Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jan 7th
900a
Runaway Love
It was classic “overkill.” The woman floating in the harbor of an upscale yacht club had been stabbed more than 50 times. Her ex-husband and daughter are missing, and investigators turn to forensic science to determine if they’re searching for victims... or perpetrators.
Jan 7th
930a
Watchful Eye
A state park employee is murdered in the park office in the middle of the afternoon. There’s a wealth of evidence at the scene, but it doesn’t implicate the prime suspect, it clears him. Six years -- and 600 leads -- later, advances in DNA technology enable investigators to identify and convict the killer.
Jan 7th
1000a
Waste Mis-Management
The evidence suggested the woman had been bound, sexually assaulted and murdered. Afterwards, the killer spent hours at the crime scene, wiping away his fingerprints and disposing of everything which might incriminate him, including the woman’s body. Police now face a daunting task: They not only have to find the killer, they also have to find the body of the victim.
Jan 7th
1030a
Dirty Little Seacret
The couple spent Memorial Day weekend at the beach, and then they simply vanished. Their clothes and personal items were still in the rented condo, their car was parked outside, and there were no signs of forced entry or foul play. A week later, police would get an unexpected lead from a robbery in progress, and the evidence they found helped them to solve a crime of unparalleled violence and brutality.
Jan 7th
500p
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.
Jan 7th
530p
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.
Jan 7th
600p
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.
Jan 7th
630p
The Cheater
Walter Notheis, Jr. was better known to the American public as entertainer Walter Scott, lead singer of the band, “Bob Kuban and the In-Men.” Their most popular single was the 1966 hit, “The Cheater.” Little did Walter know that the song would foreshadow the events that would lead to his demise.
Jan 8th
900a
Lights Out
Whoever stabbed the young mother to death had also savagely beaten her four-year-old daughter. Police had a suspect, but not enough evidence to tie him to the crimes. It would take 15 years and advances in DNA technology to bring the killer to justice.
Jan 8th
930a
Pet Rock
The woman hadn’t shown up for work in two days, and her boss reported her missing. When her body was found, the evidence pointed to suspects who claimed they had nothing to do with the crime. The victim, herself, would help police to prove they were lying.