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On September 17, 1984, in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona, eight-year-old Vicki Hoskins left home on her pink bicycle to mail a letter for her mother. She never returned, but her slightly damaged bicycle was found nearby. Investigators turned to forensic science, in the hope it would tell them not only what happened to Vicki, but also who was responsible.

When a two-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital suffering from brain seizures and breathing difficulties, doctors could not find the cause of his illness. Then the boy’s sister provided an important clue, and raised the possibility of a syndrome of which few had ever heard.

On a cold December night in 1993, Rose Larner stopped in a convenience store on her way to her boyfriend’s house. She was never seen or heard from again. Rose’s disappearance remained a mystery, until a tiny clue found years later revealed a tragic tale of drugs, romance and revenge.

The crime scene was awash with blood, bespeaking the horror of the attack, the death of two young boys and the stabbing of their mother. The blood evidence was carefully analyzed by forensic scientists. It told a story quite different from that of the mother, and pointed to an assailant who had gone to great lengths to stage the scene after committing the crimes.

Scott Dunn was missing and, at first glance, nothing seemed out of place in his apartment. Then police found faint blood spatters on the ceiling and walls, and a bloody carpet pad underneath a new piece of carpeting. When they sprayed the bedroom with Luminol, a scene of horrific violence emerged. Now investigators faced a daunting task: to prove Scott Dunn had been murdered, even though they had no body, no weapon, and no witnesses.

On a windy October night in 1995, a mysterious fire swept through the home of a doctor and his family. Two of the family members made it out alive; two did not. In the debris, investigators found evidence which told them much more than how the fire started.

Shirley and Ed Andronowich were regulars at a neighborhood bar. One night, Ed decided to leave early and Shirley wanted to stay. There was a brief argument, and Ed went home alone. The next day, Shirley’s badly beaten and mutilated body was found outside of a nearby high school. The murder weapon was a 55-pound piece of concrete. It was up to investigators to determine what had happened to Shirley Andronowich and who was responsible.

Sometime during a neighborhood Christmas party, five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared. No one saw where she went or noticed anything unusual. Investigators turned to forensic science to help them see what the witnesses missed.

In 1989, the entire town of Miramichi is held hostage by a monster. This troubled man with a heinous past embarks on a 7-month crime spree, including brutal beatings, rape, arson and serial murder. His victims are women, both young and old. The rampage culminates in the killing of a local priest. Finally, CanadaÕs most intensive manhunt frees the people from Allan Legere, the Monster of Miramichi.

15-year-old Chuck Limbrick returns home from school to find his mother, Betty Limbrick, shot dead on the floor. Evidence points to a robbery gone wrong, but Kenda suspects there is more to the story, and uncovers a plot almost too shocking to believe.

A businessman went to Florida to make one last deal before he retired-he never returned home to his millions. Authorities examined who was closest to him and who stood to gain from his disappearance. But this time conventional rules didn’t apply.

Many escape the poverty of India to start new lives in the United States. One turned the American dream into a nightmare. People started turning up dead in New York’s Indian community-authorities struggled to link fraud and murder to a powerful man.