Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jun 29th
1100a
Bad Medicine
A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill; her symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving her unable to walk. Then a bone marrow test reveals the cause: arsenic. Investigators now had to determine if the poisoning was caused by groundwater contamination, or something much more sinister.
Jun 29th
1130a
Stick 'em up
Residents of Noel, Missouri were stunned to learn that their bank had been robbed and the bank president was missing. His body was later found floating in a lake, securely bound to a chair with duct tape. When the tape was carefully reassembled using a technique known as end match analysis, investigators discovered one piece was missing. It would be that piece, and tips from concerned citizens, which would solve the crime.
Jun 29th
1200p
Head Games
A young couple decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a camping trip to Mount Hood. During the trip, the husband was shot and killed, and his wife told two different versions of the events which led to his death. Forensic psychiatry finally enabled her to distinguish fact from fiction, and the evidence from ballistics tests allowed investigators to determine what really happened.
Jun 29th
1230p
Making the Collar
The body of a 16-year-old girl was discovered nine months after she disappeared. Forensic scientists found clues that painted a virtual portrait of her killer. They knew he had a dog, that he worked for the postal service, and that he had red carpeting in his home. Now all they had to do was find him.
Jun 30th
1100a
The Financial Downfall
A beautiful, vibrant young woman fell to her death from a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Initially, investigators thought it was a tragic accident. But after a forensic examination of photographs taken at the scene, police had a very different picture of what had happened.
Jun 30th
1130a
A Daughter's Journey
Haunted by the disappearance of her mother some twenty years earlier, a young woman undertook an investigation of her own. Her mother’s diary was in the now “cold” case file; there, in her mother’s own handwriting, she discovered a dark family secret, which might have been the reason her mother vanished.
Jun 30th
1200p
Over a Barrel
California police had several suspects in the robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple. Unfortunately, the forensic evidence was inconclusive, and the crime went unsolved. Ten years later, a determined forensic scientist used material from a dentist’s office to uncover ballistic evidence which had been overlooked. He not only solved the crime, he also made scientific history.
Jun 30th
1230p
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.
Jul 1st
1100a
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.
Jul 1st
1130a
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.