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When two young women disappear on a dream backpacking trip through South America, only part of the mystery is solved when strange packages are found near a beach on Ecuador’s south shore.

For the forensic entomologist, the insects that nest in dead bodies are like tiny witnesses to a crime. By studying their behavior, scientists learn everything from when a murder was committed to the weapon used in a stabbing death.

Photography has long been a vital tool in homicide investigations. A single image captures enough information to identify a suspect, and to preserve a vital clue long after a witness’ memory fades.

When a healthy, young man unexpectedly drops dead – Dr. G is baffled. But a trail of strange clues only deepens the mystery. Then, a woman is found dead on her bathroom floor… But something about this case raises troubling doubts.

A young man dies unexpectedly after eating a fish sandwich. And as Dr. G puts the pieces together, all signs point to a bizarre case of food poisoning. And then… a woman is killed in a tragic car accident. But Dr. G knows there may be more to this accident than meets the eye.

A man considered unstable is accused of killing his wife. Marks on her body seem to point clearly to his guilt... until a medical detective takes a fresh look at the case. To him, the marks tell a different story, and it has nothing to do with murder.

Why do children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other hospital in the country? Medical investigators have no answers until they discover that one nurse seems to be on-duty in almost all the fatal cases. But proving the connection seems impossible until an international team of doctors uncovers an unlikely murder weapon.

When the decomposed body of a young girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity. But days earlier, a stabbing victim told them she thought she might have witnessed a murder. Police think the cases might be related, and to prove it, they turn to an unusual piece of evidence: a tiny wad of chewing gum found near the victim’s body.

Authorities believe the disappearance of a doctor’s wife may have something to do with his alleged involvement in shady adoption practices. Investigators use concrete found in the doctor’s yard and the hazy recollections of a young child to determine what happened to the missing woman.

Some of the refugees who sought asylum in the United States after World War II lied about the atrocities in which they’d participated. Years later, when a high-ranking religious figure was suspected of war crimes, there seemed to be no way to prove his guilt or innocence... until a postcard allegedly written by him 40 years earlier was found in a German archive.

When a well-respected young woman goes missing, her boyfriend and family fear she has been murdered. A police investigation reveals details about her past that no one -- not even her closest friends -- suspected: She was a student by day and a $100-an-hour call-girl by night. Her many clients were all suspects in her disappearance, as was her boyfriend. But when her body is discovered, police obtain evidence that reveals her killer and more details about a bizarre double life and its tragic consequences.

When teenagers are driven to kill, their victims are but the first to fall. In three such cases, the families of the killers, as well as their communities, become the victims of violent crime.

Philadelphia’s vidocq society, named after an 18th century french detective, is one of the world’s most unusual crime-solving organizations. These prominent sleuths solve a murder case from a missing shoe, and successfully prove homicide without a body.

When Sadie Beacham didn’t receive a good night call from her boyfriend, she was alarmed. She found his front door open and blood on the floor and walls. Detectives could not locate his body, but DNA evidence pointed to someone Sadie knew well.  

A tight-knit Long Island family go to extraordinary lengths to find their missing sister.

Neighbors are aghast when Ernestine Addison and her teenaged son Bobby are gunned down in cold blood. A young tipster points Lt Joe Kenda towards a shadowy figure spotted fleeing the scene, but the case heats up when he receives word that the killer’s murderous rampage isn’t over just yet.

When a group of friends discover the corpse of small time entrepreneur Jamie Foster hidden under a blanket, police initially think they’ve caught the killers dead to rights. But when Lt. Joe Kenda digs deeper, he discovers that Foster’s business put him in close quarters with a host of unsavory characters.

When two young mothers are gunned down behind a crowded bar, Kenda has to first determine who was the intended target and who was collateral damage. But the case takes a bizarre turn when he learns of a third young woman who was recently murdered under eerily similar circumstances.

When officers respond to a shooting in the southeast part of town, they discover the body of a young man they know all to well -- police informant Jimmie Stevenson. But Jimmy’s loose lips made him a potential target for a laundry list of killers, and it’s up to Lt. Joe Kenda to determine who pulled the trigger.

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.

The doctors at the hospital couldn’t determine the cause of Bobby Curley’s hallucinations and intense pain. At first, they treated it as a neurological disorder, but Bobby’s condition deteriorated. Something he was being given in the hospital wasn’t curing him, it was killing him.

A young woman meets a handsome man and she falls for him, but his charm soon turns into aggressive jealousy, and he wants nobody else to have her.