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After a body is found in a ditch, police link it to a missing father who lives nearby. With no clear crime scene, investigators scour his home and the roadway, using trace evidence and creative forensic tests to reconstruct what happened.

Mom and Dad aren't perfect -- especially when they're not even around.

In the quaint community of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Taekwondo instructor Keith Black has disappeared without a trace. His family alerts the authorities, but a lack of evidence slows the investigation. It isn’t until years later that the truth behind Keith’s whereabouts comes to light — and with it, comes the revelation of a vicious plot, one provoked by greed and resentment.

In August of 1982, six members of the Bentley/Johnson family disappear in the Wells Grey National Park without a trace. Over a month later, the burned out Johnson vehicle is found with the remains of all six family members burnt beyond recognition inside. A massive manhunt for the killer begins, finally ending with a local man, David Shearing confessing to the crimes.

Accidental deaths, suicides, disappearances, and fires; they're an everyday part of an insurance investigator's life. But cases shouldn't be taken at face value. Forensics has become a tool for exposing insurance fraud.

In the United States, identity theft costs citizens billions of dollars. In some cases, it costs the lives of innocent people.

When a vicious attack leads to the death of a young parent and child, investigators are stumped. Years later, they arrest the gunman surprisingly close to home – but a change in the law puts the case in jeopardy.

Both Alonzo Smith and Leesa Allen are urgent cases: Alonzo, the potential victim of a deadly and contagious disease that could put others at risk as well, and Leesa, a potential homicide victim whose killer could be on the loose. Now, the race is on for Dr. G to piece together what happened before it’s too late.

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.

When a russian prostitute is found murdered, los angeles homicide detectives quickly find the case to be anything but routine. Following a tangled string of clues, investigators are drawn into the murky world of high-end prostitution, illegal alien smuggling and russian organized crime. Police must navigate their way through the dark underworld of los angeles – and hope that forensic science can nail the killer.

Adam Mayes' best friend has two young daughters - with whom Adam has a twisted obsession. He kills their mother and elder sister before kidnapping the two younger girls.

Natavia Lowery was celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein's personal assistant. But then Linda found out that Natavia was stealing money from her.

The wealthy Hall family appears to have it all, until a bitter marital dispute spirals into deadly violence on a Texas highway. Investigators are left to determine whether Bill Hall Jr.’s death was a tragic accident or a deliberate act fuelled by jealousy, anger and obsession.

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 Becky Bliefnick failed to pick up her boys from school, a family member went to check and found her dead in the living room. Detectives found a major clue in an unlikely place - on an episode of the game show “Family Feud.” 

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.

They swept through six states like a plague, thrill killers acting without rhyme or reason. They targeted adults and young girls, kidnapping, and murdering. And in their rampage, they left plenty of clues, but moving targets are the hardest to hit.

When a woman finally escapes her abusive husband with her children, it leads to a series of devastating events, which results in a bloody outcome.