Forensic Files
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Jan 14th
900a
Fate Date
Twenty-four hours after her face-to-face meeting with a man she met online, the woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband were shot to death. Only the computer had been taken from her home, and with it, the means to identify the killer.
Jan 14th
930a
Trail of a Killer
A woman is murdered on a jogging trail in the middle of the day. The leads from cell phone records and search dogs go nowhere. Nine days later, a witness tells police about a chance encounter, and cigarette butts which may contain the killer’s DNA.
Jan 14th
1000a
Gone Ballistic
When a real estate developer is shot to death, his wife becomes the prime suspect. Police have a wealth of evidence against her, but it’s circumstantial. The case will turn on a .25 caliber bullet fired 20 years ago from the now-missing murder weapon.
Jan 14th
1030a
Seeing Red
The victim was discovered in a landfill, stuffed into a suitcase. She resembled another woman, missing for 18 months. Sure they were dealing with a serial killer, police faced the daunting task of combing through 225,000 tons of trash to find her body.
Jan 14th
500p
Sip of Sins
To the people of Olney, Texas, 39-year-old Faryion Wardrip was a model citizen: happily married, a valued employee and a respected Sunday school teacher. Faryion Wardrip was also a brutal serial killer who, for years, eluded police without suspicion. But smart police work and DNA from a discarded paper cup proved to be Wardrip’s undoing.
Jan 14th
530p
Telltale Tracks
An abandoned car was found on a busy Philadelphia highway; the engine was running, the radio was blaring and the driver’s door was wide open. Investigators suspected the driver had been the victim of a car-jacking. The next day, police found the body of the driver: Aimee Willard, a young college co-ed, home for summer vacation. There were unusual marks on her body… marks which eventually led to her killer.
Jan 14th
600p
Ghost in the Machine
In May of 1999, a Presbyterian minister in South Dakota called 911. His wife was unconscious in the bathtub. Emergency medical crews could not revive her, and she died. She had ingested large doses of several medications, a behavior common in suicide. The minister said his wife had been distraught, but bits of deleted computer files suggested a murder plot. Bizarre tales of infidelity and the courtroom revelation of what could be a suicide note, challenge an array of forensic experts to find the truth: suicide, or murder?
Jan 14th
630p
Frozen in Time
A beautiful 23-year-old girl was driving home after a rock concert when her tire blew out. Investigators found her car, but no trace of her. At first there were hundreds of leads, but after three years, the trail turned cold. Police got a break when someone called to report a suspicious truck in a neighbor’s driveway; something inside that truck was plugged into an electrical outlet, allowing the device to run 24‑hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year. Suddenly, the cold trail turned even colder.
Jan 15th
900a
Skeleton Key
The woman was missing for a month. Police find her car but no evidence of foul play... only a fingerprint and a set of keys. There’s a code on one of the keys, which they hope will unlock not only a door, but also the mystery of her disappearance.
Jan 15th
930a
Funeral Services
A funeral director is murdered and his son, the sole beneficiary of his estate, is considered a likely suspect... until witnesses provide him with an ironclad alibi. When police find a mask near the crime scene, they hope it will lead to the killer.