Friday

For seven years, a trio of men robbed one bank after another. They always got away before the police arrived, and they left no evidence behind. But the way they stood and the clothes they wore told a story… a story that could be read by forensic scientists.

The solution to the most heinous crimes often hinge on the smallest of clues. Investigators must have their eyes trained to find the full story of a murder written in a single scrap of evidence.

The United States is one of the most profitable drug markets in the world. For ruthless and sophisticated drug traffickers, it is truly the land of opportunity.

On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home.  The FBI was immediately called in.  Agents collected fibers from her bedroom and discovered, through the use of laser light sources, a palm print on Polly’s bed, previously invisible to the naked eye.  After a massive two-month investigation, the FBI arrested Richard Allen Davis.  Palm prints and fibers matched and Davis was convicted of abduction and murder.

Border patrol agents discovered the bodies of a young mother and her toddler son along the Rio Grande.  Detectives closed in on a surprising suspect.

Weapons are the hallmark of violent crime, tools designed to harm – or kill. Forensic science has developed a world of techniques for tracking and identifying these devices. Blood spatter, explosive residue, ballistics and trauma wounds tell crime scene investigators their deadly story

In a jealous rage, 57-year-old professor George Zinkhan murders his wife, her lover and shoots other members of their amateur theatre troupe

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop is denied tenor, and it results in deadly consequences for her co-workers.

When wealthy couple Ted and Corey are attacked by an intruder in their home in the middle of the night, robbery seems like the most likely motive. But a suspicious open window at the back of the house leads police in another unexpected direction.

In a tiny hamlet just outside the town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada, 58-year-old Doreen Bradley, owner and operator of a successful fast food restaurant, is found murdered in her rural home. Authorities are unable to find any clues that point them toward possible suspects. When they uncover a small amount of DNA from an unknown person, investigators must get creative to try to match it to possible killer – and the entire town is shocked and horrified by the results.

A train conductor discovers a decapitated body on the tracks. To solve the case Lt. Joe Kenda must listen to a voice from beyond the grave. Then... a sleeping bag in a basement contains the body of a teenage girl. To find her killer, Kenda must expose a family’s darkest secret.

The brutally beaten body of First Nations sex trade worker Pamela George is discovered on a cold spring morning just outside Regina, Saskatchewan. Initial investigators focus on men known as Ôbad tricksÕ, but three weeks later, new information changes the direction of the investigation. Popular university students Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky, white boys from successful families, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ms. George. They are ultimately convicted of manslaughter in a sensational case that divides the public along racial lines.

A young woman is found murdered in her Portland, Oregon, apartment on Christmas Day and investigators soon learn the terrifying truth about her vicious killer.