Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
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.
May 27th
1200p
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.
May 27th
1230p
Forever Hold Your Peace
When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.
May 28th
1100a
Reel Danger
When two boys are viciously attacked while fishing in a nearby pond, authorities spring into action. They suspect a group of teenage thugs, but lack solid evidence. It would take the murky waters of a fishing hole to provide clear evidence, and help authorities reel in the boy’s attackers.
May 28th
1130a
Who's Your Daddy
The body of a young woman was found in an icy Ohio waterway. She had been strangled to death, and most of the evidence had been washed away by the rushing water. Investigators conducted a painstaking examination of the victim’s body and clothing, and discovered a tiny clue – hardly bigger than a human hair. That clue would enable police to determine where the victim had been just before she died; it would also lead them to her killer.