Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Feb 10th
1100a
Pinned by the Evidence
After a street fight took the life of a national wrestling champion, police had to determine if he was killed in cold blood, or in self-defense. A jury decided it was murder, and sentenced the accused to a minimum of twenty years in prison. Six years later, he was granted another trial; a forensic animator, who testified on his behalf, offered a different explanation for the most damning piece of evidence.
Feb 10th
1130a
Cries Unheard
A 19-year-old girl was found dead in her car; the scene had been staged to make murder appear to be suicide. During their investigation, police discovered the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people a motive to kill her. The killer’s identity would be revealed by a piece of evidence found in a suspect’s trash.
Feb 10th
1200p
Buried Treasure
A man disappeared one year to the day after beginning an affair with his friend’s wife. Fifteen years later, with the help of a metal detector, police found evidence which would prove what had happened, and who was responsible.
Feb 10th
1230p
Badge of Betrayal
The body of a young California co-ed was found under an isolated ramp of the Interstate, and San Diego police had no idea who would want this girl dead. But their questions would be answered when they discovered a tiny, unique fiber on the victim’s clothing, which led them straight to the most unlikely of killers.
Feb 11th
1100a
Deadly Matrimony
A go-go dancer told her family she needed to get away for a while, and then she simply disappeared. Investigators were suspicious, because she took neither her car nor her clothes. The next twenty years passed slowly, and the family began to think they might never know what happened ‑‑ until they received a phone call which changed everything.
Feb 11th
1130a
Muddy Waters
A Colorado hunter who’d been shot three times and killed was the victim of a well planned crime, not an accidental shooting. Investigators found a .243 caliber bullet in his lung and a .308 caliber shell casing near his body, and suspected they were looking for two murder weapons, and two killers. But analysis of the forensic evidence pointed them in a different direction… one much closer to home.
Feb 11th
1200p
Point of Origin
In 1984, California firefighters had battled ten arson fires in three weeks. When cigarettes and a scrap of paper connected the southern California fires to several fires further north, the hunt was on for a dangerous pyromaniac. Investigators finally found a fingerprint, and it pointed to a most unlikely suspect.
Feb 11th
1230p
Seeds for Doubt
A small community in upstate New York was devastated when a car accident claimed the life of a well-respected nurse. Investigators initially thought alcohol was to blame, but blood tests proved the victim was not intoxicated. The seed pods found in her hair and on her clothes would prove that this was no accident. It was cold-blooded murder.
Feb 12th
1100a
Saving Face
When a woman disappeared without a trace, there were two possible explanations: kidnapping or murder. Concern was heightened when police learned that two other women had vanished under similar circumstances. Careful investigation, the talents of a forensic artist, and DNA profiling enabled police to link the crimes to a single suspect – an immigrant known to prey upon vulnerable women.
Feb 12th
1130a
Northern Exposure
Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Authorities hydrated the fingers and obtained a fingerprint, enabling them to identify the victim. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft of red carpet fibers -- threads of evidence which led them straight to the killer.