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Texas officers respond to what looks like a murder-suicide between a mother and her teenage son. Forensic testing of gunshot residue, body temperatures, and toxicology will decide whether this was a family tragedy or a staged scene.

When club dancers are confronted by law enforcement, it's not sexy.

A mother comes face to face with her worst nightmare when she finds her son under six-feet of water. But when the clues don’t add up, Dr. G is forced to consider a horrific scenario. Then… a train engineer panics when he spots a man lying on the tracks. Now it’s up to Dr. G to piece together how, and why, this man died.

A healthy young man dies mysteriously in his sleep. There are no signs of trauma or injury, but toxicology tests reveal a lethal dose of lidocaine in his blood. Investigators find a suicide note, and presume he killed himself -- until a forensic linguist examines the note and determines that what the victim said is less important than how he said it.

In the summer of 1986, Kathleen Lipscomb’s body was found on a deserted road outside of San Antonio. Months passed, then years, and the crime was never solved. Then Kathleen’s family hired a private investigator, who discovered a diary among her personal effects. Two of the diary entries helped police to piece together what had happened to Kathleen Lipscomb, and why.

A retired police officer is discovered in his bed, dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. His wife first says the motive was robbery; then she tells police he committed suicide. It would take careful examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic textbooks found in the victim’s home to write the final chapter of this real-life whodunit.

The bodies of two young women are found in the ashes of an apartment fire, which appeared to have been set deliberately. Evidence found in the debris leads investigators to a suspect, but it would take a tiny blood stain, no bigger than the head of a pin, to convict him.

Toxicology: While drugs can cure disease and ease pain, they can also be agents of murder. Toxicologists can examine blood and tissue to uncover cases where death is not as natural as it may seem--from slow arsenic poisoning to quick cocaine overdoses.

In the 1980s, the drug trade in New York City was a nightmare. Dealers made millions. Street violence was out of control. The NYPD battled the drug gangs only to become their target.

In the ‘70s and ‘80s a gang of thugs wreaked havoc on the island of Puerto Rico. Organized, experienced and deadly they seemed beyond the reach of the law.

When Ilene Gowan, a popular waitress at a local bar in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was found dead by the side of the road, her family called in famous forensic examiner Dr. Michael Baden to help solve the case.

How do bugs, pigs and even the weather help investigators solve crimes? From tropical hawaii to the frigid waters of lake ontario, forensic experts reveal, in gory detail, the clues nature leaves behind on a human corpse.

Encouraged by life insurance money, 33-year-old Kimberly Hricko takes her 35-year old husband Stephen on a romantic murder mystery weekend.

Patty White attempts to rob former flatmate Michele O'Dowd, but ends up leaving something unexpected under the Christmas tree.

Young pregnant couple Elizabeth and Tony are viciously attacked in their home, just hours after evicting three down-on-their-luck men who had been staying with them. Is it a home invasion motivated by revenge, or something even more sinister?

After 23-year-old Victoria survives a horrific crash, she loses the use of her arms and legs. Years later, she’s awarded a large settlement. She entrusts the money to Brian, an investor and family friend. Three years later, the money is gone and Victoria dies after detonating an explosive device. Authorities must follow a number of

A popular army vet is found bleeding to death on the cold asphalt of a shadowy parking lot -- his chest littered with too many knife wounds to count. Kenda’s case is stuck in first gear until a gruesome clue leads his team to an unlikely killer whose motive for murder is as heartless as it is confounding.

Cindy Zarzycki is 13 years old when she goes missing on her way to a Detroit ice cream store. Considered a runaway, Cindy remains just another missing child on a milk carton until Detective Derek ÒMacÓ McLaughlin receives her file nine years later. Teaming up with Jen Liebow, a fresh-faced intern, Mac revisits every single clue to identify Arthur Ream, father of CindyÕs boyfriend Scott, as his prime suspect. With dogged determination and superb investigative skills, Mac and Jen discover new and conclusive evidence Ð enough to convict the killer. Arthur Ream is sentenced to life in prison twenty-two years after CindyÕs disappearance.

A friendly night out ends in a shallow grave for a beautiful young woman and her killer evades police for decades.

A high school girl who is shy finds a person she believes is her true love when a new boy shows up at school as the two have a love for comic and fantasy books.