Forensic Files
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Sep 18th
900a
Accident or Murder?
The day began like most others in the Johnson household, and Clayton Johnson left for work at the usual time. Within hours, his wife, Janice, was dead and the lives of Clayton and his family would be forever changed. Police in Nova Scotia had to unravel the circumstances surrounding Janice’s death and answer the question: Was it an accident... or murder?
Sep 18th
930a
Core Evidence
In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives. Each one of them had contracted a serious illness, and no one knew what it was. When one of the children died, investigators knew the clock was ticking... and they needed to isolate the cause and find the cure before time ran out.
Sep 18th
1000a
Haunting Vision
On a September night in 1966, Dianne Keidel met a friend for a drink, and afterwards, she disappeared. Investigators were unable to determine if Dianne was the victim of foul play, or if she couldn’t face the responsibilities of being a single mother with four young children. That question was answered twenty-seven years later, when her daughter came forward with a fantastic tale of something she remembered seeing when she was only five-years-old.
Sep 18th
1030a
With Every Breath
The year was 1993, and young Navajos on a reservation in the southwest were dying at an alarming rate. CDC officials had never seen anything like it, and the mysterious illness had claimed the lives of more than 20 people. The tribe’s medicine men provided investigators with a critical clue... which would lead halfway around the world to a most unlikely killer.
Sep 19th
900a
Slippery Motives
While on a business trip in 1986, Ed Post started his day by jogging in downtown St. Louis. When he returned, he found his wife lying face-down in the bathtub, unconscious. She was rushed to the hospital, but it was too late. The medical examiner determined the cause of her death was drowning... but it may not have been an accident.
Sep 19th
930a
Badge of Deceit
For more than a decade, women in a small Louisiana city lived in fear of a serial rapist. Fortunately, computer technology and behavioral science combined to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling. Police narrow their search to one man, but to prove he’s the perpetrator they turn to an unlikely piece of evidence--- a discarded cigarette butt.
Sep 19th
1000a
Dew Process
When the wife of a well-known dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. As the investigation progress a 22 year-old woman confesses to the murders. But two years go by before some fibers and a study of the weather patterns on the night of the murder break the case open and reveal the real killer.
Sep 19th
1030a
A Woman Scorned
When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long, blonde hair found on the victims.
Sep 21st
100p
Wheel of Misfortune
Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman’s movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again, but through the evidence she left behind, she was able to tell investigators what happened to her and who was responsible.
Sep 21st
130p
Quite a Spectacle
It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a squashed tomato found at the crime scene, and tiny, pinpoint reflections of light in a photograph. Would it be enough to catch a killer?