Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jun 9th
1100a
All Charged Up
The city of Philadelphia was being plagued by a serial rapist, and then the crimes stopped. They started again -- this time, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado police had fingerprints and a DNA profile, but neither matched those in their databanks. They also had a list of close to 900 names; 83 names had come from Philadelphia police, along with a composite drawing of the rapist. What they didn’t have was a suspect – until they received a tip from woman who recognized the man in drawing.
Jun 9th
1130a
Breaking the Mold
When a healthy three-year-old boy suddenly developed respiratory and neurological problems, doctors couldn’t explain why. Then his father began to exhibit signs of Alzheimer’s Disease. His mother became ill while traveling in an airplane; fortunately, the passenger seated next to her made his living by removing toxic mold from buildings. When she told him about her family’s health problems, he suspected their home might be making them sick.
Jun 9th
1200p
House Call
The murder of a well respected surgeon in an upscale waterfront apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other forensic evidence would uncover a twisted conspiracy, and bring the doctor’s killers to justice.
Jun 9th
1230p
Marathon Man
On February 14, 2000, Bob Dorotik’s body was found on a mountain road near his family’s horse ranch. His wife told police that Bob had gone jogging and never returned, but investigators had their doubts. He had been beaten and strangled, and it appeared that someone else had dressed him. Authorities began tracing the crime back to the family’s ranch, leading them to think Bob Dorotik didn’t leave home alone.
Jun 10th
1100a
The Sniper's Trail
In the fall of 2002, the eyes of the world were on Virginia and Maryland. A serial sniper was on the loose, killing innocent, unsuspecting citizens as they went about their normal activities. By the time it was over, 13 people had been shot, and 11 died. This program examines the behind-the-scenes forensic tests which led to the capture of the killers, including geographic and behavioral profiling, ballistics, crime scene animation, handwriting analysis, DNA testing and fingerprinting. Viewers will also see an exact replica of the car – the mobile bunker the alleged killers called home.
Jun 10th
1130a
Plastic Fire
Sheila Bryan was convicted of killing her own mother in a car fire, and sentenced to life in prison. She was set free after appealing to the Georgia Supreme Court, but retried a few months later. Her chances of winning seemed slim – until an expert witness advanced a different theory of how the fire started.
Jun 10th
1200p
Last Will
Seventeen-year-old Shari Faye Smith was abducted in broad daylight, in front of her own home. The kidnapper tormented her family with phone calls, leading them to believe Shari was alive – and then they received a letter he’d forced Shari to write, her “last will and testament.” This document would lead investigators to Shari’s killer, a fitting postscript to a heinous crime.
Jun 10th
1230p
Dessert Served Cold
When a Massachusetts man dropped dead of an apparent heart attack, no one thought foul play was a possibility until police looked into his girlfriend’s odd behavior in the days before his death. Controversy surrounded the case for almost a decade, which pitted competing teams of toxicologists against each other: One claimed the death was due to natural causes, and the other said it was cold-blooded murder.
Jun 11th
1100a
The Music Case
When 12-year-old Cally Jo Larson was found dead in her own home, it shattered the sense of security residents associated with Waseca, Minnesota. Despite a meticulous search of the Larson home and an exhaustive investigation, police had no suspects. Then a string of burglaries several months after the murder led police to a cache of stolen goods which included CD cases similar to those belonging to Cally Jo. That evidence would “make the case,” and bring a killer to justice.
Jun 11th
1130a
Paintball
In 1962, the people of the small town of Hanford, California lost their sense of peace when one of their own, 15‑year-old Marlene Miller, was murdered. It would take 24 years and countless retrials before forensic scientists discovered the microscopic evidence that brought the killer to justice.