Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jan 8th
1000a
Best Foot Forward
The investigation of an exotic dancer’s disappearance led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated. The destruction of the remains was almost complete... almost, but not quite. Soft tissue attached to a piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile, and positive identification of the victim.
Jan 8th
1030a
Purebread Murder
A young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse. There are clues at the scene: bloody footprints and DNA from the victim’s rape kit. But the evidence which will conclusively tie the killer to the crime is on a freshly baked hamburger bun.
Jan 8th
500p
Forever Hold Your Peace
When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.
Jan 8th
530p
Reel Danger
When two boys are viciously attacked while fishing in a nearby pond, authorities spring into action. They suspect a group of teenage thugs, but lack solid evidence. It would take the murky waters of a fishing hole to provide clear evidence, and help authorities reel in the boy’s attackers.
Jan 8th
600p
Who's Your Daddy
The body of a young woman was found in an icy Ohio waterway. She had been strangled to death, and most of the evidence had been washed away by the rushing water. Investigators conducted a painstaking examination of the victim’s body and clothing, and discovered a tiny clue – hardly bigger than a human hair. That clue would enable police to determine where the victim had been just before she died; it would also lead them to her killer.
Jan 8th
630p
The Alibi
In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, was raped and murdered. With few leads, authorities asked Crystal’s male friends and acquaintances to provide a blood sample for DNA testing. Fifty-two of them agreed, including Ken Register, Crystal’s best friend. When his DNA matched semen at the crime scene, he couldn’t believe it. Neither could his mother, his girlfriend – and even Crystal’s mother. Ken had a solid alibi for the night of the murder, and he asked a question no one could answer: “If I had killed her, why would I have given blood?”
Jan 9th
900a
Hear No Evil
Threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a home where they believe a murder was committed. The evidence is overwhelming and investigators are sure they have the killer. What they don’t have is the body of the victim.
Jan 9th
930a
Hell's Kitchen
It appeared the victim had accidentally fallen and hit her head at the bottom of the stairs. But the odd position of her shoes and the absence of blood spatter led police to suspect the scene had been staged... and Luminol proved they were right.
Jan 9th
1000a
Three's a Crowd
As she left choir practice, the woman was gunned down in the church parking lot. Her husband became the prime suspect – particularly when police learned he found out just a month earlier that his wife had been cheating on him for three years.
Jan 9th
1030a
A Squire's Riches
The truck fell off of the hydraulic jack, crushed the man working beneath it, and sparked a fire... or so it seemed. Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if they were dealing with a tragic accident or a carefully orchestrated murder.