Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Feb 23rd
1100a
Writer's Block
A brilliant young architect became ill and died just before she was to testify in a criminal trial. The autopsy revealed she’d been poisoned with arsenic; it was a slow and painful death, so suicide was unlikely. Investigators had to determine who among her family, friends and business associates had a motive for murder.
Feb 23rd
1130a
A Clean Getaway
An employee of a dry-cleaner was raped and murdered in the store, and investigators thought themselves fortunate to have two eyewitnesses. Their descriptions were similar but not identical, and the prime suspect didn’t come close to resembling that person. So police turned to forensic science for the answers they needed.
Feb 23rd
1200p
Prints Among Thieves
The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected; he flaunted his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the crime seemed to indicate robbery, but investigators wondered if there was something more.
Feb 23rd
1230p
Unholy Alliance
When a young woman disappeared, police feared she was the latest victim in a string of similar crimes. But the M.O. wasn’t quite right. A pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles provided investigators with some extraordinary clues.
Feb 24th
1100a
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Two men were convicted of intentionally shooting and killing a passenger in a moving car, their friend was granted immunity for testifying against them, and the case was closed. Then a bomb exploded in the family home of the state’s witness, instantly killing his father. Investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to determine if this was an act of revenge and if there was a way to link the two deadly crimes.
Feb 24th
1130a
Cop Out
A college student was found dead, and the evidence suggested he knew his killer. Three hairs and some microscopic cells helped police to unravel a web of lies, and find the motive for murder.
Feb 24th
1200p
Summer Obsession
In an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, police were called to the scene of what appeared to be an accidental drowning. The investigation gradually focused on one person, a suspect who had more than a million reasons to want the victim dead.
Feb 24th
1230p
Elemental Clue
When two women from the same town were murdered in the same way, police feared a serial killer was on the loose. At first they thought the victims had nothing in common… and then they found tiny clues linking them to the same man.
Feb 25th
1100a
Moss, Not Grass
A young woman was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The grass on that course was so distinctive, it had evidentiary value. The evidence led police to two suspects. Each blamed the other, and they had to find out who the killer was.
Feb 25th
1130a
Material Witness
A teenager went missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body was found a month later, three miles from her home. The killer unknowingly left trace evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues which pointed to him and him alone.