Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Aug 5th
1000a
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.
Aug 5th
1030a
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?
Aug 5th
1100a
Transaction Failed
When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she’d gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play. Investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to find the answers they needed.
Aug 5th
1130a
The Day the Music Died
Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of a popular rock singer. More than a decade would pass before the evidence collected by an extraordinarily prescient medical examiner could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.
Aug 6th
1000a
Sole Survivor
A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the “dirt” on her killer.
Aug 6th
1030a
Insignificant Others
How unlucky could one man be? His wife had taken her own life, and his college sweetheart had killed herself in much the same fashion fourteen years earlier. Investigators had to determine if this was a bizarre coincidence, or an attempt to get away with murder... twice.
Aug 6th
1100a
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.
Aug 6th
1130a
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.
Aug 7th
1000a
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.
Aug 7th
1030a
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