Thursday

Most shocking is the ultimate 'caught-on-camera' reality show featuring high-adrenaline, action-packed stories of criminal behavior. In this episode, a crook steals a police cruiser and takes cops on a wild chase. Plus, a former heavyweight boxer refuses to comply with an officer which sparks a trigger-pulling brawl. Also, an officer faces an armed suspect and a point-blank ambush. Tv-14v

Ballistics: A corpse is found with a gunshot wound to the head; the weapon lies next to the victim. It looks like suicide, but could it be murder? It's a question best solved by ballistics experts. Gunshot residues, the pathway of the bullet into the body, shells and the guns themselves all hold important clues. The ability to determine whether an individual has actually fired a gun is vitally important in homicide and suicide investigations.

Forensic psychologists delve into the minds of serial killers, explaining why, most often, they can be a friendly neighbor or the tenacious co-worker - the one who hides his or her dark side better than anyone else. Detectives show us what forensic techniques, the vicap system and clever investigating have done to bring these killers to justice.

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.

When a hitman kills the wrong person, it takes over a year to locate the gun used in the murder-for-hirer plot which shockingly links back to an unexpected boss that’s closer to the victim than originally suspected.

In three days of savagery the picturesque town gainesville florida is sent reeling with shock. Five university students are brutally attacked and killed.

The woman was missing for a month. Police find her car but no evidence of foul play... only a fingerprint and a set of keys. There’s a code on one of the keys, which they hope will unlock not only a door, but also the mystery of her disappearance.

A funeral director is murdered and his son, the sole beneficiary of his estate, is considered a likely suspect... until witnesses provide him with an ironclad alibi. When police find a mask near the crime scene, they hope it will lead to the killer.

The killer was meticulous, washing everything at the scene, including the victim’s body. The only definitive evidence was a single foreign hair. Three years later he struck again and, this time, what he left behind would prove he committed both crimes.

A mysterious computer crash pushed a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees. There was no apparent cause; there were no obvious clues. Forensic investigators had to determine if the crash was the result of a computer defect, human error, or sabotage.

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.

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.

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.

Water and police chases DO mix!

22-year-old Ashley Edwards and 28-year-old John Gardner share one thing in common – they die suddenly with no apparent cause. But as both autopsies unfold, it seems as though each of their medical histories could be the key to the case.

Tracy Jo Shine grew up in a middle-class home in Houston, Texas. She was a promising young dancer, whose ability landed her a spot in Houston’s prestigious High School for Performing Arts. Unfortunately, while there, Tracy Jo became involved with the wrong crowd, and began experimenting with drugs. When she disappeared without a trace, her family immediately suspected her new friends, some of whom were members of the Aryian Brotherhood.

It looked like sixty-two-year-old Phillip Rouss, Jr. had it all: family, friends, and a new business which was the culmination of a life-long dream. Then his health began to deteriorate. Doctors couldn’t pinpoint the cause of the illness and Phil began to suspect his condition was no accident. Toxicologists and investigators identified the real problem just in time to save Phil’s life.

When six-year-old Michelle Door disappeared without a trace, her father became the prime suspect. He failed a polygraph test and even confessed to the murder of his daughter, but his confession was later discounted. Years later, police learned that a man who’d been convicted of another murder lived just two doors away from Michelle when she disappeared. This discovery, and tiny drops of blood shed a decade earlier, helped police to solve the crime.

The discovery of a woman's naked body, covered with bruises, leaves no doubt that she was the victim of foul play. Quick-thinking investigators erected a makeshift tent around the body and used Super Glue fumes to lift the killer’s palm print from the victim’s skin. With this technique, they were able to determine who had a hand in the murder.

Serial killers are often twisted geniuses; so cunning that catching them seems almost impossible. But from jack the ripper to those who terrify us today, their bizarre behaviour is as specific as a signature. Sophisticated crime fighters map the psychological and physical terrain of multiple murderers.

After a twenty year old recovering drug addict is found strangled in the backseat of her own car, an autopsy reveals an unusual sexual clue. While on the case, Lt Joe Kenda pursues the killer through the seedy side of Colorado Springs and sort through the endless suspicious characters in Vicki’s past. When Kenda finally comes face to face with Vicki’s killer, will he be able to put the violent sociopath away for good?

In the early 1990’s, a serial killer stalked lone victims in the dead of night, his hunting ground the suburbs of Washington, D.C., his target, anyone who owned a car.

A common-law couple was found guilty of the 1990 rape and murder of taunja bennett near portland, oregon. However, a letter signed with a happy face sent to a portland newspaper claimed responsibility for the murder of taunja and others. The happy face letter remained a mystery until keith jesperson was arrested on an unrelated murder charge. Investigators unraveled the truth, convicted jesperson of taunja’s murder, and freed the wrongfully convicted couple.

In 2000, the manager of a Florida hotel is doused with acid in broad daylight. He dies from his wounds 11 days later. Investigators must contend with bum tips, false identities and a nationwide manhunt before the shocking culprit is revealed

When single mom Rosita accepts a stranger's friend request, she has no idea he's hiding a terrifying secret that will lead to a deadly game of cat and mouse.

24-year-old Crystal Houston was found dead in Socorro, N.M., just 14 months after her older sister, Stephanie, who was killed in a suspicious accident.

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