Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Dec 13th
900a
Burning Ambition
When a Seattle policeman’s house goes up in flames, fire experts suspect arson – possibly perpetrated by someone with a vendetta against the officer. One month later, in an ironic twist, the officer whose home was torched, arrests a low-level drug dealer, who confesses to the arson! But when the suspect vanishes - investigators start to question the authenticity of the “confession.”
Dec 13th
930a
Memories
A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in her own home - and her unborn child is killed. After coming out of her coma, she identifies her husband as the perpetrator. The semen left at the scene matches her husband’s blood type. The husband was convicted and spent 16 years in jail proclaiming his innocence. Then, a new DNA test and an innovative computer program lead investigators to question just how accurate the wife’s “recovered memory” really was.
Dec 13th
1000a
Trail of Truth
A mother and her two young daughters are found
Dec 13th
1030a
Material Evidence
A young girl is found dead, the victim of an apparent sex-killer. There are few clues to the killer’s identity, but authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim. Months pass and the case goes cold, until a van turns up with what appear to be the same orange fibers. Only the latest in forensic technology can determine if there is a connection between the van and the victim.
Dec 13th
1100a
"Kill"igraphy
A man considered unstable is accused of killing his wife. Marks on her body seem to point clearly to his guilt... until a medical detective takes a fresh look at the case. To him, the marks tell a different story, and it has nothing to do with murder.
Dec 13th
1130a
Nursery Crimes
Why do children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other hospital in the country? Medical investigators have no answers until they discover that one nurse seems to be on-duty in almost all the fatal cases. But proving the connection seems impossible until an international team of doctors uncovers an unlikely murder weapon.
Dec 13th
900p
Catch 22
A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker half her age was in love with her, and that she’d spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder.
Dec 13th
930p
A Cinderella Story
The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men’s tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime.
Dec 13th
1000p
Screen Pass
A 13-year-old girl went missing from her Colorado home, and the only evidence the kidnapper left behind was three fingerprints on a window screen. Two years later, a latent print examiner, new to the county and the crime lab, changed the course of the investigation by sharing a little-known fact with his colleagues.
Dec 13th
1030p
Pressed for Crime
A brutal murder, lots of suspects, and conflicting evidence... but the forensics were clear on one thing: The killer knew his victim. And that alone gave investigators a head start