Forensic Files
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Dec 25th
900a
Constructive Criticism
The huge amount of blood at the crime scene spoke of the violence of the attack; investigators describe it as “overkill,” and it’s usually an indication that the victim knew the attacker. Police hoped that, during the struggle, the killer had left some of his own blood – and his DNA -- behind. Their challenge was to find it.
Dec 25th
930a
Home Evasion
The man called 911 to report his wife had been shot; she was badly wounded and they were on their way to the hospital. When she died, he became the prime suspect. The investigation would prove two things: He was innocent, and he’d been only moments away from being a victim in the most bizarre crime police had ever seen.
Dec 25th
1000a
Window Watcher
The woman’s story seemed farfetched: A man wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed her boyfriend to death, and raped and terrorized her for hours afterwards. But the evidence at the scene supported her story, and investigators turned for help to the FBI and their criminal profilers
Dec 25th
1030a
Stranger in the Night
Police are skeptical when a man claims his mother was murdered by the hitchhiker he picked up. Their suspicions are heightened when he refuses to take a polygraph test, and they turn to forensic science. Would the blood and fingerprint evidence at the crime scene support the man’s story, or prove his guilt?
Dec 26th
900a
Kidnapping
When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find them... and the clock is ticking.
Dec 26th
930a
Sands of Crime
In the early hours of a morning just before Christmas, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she’d been sexually assaulted and then shot at point blank range. Eight long years passed… and then a pair of running shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a very cold case.
Dec 26th
1000a
Calculated Coincidence
A young woman is found dead in her apartment. There’s little evidence at the scene, leads don’t pan out and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in different state.
Dec 26th
1030a
Sworded Scheme
When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others, and she’d turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend’s bedroom – blood spatter someone had gone to great lengths to conceal -- they know this case is going to be different.
Dec 29th
900a
Unmasked
A serial rapist was on the loose in a Texas town. No one knew where he’d strike next, but the audacity of his attacks and the escalation of violence against his victims made finding him imperative.
Dec 29th
930a
Fashion Police
The victim has been stabbed more than thirty times, and the crime scene is awash with her blood. Near her head, police discover a distinctive button with strands of thread still attached. If they can find the owner of the shirt the button came from, they’ll also find the killer.