Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
May 18th
1100a
Hand Delivered
Anonymous letters sent through the United States mail aren’t always untraceable. One such letter, an anonymous “tip” to police about a murder, mentioned information about the crime that had been withheld from the press. It was information only the killer would know. Laser technology helped to identify the state, city, street address and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed.
May 18th
1130a
Death Play
Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father while she was still in high school. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The lines she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil, from the secret she had been hiding.
May 18th
1200p
Fire Dot Com
When a federal agency rules that a fire was intentionally set, the mother of the child killed in the suspicious fire was charged with murder. But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? The accused in this case undertook her own arson investigation, and was able to poke enough holes in the governments scientific conclusions – to raise serious questions about whether the fire was intentionally set.
May 18th
1230p
Mistaken for Dead
When a man dies unexpectedly in the office of a noted California doctor, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation. What they find throws doubt on the identity of the dead man and raises questions about the doctor’s role in his death. Soon they uncover a bizarre story of corpse stealing, faked identities, and sexual perversion -- all part of an elaborate insurance case that will center on what actually caused the victim’s death: a sex act gone wrong, or premeditated murder.
May 19th
1100a
Frozen Evidence
If a perpetrator leaves a shoe print in the mud, investigators use established techniques to made a mold of the shoe impression for later identification. But what happens if the impression is left in the snow? Here’s the story of one investigator, whose quick thinking and knowledge of science enabled him to capture a shoe impression made in snow, before the evidence melted away.
May 19th
1130a
Soft Touch
When we think of looking for fingerprints at a crime scene, we generally think of hard objects that a perpetrator may have touched… a doorknob, a drinking glass – but a fabric? Is it possible that a piece of cloth could contain a fingerprint that would identify a killer? There now exists the technology to do just that – and in this case, it meant justice for the parents of a young woman, who was killed in a senseless act of revenge.
May 19th
1200p
Church Disappearance
When a six-year-old girl disappeared from church during a Sunday service, investigators feared a stalker was preying on children. A psychological profile of the perpetrator leads investigators to a taxi cab driver who was in the vicinity of the church at the time of the disappearance.
May 19th
1230p
Photo Finish
A beautiful model goes missing and no one has a clue to her whereabouts until a park employee discovers photographs in a trash dumpster. With the photos are some vital pieces of information which eventually lead to a professional photographer. He claims the woman died during a consensual sexual encounter gone wrong, but the woman’s corpse and some high tech digital imagery tell a more sinister story.
May 20th
1100a
Whodunit
A evening out to a “murder mystery” theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance ends. But even good “acting” can’t mask the true culprit. Lies, greed and medical trickery can’t match the skills of forensic scientists, who bring the curtain down on the real killer.
May 20th
1130a
Horse Play
A young, happily married woman died tragically in a horseback riding accident. Her husband seemed far from grief-stricken and, when they investigated his background, police discovered a web of lies and a proficiency with pharmaceuticals... which led them to question whether the woman’s death truly was an accident.