link by placing a suspect at a crime scene. Dirt left on shoes, tires or clothes can pinpoint a crime scene.

In a frantic 911 call as he raced his bleeding wife to the hospital, hog farmer Todd Mullis told dispatchers Amy Mullis accidentally fell on a four-pronged corn rake in their barn. But when investigators found more than four holes in Amy’s body, they knew her death was no accident.

Charities lavished gifts on Gypsy Lee Blanchard, a sympathetic young girl confined to a wheelchair. The Make-a-wish foundation sent her on trips and Habitat for Humanity built her a home. But it all came to end when her mother was found murdered and Gypsy went missing, leaving her wheelchair behind. As the murder investigation got underway the local Sheriff reported “Things aren’t exactly what they seemed to be”.

Ohio v. Erica Stefanko. In a tale of jealousy, betrayal and revenge, 25-year old Ashley Biggs, a single mom and pizza delivery driver, was murdered on a late night run for Dominos. Police arrested her former boyfriend Chad Cobb, saying he killed her over a bitter custody dispute involving their seven-year old daughter. For eight years, Cobb had refused to tell police who had helped him lure Ashley to her death, protecting his then-wife Erica Stefanko. But once he learned that Erica had become romantically involved with his best friend and that she was allegedly abusing his daughter, Cobb revealed Erica’s role in the murder.

Florida v. Grant Amato. The Amatos were a close knit, middle class family with three professional sons, who enjoyed Florida Gators football games together. So it was a shock when Margaret and Chad Amato and their youngest son Cody were found dead, shot execution-style in their suburban Seminole Florida home. Suspicion quickly turned to middle son Grant, a trained nurse, who had quarrelled with his family over money he had stolen from them to pay for the attentions of a Buglarian sex model on a pay-per-view website. Grant’s high powered public defense team argued that despite the horrific bloody scene there was no blood found on their client and no forensic evidence of any kind linking him to the murders. The drama in the courtroom heightened as Grant’s sole surviving brother, Jason Amato, took the stand.

Florida v. Russell Holbrook. The quiet community of Crestview, Florida was shaken following the vicious murder of beautiful 33 year old nurse Melissa Howard, described as a caring angel, found with her throat slashed in her own living room. Friends were immediately suspicious of Melissa’s ex-husband who had just lost a nasty custody battle over their son Taylor but he had a strong alibi. The case remained unsolved for ten years, until Florida State Agent Detective Meaghan Palumbo, newly assigned to the homicide squad, took a personal interest in the cold case. Using modern day forensics, Palumbo re-tested Melissa’s sweatshirt preserved all those years and found clues to lead them to the DNA of her ex-husband’s best friend, Russell Holbrook, and a dramatic trial as witnesses recounted the true story of Melissa’s last days.

Michigan v. Kemia Hassel. New Year’s Eve and a seemingly random murder, in the small town of Benton Harbor , on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Police body cam video captured the heartbroken cries of young Army Sergeant Kemia Hessel as she cradled her handsome, dying young husband in her arms, as he was loaded into an ambulance. But despite the happy outward appearance of the attractive young military couple, investigators soon accused Kemia of directing a murder-for-hire plot with the help of a lover she met while deployed in Korea. Her boyfriend quickly confessed and in a dramatic, videotaped jail house phone call, laid out the murder plot to the victim’s father. Kemia at first denied involvement and despite admissions in a lie detector exam, strongly defended her innocence, claiming her comments to police came from exhaustion and grief. She pointed the finger of blame at her jealous boyfriend who she said acted alone.

Wisconsin v. Prokopovitz. When Victoria Prokopovitz went missing in 2013, her three grown children were beside themselves with worry. Her husband, James Prokopovitz, seemed oddly unconcerned about his wife’s disappearance, telling police she often wandered off and had twice tried to commit suicide. Despite a massive search, Victoria was never found. But a private detective who saw news reports of the missing woman offered his help to Victoria’s eldest daughter Marsha who kept up a Facebook campaign over the years hoping for clues about her mother’s disappearance.

When a four-year-old girl is found unconscious in a parking lot, police concluded it was a hit and run vehicle accident, and left it at that. But the girl’s mother was determined to find out exactly what had happened. She was a fan of murder mysteries and forensic science shows, and used much of what she had learned to determine who was responsible for the accident which severely injured her daughter.

A mother and her daughter leave home for a day of shopping, but never return. The little girl’s body was found dumped off of a roadside, but there was no sign of her mother. The suspects included the mother, the girl’s father, and anyone who had come in contact with the two while they were shopping. It took forensic science and deductive reasoning to determine if the baby’s mother was a suspect or a victim. Once that was established, the meaning of other forensic clues became clear.

Walter Notheis, Jr. was better known to the American public as entertainer Walter Scott, lead singer of the band, “Bob Kuban and the In-Men.” Their most popular single was the 1966 hit, “The Cheater.” Little did Walter know that the song would foreshadow the events that would lead to his demise.

When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.

A young woman meets a handsome man and she falls for him, but his charm soon turns into aggressive jealousy, and he wants nobody else to have her.