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Identifying burned remains: It's difficult to have a murder investigation without a body, and burning up the victim is a time-honored method of destroying physical evidence. But what happens when the charred remains are found, unrecognizable, seemingly impossible to identify? Dr. John verano and dr. Doug owsley of the smithsonian have faced these challenges, identifying the burned remains of two american journalists found in guatemala seven years after their reported disappearance. It seems as though fire can unveil lies, as well as conceal truths.

Explosives investigations: The crime lab is the place where science meets murder. In new york state, eleanor fowler opened a small package, which as mailed to her home. When she lifted the lid the box exploded killing her instantly. Within minutes, five other bombs exploded proving to be as fatal as the first. The investigation into this serial bombing case became one of the most massive investigations in history.

Fingerprinting: The identification division of the fbi relies on fingerprints as one of the most effective ways to identify criminals. Fingerprints, along with palmprints and footprints are an indisputable, time-tested method to establish someone's id beyond a shadow of a doubt. Computerization has all but eliminated the old inkpad, and print identification that used to take months now takes minutes.

Adam Mayes' best friend has two young daughters - with whom Adam has a twisted obsession. He kills their mother and elder sister before kidnapping the two younger girls.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

Natavia Lowery was celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein's personal assistant. But then Linda found out that Natavia was stealing money from her.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

Nicole Vonlee Titlow needed money desperately, so she made a deal with the wife of a 74-year-old millionaire, with eyes on the inheritance.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

Over the years, Betty Lou Beets had multiple failed marriages, each of which ended in its own unique way. In 1983, she reported her fifth husband missing and tried to stage a boat accident.IKMM-Loglines-Apr-23.25.docx

The quiet farming community of Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan is left in shambles after a suspicious fire ravages the home of young mother Abbie Speir. It isn’t long before investigators discover that the fire is no accident – someone murdered Abbie in cold blood. As police race against the clock to locate a suspect, the small town grapples with the revelation that a killer could be lurking among them.

Just outside the sleepy town of Athens, WI., Kenneth Kunz returns to his family farm to find four of his family members murdered and one missing.

To the FBI, he was believed to be the boss of New York’s most powerful mafia organization—the Genovese crime family. Was Gigante crazy or was his behavior a shrewd attempt to disguise his position as a ruthless mafia boss?

In 1984, in South Florida, a rapist and murderer was on the loose. The killer was a ruthless and terrifying predator, the newest member of an infamous group known as ‘serial killers.’

Glenna and Marty Duram’s marriage was always volatile. They argued about money, and Glenna’s gambling habit. Jokes about killing one another barely raised an eyebrow- until the day Marty was actually found dead. Prosecutors struggled to prove what had happened - but then an unusual eye witness came forward.

When Adrian and Jane Goldsmith met they were both hoping for a second chance of happiness; someone to grow old with. But police officer Adrian was a troubled man, plagued by paranoia and dark imaginings. Far from retiring together, their marriage was cut short in an orgy of terrible violence.

When a missing bodybuilder is found encased in cement, is it a killer’s physical strength or a monstrous conspiracy at the heart of this depraved crime?

When a mega rich Texas oil heir is found murdered in the mansion he shares with his former beauty queen girlfriend, police discover that she has mysteriously gone missing.

Ohio v. Gail Eastwood-Ritchey. In the spring of 1993, two newspaper carriers driving down a rural road spotted what they thought was a doll but which turned out to be, in fact, a newborn baby's body. The coroner would determine that the baby had been born alive; but his origin was a mystery. The community called the baby Geauga's Child, after the name of the county; they made clothes for his funeral and paid for his burial. Despite dozens of leads and even a hidden camera placed at the cemetery in hopes that the child's mother would show up, no arrests were made for 25 years. Then, with modern DNA and familial genealogy techniques, the cold case was solved, identifying the boy's mother as the now middle-aged Gail Eastwood-Ritchey. Years before, as a young unmarried woman, she had delivered the baby, stillborn, and placed his body in a trash bag in a wooded area. After a four-day trial, Eastwood-Richey was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years.

Wisconsin v. Todd Kendhammer. Todd Kendhammer called 911 in a panic, describing a freak accident that occurred while he was driving with his wife, Barbara, in the passenger seat. He said a metal pipe had fallen from a passing truck, piercing the windshield and fatally injuring his wife. But police were suspicious of Todd's responses in the interrogation room, when his story continued to change, and his alibi didn't check out. Forensic details from the autopsy report cast further doubt on his story. Detectives came to believe Kendhammer strangled Barbara and staged the accident to cover his crime. He was convicted of first-degree murder. The couple's two children, Jordan and Jessica, continue to believe their father is innocent. Jessica speaks in his defense in this episode.

Sowell grew up in a family where violence and sexual abuse were the norm but distinguished himself in the military. When his visitors complained of a stench of rotting flesh, he blamed the sausage shop next door….. But the truth was much closer to home. Revealing interrogation recordings show police unpick a mystery which leads them to a house of horrors

They appeared the perfect Christian couple. Tom and Micah Rine Pate had dated for years before marrying only for Micah to discover Tom’s serial infidelity. Micah’s deeply devout family were unaware the marriage was in tatters so when Micah went missing on a job, they had no reason to suspect Tom. What would it take to reveal the truth and what part would Thomas Pate’s father play in helping uncover what had really happened.