Wednesday

In this episode, a crazed cat lover gets stopped by the cops and leads animal control to a grisly discovery. And, an officer laying down spike strips nearly becomes road kill. Plus, a bank robber runs from law and into the path of a speeding semi. Tv-14-v

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.

Handwriting analysis: We’ve all heard that our handwriting tells more about our personalities than we think. Are we risk-takers, have low-esteem, fun loving, or are we capable of murder? While our handwriting may not reveal the nuances of our personalities, the dotting of the "i's and crossing of the "t"s is an important business in criminal investigation. Apparent suicide notes, letters from suspected offenders and signatures are scrutinized down to the last dot. Handwriting comparisons can tell if the victim really did sign that new life insurance policy, or if the person who had everything to live for actually wrote the eloquent suicide note.

When a cancer-ridden man is stabbed in his own home and later dies, it takes nearly seven years, wiretapping and extensive surveillance to link the group of conspirators to the horrific murder only to discover the sole purpose of the crime was money.

When Joleen Cummings misses a Mother’s Day pickup, her family calls police. Detectives find a blood-soaked workplace, a felon boyfriend and a suspect with shifting identities, using forensic evidence and an old ruse to uncover the truth.

Shoplifters getting caught red-handed by police at Walmart.

An unidentified man is found in a hotel room – dead. And each discovery Dr. G makes at autopsy…is more baffling than the last. Then - tragedy strikes a 23-year-old, during what should be the happiest week of his life. And now, his devastated fiancée is looking to Dr. G for answers.

In the early hours of a morning just before Christmas, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she’d been sexually assaulted and then shot at point blank range. Eight long years passed… and then a pair of running shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a very cold case.

A young woman is found dead in her apartment. There’s little evidence at the scene, leads don’t pan out and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in different state.

When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others, and she’d turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend’s bedroom – blood spatter someone had gone to great lengths to conceal -- they know this case is going to be different.

A serial rapist was on the loose in a Texas town. No one knew where he’d strike next, but the audacity of his attacks and the escalation of violence against his victims made finding him imperative.

Black boxes: Little evidence is left after an airplane takes a deadly plunge from the sky. Investigators' best hope for an answer comes from the flight data recorder known as a "black box." Virtually indestructible, the black box could be the only witness to the final horrifying moments of a doomed flight.

In Las Vegas, a gang of robbers target an ATM repository and hit the jackpot. Their take was over a million dollars in cash, the largest heist in Las Vegas history.

In the late 1990s, one criminal terrorized an entire community. Witnesses refused to speak out. They knew the consequences could be deadly.

Colorado V Mark Redwine. 13 year old Dylan wasn’t eager to fly to Colorado for the court ordered long distance visit with his dad Mark who tried to placate his son with a visit to McDonald’s and shopping at Walmart straight from the airport. But when the boy didn’t show up for a playdate the next morning, he was reported missing, setting off a manhunt in the rough Colorado wilderness terrain. Mark Redwine and his ex-wife took to the airwaves to plead for their son’s return but to no avail. Then in a stunning twist in a national television interview Dylan’s brother Cory accused Mark of being responsible for his brother’s disappearance, a charge the father vigorously denied. But three years later when Dylan’s badly decomposed remains were found by hikers , prosecutors did indeed charge Mark Redwine with his murder, saying he killed his son out of anger and shame after Dylan confronted him with compromising photos of his sexual deviancy.

When Joleen Cummings misses a Mother’s Day pickup, her family calls police. Detectives find a blood-soaked workplace, a felon boyfriend and a suspect with shifting identities, using forensic evidence and an old ruse to uncover the truth.

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.

Fred and Pat live a quiet life in North Carolina. When one of them is shot and killed in a robbery on a stretch of rural highway, the crime goes unsolved for years. But an arrest in another case leads police to a letter detailing the crime – and a shocking family connection.

The Klaus family is getting ready for Christmas in the small town of Castor, Alberta. A fire engulfs their home in the middle the night while everyone is asleep, and the investigators suspect that it isn’t an accident. The whole case changes when the son starts seeing the spirits of his dead family.

Eric Houston is found stabbed to death in a seedy motel, but the ensuing investigation is stymied by a long list of suspects. Lt. Joe Kenda refuses to let the case run cold, and deploys a groundbreaking new technology to catch the killer.

In november 1996, raymond collin went missing in his hometown of timmins, ontario. The discovery of his body days later in a snow-covered truck in downtown timmins led police to an assortment of possible suspects. However, police picked up the trail of the killers following another murder in southern ontario. The co-operation of two ontario police departments led to the arrest and conviction of robin graves and wayne jones.

In 1995, the body of a Chicago woman is found dumped on a Wisconsin highway. Was she the victim of a lover’s spat turned deadly? Did she run afoul of local criminals? Investigators uncover the shocking truth behind the victim's tragic end.

Upon meeting his neighbor, Carlito Perez becomes obsessed with her and begins to stalk her every move, launching a series of violent attacks against her.

When two residents of a small town nestled between Maine and the Canadian border are found brutally murdered, fear completely overwhelms the town of 70.

In this episode, a swat team comes under fire leaving a veteran cop gravely wounded. Plus, a drunk driver severs a gas line and a cop gets caught in the fiery blast. And, police respond to a domestic disturbance call and end up on the receiving end of a beating. Tv-14-v