Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jun 25th
1100a
Honor Thy Father
A sixteen-year-old girl was killed by her mother and father, in her own home. Her parents said they acted in self-defense, but the forensic evidence indicated otherwise. Definitive proof would come from an unlikely source: a recording made by an FBI electronic surveillance device
Jun 25th
1130a
Road Rage
The investigation of a discarded sleeping bag, containing bloody sneakers and a purse, leads police to the body of a young woman. Evidence from the autopsy and the crime scene was carefully collected and analyzed, but it would be a mark found on the victim’s body which would enable police to track the killer.
Jun 25th
1200p
Hunter or Hunted?
On the last day of deer hunting season, a woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods. The victim has no enemies and her husband has an alibi, so police assume it was a hunting accident... until a strange letter turns up, allegedly written by the woman before her death. Police begin to wonder if the woman may have been the target all along, and their question is answered by a forensic document examiner, a slingshot, and an unusual physics experiment.
Jun 25th
1230p
In Harm's Way
An Alaskan police officer found a woman’s body while on routine patrol of a public park. The victim had been stabbed to death and, during the autopsy, the medical examiner preserved the portion of her rib cage which sustained the fatal wound. A knife thought to be the murder weapon turned up days later, two thousand miles away. Forensic scientists now had an opportunity which seldom occurs: to compare the microscopic marks on the presumed murder weapon with the marks on the victim’s bone.
Jun 26th
1100a
No Corpus Delicti
A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don’t pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass before police are able to link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with the missing woman. Members of “NecroSearch,” a group of volunteer forensic scientists, searched a remote area of Colorado a meter at a time, found the victim’s body, and gave authorities the evidence they needed to bring the killer to justice.
Jun 26th
1130a
News at 11
A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home; it appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan. A police dog tracked the scent of the killer through the adjacent woods and back to the crime scene. Could the murderer be one of the onlookers, watching the police conduct their investigation?
Jun 26th
1200p
Burning Desire
Investigators sifted through the ashes of a fire which had killed a 40-year-old woman, the estranged wife of a police officer. At first glance, the fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. But when forensic scientists looked closely, they discovered the cause was far more complicated.
Jun 26th
1230p
Cloak of Deceit
For seven years, a trio of men robbed one bank after another. They always got away before the police arrived, and they left no evidence behind. But the way they stood and the clothes they wore told a story… a story that could be read by forensic scientists.
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.