Forensic Files
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Dec 22nd
900a
About Face
A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she’d been dead for 18 months, they knew it would be difficult to find out who she was, much less who killed her. A forensic anthropologist was able to determine the victim’s race, age and height, but it would take an inventive computer consultant to give her a face and a name.
Dec 22nd
930a
In the Bag
After shooting his victims in the head, the killer staged the scene, placed the incriminating evidence into a plastic bag and tossed it into the river. Instead of floating downstream, it became entangled in overhanging branches. Days later, when police found it, they hoped clues to the killer’s identity and the solution to the crime were “in the bag.”
Dec 22nd
1000a
Yes, In Deed
In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It was arson and murder. Investigators had to determine who wanted the woman dead... and why.
Dec 22nd
1030a
Guarded Secrets
A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade would pass before a phone call breathed life into the cold case, and a paint smear on the bottom of the victim’s boot helped scientists determine what happened during the last hour of his life.
Dec 22nd
400p
"Kill"igraphy
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.
Dec 22nd
430p
Nursery Crimes
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.
Dec 22nd
500p
Lasting Impression
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.
Dec 22nd
530p
Foundation of Lies
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.
Dec 22nd
600p
Unholy Vows
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.
Dec 22nd
630p
Deadly Knowledge
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.