Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
May 22nd
1100a
Where the Blood Drops
When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individual at the time of their death. This is the story of a woman convicted of her husband’s murder, whose son was so convinced of her innocence that he enrolled in law school; he studied all of the evidence to learn the truth of what happened between his mother and father that fateful night.
May 22nd
1130a
Punch Line
When a patient in a hospital emergency room said he cut his hand on a dumpster, the doctor recognized the injury as something else. That doctor became the chief witness in a crime involving the murder of a 67-year-old grandmother.
May 22nd
1200p
Sibling Rivalry
Two of America’s premier pornographers happen to be brothers. When one turns up dead, his brother confesses to shooting him. The question for investigators is whether the shooting was pre-meditated. A 911 call in which the fatal shots can be heard, and a computer reconstruction of the crime scene, provide the answer.
May 22nd
1230p
Pastoral Care
When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators immediately suspect the hundreds of prisoners in the facility where she worked. The medical examiner not only discovered the cause of her death, he found an important clue. It was a “signature” element, which figured in two other murders committed years earlier. The perpetrator of those crimes was an inmate at the prison. Was it possible he committed this crime, too?
May 26th
1100a
Bagging a Killer
When a nine year old girl headed for school vanishes from her quiet suburban neighborhood, an entire community starts searching for her abductor. Investigators wonder if her long-lost mother might be connected to the disappearance. Finally, police use satellites surveilling the Pacific Northwest to find who took her and where. Tracing the perpetrator's movements not only leads them to the girl, but shows the twisted motive in the perpetrator's mind.
May 26th
1130a
Double Trouble
When a Maine State Trooper is attacked during a routine stop, it triggers a chain of events which jump starts a stalled murder case hundreds of miles away. The Maine attack appears strikingly similar to the brutal sexual assault and murder of a young woman in New Jersey. There is very little forensic evidence in the New Jersey crime, but the “signature” the killer left behind – the ritualistic similarities in both of these crimes -- identified him just as convincingly as a DNA match.
May 26th
1200p
Cats, Flies and Snapshots
A 19-year-old Pennsylvania woman disappears on her way to work leaving behind her infant son, a family who loves her, and a job she enjoys. Police investigators view this case as a missing person/possible homicide. It takes space-age technology, cat hairs and insects to pinpoint the image of the woman’s abductor before the real story can be told.
May 26th
1230p
Naked Justice
The 29-year-old, pregnant wife of a young, successful attorney is found dead in her Michigan home of a gunshot wound to the head. Was the wound self-inflicted, and if it was, why would this young woman kill herself? Blood spatter analysis and a painstaking investigation led police to the truth.
May 27th
1100a
Treading Not So Lightly
When a four-year-old girl is found unconscious in a parking lot, police concluded it was a hit and run vehicle accident, and left it at that. But the girl’s mother was determined to find out exactly what had happened. She was a fan of murder mysteries and forensic science shows, and used much of what she had learned to determine who was responsible for the accident which severely injured her daughter.
May 27th
1130a
Shopping Spree
A mother and her daughter leave home for a day of shopping, but never return. The little girl’s body was found dumped off of a roadside, but there was no sign of her mother. The suspects included the mother, the girl’s father, and anyone who had come in contact with the two while they were shopping. It took forensic science and deductive reasoning to determine if the baby’s mother was a suspect or a victim. Once that was established, the meaning of other forensic clues became clear.