Forensic Files (1996)

When a young girl was found dead, police quickly arrested the most likely suspect. But cutting-edge technology from NASA enabled a forensic…

It's usually easy to determine how a criminal entered the crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It looked like the killer v…

When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they h…

Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman's movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again, but through…

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 consis…

When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she w…

Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of post-grunge singer, Mia Zapata. More than a decade would pass before the evidence c…

A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hop…

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 fourt…

In 1996, 54-year-old Gayle Isleib was ambushed in her Manchester, Connecticut driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, polic…

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 me…

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…

A brutal murder, lots of suspects, and conflicting evidence but the forensics were clear on one thing - the killer knew his victim and that…

A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody…

On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, CA, home. The killer was not seen by thei…

After the suspect was convicted of arson and murder, he steadfastly maintained he did not commit the crimes, but he was sentenced to a mini…

A woman was brutally murdered in her home, and the only witnesses to the crime were the family dogs. An expert in canine behavior was convi…

The killer probably hoped to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene. But investigators saw through the attempt almost immediately, and…

A 6-year-old girl ran and hid when she saw her grandmother being beaten to death, but the man followed her, beat her and assaulted her. The…

In 1984, the body of college co-ed Laura Salmon was found on a Georgia farm, covered with her own denim jeans as well as the jeans of the k…

The body of an attractive young woman was found a mile from her abandoned car. Police were especially concerned when they realised the vict…

In 1969, 25-year-old phone operator Diane Maxwell is raped and murdered by a black man. Her brother promised he'd find out who was responsi…

The crime scene was especially violent: A husband and wife had been shot to death in their bedroom. At first, investigators thought their 1…

A young, attractive hairdresser was sexually assaulted and murdered in her own beauty salon. The evidence at the crime scene didn't match a…

When two women went missing and were later found brutally murdered, police wondered if they were victims of a hate crime; the women lived t…

A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been dead for 18 months, they knew i…

After shooting his victims in the head, the killer staged the scene, placed the incriminating evidence into a plastic bag and tossed it int…

In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life…

A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade w…

A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other. Five…