Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
May 14th
1100a
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.
May 14th
1130a
Broken Promises
When a popular gym teacher is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family is suspicious. They think his wife may have planned his murder. When police find that her previous husband died in questionable circumstances, they re-examine the crime scene and find evidence that the death was no accident. But it is a tape recorded by the victim just before his death that tells the true story of his strange marriage and his wife’s insatiable greed.
May 14th
1200p
Time Will Tell
In this international case of extortion, murder, and stolen identities, a Canadian financier assumed the name of a co-worker as part of a money-laundering scheme. The man turned up dead in the ocean, with an anchor tied around his torso. Police hoped to identify him with a tattoo and the watch he was wearing. But it would be the ten-pound anchor which enabled them to crack the case.
May 14th
1230p
Second Shot at Love
When a respected heart surgeon is found dead in the basement of his upscale Cincinnati home, police assume he committed suicide. Friends and family indicate that the man suffered prolonged bouts of depression and had spoken of killing himself. But a further investigation revealed that his new wife had a history of violence and an insatiable desire for money.
May 15th
1100a
Journey to Justice
What does a prosecutor do when he has evidence linking a habitual drunk driver to a hit-and-run in which a child is killed, and he needs to make the crash clear to jurors? In this case, he combines the talents of an accident reconstruction expert with a video specialist to create a graphic demonstration of the moment of impact. This case was the first in which video in the courtroom withstood an appeal, and helped make “video testimony” viable in other cases.
May 15th
1130a
Video Diary
When a convenience store employee was found shot at point blank range, investigators discovered the murder had been captured on the store’s videotape security camera. But the image of the killer was so degraded it seems impossible to positively identify him... until old fashioned forensic science was combined with space age technology.
May 15th
1200p
Missing in Time
A young woman was reported missing after a fight with her husband. She was presumed dead and her husband was the prime suspect. Police were suspicious of a secondary suspect when he reported a fire in his car. Two tiny drops of blood were discovered in the burned interior. Traditional DNA testing was difficult without a body for comparison. But a tiny clue inside the suspect’s watchband, and a popular television show, helped solve the case.
May 15th
1230p
Missing Pearl
The woman seemed to have simply disappeared, and police were treating treated the case as that of a missing person. A blood trail leading to the basement of her home, and a partial excavation of the floor, yielded nothing. But a year later, with the help of groundbreaking forensic technology, police would find her body and determine who was responsible for her death.
May 18th
1100a
Hand Delivered
Anonymous letters sent through the United States mail aren’t always untraceable. One such letter, an anonymous “tip” to police about a murder, mentioned information about the crime that had been withheld from the press. It was information only the killer would know. Laser technology helped to identify the state, city, street address and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed.
May 18th
1130a
Death Play
Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father while she was still in high school. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The lines she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil, from the secret she had been hiding.