Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jun 1st
1100a
Scout's Honor
Police determine that the human remains found in a discarded box belong to one Edna Posey. But to find out when the murder took place, and whether the man accused of the crime is guilty, investigators turn to insects and the forensic entomologist who can interpret their behavior.
Jun 1st
1130a
A Touching Recollection
An eighteen-year-old girl is abducted at gunpoint from her home in Jackson, Ohio. Fortunately the victim returns hours later, and police hope the tire impressions and shoe prints at the crime scene will enable them to find the perpetrator. But the victim knew something about forensic science, and she was determined to prove she had been in the assailant’s truck. The clues she left behind, and her recollection of details, led police straight to a career criminal.
Jun 1st
1200p
A Leg to Stand On
When a severed leg is found in a dumpster, investigators are faced with the challenge of identifying the victim. Conventional methods – fingerprinting, comparison with dental records, reports of missing persons – are useless. Using anthropology, toxicology and DNA testing, police are able to determine who the victim was, and follow the trail of evidence to his killer.
Jun 1st
1230p
Partners in Crime
It takes a long time and a very hot fire to cremate a human body, and thus destroy any evidence of foul play. But the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on the badly burned body of Charles “Jack” Lynch found telltale clues. Not only had the victim been burned, he’d also been stabbed -- 24 times, with two different knives. Police knew that a person, acting alone, would probably use only one weapon. So investigators were on the lookout for a couple of killers.
Jun 2nd
1100a
Within a Hair
In the summer of 1996, in the River Park section of South Bend, Indiana, four women had been sexually assaulted and the perpetrator was still at large. After a few months, police arrested a suspect; he was identified by some – but not all -- of the victims, and subsequently convicted of the crimes. But the story doesn’t end there. Six years later, new developments in forensic science would uncover startling facts about the case – and change the lives of three men and the women who were attacked.
Jun 2nd
1130a
Chief Evidence
A young suburban couple was murdered during what appeared to be a drug deal gone awry. But police found no drugs in the home of the victims – and there were no traces of the victims’ blood on the clothing of the suspects. The victims’ dog, Chief, eventually led police to the killer.
Jun 2nd
1200p
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
When a 33-year-old woman falls in love with a handsome young doctor, she believes she’s found fairytale romance. She becomes pregnant and the two are engaged. She is alarmed by the severe morning sickness, cramps and nausea she experiences, particularly in light of her age and medical history. Eventually, suspecting her symptoms aren’t as tied to the baby as they are to her fiancé, she decides to conduct her own scientific investigation.
Jun 2nd
1230p
Sip of Sins
To the people of Olney, Texas, 39-year-old Faryion Wardrip was a model citizen: happily married, a valued employee and a respected Sunday school teacher. Faryion Wardrip was also a brutal serial killer who, for years, eluded police without suspicion. But smart police work and DNA from a discarded paper cup proved to be Wardrip’s undoing.
Jun 3rd
1100a
Telltale Tracks
An abandoned car was found on a busy Philadelphia highway; the engine was running, the radio was blaring and the driver’s door was wide open. Investigators suspected the driver had been the victim of a car-jacking. The next day, police found the body of the driver: Aimee Willard, a young college co-ed, home for summer vacation. There were unusual marks on her body… marks which eventually led to her killer.
Jun 3rd
1130a
Ghost in the Machine
In May of 1999, a Presbyterian minister in South Dakota called 911. His wife was unconscious in the bathtub. Emergency medical crews could not revive her, and she died. She had ingested large doses of several medications, a behavior common in suicide. The minister said his wife had been distraught, but bits of deleted computer files suggested a murder plot. Bizarre tales of infidelity and the courtroom revelation of what could be a suicide note, challenge an array of forensic experts to find the truth: suicide, or murder?