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Most shocking is the ultimate 'caught-on-camera' reality show featuring high-adrenaline, action-packed stories of criminal behavior. In this episode, cops corner a wanted fugitive but the standoff goes up in flames. And, when a father kidnaps his infant son, police have to unleash a k-9 cop to take him down. Plus, a pregnant postal worker is held at gunpoint when a man hijacks a mail truck. Tv-14v

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.

When a young FBI employee is found strangled to death in her own home, all signs point to her abusive ex until her diligent co-workers piece together the clues over several years to reveal the killer is someone very unexpected and has a past of violent behaviour.

In upstate New York, a wife is found dead after an apparent shower fall. When bloodstain patterns in the bedroom raise doubts, forensic experts re-examine the scene to decide if it was a tragic accident or a carefully staged crime.

Wild drivers are confronted by police after reckless behavior.

A healthy fourteen-year-old boy, starts shaking uncontrollably and dies in his mother’s arms. And as Dr. G searches for clues, the mystery surrounding his death only deepens. Then, a man falls asleep on his couch after a night of heavy drinking… and never wakes up. And his sister is desperate for answers.

Police discover a man shot dead in his home after they receive a call from his worried mother. The search for the killer would lead them on a two-year investigation spanning several states. Because many of the witnesses were admitted drug users, investigators would need hard physical evidence to prove their case; it came in the form of a rare gun and the victim’s beloved dog.

A young TV news producer is raped and murdered in her apartment. Police identify two suspects, but both are cleared of any wrongdoing. The case stalls for more than a year, and then investigators turn to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s DNA Databank which houses profiles of more than 8,000 convicted felons, and is the first of its kind in the nation. A comparison of the crime scene evidence with the Databank profiles results in Virginia’s first “cold hit” in a homicide investigation, and reveals the identity of the killer.

Police are dispatched to the scene of a shooting, and discover the victim’s husband is one of their own: a homicide detective who says his wife accidentally shot herself in the head. The detective maintains he called 911 immediately, but the evidence seems to indicate otherwise. Investigators turn to a forensic scientist and a ballistics expert to learn what really happened, and who was responsible.

For years, a woman suffered from what appeared to be the unpleasant side effects of lithium, a drug prescribed to treat bipolar disorder. Her search for help led her to numerous doctors and hospitals, and resulted in a 4,000-page medical file. When she died, investigators had to determine if her death was due to natural causes, suicide, or murder.

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.

In the 1980s the drug trade ravaged Chicago’s inner city neighborhoods. Heroin and cocaine sales soared. Violent crime threatened to destroy the community.

In the 1970’s South America faced a surge of political kidnappings and assassinations. When the killings spilled onto U.S. soil it was time for the FBI to step in.

At first it seemed like a horrible teenage tragedy when the car with 3 friends careened into a brick wall at 100 miles an hour, killing two of them. But after a lengthy investigation police charged the young driver MacKenzie Shirilla with murder.

In suburban Boston, college students find a teenage boy dead in the street. Bloodstain experts rule out a hit-and-run, and his trail from North Carolina forces detectives to test a bizarre, almost impossible explanation for how he died.

Nicole Abusharif, 26, murders her partner Rebecca Klein for the insurance money, then leaves her body in the boot of her car for a night of drinking with her young lover, Rose.

Law student Adrienne Hickson fatally stabs her boyfriend Shawn Washington with the knife for her birthday cake when he helps his friends move instead of spending the day with her.

When questionable abuse allegations are proven false, Greg and Diana divorce. Shortly after, one of them is contacted by a private investigator and lured out to a dirt road. Is the sniper in the bushes there to commit a murder, or not?

Outside the small town of Verdigre, Nebraska, a domestic altercation ends in death. Frances Thompson claims to have killed Dean Frank in self-defense, but as investigators dig deeper, they’re not so sure.

When the days-old corpse of a tenacious female pilot is found in her ransacked house trailer, police are stumped; until Lt Joe Kenda learns of a startling connection between the victim and her killer. Then… Kenda is called to the scene of a bloody barroom shooting, only to discover that the murder victim is an old family friend.

When emergency services arrived at the office of respected neurologist richard boggs following the report of a patient's death, they had their suspicions regarding the circumstances, but an autopsy found that the man died of natural causes. A few months later, after a million-dollar payout on the man's life insurance, a diligent insurance agent noticed an irregularity that ultimately caused california authorities to get to the bottom of the twisted case. In the end, three men, including the “dead” patient, were found guilty of murdering an innocent man for insurance money.

When a popular young woman turns up murdered in Lancaster County, PA, investigators must piece together the last few moments of her life to determine who killed her.

A landscaper with a strong desire towards one of his female clients begins to stalk her, and as she continues to refuse his advances, he becomes aggressive.

People realize seclusion doesn't guarantee their safety when a 62-year-old woman is found tortured and brutally murdered in her home on Thanksgiving.

Most shocking is the ultimate 'caught-on-camera' reality show featuring high-adrenaline, action-packed stories of criminal behavior. In this episode, a gunman raids a gold shop in broad daylight. Then officers use a fake camera crew to free a hostage from a knife-wielding suspect. Also, when a clerk is jumped he turns the tables and takes the robber down. Tv-14lv